Residents can identify new Kendal residents from their bios/pictures posted on Main Street.
The Welcoming Committee puts short bios of new residents in Spotlight when they move in. More complete bios are produced a month or two later by a team headed by Janet Schloat.
These more complete bios are posted on Main Street, at the end toward the front desk (opposite the main bulletin board), for several weeks, after which they are moved to a notebook in the Library. They are also included in the Digital Directory in the Residents Only section of the Residents website. Since it is easy to miss these bios, the Welcoming Committee will be announcing them in Spotlight.
Getting to know “newbies” and having them feel at home at Kendal is vital to community well-being. New residents have a large green dot on their nametags. Greeting them and introducing oneself goes a long way in making these new neighbors feel welcome.