Kim Leek is Promoted Kendal at Oberlin is pleased to announce that Kim Leek, who has been most recently serving as the community’s Interim Director of Nursing, has accepted and been promoted to the position of Director of Nursing for the Stephens Care Center (SCC). Kim has been a nurse in the field

When it comes to trees and all things green, Kendal at Oberlin has a lot to be proud of this Arbor Day!  Kendal residents and staff are all for enhancing and preserving plant life on its 110-acre campus. Since its inception 30 years ago the community’s focus on preserving its wetland and woodland

The annual meeting of the Kendal at Oberlin Residents Association (KORA) took place a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, and the president’s report was full of items to be thankful for. “We have learned how to live in this COVID world,” Mary Behm told a packed house, with residents joining

Mary and Tom Van Nortwick have been collecting Japanese woodblock prints since they met in the late 1980s. The couple, 80 prints in tow, arrived at Kendal two years ago, just as the Kendal Collects exhibit was going down. But there was still good luck for the Van Nortwicks: The exhibit

When new residents arrive at Kendal, they are welcomed by mentors, handbooks, tours, meet-and-greets and the like. Same goes for the furry four-legged residents, which now number around 22 dogs and 30 cats.  Yes, Kendal is a pet-friendly community, made even friendlier this month with the official

One woman was an exquisite seamstress. Another an aspiring artist. A third had a keen eye for design. These women, deceased mothers of three Kendal residents, are part of a community-wide exhibit called “Kendal Collects.” Every two years, Kendal residents share paintings, pottery, woodwork

Kendal at Oberlin residents are “all in” when it comes to celebrating LGBT Pride Month in June. But this year COVID  put the kibosh on most activities until a later date. Over the years one of the most memorable gay pride events was the “25 and Proud” panel discussion held in 2018 to commemorate

Volunteering is a way of life at Kendal at Oberlin. Collectively, residents logged more than 48,000 hours in 2014. Residents are active and engaged in volunteer opportunities at Kendal, and in the larger community as well. What Does Serving the Community Mean at Kendal? For the residents of Kendal

likely to see couples, both same sex and opposite sex, and people of all ages wearing T-shirts, jewelry, tattoos and the like espousing a certain lifestyle or political view. Understanding and embracing all diversity is one of the founding cornerstones of Kendal at Oberlin, a life plan community