Proceeds from this year's benefit will go to the Trail's Edge Camp for ventilator-dependent children and Mott's new Pediatric Hemodialysis Unit. The program will combine cardiovascular conditioning, resistance training and flexibility in a safe and supervised environment. Sessions are available by appointment, two or three times per week. The work of photographer Carole Anne Fletcher, coordinator, National Oceans Sciences Bowl, Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research, is on display through June 1 in the Pierpont Commons Gallery. The workshop and panel discussion also will be held at the Turner Center.
All events are free.
Senior Housing Awareness Week is sponsored by the Housing Bureau for Seniors and several senior housing communities. As part of the event, Leslie Lee will receive the Arthur Miller Award for Dramatic Writing May 18 for his body of work and for Jingles in a Broken Tongue. This year's festival also will feature Zelda Fichandler, founder of the Arena Theatre in Washington, D.C., who will speak June 15. The facility offers services dedicated to meeting the medical needs and respecting the cultural sensitivities of older African Americans and their families. 30 in the Rotunda lobby of the Exhibit Museum of Natural History.