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I have thought more about the concept of Active Aging, and how viewing Friends Home as a “wellness-based community” can have a significant impact on our residents.

The International Council of Active Aging (ICAA) offers certificate training through courses designed to help active-aging professionals build the needed skills and knowledge to impact older adult wellness in all dimensions. Our own Amy Graybill, Community Life Coordinator, will be attending the Foundation for Wellness Certificate Course to be held this spring. What we learn there will inform what our Community Life Department offers our residents.

Friends Home is committed to helping change the way we age. When we were a boarding home, we were charged with making sure the residents were comfortable, secure and well-fed, but we did not take the lead in providing activities for the residents. Of course, the average age on admittance was about 70, and today it is about 86, so our responsibilities have grown in proportion.

In earlier days, residents entertained themselves and had a bit more mobility. Today, most residents are dependent on our bus to take them places, and everything else happens within our walls, so it is vitally important to provide intellectual and artistic and physical challenges to slow down the effects of aging.

Thus, “Active Aging” and “wellness-based community.”

For instance, you have read in these pages about our Montessori Inspired Lifestyle, which helps those with memory issues recapture some of their earlier lives, and you have read about our Performance Arts Program that has many residents singing and performing for others. We offer yoga and trips to the YMCA, as well as an in-house exercise

by Christine McDonald, Executive Director

From my View...

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Friends Home HistoryIn the early days, farming was the almost universal occupation, and farm families had few problems in taking care of those who grew old. Quakers tended to live long. They also lived well on the products of their farms.

Here as elsewhere, it became increasingly apparent that some provision must be made for the peaceful and dignified aging of those older Friends who had no families able to provide a home for them.

Western Quarter Friends lacked great wealth, but their wills were very carefully drawn. Money was left to benefit those who had been unfortunate in worldly matters, or who had eschewed material success to work for the betterment of humanity. That these people should not die in poverty was an axiom widely accepted within the Society of Friends.

In April 1898, Western Quarterly Meeting recognized a need for a home for the elderly and rented the William Chalfant property at 219 West Linden Street (still standing across the street).

The Eaton Academy property (built c. 1845) was

London Grove Friends Meetinghouse Continued on pg. 6.

Generations get together at Friends Home!

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To assist you in contacting Friends Home in Kennett, staff members and departments are listed below. Our main phone number is (610) 444-2577.

2020 Board of DirectorsElaine Amoss

Shirley AnnandKaren-Lee Brofee

Tom BrosiusDeborah Brumbaugh, Clerk (Board Chair)

Ann O'Donnell Robert G. Struble, Jr.

Bob NorrisStephen Metaxas

Christine McDonald, MHA, NHA, Executive Director

Key Staff Contacts

AdministrationChristine McDonald, MHA, NHA Ext. 202Executive Director

Sheila Moskey Ext. 222Office Manager

Joanne Feldberg Ext. 201Administrative Assistant

Business Office Ext. 210 Sandi Singer Ext. 223Human Resources/Business Office Administrator

Dot Folz Ext. 217Director of Marketing & Admissions

Wright Horne Ext. 221Sr. Advancement Officer, Director of Development

Dining ServicesKeith Baker Ext. 207Dining Services Director

Independent Living & Personal CareDianne Goodwin, LPN Ext. 216Director of Personal Care

Personal Care Health Center Ext. 209 & 218

Linden Hall Skilled NursingCharles Rogers, NHA Ext. 205Linden Hall Administrator

Cherrie DiMatteo, RN Ext. 214Director of Nursing, Linden Hall

Patricia Regan Ext. 203Social Services. Linden Hall

Linden Hall Nurse’s Station Ext. 206

Community Life/Activities & VolunteersBetsy Bryant Ext. 211Director of Community Life

Amy Graybill Ext. 212Community Life Coordinator

FacilitiesEric Lacey Ext. 215Director of Facilities

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routine taught by the YMCA instructors. Yes, we still offer Bingo – a great ice breaker! And we now have Virtual Reality devices for a high-tech experience, as well as computer/tablet training. We've also added an indoor “grow room” for the inveterate gardeners.

