Covid -19 Update

The following message was received from Kendal Management.

NEW: Vaccine Details

We feel that it is important to share that none of the Independent Living (IL)COVID cases experienced at Kendal on Hudson resulted from COVID-positive staff. It is our hope that, with this information, you will have confidence that our community is in a good place with a resident population that is 97% vaccinated. Staff were provided the opportunity to receive COVID-19 vaccines at the clinics held on site beginning December 23 through early March. Staff were educated, provided opportunity to ask questions, and were asked to consent to be vaccinated. In consideration of Kendal’s Values and Practices, coupled with the vaccine’s Emergency Use Authorization status, vaccines were not mandated. Ongoing education will be provided to staff and more opportunity to become vaccinated will be presented.

RECAP: What opened in March?

March 1- IL residents may eat/drink together in apartments

March 8– Kendal open to outside visitors for Independent Living

March 17– Dining options expanded

• BREAKFAST / LUNCH: Bistro seating open for IL residents

• DINNER: Formal Dining Room open for reservations

• NEW: For IL Visitors...
  Overnight visitors are now welcome to stay in IL apartments

• Outdoor spaces, including the Terrace, are approved for visitors to enjoy with Kendal loved ones

Women's History Month

March is Women's History Month

The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in commemorating and encouraging the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.

To join in the commemoration, Kendal’s Contemporary Issues Discussion Group (CIDG) will dedicate its March 25 session (Thursday 10:00 am) to the month-long event.

The primary discussant will be Kendal resident Muriel Fox.

Many here at Kendal know Muriel as a friend. However, many do not know that in 1966 she co-founded the National Organization of Women (NOW), and she was NOW president, Betty Friedan's main lieutenant, and director of operations in its earliest years. She also helped edit NOW's original Statement of Purpose (1966). In 1967 she organized NOW's New York chapter, and she founded and edited NOW's first national newsletter (1970-1971). She was the head of public relations for NOW and eventually served as NOW's vice president (1967-1970), chair of its board (1971-1973), and chair of its national advisory committee (1973-1974).

CIDG will be glad to do its little bit to further the importance of Women’s history and will be honored to have Muriel as its lead discussant on this important topic.

Those residents who have not previously attended a CIDG session should get in touch with Gene DuBow for a Zoom invitation.

Supporting Local Bookshops

There are times when residents cannot find a book in the Kendal Library or at the Warner Library in Tarrytown (with which Kendal has a close relationship), and a decision is made to purchase one. The first stop should be a local bookshop in our area. For instance, The Village Bookstore in Pleasantville which advertises in our own Kendal View.

However, if all that fails, Ursula Hahn suggests Residents consult the online not-for-profit bookseller Bookshop.org, which donates 10% of the cost of each book you purchase to independent local bookstores nationwide. Bookshop.org carries any and all books your heart desires, including foreign-language books.

To date, the organization has raised more than $12 million to assist independent bookstores, an endangered species. Your contribution will be added to an earnings pool which is evenly distributed periodically among local bookstores across the nation.

Ordering a book is easy: after opening the website, you type the book’s title into the search box and proceed to shipping, payment and ordering instructions as with any online purchase.

The Bookshop.org website also offers a bookstore locator and three independent bookstores which sell online are listed in zip code 10591. They are among the beneficiaries of the donation pool.

Ursula reports, “I’ve ordered two books, one in German; both were delivered within days”.

Spring Zoom Course Schedule

The Education Committee has announced its Spring Course Schedule

Courses take place on Tuesdays -- 2 pm to 3 pm via Zoom

April:  Food and Nutrition/Planet Mars
(Cristen Cooper, Mary Opfer, Matt
Ganis)

May:  History of New York (Edward
Berenson)

June:  Criminal Law (Bennett L. Gershman)

To enroll, contact Fran Kelly.

Shredding Options

Kendal has shredding options for its residents. It has nothing to do with cabbage!

However, for those who have lots of papers to shred, the Westchester County Mobile Shredder will be in Sleepy Hollow on Saturday, March 27 from 10 am -1pm.

 The shredder will be in the parking lot across from Village Hall on Beekman Ave. They accept two big paper bags filled with papers —but be sure to remove paper clips and binders. Questions? Get in touch with Edith Litt.

For shredding at Kendal, there is a large shredder located in the copier room in the corner next to the double elevators on C-level where residents can shred their own documents (please remove paper clips and staples first).

Residents can also put papers in the large grey bin, just outside the copier room, which the shredding company picks up every other week. The bin is secure as no one at Kendal has keys.

If you have just a few sheets, there is also a small shredder on T-level near the swimming pool.

Sorry! There is no help for those who want to make coleslaw.

