Mike Matthews founded Grandma Stand in 2012 to honor is grandmother, Eileen Wilkinson, who had a lot of wisdom to share. He built an outdoor stand and set it up in public places in New York City. There, Grandma Eileen listened and chatted with passersby.
Grandma Eileen passed away in 2018 at 101 years old. Matthews took down the stand. But in 2024, he decided to re-establish the stand new new grandmas staffing it.
Matthews now has 20 volunteer grandmothers participating in New York City, as well as 20 other locations around the United States.
The Grandma Stand project is the subject of a new documentary that you can watch on PBS.
-via Kottke
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