Digital Help Session

The Computer Committee cannot help you with your financial or personal problems. However, if you are having difficulty with your digital device, keep reading.

Once again there will be a DIGITAL HELP SESSION at Kendal.

Computer Committee volunteers and a Hackley School student will be available on Saturday, March 2 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. to offer help (in your apartment or in the RAO) with your smartphone, tablet, or computer.

For further information, contact Peter Bermas or Caroline Persell.

Saving Primates Lecture

On Monday evening at 7:30 p.m., in the Gathering Room, our speaker Robin Huffman, who was a corporate interior designer for 29 years before giving it all up to become a primate caregiver at sanctuaries in Africa and the U.S., will tell us about her efforts to save primates.

She has raised dozens of monkeys and cared for gorillas and chimpanzees, orphans due to wildlife hunting, the pet trade and research. In the process she uncovered a talent for painting the portraits of those she cared for, even though she had never had formal training in painting.

Robin paints to tell the stories of these innocent, sentient beings. In 2017 her solo exhibition “Witness” was the first art exhibit in the history of the Explorer’s Club. Her painting of Sunshine, the olive baboon she raised in 2013, still lives on the stairway of the Club, showing people the way to the second floor.

Robin will share stories, images, voices, and her intimate knowledge of these wild primates he has raised, along with the art they inspired. She will also bring some examples of her portraits.

"Mostly Blue and White" Art Show Opening April 9

THE ART COMMITTEE’S NEW ART SHOW, “MOSTLY BLUE AND WHITE,” WILL OPEN ON APRIL 9, 2019 ON THE RUE DES ARTISTES ON THE C LEVEL IN THE MARY POWELL BUILDING.

THERE WILL BE A RECEPTION FROM 4:00 to 5:30. RESIDENTS AND STAFF ARE INVITED. THE SHOW’S CURATORS ARE LYNN BRADY AND BARBARA GOCHMAN.

RESIDENTS AND STAFF ARE ENCOURAGED TO ENTER THEIR ART WORKS FOR THE NEW EXHIBIT. DETAILS WILL APPEAR IN FUTURE SPOTLIGHT ISSUES. CONTACT THE CURATORS FOR INFORMATION IN THE MEANTIME.

Dining Advisory Committee Meeting

If you are interested in knowing about the food you eat at Kendal or the surroundings in which you eat it, you’ll want to attend

THE OPEN MEETING of the DINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 at 1:30 PM in the Gathering Room

All residents are welcome, particularly new ones. This is a chance for you to voice your opinions.

New Trip

The Trips Committee announced a new trip. This exciting outing to the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT will be Wednesday, Mar. 20.

It will feature docent tours of two very different exhibitions: “Buried Treasures of the Silk Road” comprising tomb sculpture, art and exotic goods from the Han and Tang dynasties along the major routes for trade from China to Eurasia and Eastern Europe, and “The Dawn of Modern Medicine,” 100 artifacts showing the 19th-century transformation of medical practice and equipment through advancing technology such as anesthetics, stethoscopes and x-rays; and free time for other exhibitions, including “Masterpieces from the Museum of Cartoon Art.”

There are also short waiting lists for the following trips":

Wed., Feb. 20, New York Historical Society, New York

Wed, Mar. 6, American Museum of Natural History, New York

Age Well Study - Redux

Once again, we want to advise you of the importance of the Age Well Study.

Last year, the Kendal on Hudson community joined other Kendal affiliates to participate in a five-year national study to learn the impact of living in a Life Plan Community (same as “CCRC”).

The study is conducted by Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging and Northwestern University. It compares self-reported health and wellness of individuals living at Life Plan Communities to people living outside of such communities. The goal is to better understand the long-term impact Life Plan Communities have on the health and wellbeing of residents.

First year findings (published in January 2019) show that Life Plan Community residents tend to have greater emotional, social, physical, intellectual and vocational wellness than demographically similar older adults in the community at large.

This is the final year that new participants can join in. You can learn more at The AgeWellStudy.com.

What dates do you need to know? If you participated last year you will receive your 2019 survey mailed directly to you by mid-February.

Although they are sending hard copies, participants are encouraged to answer online, if able. All completed surveys will be due back by Friday, March 15. They should be sealed and returned in the provided envelope to either Ellen Ottstadt or Lisa Wacht.

If you are new to Kendal and wish to participate for the first time, please contact Lisa Wacht, Health Services Administrator, Lisa is Kendal on Hudson’s survey administrator.

Paul Jefferies Workshop in Drawing and Painting Starts Thursday March 7

Click here for more information.

Lost & Found

Here’s something new.!

A Lost-and-Found Table will be set up on the T Level from Monday, February 25 through Thursday, February 28. Items which have been turned in to the Front Desk will be displayed.

NOTE: This is not a Take-What-You-Want Table. Please take only items that belong to you.

Phelps Hospital Volunteers Needed

One of our most important neighbors is Phelps Hospital. Like all such institutions, there are many roles there played by volunteers. If you want to do something meaningful, you might consider volunteering some of your time.

Pam Lipperman, Director of Volunteers at Phelps Hospital, will meet with Kendal residents, who are interested in becoming volunteers at the hospital, on Friday, February 15, at 10 a.m., in the Private Dining Room.

The meeting is sponsored by the KoH Health and Wellness Committee.

You may contact Dot Bone, for additional information.

Opera on Saturday

This Saturday, February 9, a production of Richard Strauss’s opera Salome starring Teresa Stratas will be screened in the Gathering Room at 2 p.m.

This is the first of a new monthly program titled “Saturday at the Opera,” which will take place on the second Saturday of each month.

It should be noted that through the efforts of Amelia Augustus, Saturdays have become active days at Kendal. There is some sort of activity each and every Saturday. Check this website or Spotlight to see the various programs.