DAPS Community Tulip Project In-Person Workshop

Join an in-person workshop.

Friday, March 18 from 2:00-4:00 PM

Belmont Village Senior Living

3535 N. Hall Street, Dallas, Texas 75219

The red tulip is the international symbol for Parkinson’s disease (PD). In honor of Parkinson’s Awareness Month in April, DAPS is launching the Tulip Project in order to increase outreach and spread awareness.

Individuals and groups are invited to participate by creating origami tulips. The goal is to create 164 red tulips with green stems that will be collected and assembled to display at the DAPS and Kenneth H. Cooper, MD Lifetime Achievement Award in April. 164 tulips represent the number of people in the U.S. that are diagnosed with PD daily.

The idea for origami tulips originated from a young DAPS volunteer and his family. Nikhil’s grandfather in India was diagnosed with PD. While communicating with his grandfather online, Nikhil and his parents noticed how his grandfather would become more engaged and interested when Nikhil created origami art. Origami is known to provide a way for people with PD to improve dexterity, a common issue that many PD patients experience. Nikhil and his mother brought the idea to DAPS and the project was born.

Project sponsored by Supernus Pharmaceuticals.

Watch the guided tutorial.

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