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Beautiful Reason These College Students Live In A Retirement Community

Beautiful Reason These College Students Live In A Retirement Community
100 senior residents live in this retirement community in Cleveland, Ohio, but so do several college students who have apartments there. It was a simple plan to entertain the elderly, but it turned out to be so much more than that.

Inside the Judson Manor retirement community in Cleveland, Ohio, they have about 100 senior residents.

They also host several college students who live in apartments there. All are studying at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and were offered free rent in exchange for monthly performances.

It seemed like a common sense plan to bring music to the elderly, but it turned out to be much more than that.

Not only did the young people inject life into the community, but they also developed close friendships and discovered that they, themselves, are benefiting most from the innovative exchange program.

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