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Friendship Village is looking especially beautiful these days, thanks to a painting created by Tiffani McCann. Tiffani is the very talented wife of lifestyles director Mike McCann. Tiffani painted her own beautiful rendition of Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Nights on the mirror in the fitness center. Be sure to stop in a see this wonderful [...]
Residents along with their friends and family have started celebrating the upcoming holidays, with festive musical performances, holiday bazaars, and fun visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus.
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We wish you wonderful holidays
Friendship Village’s Project Linus volunteers are receiving some help from an unexpected, but well-appreciated source. KarlHeintz Megger, a second grade student at Michael Collins Elementary School in Schaumburg is launching a drive to collect supplies for the Friendship Village team of volunteers, known as blanketeers.
Project Linus is a national not-for-profit organization [...]
Residents have had a howling good time over the past weeks, as they’ve enjoyed the celebration of Halloween. Highlights of the Halloween happenings include the following:
On Tuesday, October 25, Friendship Village lifestyles director Michael McCann presented Chicago Ghosts and the Macabre: retelling some of the Chicago area’s most bizarre true “ghost” [...]
A gluckliche zeit (good time), was had by all. Friendship Village of Schaumburg celebrated its annual Oktoberfest on Friday, September 23. More than 200 residents attended the fun-filled event.
The Oktoberfest festivities started with a traditional (root)beer chugging contest and strudel eating contest. Contestant Helen Moffett guzzled down her cups of root beer, soundly defeating her [...]
They sprinted, threw, cast and swung. More than 130 seniors participated in Friendship Village Silver Games 2011 which were co-sponsored by the Schaumburg Park District. The friendly competition, designed to encourage exercise of both the body and brain, featured 27 different events including swimming, golfing, fishing, Poker, jigsaw puzzles, shuffleboard and more. [...]
While there are a number of green thumbed residents in Friendship Village, there’s only one veritable tomato king. Gene Pontes brought his hoe, his trowel, and his 50 year love of gardening with him when he moved from suburban Bartlett to Friendship Village three years ago. Pontes has staked out his gardening plot in the [...]
In a stunning upset, the Wii bowling team of Friendship Village took first place in the DuPage County Wii Bowling Tournament which included competitors from eight retirement communities. Ironically, Cook County-based Friendship Village team was the only one not in fact from DuPage County.
The tournament took place over a 12-week period, culminating with the [...]
The 2011 Friendship Village Talent Show Las Vegas Style was warmly received by its standing-room only crowd on Friday, August 26 in Assembly Hall at Friendship Village. The lively event featured our talented residents and staff in a number of rollicking acts saluting the glitz and glamor of Las Vegas.
Las Vegas favorites were [...]
Greetings and Aloha from Friendship Village! Our residents enjoyed a taste of the islands last Friday in the Roger Smith Memorial Garden of Friendship Village. The garden was transformed into an island paradise complete with parrots, Tiki torches, and floral beauty. The enchanting sound of Calypso music filled the air. Every [...]
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