FYI Pat Taylor As I write this during Kendal’s lockdown, there’s much to look forward to (besides making dinner plans again) — particularly that we have a new CEO/Executive Director. Welcome from all of us, Pamela! This issue celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of Kendal’s opening on May 9, 2005, and is dedicated to our founders — those incredible people who had a brilliant idea, then spent nearly a dozen years making it happen. Llyn Clague gives a splendid history of their efforts, followed by Gene DuBow’s recounting of Day One when the first two residents moved in. Other experiences of our pioneers can be gleaned from the reprint of an article that Pat Taylor wrote for the May 2016 issue. Then, in her inimitable way, Muriel Fox narrates the story of Dot Bone, a founder who still helps to make things work today. Another founder, Ed Hanin, relates what it was like living at Kendal during Project Renew. A timeline, courtesy of Kendal Corporation, gives the opening dates of KoH and its fellow K Corp affiliates. Co-Photo Editor Caroline Persell selected and processed our four covers. The spectacular front cover from the Kendal Corporation archives captures it all – the KoH campus, the Hudson River, the Mario Cuomo Bridge. The other three cover shots are by the late Richard O’Brien, a founding member of KoH. Each shows a stage of construction during the two years it took to build Kendal.
KENDAL VIEW STAFF Editor Pat Taylor Editor Emeritus Norman J. Sissman Editorial Staff Llyn Clague, Gloria Cooper, Eugene DuBow, Doris Eder, Muriel Fox, Edith Litt, Deborah O’Keefe, Sue Phillips, Bill Smethurst Photography Editors Arthur Brady, Caroline Persell Advertising Manager Roberta Poupon 1
To Management and Staff Jeff O’Donnell In these days of incredible uncertainty, we can be sure of one thing: the Management and Staff of Kendal are working hard to take care of us, the residents. We see it in the frequent communications from Health Services Administrator, Lisa Wacht, with her directives about what individual residents must do to stay healthy and keep the community safe. We see it in Ellen Ottstadt, who deals with our every need. We see it in Jean Eccleston, our CFO, who works to keep our finances in great shape. We are also appreciative of other directors and staff members who are leaving the safety of their homes each day to come to Kendal. As chair of the Residents Council, I know I speak for all residents in thanking Management and Staff for taking care of us in so many ways. Because we have such wonderful people working hand-in-hand with us, we can foresee that these troubled times will come to an end.
Dining staff member Charrisse Spratley is poised for the daily delivery of individual dinners to apartments on the first floor of Robert Fulton. Photo by Art Brady
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History in the Rearview Mirror: KoH at Fifteen Llyn Clague In my first days and weeks I was stunned at how friendly Kendalites were. Greeting us newbies, inviting us to dinners in the FDR, helping us hang art in our apartment, fostering such a communal spirit. How, I wanted to know, had such a mindset been created? Above all, how had it been maintained, over a decade and a half? Institutions change, cultures change … how was it that this spirit survived, and thrived? I asked around, and the people I talked to led me back to the founding of KoH. The story starts long before the campus opened. In 1994, following a now-famous question by Horst Berger, “Why do I have to move to Philadelphia when I retire?”, a Study Group for Retirement Alternatives (SGRA) was created to answer it. Some members were part of the Quaker Friends Meeting in Purchase, and the Quaker-run Kendal Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) at Longwood was approached as a possible model. The SGRA spent nearly a dozen years in the pursuit of its vision – making 130 trips to evaluate possible sites, working with Phelps Hospital to lease our current site, finding the right architect, getting approvals from 29 granting agencies, obtaining financing (beyond personal loans by SGRA members) through bonds, to groundbreaking in 2003. Gay Berger, along with her husband Horst, Joan and Jim Oltman, Deborah Wood, soon joined by Ruth Dewey and Twink and Jim Wood, were key members of this group. They made visits to Quaker retirement communities, mostly in eastern Pennsylvania, including Kendal Crosslands. In helping to secure crucial financing, Gay, as she recalled later, “sat with Jim (Oltman) one whole afternoon in the Delbello Donnellan law office to sign document after document, leading to selling our bonds – junk bonds, no less – through the Westchester County Industrial Development Corporation.” Through all this, a key factor was that this group of people maintained