I will keep you up to date on further offerings, and how the concept of Active Aging continues to impact the lives of our residents.

Nancy strums a Reverie Harp! Ann & Mark Piacentino with the Reverie

Harps made by Mark’s Dad, Tom.

Reverie Ha rpsWe received a wonderful donation of 2 handmade Reverie Harps from the Piacentino Family. Mark and Ann Piacentino live locally. Ann’s mother, Frances “Frannie” Green, was a resident here for a while. Ann has continued to volunteer for us on our trips to Longwood Gardens and the Brandywine River Museum. Mark’s father, Tom Piacentino (88 years old), handmade these harps. He lives in Jensen Beach, Florida with his wife. In his retirement, he enjoys music and woodworking, which led him to discover the Reverie Harp. He was intrigued by the design and beautiful sounds that came from the instrument - very calming and peaceful. Its unique pentatonic scale tuning means the player doesn’t need any formal training. No matter how it's plucked or strummed, the resulting tones are always in harmony. They are used by many caregivers all over the world - in children’s hospitals, senior care facilities, and veteran’s hospitals, among others.

Tom has made a little over 20 of these harps, donating them to different people and facilities. Thanks so much, Tom, and thanks to Ann and Mark for bringing them to us!

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Valentine’s Day 2020 at Friends Home, means lotsa huggin’!

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Friends Home in the NewsFriends Home made a big-time splash in the recent Health & Medical Guide published by Chester County Press. The front page featured Brenten Megee working with resident Mary Brewer on her piano skills. Inside, Executive Director Christine McDonald spoke of the many recent changes to the Friends Home campus and its activities programs (now a part of the Department of Community Life.) Christine emphasized the Montessori Inspired Lifestyle program, led by Karen Smyser. Additionally, she highlighted the new Virtual Reality system, the “grow” room in Garden Court with adjoining resident kitchen, the new porch and passageway between the Friends Home building and Linden Hall which features a new garden, and the new loading dock. She finished her interview declaring that she wants people to know that “We’re not going anywhere!”

purchased in July 1900 for $7,500 and became the beginning of what is now the Friends Home. Initial renovations included gas lights and central heat in the original section of our existing building, which includes the Office, Health Center, and Parlor.

There have been numerous additions through the years to the original building. Linden Hall was built in 1980, the Jackson Building was purchased and renovated in 1969, the Walton Building was purchased and renovated in 1983. In 1995 the Alma Newlin house across Maiden Lane from the entrance to the Home was purchased for protection and future use. It now houses some administrative offices.

Early Days

The first telephone was installed in 1907, and electric lights were added in 1912. The first elevator was installed in 1936, and a new elevator was completed in 1988.

Chickens were kept in the back yard for eggs and for consumption when they got old.

The first matron and the first nurse were paid $4 per week for their services. After several years, one asked for and received a raise of 25¢ per week. Room and board charges were $3.50 per week, and meals for transient guests were 15¢ each.

Through the years, the guiding philosophy has been to keep rates down in keeping with original intent. Often that means upgrading old buildings rather than building new, but that seems to be a good fit for the historic nature of Kennett Square and surrounding Chester County.

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Many Thanks to ou r 2019 Donors The following individuals, companies and organizations made donations both monetary and in-kind to

Friends Home in Kennett between January 1 and December 31, 2019. If the gift was given “in honor of ” or “in memory of ”, then it is also listed in that section below. Names of the honorees are in bold type, with

names of donors listed under them. We strive for accuracy but regrettably sometimes make errors. If you notice a mistake or omission, please

contact Wright Horne at (610) 444-2577, ext. 221, or whorne@fhkennett.org

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Anonymous *

4 Seasons Garden Club *

George and Elaine Amoss

Shirley Annand (3)

Barnard’s Orchard *

Jill Benjamin *

Nancy and Robert Bernhardt (2)

