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Activities and Events for Seniors – December

We program hundreds of events and activities each month. Residents experience professional musicians, local elected officials, award-winning authors, local artists, and much more – all brought conveniently to The Kenwood.

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Robinson Brown, Captain, U.S. Amy Reserves honored on Veterans Day at The Kenwood Senior Living Community

Lowry Hill resident Rob Brown received a plaque in recognition of his career in the Army at a special Veterans Day Ceremony at The Kenwood Senior Living Community. Mr. Brown doesn’t often talk about his service, but during our Veterans Day program, his eyes really lit up. You could tell the event brought back so many memories for him.

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Senior Waving

Open House – Oct. 23

Join us for an open house on Wednesday Oct. 23. Tours of our community and the apartments will be provided, and there will be light hors d’oeuvres and wine. Live music will fill the community and don’t miss a raffle for a $100 gift card to Lunds. RSVP please.

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Music Professor Mark Mazullo

Macalester College Music Professor Volunteers and Brings Piano Music to The Kenwood Senior Living – Sept. 27

Macalester College Music Professor Mark Mazullo will perform a concert titled “Prisms – A Program of Piano Music,” at 11 a.m. Friday, September 27, 2024, at The Kenwood Senior Living. The public is warmly welcome to attend the free event.

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Seniors displaying medals from the Senior Olympics

Kenwood Seniors bring home the Gold at Senior Olympics

While athletes were in Paris competing for their country, residents of The Kenwood Senior Living competed at the “Senior Olympics.” Twenty-five residents of the Kenwood competed against each other in various events over the course of a week leading up to the Paris Olympics.

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Myra Shapiro, center, poses for a photo with Bi Biheer, left, Aizhan Sardar

Talking it up with University of Minnesota International students

Twenty International students from the University of Minnesota visited with residents of The Kenwood Senior Living Community. The point is to encourage the Kenwood residents to converse with the students to improve the students’ English-speaking abilities.

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Nancy Eustis Volunteer of the Year at the Kenwood Senior Living

Lowry Hill Volunteer Nancy Eustis named Volunteer of the Year

Nancy Eustis has been named “Volunteer of the Year” at a volunteer appreciation social held during National Volunteer Month – April. According to a survey by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the Minneapolis-St. Paul area ranked first in volunteerism for the entire country. Nancy Eustis is one reason why.

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Residents at The Kenwood in Minneapolis knit scarves for children at a nearby elementary school on December 12, 2023.

Kenwood Knitters on a mission to give back – Scarves for local elementary students

The residents of The Kenwood Senior Living who belong to the Kenwood Knitters, a knitting group, completed a project of knitting scarves for second graders from the Ella Baker Elementary School in Minneapolis.

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