Older Adults From Chinese-American Planning Council Senior Centers Dominate City’s “Talent is Timeless”

NEW YORK, NY—The Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) announced that five groups from its older adult programs in Manhattan and Brooklyn have advanced in NYC Aging’s Talent is Timeless competition. Performers include a traditional Chinese dance group (Ms. Wen Mei’s Xinjiang Dance Group), a hula performance (Phoenix Dance Group), and the Rising Star Choir. These performers will now continue onto the citywide finals in September, where they will face off against dozens of other older New Yorkers from the five boroughs.

Talent is Timeless is a program of New York City’s Department for the Aging that showcases the spirit, resilience, and limitless potential of older adults, offering them a platform to demonstrate their abilities, while also challenging ageist stereotypes.

CPC serves more than 5,000 older New Yorkers at its Nan Shan Older Adult Center in Queens and the NY Chinatown Older Adult Center and Open Door Senior Center in Manhattan, providing solace, aid, and social activities to city’s expanding population.

In addition to nutritious, family-style meals, English instruction, and social service case assistance, each center offers robust arts & culture programming. Older adults can show off their fine art in exhibits, give music performances, learn calligraphy, and more. All of the centers strive to preserve and expand senior services and programs, including those which propelled the Talent is Timeless winners to success with hours spent rehearsing each week with their peers at the centers.

CPC also operates one of the city’s largest Home Attendant Programs, giving friendly home care services to seniors in the five boroughs, as well as to those who are medically disabled and/or physically handicapped.

For more information about the Talent is Timeless competition, visit NYC Aging.

About the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC):

Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) is a social services organization that creates positive social change. Founded in 1965, CPC is the nation's largest Asian American social services organization and aims to promote the social and economic empowerment of Chinese American, immigrant, and low-income communities of New York City. CPC is the trusted partner to individuals and families striving to achieve goals in their education, family, community, and career.

關於華人策劃協會 (華策會):

華人策劃協會（簡稱“華策會”）是一個致力於創造正向社會變革的社會服務機構。華策會成立於1965年，是美國最大的亞裔美國人社會服務機構，旨在促進紐約市華裔美國人，移民，及低收入社區的社會權益和經濟賦權。華策會是為實現其教育，家庭，社區及職業目標而努力的個人和家庭可信賴的機構。

ACERCA DE CPC

El Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) es una organización de servicios sociales que crea un cambio social positivo. Fundada en 1965, CPC es la mayor organización de servicios sociales asiático-americanos del país y su objetivo es promover la capacitación social y económica de las comunidades chino-americanas, inmigrantes y de bajos ingresos de la ciudad de Nueva York. CPC es el socio de confianza de personas y familias que se esfuerzan por alcanzar objetivos en su educación, familia, comunidad y carrera.