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It’s a well-established truth at Friendship Village that our residents never cease wanting to learn. Taking that a step further, we’ve observed that many of our residents never stop wanting to teach or share their experiences and knowledge. Earlier this fall, Friendship Village announced the inception of its In House Schoolhouse Program. The series of [...]
Over the past several years, Friendship Village has carefully cultivated a butterfly garden. Focusing on specially selected plants known to attract butterflies, our garden is thriving and fragrant and beautiful. Unfortunately, it hasn’t attracted butterflies.
In order to solve this dilemma, the Lifestyles Team, Land Stewardship and Foundation of Friendship Village joined forces to purchase [...]
Nine divers explored the deepest regions of the Aquatic Center pool as they participated in the third Try Scuba program at Friendship Village. Don Milliken and his staff from Above and Under Water introduced the residents to the underwater wonder of scuba diving and snorkeling. The program is an excellent opportunity for residents [...]
Several residents of Friendship Village of Schaumburg are now able to greet each other by saying “Nǐ Hǎo” (pronounced Nee HaOW), a greeting meaning “hello” in Chinese. It’s just one of the many words and phrases they’re learning in an eight-week Chinese language and culture class being taught at the Friendship Village campus by [...]
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 [...]
Lynn Rymarz, children’s author and storyteller, presented a historical portrayal of Mary Cassatt, an American Artist to residents and friends of Friendship Village of Schaumburg. Dressed in period costume, Lynn told of Mary’s childhood growing up in a wealthy family in Pennsylvania and her early desire to become a professional artist. Samples of Mary Cassatt’s [...]
Friendship Village’s Director of Lifestyles, Michael McCann wanted to close the generation gap between older adults and their grandkids this holiday season so he and his staff created a presentation “Know What Your Grandkids Know.” Presented to the residents of Friendship Village first, and by popular demand, Mike and Jeff Rose will take their [...]
According to Dr. Thomas P. Sattler, a frequent guest speaker at Friendship Village, if a person perceives himself or herself as being healthy, he or she will act and look healthier. “It’s about attitude and the willingness to make changes. We can help ourselves and each other to do that.”
Sattler advocates that aging [...]
Residents and staff from Friendship Village of Schaumburg received a Super Partner Award from School District 54 for their ongoing involvement with Herbert Hoover Elementary School. The award was given at the 16th annual School/Community Partnership Breakfast held at Mead Jr. High. Friendship Village joined Hoffman Estates High School, Lens Crafters and Roosevelt as Super [...]
On Wednesday, September 15, ten Friendship Village resident volunteers joined with the Hoover Elementary School student body, teachers and administration, Board of Education and District Foundation along with Schaumburg Mayor Larson to celebrate the Friendship Greenhouse project.
During the event, Friendship Village resident Tom Carroll was given the opportunity to address the audience.
“Good Morning, My name [...]
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