Phyllis Pusey Biddle

Dale and Linda Binkley

Linda Lewis and Peter Bogetti (2)

Flere and Paul Bomba

Anne Bones *

Mary Boyle *

Charlie and Jane Brosius

Tom and Tammy Brosius

Elizabeth Brown *

Edith Cannon

Centre Monthly Meeting

Jim and Vicki Chandler

Bonnie Cicio *

Clean Slate Goods *

George Cleaves

Mary Etta Clendenin (2)

Esther Cooperman

Nicholas Corby, Jr. (6)

Richard and Terry Corkran

Bonnie Corrado *

Deanne Croff *

Crosslands Friends Worship Group

Currie Hair Skin & Nails

Carol Davidson *

Fran DeMillion *

Barbara Desjardins (2)

Gale Diem *

Sharyn Doan Baldwin (2)

Owen Dugan *

Betty Ann Dunbar

George and Linda Edlin

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ehrstine and Family *

Richard Eller *

Dale and Margaret Empet (2)

Juliana and Claude Forbes

William and Adrienne Gallagher

Paul and Katherine Gamble

Jo-Ann Goetting *

Karen D. Halstead (4)

Nancy Hanway *

Kerry and John Harper

Richard Hedrick *

Margaret Hetrick

Wright and Sandra Horne

George Hostetler *

Kathy and George Hrenko

Judith Jefferis *

Tom and Mary Ruth Johnson

G. Pownall and Margaret B. Jones (2)

David and Sallie Jones

Jones Brothers

Ellen Jones Marsden (2)

Just in Time! Communications

June K. Pratt (7)

James and Elisabeth Kauer

Kendal Monthly Meeting (2)

Kennett Monthly Meeting

John and Mary Ann Komar

Kuzo Funeral Home

Elmer Laffey *

Alan and Heather Lauder

Judy Leach

Jeff and Diane Leone

Robert and Kay Leto

Wendell and Marilyn Lofland

Richard and Mary Elizabeth Logan

Nancy Lomax

London Grove Grange #63

London Grove Monthly Meeting

Laura MacKelcan (12)

Christopher and Sarah Manning *

Ruth Marshall

Buzz and Paula Marshall

Dianne Massey *

Margaret McCaskey

Carol McHarg *

Bob McKinstry

Linda McLaughlin *

Sara and David Meadows (2)

Annamarie Medeiros (3)

Kenneth Melchiorre (2)

Sharon and Steve Metaxas (2) *

Nancy Miller

Ellen and Walt Moore

Michael and Anne Moran

John and Anne Moss

John Mucha and Family (2)

John Murphy *

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Honora ria Gifts 2019

Ms. Cintra Lofting Murray

Mark and Anna Myers

New Garden Monthly Meeting

Kathy and Clint Norris

Bob Norris

Ann and Michael O’Donnell

Virginia Ogle

Jeffrey Ostroff

Timothy and Maryann O’Toole *

Damon Owen

David and Grace Parrish

Donald and Suzanne Phillips

Anne and Mark Piacentino (2)

Richard and Nancy Pratt

Barbara Pusey

Marcia Randall *

Len Rico

Robert Wood Johnson Fdn. Matching Gift Program *

Stephen Roberts

Charles and Patricia Robertson (2)

Rotary Club of Kennett Square *

Christopher and Jane Sanger (2)

Jeanette and Bill Sedar *

Dan and Liisa Sestrich *

Mark Shattuck

Dana Sheridan

D. Lynn Sinclair

Sandi Singer

June Sitko *

Willard Smedley

Sue and Pete Soraruf

Ursula Sparks *

Beth and Leonard Stark

Bob and Paula Struble (2)

Mary Ann T. Armstrong

Thelma Temple

The FM and Dave Mooberry Fund

The Karen-Lee and James Brofee Charitable Fund *

The Mushroom Cap

Byron and Dawn Thompson

Barbara Tuttle *

Donna Wagner *

Sondra Waibel

Jack and Anne Waldron

Elisabeth Y. Walker

Doris Wallace *

Gary Walton (2)

