Services and Products we offer
At BiFolkal Productions, we provide engaging and interactive resources designed to stimulate memory, encourage discussions, and foster connections across generations. Our services include:
LIBRARIANS
Generate memories and discussion with a group program at the library or anywhere in your community. Everything you need is in the bag (with the exception of a DVD/CD player and some people!) Multi-media, multi-sensory resources focus on broad universal themes—decades, seasons, transportation, work, school, fashion, pets, and more.
Some Library Reviews: “Remembering Summertime is a multi-sensory treat using photographs, audio tapes, songs, poems, skits, slides and realia to stimulate recollection among older audiences in nursing homes, libraries and community centers. Every aspect of conducting a successful program is covered thoroughly in the well organized, nicely illustrated manual. There are wonderful additional ideas for programming, an annotated bibliography, and descriptions of real-audience reactions to the realia that come with the kit.” Remembering Summertime—Review, Library Journal/November 15, 1983
“…the best is probably Remembering the Fashion. A kind of out-of-the-way topic for reminiscence, one look at this fine collection of images reveals that fashion is an excellent subject for both reminiscence and the study of history. The producers of the series promise in their advertising that the kit will look at ‘how attitudes and events have influenced the fashion for men and women… and how fashion has influenced us.’ The kit delivers on the promise. The selection of slides is marvelous, revealing an extraordinary depth of archival research combined with discriminating judgement. Likewise, the music, poetry, quotations and narrative are first rate. Especially notable are the songs… Review, The Gerontologist/Vol. 27, No.3, 1987
“As the Reverend Edward J. Hemphill, Jr., noted in his 1981 review in The Gerontologist of the first six of these productions, ‘Anyone interested in informing, challenging, or stimulating older adults will find the Bi-Folkal Kit Series a unique and potent tool.’ The latest additions to the series significantly enhance this opinion.”
One librarian wrote to us: “Every library should have a set of Bi-Folkal kits!”
ACTIVITY DIRECTORS
Good programming is good public relations! When you provide programs that involve and excite your clients, your programs can be the talk of the town. If you don’t have the money in your activity budget that you need to do a program the local newspaper might be interested to cover, ask to buy some resources from the marketing budget.
Our book 24 Food Programs in Good Taste includes two programs for each month of the year. One senior center took the “Oatmeal Month” program plans from the January chapter, used all our ideas and more. The story made it onto the front page of the local section of the paper. The program book—$24. Oatmeal, toppings, and posters—$32. All that positive publicity—priceless. Good programming IS good public relations. Programs that involve your clients and their families are the best advertising there is!
Whether you work in a senior center, apartment complex, retirement community, assisted-living, day care or nursing home setting, you’ll find memory triggers in our program kits that are just for you. The Remembering program kits have been designed as a library resource; check with your local library to see whether they have them or can borrow them for you from another library.
We’ve been asked to provide individual resources at a lower cost that activity directors can have on hand to use at a moment’s notice. We’ve done that. You can choose from:
