Father Ronald Lemmert, has written a story of the unusual parish he served at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, NY. Not so unusual is the fact that Father Ron holds Mass at Kendal every Thursday.
Father Ron's book chronicles the stories of the prisoners he served. It describes how a caring community can emerge when the practice of faith leads to profound lessons in forgiveness.
A copy of "Refuge in Hell" has been placed in the Kendal library for all to borrow and read.
Aug 15 4:00 pm - Reception to welcome Jim Antonucci, Kendal's new CEO
Sept. 11 7:30 pm - Candidates Night 7:30 pm
Sept. 19 and 20 - Voting in Residents Lounge 5:00 to 7:30 pm
Sept. 21 - Election results announced after 5 pm
We are once again taking donations to support Team Kendal for the 3-mile walk to end Alzheimer’s on Sunday, September 16 at SUNY Purchase.
Keep your eyes peeled for the info/donation table outside the bistro at dinner time on Wednesday August 22 and September 12, or you can go on the website under the Purchase Walk and look up Team Kendal to make donations online.
Checks should be made payable to The Alzheimer’s Association.
HELP US REACH OUR 2018 GOAL OF $2000!
For more information contact Cathy DiSomma
Do you remember the jingle from your youth, "Pepsi-Cola hits the spot..." The Trips Committee does and has planned an excursion to the home of that melody.
On Wed. Sept. 12 they will visit Pepsico Sculpture Gardens, Purchase. It is a morning trip. The 45 sculptures include major artists of the 20th century such as Calder, Dubuffet, Lipchitz, Miro, Moore, Nevelson and Noguchi. The landscaped gardens, also a work of art, were planned by well-known garden designer Russell Page to enhance the sculptures’ setting with monumental ones among trees, specialty gardens and woodlands, and the smaller sculptures by the formal garden.
Sign up as usual at the Activities Alcove.
Photo by Marion Loemker
The identical partner to this chair has gone missing. If you see it, could you please return it to the Computer Room or call Marion Loemker.
The ever-active Trips Committee is still at it even during the summer doldrums. This time they've come up with an excursion to the famous Untermyer Gardens. It is planned for Wed. Sept. 5.
Designed in 1916 for Samuel Untermyer, a wealthy lawyer, the gardens were among the best in America in the 1920s and 1930s. With 60 greenhouses and 60 gardeners, they were too costly to keep up after Untermyer’s death in 1940 and in the 21st century were mainly ruins. The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, founded in 2011, has been restoring the gardens to their former glory and in partnership with the City of Yonkers has achieved wonders, although complete restoration will take years and millions of dollars. The trip will focus on the Walled Garden, based on Indo-Persian gardens of antiquity with lush plants and flowers, a Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge, canals, Grecian-style architecture, sculpture and mosaics including a Temple of the Sky and an amphitheater.
Sign up as usual in the Trips Book located in the Activities Alcove.
With a primary election in September and the national election in November, the election season is getting underway at Kendal.
A NY State Candidates Hour will be held on Tuesday, August 7, at 7:30 pm in the Gathering Room. There is a fierce campaign to win the NY State senatorial seat here in the 40th District. Two Democrats are vying to oppose incumbent Republican Senator Terrance Murphy in the September 13th primary. Robert Kesten and Pete Harckham will present their cases to Kendal residents. There will be time to pepper them with your sharp questions and to meet them informally.
All are invited. Questions? Get in touch with Martin Smolin.
On June 28 Howard Smith, Kendal’s Search Committee Chair wrote to the Kendal community announcing the appointment of James Antonucci as Kendal on Hudson’s new Executive Director.
Howard noted that, since 2016 Jim has served as Executive Director of Heron’s Key, an Emerald Communities Life Plan Community in Gig Harbor, Washington. In that role, he had total responsibility for the startup and operational oversight of the $180 million community.
Prior to that, Jim was Executive Director of The Village, a Santa Fe Senior Living rental community in Gainesville, Florida with independent living, assisted living and memory support accommodations.
After studying health care administration at the University of Connecticut, he graduated with a master’s degree in business administration from the University of New Haven. He also has a bachelor’s degree in business and finance from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut and earned a doctorate in design construction and planning with a focus on environmental gerontology from the University of Florida.
Jim began his career as a chef after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in 1987. He worked with highly regarded restaurants in Zurich, NYC, and Connecticut, as well as serving as Executive Chef with Marriott Management Services for Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in NYC.
Jim will be at Kendal starting August 15 and takes over his new position on September 1. Jim will replace the long-serving and beloved Pat Doyle. A reception is planned for August 15 at 4 pm to welcome Jim Antonucci.
One of the not quite secret activities at Kendal is the Shakespeare Group. It has been meeting for years but is rarely given the notoriety it deserves.
Every Tuesday a loyal group of Shakespeare aficionados meets at 4:00 pm in the Residents Association Office to read aloud the works of the Bard. Everybody gets an opportunity to read as the others follow along in their copies of the featured work.
If you have a hankering to involve yourself in the works of Shakespeare, show up on a Tuesday at 4:00 pm and join in the fun.
Questions? Contact Lois Seulowitz, Pat Taylor or Penny Brome.
Shakespeare said, "Listen to many, speak to a few". Try the group out, you'll have fun.
On Saturday, July 28, Kendal on Hudson suffered its second electrical blackout this summer.
Once again, one of the generators at Phelps Hospital, which provides power for Kendal, concked out and most of the campus went into emergency mode. Luckily the blackout came at 12:30 pm so daylight helped the residents manage.
Of course, Kendal has its own generator which provides electricity for both the Nursing Unit and the Memory Support Unit. All operations there were normal. Hall and staircase lights throughout the campus also operate from the in-house generator.
Kendal's wonderful staff acted perfectly, as they almost always do. The kitchen staff, since they were unable to cook, provided tasty sandwiches for dinner so everybody got fed.
All the independent living residents went to bed in the darkness as Con Edison struggled to get power back on. At 12:40 am many who had gone to sleep were rudely (but happily) awakened as the electricity returned and their lights and televison sets, which were on when the power failed, came roaring back. Perhaps most important, the A/C returned.
By Sunday morning all was back to normal; however, a considerable number of residents were left with less than total affection for Con Edison.
Everyone hopes we won't have a threepeat!
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