a strong sense of the kind of community they wanted to create. After all, they were going to live there themselves. They did not want a “warehouse,” where old people were “stored.” Nor a top-down system where the staff would “provide” activities to a passive population. That KoH was founded by residents, not investors, was crucial. The founders’ central interest was the quality of life in retirement, not return on capital. A basic principle was active participation by the residents in their own lives. This led to the creation of the Residents Council and other committees, many active from the get-go. Quaker concepts and values were critical. One is the practice of observing a minute of silence before a meeting to create a sense of calm and gather one’s thoughts. Another is the notion of “consensus,” or “sense of the meeting,” in which the key idea is to evolve enough of an agreement, a common ground, a way forward, that the community as a whole can endorse it, rather than settling into opposing camps based on differences of opinion. 3
So how were these essentially spiritual values maintained over the years? There is no single or simple answer (as we all know, history is not like that!). But here are some of the developments and activities that have helped sustain those values. • The naming of the buildings after the Hudson River Day Liners helped solidify our identity with the river and, in effect, the surrounding community. Gay Berger was pointed to a book on steamships, and so the long-gone Mary Powell, Clermont, Robert Fulton and Alida are memorialized at Kendal. • Spotlight: The first issue of that “indispensable four yellow pages” was first published on June 12, 2006, a little more than a year after KoH’s opening. • The fob system for entering the buildings began in January 2007. • The tennis court at Phelps Hospital became available to KoH residents in August 2007. • The Co-Pilot Program was kicked off with the first organizational meeting on November 11, 2007. • The first first-run movie in the Gathering Room was screened on January 8, 2008. • The Education Committee established a steady stream of informative and often exciting speakers and events. • A bequest now grown to about half a million dollars for concerts, cultural courses, activities, social gatherings and receptions ensured a flow of high-quality programs over the years. A sustained initiative begun early (before KoH opened) and expanded over the years was the creation of the Kendal Library. Library Committee members initially visited other CCRCs and learned from their librarians (“As soon as possible have a mystery paperback rack”). From the start, they knew they wanted the library to be open 24/7 and for books to be loaned on the honor system. The initial problems of equipment, desks, shelves were tackled with a budget, at first, of less than $3,000 a year. Two great resources helped: volunteers and the books donated by incoming residents who were downsizing. The library grew over the years and was moved under Project Renew to its beautiful space today. As the past comes closer, it becomes larger, more vivid, maybe it seems we can almost taste it … like ice cream at Kendal. One rumor has it that ice cream was the definitive factor for one relatively recent arrival. Whether that’s true or not, what is true is that, in its variety of flavors, it is beloved by Kendalites and is the subject (and object) of much gustatory delight and, um, good humor.
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This myriad of everyday activities and events, carried out entirely by residents, as intended by the founders, created and sustained the community as a whole, and its core values, including friendliness. As we come to the present, our “history car” moves from the rearview mirror to become visible in the side mirror and even beside us. So we together mark the 15th year of Kendal’s existence and welcome Pamela Klapproth as our CEO/Executive Director. And we turn our gaze forward, looking through the windshield, toward the future.
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Quaker Values SIMPLICITY: This principle seeks clarity of purpose, dedication to living modestly, doing useful work, avoiding material excess, and making appropriate use of resources, whether human, material or environmental. PEACE: opposes violence in all its forms – physical, emotional, or verbal. INTEGRITY calls for honesty, personal wholeness, and living in harmony with the truth. COMMUNITY is a principle that recognizes that lives are enhanced by sharing with and caring for those around us. EQUALITY: This principle rests on the concept of inclusiveness; hence, each person is to be equally valued and treated equally. STEWARDSHIP of the earth calls for promoting environmental, economic, and social sustainability.
