Seniors Embrace Creation, Learn to Make 'Art with a Heart'

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Until last spring, the last time Lottie Jones worked on an art project was in the third grade.

Fast forward more than 80 years and Jones, now 92, was feeling lonely. So when the Pumphrey woman heard about a community partnership between nonprofits Partners In Care and Art With a Heart, she signed up. Now, whenever the group meets, she's creating jewelry, needlepoint and painting.

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Seniors Embrace Creation, Learn to Make 'Art with a Heart'

Jones said she feels a sense of accomplishment at seeing her creations, but her reasons for participating are more personal.

"I was kind of lonely being home alone and looking at these four walls. It's an outing. My husband's been dead for four years, and I don't have any family here in Baltimore. Most of my fami...

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