Fact beats fiction once again. Consider these samples of flash fact, the sibling of flash fiction (aka, the short short story). These tales all take bitter turns. Chapter I: A man with ALS, a ...

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Calling herself a “natural volunteer,” Susan Chambers has spent the past 15 months reading to the elderly in assisted living homes through the Readings from the Heart organization. Chambers ...

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In 2023, Big Hearts for Seniors hosted “Big Hearted Stories: On Purpose” and raised more than $150,000, organizers said. “The program was awesome.

A senior center in Burlington is recording video of seniors telling their life stories to both create important historical records and give the older generation a chance to be heard.

The Life Story Writing Class at Pico Rivera Senior Center started 30 years ago to offer a place for people to tell stories. There was a Holocaust survivor. Japanese Americans imprisoned in internment ...