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- ILC’s refugee elders have a new favorite sport – bocce.
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- Refugee elders play in a weekly bocce ball tournament with other seniors at the center.
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- Social integration is part of the program for refugee elders at Washington Park Senior Center
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- They love playing and the other seniors in the bocce group truly enjoy their company in the game.
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- Ta Khu, center, has never played bocce before
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- Ta Khus’ throw – the aim is to get as close as possible to the white ball, or pallino.
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- William, front, started the ball rolling by playing with the bocce group over the summer
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- Soon his colleagues, fellow refugees from Burma, joined in.
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- Bocce at Washington Park Senior Center
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- Bocce at Washington Park Senior Center
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- Bocce at Washington Park Senior Center
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- ILC’s Bocce team
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- ILC’s Bocce team
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- ILC’s Bocce team
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- ILC’s Bocce team
Students in ILC’s Older Refugee Program have a new favorite sport – bocce ball! They play in weekly tournaments with other seniors at the Washington Park Senior center where they also take part in citizenship classes with ILC’s Gina Palazzo.
Social integration with other seniors is part of the program at Washington Park, where refugee elders also participate in gardening, canoeing, and crafts. Gina explains: “They love playing bocce and the other seniors in the group truly enjoy their company in the game. The seniors have also been delighted at how skillful the ILC students are. They really are so good, especially for having never played! And there’s always a lot of laughter. William started the trend by playing with the group over the summer; the last couple of weeks before summer session ended other students began participating, and now most everyone looks forward to playing.”
ILC offers FREE Citizenship Classes for refugees age 60 or older.
Classes held at Washington Park Senior Center
4420 W. Vliet St., Milwaukee
Monday, Wednesday, & Thursday
9 – 11:00A.M.
TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED
Call ILC at 414-344-4777 for registration information.
