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Artist Rose Fucile Pulls Inspiration From Home and Abroad

Resident Rose Fucile never had a formal art lesson or studied art, yet she paints like a master. The retired English teacher began painting on porcelain about 20 years ago...

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Health and Fitness

Innovative Equipment Helps Residents Stay Fit and Independent

Staying fit, independent and preventing falls are the goals of many residents. That is why the community offers a customized fitness program designed to increase energy and vitality, improve muscular...

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A holiday recipe from Canterbury Woods

Canterbury Woods residents are making use of the campus facilities to back their traditional holiday recipes: cookies, truffles, and more. One of our residents has shared her personal creation: a...

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Foundation

Making the most of your charitable giving

Planning to make end of year donations to support the causes you care about? This year’s tax law changes will make a difference in the way those charitable gifts are...

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The San Francisco Towers’ Christmas Circus Wagon

Every Christmas residents at San Francisco Towers enjoy a beautiful Christmas Circus Wagon, on display in the Lounge during December. This is the story of how SFT residents brought the...

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Holiday Giving – The Magic of Simple

This essay by Webster House resident Jim Lyons originally appeared in the December 2018 Webster House Newsletter. It is money grubbing time again. Buy, buy, buy, and then buy more....

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Community

This essay by Chaplain Jacquie Robb was originally published in the Spring Lake Village newsletter. We talk a lot about community here at Spring Lake Village. The conversations are usually...

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Affordable Housing

Affordable Assisted Living at Lytton Gardens

Lytton Gardens in Palo Alto offers something almost unheard of in senior affordable housing: an Assisted Living option. Openings are currently available for seniors age 62 and older who meet...

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