Early in the Spring of 1999, I put up a wild bird feeder holding birdseed at my condo building. Everybody just loves it and several people asked if they might chip in and help buy the seed. We stipulate, however, that the care and upkeep and filling must be delegated to the residents themselves, although assisted by the activity director - so they soon see those birds as their responsibility and thus derive this minor healing miracle. Some places are now taking up a collection of nickels and dimes to buy the seed. We accept no donations or gifts.
Members sell fur hats imported from China to raise the necessary money by word of mouth.
We now have a daily recording on my phone about some of the sites seen around the feeders. Every site is visited each week at least once to be sure no activity director is falling down on her promise on behalf of the residents. Anybody, anywhere, can do this kind of thing and unlock huge reservoirs of healing energy within our 'shut-in' population. It's snowballing on us. You can give a rating to this scheme overall.