In 1995, Dale Hubert, a 3 rd Grade teacher in London, Ontario, Canada, began the Flat Stanley Project based on the 1964 book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. It turns out he was a traveler just like me. As hosts, residents took the visiting Flat Stanleys on several community outings including an area race track, tea room, a golf course, an alpaca farm and several lunch outings.While spending a few days at my cousins’ place in Bloomington, I met a new and wonderful man.
Woodcrest Commons also received about 10 Flat Stanleys from places such as Taiwan, Ohio, Maryland, and Canada. We’d look at the postmark to see how long it took for their grandma and gramps to arrive at their destinations.” “They appreciated the pictures and attention to details such as the way the kids decorated the envelopes and the stamps. “The residents thought it was really neat to know that grandma or gramps started here and traveled all that distance,” said Woodcrest Commons Activities Director Lindsay Lown. In return, residents received letters, pictures, lots of postcards, a few bumper stickers, a package of potato chips from Ireland and candy from Taiwan. They sent flat grandma and gramps to Ireland, Canada, the Middle East, Spain and within the United States. Woodcrest Commons utilized the website to coordinate their exchanges. Hickory Village sent out at least 30 Flat Stanley’s, cut-out paper figurines colored in by hand, and Woodcrest Commons put their own special twist on their Flat Stanley project by sending out a handful of Flat Grandma and Gramps. Residents at Hickory Village Memory Care, a DePaul Senior Living Community in Hickory, North Carolina and Woodcrest Commons, a DePaul Senior Living Community in Henrietta, New York, both recently participated in their own Flat Stanley projects. The book has been adapted to a classroom lesson in which students read the book, send paper dolls and written notes to people in other parts of the world through conventional mail and email with the goal being to exchange ideas, photos, questions and culture! “Flat Stanley” is the story of a young boy who gets accidentally flattened in his sleep and is then able to travel around the world visiting friends for the price of a stamp. Residents at several of DePaul’s Senior Living Communities have been enjoying some virtual travel thanks to a fun children’s book. By: Amy Cavalier, Communications Coordinator
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