AND HOW YOU LIVE MATTERS EVEN MORE.
Life-Enhancing Like many NHPF properties, Walnut Square is committed to providing effective health and wellness programs for its residents. The Crawford Family is one of many who are benefitting from that commitment. By joining the Walnut Square Walking Club and using the Fitness Center equipment, they have lost weight, lowered their cholesterol, increased their energy, and made a nutritional commitment to their new healthy lifestyle. Mr. Crawford has even found a special way to give back to the community. He is now the volunteer football coach for Operation Pathways’ afterschool program at Walnut Square.
Life-Sustaining Working with the Bucks County “Bucks Back Tax Program,” Operation Pathways helped Foxwood Manor’s residents in preparing their 2011 tax returns. Many had never been able to afford professional tax preparation services, and were unfamiliar with tax credits and other tax-saving opportunities. In all, 944 returns were prepared with the help of 14 volunteers. The savings in accounting fees exceeded $100,000 and—most importantly—the tax refunds residents received came to a total of $821,995. By going back a few years to file amended returns, one resident received a total refund in excess of $27,000.
Life-Enriching Very few young people can say their art has hung on museum walls, but that’s exactly what’s happened to students in four of Operation Pathways afterschool programs in Dallas, Texas. More than 100 pieces of the art they created in their OP programs were hung for a 3-month show at the African American Museum of Art. Following a well-attended opening event, hundreds of people saw the show and 27 of the pieces were even bought by collectors. Based on the show’s success, the students were also invited to exhibit at the Junior Academy of Arts and Letters. The museum has asked to make the exhibit an annual event, and our young artists could not be more proud to accept their invitation.
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