Sunshine Place in collaboration with its students (seniors, young adults & children) enrolled in its various art classes mounts the eighth edition of Coloring Lives. The annual exhibit aptly named Coloring Lives is a fund-raising exhibit to benefit residents of a chosen institution. Proceeds of the exhibit will go a long way in making the lives of the beneficiaries more comfortable, warm, and secure.
This year’s Coloring Lives, to be held at the Atrium ( 2nd Level) of the Podium from July 22-27, 2025, will be for the benefit of the Josefheim Elderly Care Community run by the Josefheim Foundation.
On exhibit will be acrylic and oil paintings (intermediate/ advance , kids and beginners’ level) , watercolor paintings, porcelain paintings, decoupage, and Ikebana-Sogetsu arrangements of students and Sunshine Place instructor. The Ikebana-Sogetsu students under Mr. Marc Tomas will showcase arrangements with metal as its theme.
Located in Pililla, Rizal, the Josefheim Elderly Care Community is a home for abandoned elderly. It is under the management of Josefheim Foundation, a non-profit organization that envisions to provide love and care for the abandoned, forgotten or marginalized elderly members of the community It aims to address the special physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the elderly and provide them with purpose in life, joy, comfort and peace in the twilight of their lives.
Fr. Uldarico Dioquino, Spiritual Director of Josefheim Foundation, Inc. says it is “a sanctuary where love never ages and every wrinkle tells a story.” As the foundation relies wholly on the generosity of sponsors, donors and friends, he encourages everyone to be involved to “create a community where compassion meets age, and every elder is a treasure.”
Previous Coloring Lives fund-raising exhibits have benefited the Kanlungan ni Maria Home for the Aged located in Antipolo City, San Lorenzo Ruiz Center for the Elderly, and the senior residents at Pavilions 8 and 28 in the National Center for Mental Health in Mandaluyong City.
