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Ardan Michael Blum

Ardan Michael Blum Bio: Swiss-born American; dachshund lover and cellist; Palo Alto startup founder and longtime Swiss charity manager; currently volunteering in Palo Alto. Generally center-left in outlook. 

- A Memory:

In 2001, driven by a commitment to combat loneliness among the elderly, the NGO Vivre Avec le 3ème Âge was established in Geneva, Switzerland. Over the subsequent decade, this charity undertook a range of impactful initiatives. One of these initiatives involved securing and distributing substantial hardware and software donations from leading technology partners—Logitech, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft—to equip senior centers and nursing homes throughout French-speaking Switzerland. This became one of the charity's most significant achievements.

Another successful project was the creation of Histoires de Genève, a French-language website that enabled senior citizens to share their life stories. 

Cultural engagement was a key focus, highlighted by a free concert at Geneva’s Victoria Hall, organized in collaboration with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Swiss National Symphony Orchestra).

The following year, a special holiday dinner was hosted at Geneva's Brasserie Lipp, providing a festive, free-of-charge gathering for eighty senior citizens. These events represent only a small selection of the diverse activities undertaken by Vivre Avec le 3ème Âge; further details can be found in the accompanying press articles.