Coordinating a Community Project: Connecting Two Generations In the spring of 2014, I launched a community initiative aimed at connecting two generations—adult immigrants and children admitted to Mattel Children’s Hospital at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). This project was part of my work at Olympus Adult Day Care Center in West Los Angeles, under the Social and Psychological Department. The participants and clients at Olympus Adult Center were adults from diverse nationalities and religious minorities, including Iranians, Russians, Armenians, Kurds, Azeris, Latin Americans, and American citizens. Understanding the unique challenges and rich cultural experiences these individuals brought with them, I proposed a project that would foster a sense of purpose and connection. The idea was to collect toys and donations, as well as write postcards with heartfelt messages for hospitalized children. This initiative was met with overwhelming support from the adults at the cent...