Leadership Development Scholarship Created
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/news/leadership-development-scholarship/
The Kendal Northern Ohio Board Dinner is the annual event in which board members of Kendal at Oberlin, Kendal at Home, Senior Independence, and Kendal Northern Ohio who have completed serving their terms are honored, and all board members from these boards are thanked for their service. Ed Miller
How We Knew: Three Residents Share Their Journeys to Kendal
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/how-we-knew-three-residents-share-their-journeys-to-kendal/
Oberlin College alumni Bruce Harker and Anne Palmer spent nearly a decade deciding that Kendal at Oberlin was the best life plan community for them. “My parents had aged in place and that didn’t work out very well,” Anne said. So in the fall of 2017, they sold their Florida home and moved
Values in Action: Intergenerational Engagement
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/values-in-action-intergenerational-engagement/
Kendal at Oberlin, and Kendal Corporation’s other affiliates are independent and not part of, or sponsored by any religious or social institution, but they were founded and continue to grow with intentional regard for the principles of the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers
Kendal Communities Recognized for Excellence in Health Care
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/news/kendal-communities-recognized-excellence-health-care/
U.S. News & World Report has included the care centers of eight Kendal communities on its list of Best Nursing Homes for 2018–19, including Kendal at Oberlin. The Kendal affiliates identified as being among top performers in a U.S. News report released Oct. 30 were: The Admiral at the Lake Barclay
Apartments
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and Belonging Kendal at Oberlin residents, staff and volunteers have the right to feel accepted and included regardless of race, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression, disability, marital status, or any other unique characteristic of one’s person. DEIB at Kendal Together
CEO Barbara Thomas is Recognized by LeadingAge Ohio
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/news/ceo-barbara-thomas-is-recognized-by-leadingage-ohio/
Visionary Leadership Award 2023 Kendal at Oberlin residents and staff were thrilled but not surprised that Kendal CEO Barbara Thomas was recently recognized for her visionary leadership at the annual LeadingAge Ohio conference on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. “We see Barbara Thomas as the living
Newer Cottages
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with Den Deluxe (F) Newer Two Bedroom Cottage with Den (E) Newer Two Bedroom Cottage (D) Newer One Bedroom Cottage with Den (C) Newer One Bedroom Cottage (B) VALUES IN PRACTICE Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Kendal at Oberlin residents, staff and volunteers have the right
Kendal at Oberlin CEO Barbara Thomas to Retire in February
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/news/kendal-at-oberlin-ceo-barbara-thomas-to-retire-in-february/
Kendal at Oberlin, a nonprofit life plan community in Oberlin, Ohio, has announced that CEO Barbara Thomas will retire in February 2024 with 32 years leading the organization. She began her career with Kendal in 1992, one year before the Oberlin retirement community opened to residents in 1993
Homegrown Tomatoes Advance to the KaO Leadership Team
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/news/homegrown-tomatoes-advance-to-the-kao-leadership-team/
Kendal at Oberlin has recently promoted two new directors for the life plan community’s leadership team. It’s great to see staff members grow professionally and take on new responsibilities. We call those who advance in their professional careers at Kendal our “Homegrown Tomatoes.” In November 2023