Dr. Michael Ward (2)

Floyd and Beth Warrington

West Grove Monthly Meeting (12)

Peter and Maria Weygandt

Kathleen Wickersham (2)

Wilmington Monthly Meeting

Wm. Penn Fdn. Matching Gift Program

Bruce and Karen Wolter (2)

Carolyn Wonderly

Blanche Woodward

John A. Yeatman

Name and number of gifts

* = New donor

Margaret B. Jones Ellen Jones Marsden Agnes Wolford Blanche Woodward

Betty Miller Christopher and Sarah Manning *Ella Sestrich Sondra Waibel Carol Davidson * Jill Benjamin * Bonnie Corrado * Judith Jefferis * Mary Boyle * Elizabeth Brown * Jo-Ann Goetting * Bonnie Cicio * Fran DeMillion * Nancy Hanway * Elmer Laffey *

Marcia Randall * Carol McHarg * Dan and Liisa Sestrich * Donna Wagner * Gale Diem * Robert Wood Johnson Foundation * Anne Bones * John Murphy * Barbara Tuttle * Owen Dugan *Ella Sestrich and Betty Cimmelaro Richard Eller *

The Staff at Linden Hall Kathleen Wickersham AnonymousLawrence Parrish, Jr. London Grove Grange #63 Peg Sanders Anonymous (2)Ruth Marshall Christopher and Jane Sanger

* = New donor

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The Friends Home choir performs for the

recent Open House.

We Thank You

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Memorial Gifts 2019 Anna Martelli David and Grace ParrishAnna Szekely James and Elisabeth KauerCarol Hood Barbara PuseyCarroll H. Pratt June K. PrattCharles Shoemaker Virginia OgleCora Fitzgerald Mary Etta ClendeninDavid Teesdale Kenneth Melchiorre (2)Donald and Bertha Pratt Richard and Nancy Pratt June K. PrattE. Joel Strawn Tom and Tammy BrosiusEleanor Hawthorne and Charles Wollaston Shirley Annand Dale and Margaret Empet (2)Elizabeth Barnard Mendenhall Karen D. HalsteadElizabeth LeP. Powell June K. Pratt (2) Willard SmedleyElizabeth Moore Mitchell Esther CoopermanFrances Green Anne and Mark Piacentino (2)Fred and Sarah Swan Nancy and Robert BernhardtGrace and Howard Walton June K. Pratt Gary Walton

Helen Hetrick Margaret Hetrick AnonymousIrene Pusey Strode Karen D. Halstead Dana SheridanJanet Heist Jack and Anne WaldronJean and Joe Giaquinto Kathy and Clint NorrisJean Rose MacKay Anonymous *Joseph E. McLaughlin, Sr. Linda McLaughlin * Ursula Sparks * Timothy and Maryann O’Toole * Deanne Croff * Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ehrstine and Family *

Kathy Corby Nicholas Corby, Jr. (6)Kenneth Lomax Nancy LomaxMargaret M. Thomas Mary Ann T. Armstrong Shirley AnnandMarian and Barnard Darlington Karen D. HalsteadMarian Doan and David Loxley Baldwin Sharyn Doan Baldwin (2)Mary Lofland and Ann Merryman Alan and Heather Lauder WendellandMarilynLoflandMildred Poist George and Elaine AmossNora Sweeney Mark Shattuck

Pennock J. Yeatman and May L. Turner John A. YeatmanRalph and Eleanor Hawthorne June K. PrattRalph Wickersham Kathleen Wickersham Thelma TempleRuth Darlington Palmer Karen D. HalsteadRuth Marshall Buzz and Paula MarshallRuth Wolter Bruce and Karen WolterSara Phillips Donald and Suzanne PhillipsSarah Swan Nancy and Robert BernhardtSusan Hedrick Richard Hedrick *Thelma Abdill Shirley AnnandThomas C. Marshall, Jr. G. Pownall and Margaret B. Jones Sara and David Meadows Christopher and Jane SangerWalter Reider John Mucha and Family (2)Willard (Chip) and Julia W. Smedley June K. Pratt Gary WaltonWilliam J. Marsden G. Pownall and Margaret B. Jones Ellen Jones Marsden

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Memorial and Honoraria GiftsThere may be no better way to remember friends who had a connection to Friends Home than with a memorial gift.

