For more information about Kendal communities, programs and services, or to request an interview with a Kendal staff member or resident, please contact:
Larry Elveru
Director, Communications and Public Relations
lelveru@kcorp.kendal.org
610-335-1232
07 Feb, 2020
Feb. 7, 2020—Kendal Charitable Funds has awarded a $50,000 Promising Innovations grant to Rebuilding Together Philadelphia (RTP) to fund a two-year initiative to help low-income older adults age in place. The grant will support RTP’s efforts to repair and improve the residences of an estimated 30 homeowners in 2020 and 2021 to make them safer, […]
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14 Jan, 2020
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania (Jan. 14, 2020) — Richard Wortmann, Clerk of the Board of Directors, has announced that veteran health care administrator Lisa Marsilio has been selected as Kendal-Crosslands Communities‘ new CEO. Marsilio’s first day at KCC will be Jan. 21. Marsilio has extensive experience leading health care organizations. From 2015 to 2019, she served […]
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30 Dec, 2019
Mitchellville, Maryland (Dec. 30, 2019) — CEO Ann E. Gillespie has announced the promotion of Megan Barbour to Chief Operating Officer of Collington, a Kendal-affiliated not-for-profit Life Plan retirement community in suburban Washington, D.C. Barbour has served as Administrator/Director of Operations at Collington since September 2018. “This move means Megan will continue to lead our […]
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27 Dec, 2019
Parting reflections by Kendal President & CEO John Diffey upon his retirement in 2016 Over the course of my tenure with Kendal, it has been important to be able to speak to a number of different topics and before a number of different audiences. One of the most important topics has been “What to look […]
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26 Nov, 2019
Nov. 26, 2019—A new show of artwork at The Admiral at the Lake is a blend of Chicago history and holiday fun from the studio of David Lee Csicsko. Since the early 1980s, some of the most prominent art in the city has been created by Csicsko. WTTW-TV has posted its video story, titled “Delightful […]
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25 Nov, 2019
Nov. 25, 2019, Granville, Ohio—During the spring and fall of 2019, Denison University biology major Rebekah Funk ’20 spent many hours shadowing occupational therapist Arin Waechter in Kendal at Granville’s rehabilitation center — a highly impactful opportunity that supported Funk’s ambition of becoming a registered and licensed occupational therapist. Waechter says, “I feel that during […]
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21 Nov, 2019
Nov. 21, 2019—The Kendal Corporation garnered two Bronze Awards in the 2019 National Mature Media Awards competition for: Kendal’s 2018 Annual Report, “Resilience: Kendal branches out far and wide. And, our roots run deep.” “The Stars Aligned for Maria Sanchez,” a feature article by Larry Elveru published on The Admiral at the Lake’s and on […]
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30 Oct, 2019
CHICAGO (Oct. 29, 2019)—EngAGE is a new pilot project by the University of Chicago Medicine helping adults 65 and older stay active with a little assistance from Amazon’s voice-controlled speaker Alexa. EngAGE is currently being used by residents at The Admiral at the Lake, Chicago’s oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to creating senior living with innovative […]
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16 Oct, 2019
Granville, Ohio (Oct. 16, 2019)—On a picture-perfect sunny day in late September, nine Kendal at Granville staff members participated in a “new-build” project sponsored by Habitat for Humanity in Newark, Ohio. This is the fourth year in a row that staff members of the not-for-profit organization have participated in a build day as part of […]
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25 Sep, 2019
Sept. 25, 2019, Lexington, Virginia — During the second week of September, two couples moved into homes in Kendal at Lexington’s new Sunrise Ridge development. On Sept. 8, Bob and Suetta Harrison were the first couple to move in, and two days later, Sis and Harry Warner became their new neighbors a couple doors away. […]
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