{"id":21002,"date":"2019-03-10T09:25:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T13:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/?p=21002"},"modified":"2019-02-27T09:33:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:33:38","slug":"the-next-chapter-senior-storytime-at-ywmcas-adult-day-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/the-next-chapter-senior-storytime-at-ywmcas-adult-day-center\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Next Chapter&#8221; &#8212; Senior Storytime at YWMCA&#8217;s Adult Day Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Participants in the YWCA\u2019s Adult Day Center Program continue to enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/outreach\/\">BAPL Outreach\u2019s<\/a> senior storytime, &#8220;The Next Chapter.&#8221;\u00a0 The program is simple &#8212; an appropriately meaningful story is shared and complimentary activities follow. 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