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Day One at Kendal Gene DuBow As the sun rose on May 9, 2005, it was a rather normal Monday on the shores of the Hudson River in Sleepy Hollow, NY. It had been a cool night down into the 30s, but it was expected to be 60F by afternoon. People were getting up to go to work, perhaps a little late after watching the celebrations on TV the day before, the 60th anniversary of VE Day. In Russia, President Bush and dozens of other world leaders attended a celebration in Moscow’s Red Square marking the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Bush was given a seat of honor next to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Actress Candice Bergen (59) and pop singer Billy Joel (56) were looking forward to birthday celebrations. At various places around the Westchester/New York areas, a few people were checking on the condition of household goods and furniture being loaded onto moving vans. They were about to make one of the most dramatic changes in their lives: they were moving to Kendal on Hudson. Most of them didn’t have much time to view their TVs. But if they did, they might have found a brand-new liberal commentary Website called The Huffington Post, which was launched that morning. On opening day, Fran Kelly, then a Kendal employee, worked with the rest of the marketing staff in a rented trailer on the Phelps Hospital grounds. She was too busy to run down the hill to see what was going on. Actually, the only residents scheduled to arrive at Kendal that first day were Annette Leyden and Joan Vogel. When the vans arrived, Annette, with the help of her daughter Gabrielle, busied herself with the placement of furniture and unloading of boxes, a task that was to be replicated by every new resident in the fifteen years to come. Annette remembers being given box lunches while the unpacking went along. Annette is now our longest in-residence member. Pat Doyle had joined Kendal in September 2003 as its first Executive Director, so she was on board to welcome the first residents. She remembers that the dinner that first evening was quite festive. Members of the Board and some of the senior management team were there, along with Horst and Gay Berger, and Jim and Joan Oltman. Gower Lane, the director of dining services, and the executive chef went all out. There was a cake that Annette and Joan cut. Wines and champagne were provided by the Board Chair, Maarten van Hengel. 6
That night Kendal had six people on the property: Pat (who had moved into a guest room for the first sixty days of operation), two security guards, an LPN (there were residents, so a nurse had to be on-premises for emergency response although the licensing of the health center was still a few months out), plus Joan and Annette, the two new residents. The only building that was finished was Mary Powell; Clermont was not ready for occupancy until June. Fulton was to be ready in July and Alida’s opening was planned for August. Starting the next day, Kendal averaged four move-ins a day. Pat remembers, “It was crazy! The whole summer was blistering hot, so we started a practice of bringing cases of cold water to the moving truck crews to keep them hydrated.” The first “fireside chat” was the following week. Throughout summer, Pat and twelve or so residents sat in a circle next to the fireplace in the original gathering room. Hence the name for years to come for the meeting space of the CEO and residents. The pool was not yet approved by the county, but Cathy DiSomma immediately started getting residents together with exercise equipment. She’s been at it ever since. Only the Bistro was open (breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but with shorter hours than now). Pat noted, “We didn’t open formally till we had enough residents to justify the wait staffing. So initially the wait staff was small – I know Blanca DeLeon was on hand on Day One. And she’s still there most mornings.” And so, it began ... the hopes, planning, and an enormous amount of work brought to fruition after eleven years. Four buildings completed. Many committees begun by residents even before they were residents. A great number of people over the years blending into something called a community. Though residents still come from many places and are of different backgrounds and religions, Quaker values have molded Kendal into something that is much greater than a ”hotel with health care.” We may have different beliefs, but there is no doubt that these values continue to unite us today, eee eee eee eee
The Quaker Name It was in Kendal, a town in Cumbria in the Lake District of England, that George Fox, the founder of the Religious Society of Friends, gave a sermon during a tour in 1652 to publicize his newly-developed beliefs and to recruit adherents. A few years earlier, when Fox was on trial for blasphemy, he told the judge that he should “tremble before the Lord.” In reply, the judge tried to insult Fox by calling him a quaker. The story of this exchange spread, and the term endured as a common appellation for members of the Society of Friends. 7
