Program Highlights
All are welcome, free-of-charge, RSVP Required – please call/text Mary (978-887-4202):
Join us Saturday, August 12, 10am – 12pm, for our Memory Cafe In the Garden. Meet & Eat with us after the Memory Cafe, 12pm – 1pm (bring a brown bag lunch & beverage).
Sunday, August 13, 10am – 2pm, Sunday Stroll in the Garden. Reserve either morning session, 10am – 12pm, or afternoon session, 12pm – 2pm.
Volunteer with us! Weekly & Monthly volunteer opportunities are available.
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Please share our free-of-charge support programs with friends, family, clients, patients, or customers who are living the roles of long-term care-partner or care-receiver.
All Programs are at At Rest-Stop-Ranch Accessible Gardens in Topsfield, unless noted otherwise
Date, Time, Program Name
8/3, 9am – 12pm, Garden Crew
8/12, 10am – 12pm, Memory Cafe
8/12, 12pm – 1pm, Meet & Eat
8/13, 10am – 12pm or 12pm – 2pm Sunday Stroll
8/9, 1pm – 4pm, Garden Rx
8/10, 9am – 12pm, Garden Crew
8/10, 7pm-8pm, Group Support (Caregivers)
8/15 – 9/6 we are on summer vacation.
Program Descriptions
Weekly Garden Rx
Open Garden; Tuesday/Thursday, 1-4pm; A Therapeutic Garden Program. Volunteers assist with hospitality and/or light garden maintenance. Caregivers enjoy respite (take a break in nature or at The Cottage). Individuals enjoy engaging with flowers, birds & fish.
Weekly Garden Crew
A weekly Thursday therapeutic morning garden crew (adults with differing abilities) helps maintain the wheelchair-accessible garden trails and garden beds.
Monthly Group Support for Caregivers via Zoom
Monthly group for middle-age care-partners caring for a loved one with memory changes (FTD, Young-Onset Alzheimer’s, Brain Injury, Down Syndrome with Dementia)
Monthly Memory Cafe Program in the Garden
2nd Saturdays, Once-a-month, People with memory changes and care-partners gather for coffee, flower fun, bird & fish watching.
Monthly Sunday Stroll
2nd Sundays, Once-a-month, hourly appointments in the Garden.
Respite Retreats & Individual Support for Caregivers
By appointment with Mary E MacDonald, interfaith chaplain.
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Consider a donation to our cause!
3 Easy Ways to Donate:
1. Online – Facebook.com/reststopranch; Venmo “Rest-Stop-Ranch”
2. Check – made payable to “Rest-Stop-Ranch”; mail to:
202 Haverhill Road, Topsfield, MA 01983
3. Cash – Locked Boxes Onsite
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Volunteer with us! Weekly & Monthly volunteer opportunities are available.