We also receive a number of honoraria gifts – remembering those who we admire and are still going strong.

Many people have found that these gifts to Friends Home are a suitable way to remember or honor a loved one, and to

highlight their relationship to Friends Home, and to help ensure that Friends Home continues on into the future.

We publish the names of both memorial gifts and honoraria once a year, with both the donor’s name and the named person.

Fun at the Helicopter Museum.FHK enjoys many group outings like the Helicopter Museum.

Amy Graybill tries one on for size.

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Volunteers: What about you?Friends Home welcomes individuals and groups who would like to share their time and talents and make a difference in the lives of its residents. Both our Supportive Living and Skilled Nursing (Linden Hall) programs benefit from the participation of caring volunteers.

Volunteer opportunities are flexible and are designed to meet each individual’s availability and preferences. Some examples of volunteer activities include:

• Weekly friendly visiting with residents• Assisting with or leading craft activities or games• Working in our library• Helping with our garden• Accompanying residents on local trips and outings• Sharing a particular talent or interest you have: history, sports, animals, folklore, travel, literature, art, music, science, cooking, etc.

For more information about volunteer opportunities, please contact:

Betsy Bryant, Director of Community Life, 610-444-0741, ext. 211; bbryant@fhkennett.org

We Need Teachers We are always delighted when friends offer their time and talents to the Home, and we always have a need for volunteers to help in our new Learning Center.

Time spent at Friends Home can be used for students’ community service or required volunteer hours. So, use those awesome teaching/mentoring skills, and call Christine McDonald at (610) 444-2577 ext. 202 for more information. 7

Employer Matching GiftsLeverage Your Gift!

We have several donors who work for organizations that have a matching gift program for their employees. In the list of donors for 2019, you will see at least two foundations listed for their matching gifts. Please check with your employer to see if they have such a program. We will be very grateful.

Recurring Gifts Program

A number of our donors give every month through their own recurring gifts program. Some banks are happy to set up a monthly check to a nonprofit, and our website (www.fhkennett.org) has an option under Donate that will let you make a monthly charge on your credit card (you only have to set it up once.) Please consider this easy way to support Friends Home!

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At Table with Chef Keith Baker Visit Our Events & Stay in Touch Our website (www.fhkennett.org) has monthly schedules of events - one for Friends Home, and one for Linden Hall. Most events are open to the public. We would love to have you attend these events. Just please check with our Community Life staff, Betsy Bryant, Director, and Amy Graybill, Community Life Coordinator, for scheduling updates, etc.

Betsy can be reached at bbryant@fhkennett.org, or 610-444-2577 x 211

Amy can be reached at agraybill@fhkennett.org, or 610-444-2577 x212

The website also has the monthly newsletter published for our residents: The Friendly Times.

Have a look-see! www.fhkennett.org.

Also, be sure to check out our page and “like” us on Facebook! Thanks.

2 Tbsp olive oil ¹/³ cup sliced Kalamata olives3 cloves minced garlic ¾ cup clam juice1 lb peeled & deveined shrimp ¼ tsp salt2 cups fresh diced tomatoes ¼ tsp pepper¼ cup fresh chopped basil 12 oz linguine pasta (cooked)2 Tbsp capers ¼ cup feta cheese ¼ cup fresh chopped parsley

1.Heat olive oil in pan and sauté garlic 1minute

2. Add shrimp and sauté 2 minutes

3. Add tomatoes, basil, capers and olives and simmer 3 minutes

4. Add salt & pepper and clam juice and simmer 1 minute

5. Add cooked linguine and toss together

6. Top with feta cheese and fresh parsley

Mediterranean Shrimp & Pasta