Memory Café begins April 15 at Clayton Library

CLAYTON, CA (April 6, 2023) — The Clayton Library is hosting its first monthly Memory Café event on April 15 when participates will take part in cognitive activities designed to perk up memories.

The gatherings, to be held from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., are free and open to all older adults with or without current memory concerns.

Clayton Library manager Geneva Moss said this program offering for its participants will concentrate on activities that focus on memories to remember the early times in their lives while also boosting memories going forward.

Attendees must be accompanied by a caregiver or loved one for the duration of the Memory Café if assistance or supervision is required. The Clayton Library is not responsible for Memory Café attendees.

A small snack will be provided. So, attendees with a food allergy or restriction are asked to contact the library at least 24 hours prior to the event.

This program is being made possible by the Clayton Community Library Foundation and a grant from the Livable Community Trust Fund.

“Without it, we would not be able to do it,” said Moss in lauding the foundation’s work to make this new library offering available to the community.

David Scholz

David Scholz is back in journalism as a freelance writer and photographer after nearly two decades in education. Prior to moving into teaching in 2000, he worked as a full-time journalist since 1988 for rural community and small daily newspapers in Central Ohio and Northern Nevada, and later in California with The Business Journal in Fresno and dailies in the Bay Area, including The Oakland Tribune and The San Francisco Chronicle. More recently Scholz also worked in an editing, writing, and page layout role with the Rossmoor News.