O Pioneers! Pat Taylor Anyone who moved into Kendal on Hudson between May 9 and December 31, 2005, is considered a founder; there are ninety residents today who thus qualify. They could have heard about Kendal at Quaker meetings, at the local grocery, through word-of-mouth, or at a series of parties in the city given by the Marketing Department. But heard they did – and they came. Here are the experiences of some founders, reprinted from the April 2016 issue of Kendal View. Jane Beers
There were only two other residents in Clermont when I moved in early in May 2005, plus a few in Mary Powell. That changed pretty quickly, of course. The atmosphere was absolutely charged with excitement and a sense of adventure. We all instantly bonded, helped by committee meetings and lots of activities from the get-go. I remember that the Education Committee had a lecture scheduled the first week after opening. I attended several meetings we had with our newly hired chef and yes, the food was as delicious as it is today. Gerry Gold Well before we opened, some prospective residents felt we should start an interim Residents Council to oversee all the ad hoc (pre-Kendal was definitely an ad hoc kind of place) committees being formed. By fall 2005, Pat Doyle had formed an Election Committee, of which I was chosen as chair. We got twenty-seven people to run and over 85% of residents voted for the fifteen members of the interim Residents Council, charged with laying the foundation for the formation of a friendly, responsive, efficient, and smooth-running community. Obviously, they succeeded. Ed Hanin When Gerry and I moved in a week after KoH opened, there were six people in Mary Powell. No one made plans for dinner; we just sat together. Only the Bistro (a much smaller version than today’s) was open; the FDR came several months later. At first, everyone was on the same plan of one meal a day – the “25 a month” plan came later. Breakfast and lunch were available options. There were two or three move-ins a day so we got to meet “newbies” immediately. By Christmas, all four buildings were finished, we were 97% filled, and we had a substantial waiting list. The average age of residents that first year was 78 (now it’s 85). Another interesting fact about our early days: at first, apartments in Assisted Living were handled as rentals.
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Sydney Hinds
I’ll never forget the day I moved into Kendal. I drove down from my condo in Heritage Hills with my car loaded with the small stuff. I approached Clermont and there were Pat Doyle and marketing maven Terry Minervini waiting for me. They insisted on helping me unpack my car and get settled in my new home. And I’ve happily been there ever since.
Caroline and Charlie Persell We are a great example of how a couple can meld two lifestyles into an harmonious whole at KoH. For the first six years after our move, I continued to work in the City three or four days a week – further proof that one of Kendal’s strongest selling points is location, location, location. Meanwhile, Charlie was spending time as chair of the KoH Residents Council. In 2008, we experienced the value of having a nursing facility right here as he recovered from a back infection in Clearwater for twenty-nine days. It was so helpful to be able to visit him many times a day without having to drive anywhere. And as our needs change, Kendal continues to meet them with care and grace. Jackie Wilke
My husband Hubie and I were first exposed to the possibility of a Kendal being built in Westchester at a meeting at the Unitarian Society in Hastings where we lived. In May 2003, with the planning of a KoH underway, several committees were formed at a gathering at Purchase Meeting, including the Common Areas Furniture and Art Committee (CAFA). About a dozen of us committee members started to work to assure that all public spaces in our future home would be as attractive as possible, seeking tax-deductible donations of art (some original), decorative accessories, and furniture to add to what was acquired with Kendal funds. Before the opening two years later, CAFA members had been in touch with many incoming residents who needed to downsize before moving in, a process that continues today. Among the donations were five fine pianos, placed in Adirondack, Clearwater, the Private Dining Room, a classroom, and most importantly, in the Gathering Room, which is still graced by the splendid Steinway grand given by the late Clara Loominitz. Photos by Art Brady
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Dot Bone Gives Even More Than She Gets Muriel Fox Dorothea (Dot) Bone could be the poster child for our KoH slogan, “Together transforming the experience of aging.” She has immersed herself in a wide range of activities here, from swimming to movie-watching to walking to current events discussions to lots and lots of music-playing. And in return, it would be hard to find anyone who has given more dedicated service to Kendal and its residents. Dot and her now-deceased husband Robert Bone moved into Kendal in its very first week, and Dot is still actively involved in KoH life at the age of 94. She was elected to our first Residents Council, and set up our first Treasury and our first Staff Appreciation Fund. In 2007, when Bob, suffering from Lewy body dementia, became a long-term patient at Clearwater, Dot created a Caregivers Support Group to helps spouses deal with the changes in their lives caused by the various illnesses.
