Quaker Values


Kendal’s residents and staff share the spirit of community and collaboration and the respect for each individual that flow from Quaker principles.

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The Kendal Difference

Kendal provides a unique option for older adults who seek a place of community and collaboration. As a not-for-profit, values-based organization, the mission is expressed in all aspects of operations.…

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Ziegler Closes $297,030,000 Financing for Ensō Village

June 14, 2021—Bond proceeds will be applied toward the construction of the Community, which will include 221 independent living apartments, 30 assisted living apartments and 24 memory support apartments.

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Enso Village Taps ‘Green Bond’ Financing for New Community

May 18, 2021—Green energy production and energy-efficiency are integral to Enso Village. The community will have a solar array, estimated to produce enough solar energy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions…

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LeadingAge NY Names Hal Craft Trustee of the Year

Dec. 24, 2020–LeadingAge New York CEO Jim Clyne presented the award to Craft during a Dec. 16 Zoom meeting of Kendal at Ithaca’s Board of Trustees.

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Kendal Honored for Handling of COVID-19 Communications

Dec. 8, 2020—Kendal marketing staff and AKCG worked together to help affiliates decide how and when to report COVID-19 cases and how to reinforce them with messages of comfort, compassion…

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Kendal Speaks Out for Social Justice

June 2, 2020—Kendal has always been, and continues to be a place for those who speak out and act for social justice, in peace and in strength.

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Without rapid, reliable Covid-19 testing, older adults remain on tenterhooks

April 18, 2020—Reliable mass testing will provide those served by aging services providers, as well as the heroes who provide that care, with the greatest assurance that they are being…

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