S.C. Senior Community Wins Argentum's National Best of the Best Award

Summit Hills Senior Living community in Spartanburg, S.C., has been awarded the National Best of the Best from Argentum for its JOY Program, confirms WSPA-TV . According to the local CBS affiliate, JOY stands for "Joining Older and Younger." The program pairs up children and seniors for simple, but impactful activities such as Easter egg hunts and Christmas programs. The 2010 US Census reports that more than 28 percent of South Carolinians will be over the age of 60 by 2030. Summit Hills Executive Director, Regina Fargis, notes that it is not just young kids who visit. Middle schoolers and young college students have made trips to the community to spend time with seniors. "To have this interaction for this younger generation, who is so segregated themselves and so isolated themselves, it's making an impact on them. They're learning how to interact when they're with our seniors," Fargis remarked.