An unforgettable reunion of generations, on December 15, 2018, with the theater play, directed and adapted by Alexandra Montealegre, "Esperando la Carroza" and the presentation of the musical group under the direction of Freddy Salinas "Music unites us" in the Noel Ryan auditorium of the Mississauga Central Library.

With the opening of the master of ceremonies, Sandra Riaño, at 2:45 p.m., the program officially begins. Sandra, on behalf of Alce Art and Health, explained the reason for the organization of this meeting and pointed out how Alce, since its creation, has sought to generate healthy lifestyles and unite the generations through art and health. He thanked the sponsors of the event: Party Kidz Ready 4 Fun, Grafika 360 Solutions Inc, Edna Luque Insurance Broker, Caribe Autotech, IGO OPTICAL, Desjardins Insurance Jose Bustillos, Isabel Cuellar Dignity, Carlo Guzman, Beta Electric, Life The Art of Living Well , Vicky Chiappari, Sandra Riano, Spanish in Canada Learn Spanish Fast, to the volunteers, to the community in general and to all those who have supported the organization in this initiative to collect funds for the programs.

The group "La Musica us Une" integrated by Freddy Salinas, director, Carla Gonzalez, singer, guitarists: Diego C, Silvia D, Mercedes Vargas, Marilse Sookor and Elsa Galan, Drummer: Greg Noguera, delighted the audience with the message of the beautiful song called "Eternal Love."

Later on the stage the work Esperando la Carroza was developed with the participation of the different actors representing Mama Cora and Elvira, Vicky Chiappari; to Susana, Carla Gonzalez; Sergio, Guillermo Gutierrez; Antonio, Raúl Pinto; to the cousin Felipe, Jaime Alba; to Dominga, Lucia Andrade; to Matilde, Sol Villegas, to Nora, Verónica de Gutierrez; to Mrs. Elisa, Marleny Montoya and the boy from the florist's shop, Martin Gutierrez. The work with drama and humor pointed out the reality of the life cycle of a family with its strengths and weaknesses and in which the grandmother becomes a problem for her children and they do not know what to do with her. Frequent reality that many older adults live in our society.

He finished the work with all the actors and the audience, to this meeting of generations, singing "Colors of Hope" by Diego Torres, and uniting hope, love and life in one voice.

On September 24 at 1 pm we celebrated, in memory of our loved ones, the Third Day of "Sowing Trees for Life". Mackenzie Park, along with Joe and Jessica from the city of Mississauga, were ready to welcome us with 100 beautiful trees to be planted.

With nature as an ally, by giving us a beautiful day, came the date of the second day of "Planting trees for life." The selected site was Mackenzie Park, located in the city of Mississauga. The place facilitated the access of the majority of the people in the senior group of the ALCE Art and Health program "Por una Vida Plena", as well as those of the Casa de los Abuelos, Las Lectoras, the Bethel group and friends and relatives called to this activity, and those who have joined our initiative to join efforts to protect the environment, leave a legacy and support the goal that the city of Mississauga has to plant a million trees before 2030. 

All participants were very enthusiastic coming to the place, and we started very punctual at 10 am with the explanation of Jerry and Ben, who explained the correct way to plant a tree. 

Live and live we saw the equipment that was required: gloves, shovel, plant to sow, and pieces of wood to be placed around after sown. We saw how to make the hole, how to take the plant out of the plant to plant it, how to place the extracted earth in the spaces around the plant and the importance of making a ring around it with the pieces of wood and free close to the trunk from the tree so he can breathe. 

 100 small trees were waiting for us to be planted and together we managed to do it in the programmed space of 2 hours. We laughed, we took pictures, we sang, the arms and hands worked hard, we got hot, the sweat ran through the faces of the participants, we hydrated ourselves with a delight of water, in short, we enjoyed every moment. 

 At the end of the day we made a circle and holding hands gave thanks to all who participated in this "Second day of planting trees for life" and asked the Creator from the bottom of our hearts to bless every tree planted so that I grew up healthy and strong. 

On Saturday, September 15 of this year, we will hold the third Sowing Trees for Life Seminar. We invite you to participate.

At different ages we all have a great love for music, because from the womb we begin to listen to it with the sound of our mother's heartbeat. Each person, regardless of their place of origin, vibrates with the music and connects with it. It is the universal language that unites us all.

According to the World Health Organization WHO in 1946: "Health is a complete state of well-being, physical, mental and social and not merely the absence of disease or disability." Mental Health is "The ability to adapt to the social environment and achieve satisfaction for themselves and their peers.

I want to share with you what the Zentangle is: It is an active meditation that we can all do with drawings or patterns abstract where we get carried away by the strokes focusing on the here and now, in the activity that we are doing, plotting intuitively and spontaneous, without a previous idea and without thinking about the result.

The Zentangle starts from the following principles:

1) It is an act where it is so important to create it as the result.
2) Its design is not planned, it arises spontaneously and intuitively.
3) Its creation is deliberate but unexpected.
4) It is a celebration of the beauty of forms and life, it is liberating and healing.
5) It is timeless, simply use ink and paper.
6) It requires concentration, dedication, respect.

Its benefits and uses:

It calms and quiets the mind, it helps us to reduce our level of stress and it gives us serenity and harmony, besides activating the right hemisphere of the brain and favor the development of our creative abilities. It helps us improve the concentration. As a therapeutic use, it is a useful tool in the management of anger, insomnia, addictions, the development of self-esteem and behavior modification.

t helps inspire, solve problems, generate ideas. Simultaneously, when meditating, relaxing, we harmonize, create and develop our intuitive capacity and concentration and a beautiful artistic result that we enjoy when we finish what we draw.

It is a simple and fun practice. You do not need to know how to draw and you can perform at any age and at any time and place.

I do not have anyone to ask him why they gave me this name, so looking in various sources I found that Julia comes from Latin and means YOUNG.