On Monday, nearly four dozen volunteers donated their time, talent, tools and materials to the Herbert Hoover greenhouse project in Schaumburg, Illinois. From five year olds to 95 year olds and every age between, the local community has embraced the brainchild of school principal Jake Chung, to teach children about creating a greenhouse and [...]
Thirty residents in Friendship Village’s Briarwood neighborhood just met theirs for the first time this month. While pen pals are often established to help people improve their foreign language skills, the pen pals to Friendship Village residents had an entirely different reason to keep in touch.
Twenty-six third and fifth graders from St. Thomas of [...]
The first annual Art Sale to benefit “Serving Our Seniors” (SOS) will be held at the Barn on Saturday, April10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fifteen older adult artists will display their work for sale at the event including Friendship Village residents, Geraldine Wuester, Angie Sobczyk and Betty Kocian.
SOS is a collaborative committee with [...]
There are 21 new smiling faces at Friendship Village this week. Beginning on Monday, February 22 Friendship Village welcomed 21 Conant and Schaumburg High School students as volunteers. The students are part of Conant High School’s Learning through Community Action Program (L.C.A.P.), and the SHARE program at Schaumburg High School.
According to the District 211 website: [...]
Invoking the inspiration of the slain civil rights leader, Friendship Village’s Rosemary Newman challenged an audience of 150 community leaders to consider how each of them could make a positive difference in a world that still needs change for the better.
Rosemary, Community Relations Coordinator since 2005, delivered her call to action in a heartfelt keynote [...]
The Art Institute of Chicago came to Friendship Village on Monday, November 9th with their program “Masterpieces”. This enlightening presentation focused on the meaning of the term masterpiece: paintings which critics and other artists deem masterpieces – works that have historical significance and artworks that have a special appeal for the viewer himself.
The PowerPoint [...]
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