Photo by Art Brady
Soon Dot became the chair of the Health and Wellness Committee, which works closely with the Kendal health services staff. This committee, which follows the slogan “Caring for One Another,” is concerned with the needs of residents served by the Resident Care Center, swimming pool, Fitness Center, and physical therapy facility. Committee members give special help to residents in Adirondack, Clearwater, and Sunnyside. Among other activities, the committee sponsors frequent talks by experts on various health subjects. Dot headed a subgroup called Friendly Neighbors, who volunteered help to residents returning to their apartments from a hospital or Clearwater. Later she worked with a group to create another program that makes us all especially proud – the Tuesday Morning Club. She recruited Sally Costa to chair this much-praised activity. The Tuesday Morning Club projects are described in the January/February 2020 issue of Kendal View. Residents suffering from “cognitive decline” or Parkinson’s or other limitations are invited to share relaxed socializing together, with activities like crafts, games, and music. They sing along to playing by Lila D’Adolf at the piano and Deborah Wood on the guitar. Other resident volunteers join them regularly; there is no distinction between people with or without afflictions. An average meeting welcomes 20 to 25 people. An offspring of the Tuesday group is the Friday Morning Club led by the late Linda Bermas in Sunnyside, serving residents with dementia.
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Does Dot also find time to serve as a Co-Pilot? Of course! Dot has also performed on the cello in two of our New Year’s Eve shows. Despite macro-degeneration hindering her ability to read music, she still plays the cello with a resident group nicknamed M.O.B., short for “Music on the Balcony.” They rehearsed on the balcony of Mary Powell, and now in the Library. Dorothea Darrow was born in St. Louis and raised in Hamden, Connecticut. Both her parents were medical doctors. She began playing the cello at the age of 12. She earned a B.A. in mathematics at Swarthmore, an M.A.T. in mathematics at Yale, and an Ed.D. at Columbia Teachers College. She taught math for many years at the Professional Children’s School in Manhattan and then at the New York City College of Technology. Dot married Robert Bone in 1945, and had two daughters. They were always active in liberal causes. (Dot continues to call herself a democratic socialist and a pro-union supporter. She is still a member of the Teachers Union.) Dot’s favorite memories include petitioning for Norman Thomas, whom her family knew, to become the Socialist candidate for President. During World War II, Bob served as a conscientious objector in a Pennsylvania hospital with the Civilian Public Service. As members of the NAACP, Dot and Bob fought along with its youth branch in Flint, Michigan, to open up a roller-skating rink to African-Americans. While they lived in Flint, Bob worked at the Buick factory and Dot worked in a bakery. Bob ultimately was hired by Teachers College at Columbia University to teach AfricanAmerican literature. The family’s widely traveled life included a year in Grenoble, France, where Bob held a visiting Fulbright Scholarship. Dot and Bob lived on Nantucket for two years after her retirement, and then signed up for the soon-to-be-built Kendal on Hudson in Westchester County. If we say “the rest is history,” we are recognizing the all-important role that Dot Bone has played in the lively history of our community. eee eee eee eee
Did You Know that Kendal has a grand total of twenty-eight autonomous committees – from Advocacy to Welcoming – that are run by residents? In addition, an ad hoc committee, One Future, is busy at work on a new KoH Master Plan. All committees function under the aegis of the Residents Association.
