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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 [...]
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 [...]
Patricia (Pat) Mash was recently named Vice President of Planning and Marketing at Friendship Senior Options. In her new role, Mash is responsible for directing strategic planning, marketing, advocacy and sales efforts for Friendship Senior Options and their affiliated communities and corporations. Friendship Senior Options is the parent company of Friendship Village of Schaumburg [...]
The Wintergarden came alive this afternoon while Friendship Village residents celebrated Polish Palooza. There was plenty of feasting, festing and fun under a canopy of red and white pennants. Tables dressed in red were topped with red and white balloons – the colors of the Polish flag. The official coat of arms [...]
On Wednesday, May 4th, Friendship Village residents, Mr. and Mrs. Gondek and Friendship Village associates Jeff Rose and Jeannette Magdaleno attended the Hands on Suburban Chicago Volunteer Award ceremony. Friendship Village received the Community Impact Award for the Hoover Greenhouse project. Joe and Dot Gondek, volunteers for the Hoover Greenhouse, accepted the award and assisted [...]
Congratulations to Donna Brown and Mike McCann for their involvement in the 2011 Life Services Network Poster Session at the recent LSN Annual Meeting. Their entry, “Hollywood Dreams: How to develop, produce and film your own resident run short film,” served to demonstrate the process of filming a movie from the call to writers [...]
Five residents of Friendship Village competed in the 2011 Chili Bowl to see who made the best chili. Joe and Dot Gondek took first place with their Turkey Cheese Chili while Helen Moffet took second place and Velma Robinson took third place. The distinguished panel of judges included Tony Anselmo, Store Manager, Dominick’s of Schaumburg; [...]
Each year, hundreds of applicants offer to tell their stories at the Life Service Network (LSN) annual meeting. Only a few dozen are chosen. This year, Friendship Village was honored to make four presentations about their senior living community.
Stephen Yenchek, President and CEO of Friendship Senior Options, the parent company to Friendship Village, [...]
Friendship Village received the “Community Impact Award” from Life Services Network during their annual conference held at Navy Pier. The award honors Friendship Village’s outreach program to Herbert Hoover Elementary School where the Friendship Village residents and staff worked with students and teachers to create “Hoover Friendship Garden… Growing Green Dreams.”
“The intergenerational partnership [...]
Residents at Friendship Village had the chance to travel back in time to the Roarin’ 20s for Speakeasy Casino Night. Over two hundred people showed up donning their pinstripe suits and flapper feathers to try their luck and have some fun. Many people put on their poker faces for Texas Hold’em, while others found favor [...]
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