The Health & Wellness Center focuses on helping older adults stay healthy and engaged in the community using a variety of activities and projects.

For a number of years, we have helped participants tap into their "inner artist" by bringing them together with professional musicians, artists and dancers to create new expressive works.

These activities have helped participants understand how to use the expressive arts of painting, songwriting, poetry, music and dance as an integral part of their lives; a part that has become key to improving their quality of life as they mature.

Below are examples of works by our Health & Wellness participants.  First, seniors work with artist Neal Hamilton to create a mural depicting SOS' 30 years of service to the community.  Next, seniors perform their Senior Stomp - a dance and drumming performance choreographed by local dancer Ceco Selinas with music arranged by Baba Jubal Harris.  The performers also constructed their own musical instruments and designed their costumes under the direction of artist Cathy Bryan.