Front Porch in the Media: Highlights from June – July 2025

Here’s a roundup of articles, news stories and media mentions that feature Front Porch or its communities, programs and services from June and July 2025. 

CEO Sean Kelly joined Senior Living Foresight TV for a lively discussion on the state of senior living and making a difference in the industry. Sean also explains how he got started in the aging services sector, the importance of a positive organizational culture and coming together as an organization.

Familiar Touch, the award-winning film created in collaboration with residents and employees at Villa Gardens, continued to get media attention as the film gained wider distribution. The Pasadena Star-News highlighted how community residents became filmmakers, and the Los Angeles Times shared When a Pasadena senior living home became a movie set, the residents got creative.

The legacy of Ruth Asawa lives on at Ruth’s Table where “For several weeks this summer, 13 Bay Area teenagers, ranging in age from 14 to 19, have been collaborating with Bethany Center residents in a two-part art project,” described in this article in Mission Local. Bethany Center, a CARING Housing Ministries community, is located next door in the Mission District of San Francisco. Ruth’s Table also celebrated Pride month, including a party featuring “collaborative works by Ruth’s Table workshop artists, ‘The Community Pride Quilt’ and ‘Progress Hands’ as well as the ‘Boldly Ourselves: Queer Expressions of Identity and Courage’ group exhibition, featuring artwork by LGBTQ+ elders, presented in partnership with Art With Elders,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

In La Jolla, Casa de Mañana unveils resident-built little free library. The library “was designed and built not by a third-party architect but by Kent Walker, one of Casa’s residents. Walker pitched the idea, rallied support for it and volunteered over 100 hours of labor to create the library, a self-service kiosk that stands outside across from Casa de Mañana’s rear entrance on Coast Boulevard South.”

The Society of Certified Senior Advisors explored the “Boommates” trend and recommended Home Match as one resource that “links older homeowners with people of any age seeking affordable housing and a flexible living arrangement.”

Claremont Manor resident Fred Williams is Feisty, fun and 100 years old, according to the Claremont Courier. “Sure, he gets around a little slower these days, but Williams is still doing it on his own, without a walker or a cane. And above all he is as charismatic and engaging as anyone half his age. He smiled broadly Wednesday, greeting everyone by name as manor residents, staff, family and friends approached his table, hugged him, shook his hand, and wished him a happy birthday.”