Resident Engagement

The Greenleaf Labyrinth at Kendal

Published: June 19, 2025 Marian Thomas arrived at Kendal at Oberlin a year ago and quickly found fertile ground to create a labyrinth - something she cherishes and wanted to…

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A Community Offers Social Solutions to Prevent Isolation

Published: September 17, 2020 A community can be a lot of things. A neighborhood. A group of like-minded individuals. People who share a common commitment or investment. A life plan…

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30 Years of Caring

Published: November 15, 2023  For 30 years Kendal at Oberlin residents and staff have been creating community in ways big and small. As the community celebrate its 30th birthday this…

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2021 State of Kendal Community

Published: November 29, 2021 The annual meeting of the Kendal at Oberlin Residents Association (KORA) took place a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, and the president’s report was full of…

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Faces of Kendal - Mary Behm

Published: January 15, 2025 Kendal at Oberlin is home to more than 300 people in their 60s and well beyond. They come from near (Oberlin and Cleveland) and far (Hawaii,…

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Hometown Heroes: Celebrating Community Support During COVID-19

Published: March 29, 2023 Medical providers, public servants and church leaders stepped up, along with grocery store clerks, auto mechanics, restaurant owners and - fill in the blanks. When COVID…

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Celebrating a Life Well-lived

Published: September 4, 2024 It’s a fact of aging: As we grow older, we spend more time at celebrations of life than birthday party celebrations. Some funeral traditions and rituals…

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Values in Action: Environmental Sustainability

Published: April 27, 2022   Kendal at Oberlin, and Kendal Corporation’s other affiliates are independent and not part of, or sponsored by any religious or social institution, but they were…

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Traveling is Back!

Published: April 20, 2022 Road Scholar phones are ringing off the hook. Expedia is calling 2022 the year of the GOAT, as in “greatest of all trips.” Resorts and rental…

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