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Project Renew Ed Hanin Now that Kendal has launched a master planning process to help chart our future course, a look back to an earlier planning effort seems appropriate. So let’s focus on a prime example: Project Renew. Kendal on Hudson opened in 2005. By 2010, there was a growing concern, both in the nation and at Kendal, over the increasing incidence of dementia due to the aging of the population. This was discussed, both in the community and by the Board, and in 2011, the Board authorized a feasibility study to see how KoH could better serve its growing number of residents with significant dementia. As a result of this study, as well as changes in regulations governing health care, the Board authorized the development of Sunnyside, a memory support unit of thirteen beds; the addition of ten apartments to Adirondack; and a reduction in Clearwater beds from thirtysix to twenty-four. A Board committee with two resident representatives (Horst Berger and Dot Bone) was established. To develop plans for the new services and to select an architect to assist in planning, a budget of $22 million dollars was set for the project, which was expected to take a year and a half to be completed. To forestall any delays in obtaining village approvals, the footprint of the complex was not to be enlarged. To provide needed space, major changes were made to the first floor of Mary Powell, creating opportunities as well as confusion. A new, stunning library was built under the bridge to Alida, freeing floor space for the additional Assisted Living apartments in the library’s former location. The new library was smaller, but its location next to the entrance was a plus. The problem of somewhat less shelf space was solved by the installation of satellite carousels in each building. Additional conference rooms and office space were built over the swimming pool so administrative offices could be moved to C level. A much-appreciated Residents Lounge was created near the Bistro and has become the hub for many resident social activities. While renovations were proceeding, Kendal’s Health Services Administration initiated a program of staff training and orientation in the latest techniques in dementia care, with outstanding authorities in the field providing their expertise. Construction was mainly limited to the Mary Powell building and to Adirondack and Clearwater in Mary Powell. However, Main Street was also reconfigured with the construction of a new Gathering Room and the relocation of mailboxes and cubbies. But it is one thing to construct a new building, quite another to make substantive changes to an existing facility while it operates at full capacity. There is no doubt that Project Renew impacted the quality of life at Kendal. Residents in both Adirondack and Clearwater had to move from room to room as structural changes were made. The architects and our CAFA 12
committee did not always agree on finishes and color choices. Familiar routes to activities and functions were disrupted; monitors had to stand at critical junctions to guide residents through routes that seemed to change daily. There is nothing peaceful about living in a construction site, but, fortunately, we survived and no residents were lost … permanently. Project Renew was completed by July of 2015, slightly beyond the target date and slightly over the estimated budget. Was it disruptive? Sure. Was it necessary? Absolutely. We are all the beneficiaries of what was done then, as we wlll be as we move through our current master and strategic planning efforts .
Left to right: Ed Hanin. chair of the Board’s Project Renew Oversight Committee, Harriet Barnett, chair of the Residents Council, and Pat Doyle, CEO of Kendal at the time.
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More About the Kendal Library As Ed notes above, a creative offshoot of the Library as a result of Project Renew was the series of “satellite” book collections scattered though the buildings. These smaller, often specialized, collections offer their own special pleasures. The art book alcove is beside the Clermont bridge; a natural science section is located in the third-floor elevator lobby of Robert Fulton; one floor below is the Petite Biblithèque Française; the floor before has a complete set of publications of the Harvard Classics. A more recent innovation has been a series of carousels, featuring novels and mysteries, near the elevators on each floor. And let’s not forget the shelves of detective stories donated by Hank Schacht on the bridge between Mary Powell and Alida.
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Kendal Affiliates: A Timeline The Kendal system had its beginnings in 1971 with the purchase of property at Longwood, located in Kennett Square, PA. Today, the Kendal System includes The Kendal Corporation, Kendal New York, Kendal Charitable Funds, and nonprofit affiliates in nine states. Activities pursued encompass continuing care retirement communities, residential housing, skilled nursing and assisted living communities, in-home programs and services, and various outreach initiatives. The following timeline from Kendal Corporation traces the history of Kendal affiliates. 1960s: The seed. Kendal began in the late 1960s with a gift and a charge. The gift was a $300,000 grant provided by the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends to a group of retirees living in southeast Pennsylvania. The charge was to “find a better way in retirement.� The result was the founding of Kendal at Longwood. Note: The dates in boldface below give the year an affiliate opened or became affiliated.
