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Choose to Refuse: Plastic-Free July at Chelsea Retirement Community
Julia Strimer has a passion for the environment. She, along with her fellow Chelsea Retirement Community (CRC) residents, are bringing awareness to Plastic-Free July, a global cause focused on reducing waste and single-use plastic. The 2019 theme of Plastic-Free July was Choose to Refuse. To wrap up CRC’s commitment to the theme, residents were invited…
Sharing a House Full of Memories
Tina Zimmerman was a young mom with three children in tow when she first met Howard Parr in 1993. “My husband and I were moving from California to Michigan for his job and looking for houses in Manchester, Michigan,” explains Tina. They looked at the Parrs’ house and fell in love with it. “It was…
Chad Losey and Jeff Hall: A Passion for Service and Mission
Jeff Hall was a college student when the restaurant where he worked was visited by a “mystery shopper,” a method used by market research organizations and companies themselves to measure quality and customer service. It made such an impression on Jeff that he founded his own market research company, Second to None, in Ann Arbor.…
National Skilled Nursing Week- Nadine Byrum
National Skilled Nursing Care Week is one of the most important events of the year for nursing homes. Held annually since 1967 and always beginning on Mother’s Day, National Skilled Nursing Care Week is May 12-18, 2019. The observance is sponsored by the American Health Care Association and recognizes the role of skilled nursing care…
Older Americans Month: Affordable Senior Housing and Thome Rivertown
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy and members of the National Council of Senior Citizens designated May as “Senior Citizens Month”, which would eventually become Older Americans Month. At the time, only 17 million Americans had reached their 65th birthday. In 2000, 46 million Americans were over the age of 60. By 2020, that number…
UMRC Foundation Board Member Dr. Henry Paulson Shares Advances in Alzheimer’s Research
UMRC and the UMRC Foundation are fortunate to have board members with expertise in a variety of areas related to senior care. One such example is Henry (Hank) Paulson, M.D., Ph.D., who serves on the UMRC Foundation board. Dr. Paulson is the Director of the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center and the Lucile Groff Professor of…
Fate Brings Together Two Dachshund Lovers at UMRC
As United Methodist Retirement Communities (UMRC) expands its Kresge Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (Kresge Center) and completes the next phase of renovations, some residents have moved to new, private quarters, with the help of UMRC staff serving as “moving buddies.” UMRC Foundation office manager, Jennifer Amormino, was one of those thoughtful team members who offered…
Bob Benedict – Pen Turning, Wood Dust, and Topographical Maps
Bob Benedict is a man of many talents and the imagination to see art in grains of wood dust. His idea to paint topographical maps – one of every state in the U.S. plus Puerto Rico – got its start from a pen turning class that Bob participates in at his Glazier Commons home at…