{"id":1960,"date":"2020-11-06T16:55:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T00:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2025-08-13T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:52:39","slug":"knits-by-nikkei-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/ja\/2020\/11\/06\/knits-by-nikkei-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Knits by Nikkei Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rocknwool-y7NBxZuL-_w-unsplash-1-1200x899.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rocknwool-y7NBxZuL-_w-unsplash-1-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rocknwool-y7NBxZuL-_w-unsplash-1-585x438.jpg 585w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rocknwool-y7NBxZuL-_w-unsplash-1-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rocknwool-y7NBxZuL-_w-unsplash-1-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rocknwool-y7NBxZuL-_w-unsplash-1-2048x1534.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rocknwool-y7NBxZuL-_w-unsplash-1-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rocknwool-y7NBxZuL-_w-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our seniors at <a href=\"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/ja\/\">Robert Nimi Nikkei Home<\/a> have been encouraged by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/ja\/send-letters-to-seniors\/\">letters and poems<\/a>\u00a0from the community, pictures from children, and donations of yarn during the pandemic lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of seniors have been knitting for months, nurturing these seeds of community support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:56% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nikkei-seniors-poster-take-care-scaled-2-1200x1600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nikkei-seniors-poster-take-care-scaled-2-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nikkei-seniors-poster-take-care-scaled-2-585x780.jpg 585w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nikkei-seniors-poster-take-care-scaled-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nikkei-seniors-poster-take-care-scaled-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nikkei-seniors-poster-take-care-scaled-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nikkei-seniors-poster-take-care-scaled-2-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nikkei-seniors-poster-take-care-scaled-2.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The knitted items full of community spirit will be available at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/centre.nikkeiplace.org\/shop\/\">Nikkei National Museum&#8217;s gift shop<\/a>, with all proceeds to support the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/centre.nikkeiplace.org\/support-us\/resilience-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkei National Museum &amp; Cultural Centre&#8217;s&nbsp;Resilience Fundraiser<\/a>&nbsp;to help raise funds to support a place where the community can continue to gather into the future.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong> to the community for supporting our seniors, and thank you to the seniors for giving back to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are proud to be part of this cycle of taking care of each other.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our seniors at Robert Nimi Nikkei Home have been encouraged by\u00a0letters and poems\u00a0from the community, pictures from children, and donations of yarn during the pandemic lockdown. 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