1973 Property acquired for Kendal at Longwood in 1971. The first residents moved in two years later. (Sketch of the farmhouse on the Longwood property is by Andrew Wyeth.) 1977 In 1975, Kendal-Crosslands Communities at Kennett Square, PA, is incorporated and ground broken. In 1977, first residents move in. 1981 Coniston, a sister community of Kendal-Crosslands, breaks ground and the first residents arrive a year later. 14
1988 Cartmel, the newest member of Kendal-Crosslands Communities, opens.
199l Kendal at Hanover (NH) opens its doors two years after construction of the new community begins.
1993 Kendal at Oberlin (OH) breaks ground and residents move in a year later. 1995 Residents move into Kendal at Ithaca (NY) a year after ground is broken. 1997 Barclay-Friends Hall, a Kendal affiliate since 1994, is renamed Barclay Friends, rebuilds in West Chester, PA, and greets first residents. 2001 Kendal at Lexington (VA) attracts $3 million in funding and property, builds the Community’s first phase and prepares for new residents. 2003 Kendal at Home is incorporated in Westlake, OH, as a not-for-profit continuing care at-home program.
2004 Lathrop Communities in Easthampton, MA, and Northampton, MA affiliate with Kendal.
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2005 Kendal at Granville (OH) breaks ground and opens the same year.
2005 Kendal on Hudson (Sleepy Hollow, NY) opens on May 9, 2005, two years after breaking ground.
2011 The Collington Life Care Community (Mitchellville, MD) and the Kendal Corporation agree to make Collington the newest affiliate in the Kendal System.
2012 The Admiral at the Lake and Kendal contract in 2009 to redevelop its existing site on Chicago’s Lakefront. The new 31-story high-rise opens in 2012.
2013 Chandler Hall in Newtown, PA, had been serving older adults in the Quaker tradition since 1973.
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Wine and Liquor Merchant A few doors from C Town. Free parking in the back away from traffic. Knowledgeable and friendly staff will answer questions and help you select from the largest and most unique display in the Rivertowns. ❖ Competitive pricing and discounts. ❖ I look forward to having you join our many Kendal customers. John Sarofeen, Proprietor
Tel. 914-332-0294
92 N. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY
Westchester’s Finest Clockmaker since 1951
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Enrico Hair Care, Inc. Enrico Hair Care, Inc. Tuesday Enrico does hair color/cut and styling Mondays Sandra does mani/pedi and waxing Enrico cuts and styles and Tatiana consults on color Wednesday Wednesdays Kim does hair color/cut and styling Hairstyling by Kim Wednesdays through Fridays Thursday Maria does manicures Toni does hair color/cut and styling Thursday and Fridays Hairstyling by Toni Friday Toni and Andi doFridays hair color/cut and styling Christina does pedicures, manicures and hair.
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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Nonprofit, Nonsectarian. Established 1849
Community mausoleum, traditional in-ground burials, natural burial grounds, private family mausoleums. 540 North Broadway â—† Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 914-631-0081 â—† www.sleepyhollowcemetery.org Kendal ad 2018.indd 1
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Have peace of mind knowing that expert medical treatments, and the most advanced care is available close to home, customized to your personal needs right here in your neighborhood. 701 North Broadway Sleepy Hollow, NY 914-366-3000 phelps.northwell.edu
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Come down and visit our office here in Kendal on the "T" Level and let us assist you in your time of need. Enjoy the comfort of your own home with the convenience of a full-time or part-time caregiver.
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Angels on Call, a passion for providing quality homecare to extend the independence of all Kendal residents. We will assist you with Long Term Care Plan set-up and management. Call 845-628-2255 or email us at info@aochc.com today to experience the best that home health care has to offer!