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Syracuse Event Helps Deal With Holiday Stress Syracuse Event Helps Deal With Holiday Stress

By Jillian Andrews

Renee Scherer:
“I don’t have my parents anymore.”

Jillian Andrews:
“Renee Scherer attends Good Creations every Tuesday. She says the world outside is all stress, especially around the this time of year.”

Renee Scherer:
“I’m definitely looking forward to coming here that Tuesday to relieve all that stress before the holidays.”

Jillian Andrews:
“Sherer says when she’s inside Isaiah’s Table, she can escape, through her paintings.”

Renee Scherer:
“You’re able to relax, you’re able to take whatever’s inside you and be able to put it on canvas.”

Jillian Andrews:
“Experts say that stress can result from overbooked schedules during the holidays, their advice? Give yourself a gift… the gift of clearing your schedule.”

Rebecca Wind:
“Like our world is so stressful right now that… and always like rushing rushing like people always have to have something to do and places to go an whatever and its so nice to have this space to come and sit and be.”

Jillian Andrews:
‘Wind says making are can do more than just eliminate stress.”

Rebecca Wind:
“And it’s really fulfilling to create something on your own so I think that boosts self-esteem too.”

Jillian Andrews:
“Wind says Good Creations has become more than just a place for arts and crafts, it’s a home away from home.”

Rebecca Wind:
“A lot of the people that come here, have broken ties with family’s and things like that, that make it a really depressing, hard time of year, so having community that is here that like loves them and cares for them definitely helps.”

Jillian Andrews:
“A few hours at Good Creations can prepare anyone for whats to come… even the holidays.”

Renee Scherer:
“When I leave here, I am totally stress free because of what we did for that day.”

Syracuse, N.Y. (NCC News) – A Syracuse organization is helping local residents eliminate stress. Isaiah’s Table hosts an event called Good Creations on Tuesday afternoons that is open to the public.

This free event brings a peaceful moment to break up busy and stressful schedules. Through arts and crafts provided by the organization, participants are encouraged to get creative.

“You’re able to relax, you’re able to take whatever’s inside of you and be able to put it on canvas,” said Renee Scherer, a Syracuse Resident.

Scherer attends Good Creations every Tuesday.

“I don’t have my parents anymore,” Scherer said. “I’m definitely looking forward to coming here that Tuesday to relieve all that stress before the holidays.”

Scherer isn’t the only participant that feels stress during the holidays.

“A lot of the people that come here, have broken ties with family’s and things like that, that make it a really depressing, hard time of year, ” said Rebecca Ward, the art event coordinator for Good Creations.

Ward said Tuesday art time brings people together as a community.

“Having a community that is here that like loves them and cares for them definitely helps,” Ward said.

A few hours at Good Creations can prepare anyone for what’s to come, even the holidays.

“When I leave here, I am totally stress free,” Scherer said.

 

 

 

 

 

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