Social Impact

Nora Adelmann: A Life of Service

From the moment Nora started as a graduate student intern with Kendal at Longwood and Crosslands in 1977, to her current role as Senior Vice President of Governance and Strategy…

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We Collected, We Packed and We Sent Them Off

This November, Barclay Friends residents, staff and families participated in a community-wide project to collect snack and personal care items for troops near and far. Donated items were collected in…

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Kendal on Hudson team walks for Alzheimer's

Kendal Walks to End Alzheimer's

The Kendal Corporation and affiliates across the system recently participated in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The event, held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, is the…

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Lisa Marsilio and Leah Reynolds

Kendal~Crosslands Helps Avondale Flood Victims

Responsibility in the Greater Community When the remnants of Hurricane Ida blew through Chester County in early September, gratefully, the residents who live at Kendal~Crosslands Communities and the staff members…

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Suffragettes at the White House

The Kendal Corporation Voting Rights Statement of Principles

The right for citizens to cast their votes is a core tenet of our democratic republic.   We at The Kendal Corporation, guided by our Quaker values, believe it is…

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Old Kennett Meeting

Community, Diversity, and Justice

Kendal-Crosslands Communities was founded by a grant from the Philadelphia Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, in 1973 to transform the experience of aging. The Committee on Aging group…

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A Day for Strong Women in Our Lives

Published: May 7, 2021 Anna Maria Jarvis so admired her mother, a social activist and faith-filled woman, that she embarked on a mission to honor all mothers. The first official…

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Barclay friends employess clean up highway

Barclay Friends 2nd Annual Adopt-a-Highway Clean Up

On a chilly Saturday morning in November 2020, a group of staff volunteers gathered in the parking lot to set off on a mission. That mission was to find and…

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members of KCC and KACS at the food bank

Kendal~Crosslands Leads Grocery Drive

Residents Lark and Carli hold produce delivered to Kennett Area Community Service food bank A pandemic will not stop the residents at Kendal~Crosslands Communities from living their values of helping…

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