Library News

Kendal residents are voracious readers. The wonderful group that makes up the Library Committee works hard to keep them provided with suitable reading matter. They want to remind residents about Paperback Carousels.

If you saw the Carousels being weeded recently, you may be interested to know more about this amenity provided by the Library Committee. There may be more to it than you realized.

There is a Carousel, with a mix of fiction (green dot), non-fiction (yellow dot) and mystery (red dot), in every building.

Borrow and return at your convenience.

Alida - 1st floor near elevator

Clermont - 1st floor near elevator

Mary Powell - two on 2nd floor near elevator 

Mary Powell - one on 3rd floor near elevator

Robert Fulton – 1st floor near bridge

Donated paperbacks are added to the Carousels throughout the year, overseen by Lynn Brady and maintained by volunteers; then once every year the Carousels are weeded to make room for new titles. 

Do not despair, books are not being discarded. They are going to a better world…in fact, to Better World Books (betterworldbooks.com), a secondhand bookseller that supports literacy efforts around the world and pays us a token amount for our donations. 

We are pleased to be facilitating this honorable life cycle for Kendal Carousel paperbacks.

New Kendal Art Show: “Creative Solitude”

Kendal is gearing up for a new art show “CREATIVITY IN SOLITUDE.” It will run from April 20, 2021 to October 15, 2021

INITIAL SUBMISSION:

The curators ask for submission of artwork, made between March 2020 and March 2021 by residents and staff, never seen before on the Rue des Artistes. Paintings, photographs, collages, assemblages, wearable art, fiber arts and whatever can hang on the wall or fit in the case.

Please bring your work to the Art Room on Wednesday March 24, between 10:00 am and 12:00 noon or between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm. You may submit a maximum of three (3) works. We will let you know which have been chosen.

Your works are to be picked up Friday, March 26 between 10:00 am and 12:00 noon, or between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm. If you are unable to bring your work to the Art Room give us a call, and we will arrange for the work to be picked up.

Please remember to put your name, the title of the work, the medium (oil, collage, etc.), your phone number and apartment number on the back of the work submitted. It does not have to be framed for the INITIAL SUBMISSION.

Many thanks!

The FINAL SUBMISSION of all artworks is Saturday, April 17, 2021. We look forward to seeing your work and showing others the many talents here at Kendal. It should be an interesting show.

The curators: Lynn Brady, Ann Holloway, and Judy Baker.

Zoom Help Workshops

There will be a free Email Workshop on Zoom Friday, March 19, 2 pm-3 pm with Sheila Darnborough, Caroline Persell, Lillian Hess and Aubrey Hawes. It will be sponsored by the KoH Residents Computer Committee.

To sign up, please email Sheila Darnborough or put a note in her cubby stating the MOST important thing you want to learn about email, e.g., delete an email, file an email, create a group address, attach a document.

Space will be limited to 25. Please register and indicate your requirement by Tuesday, March 16, so that we may plan the workshop to meet your needs.

The Computer Committee is also offering small ZOOM practice sessions with Stan Amberg and Roberta Poupon.

. You will receive a Zoom INVITATION.

. You will receive a REMINDER on the day of – or the day before – the session.

. You will wait until Stan admits you to the Zoom.

We will try to answer any Zoom questions, big or small.

If you are interested in this Zoom refresher practice, drop a note in Stan’s cubby or give Roberta a call, and we will work with you to arrange a convenient time.

Please let us know if you’ll be using a desktop or laptop, or an iPad or iPhone for this practice. And if there is anything else that you would like to practice in the Zoom, just ask.

How’s that for willingness to cooperate?

Kendal Channel 970 Access

The Computer Committee has learned that some residents cannot access Channel 970, Kendal on Hudson’s internal TV channel. We would like to know who does not get the channel, and if you want the channel connected to your TV.

The TV channel broadcasts recordings of Kendal programs each afternoon; Saturday and Sunday afternoon programs; commercial movies each evening; key management and Residents Council/Association meetings when they occur; and shows still photos of the Rue des Artistes exhibits in between.

Please contact Amelia Augustus or Sheila Darnborough of the Computer and KoH TV Committees by Monday, March 29 for help with putting channel 970 on your TV.

Once we have a complete list, arrangements will be made with Verizon to make the connections.

Kendal Forum

The monthly Administration Zoom Meeting (now called Kendal Forum) will take place
on Monday, March 22 at 1:00 pm

The topic for the March Forum will be Fire Safety with Bob Michael.

The Zoom invitation is being sent by Jordan DiPaolo to all residents via email.

Registration is required through the link in advance of the meeting.

Questions? Get in touch with Jordan.