Sleepy Hollow Food Pantry Volunteers Needed

As we all know, our small Kendal community is part of bigger ones: Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown. And now the Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow Community Food Pantry needs volunteers.

The pantry began as an initiative of the Kids’ Club of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow in December of 2009 as a way to address the issue of hunger within our communities. That one-time distribution of food has become a monthly event serving an average of 500 families each month.

And now they need help! If you would like to pitch in, please click here to sign up... and don't forget to check out the new 10591 Community Calendar, featuring lots of fun events in town. You can find it by clicking here.

August Birthday Celebration

Kendal continues to celebrate the birthdays of Residents on a month-by-month basis.

The next will be on August 24, from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm, in the Gathering Room. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served!

All are invited.

Any questions? Contact Barbara Wallach.

CIDG Takes a Vacation

Kendal’s Contemporary Issues Discussion Group (CIDG) will be taking a brief end-of-summer vacation.

Lead discussant Gene DuBow announced that CIDG, which normally meets on Zoom each Thursday morning at 10:00 am, will be taking time off on August 25 and September 1.

It resumes on Thursday, September 8.

Questions? Get in touch with Gene.

Pool Hours Change

As of Monday, August 22, pool hours are changing on weekdays. The pool will be open from 9:00 am to noon and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday.

Saturday pool hours remain the same: 9:00 am -to noon and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Guest swim time also remains the same: Monday – Saturday, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

Saturday Video Opera

The presentation of opera on video at Kendal continues with Oedipus Rex.

Oedipus Rex was composed by Igor Stravinsky as an opera-oratorio with a libretto by Jean Cocteau, based on the Sophocles tragedy.

The version presented on August 27 is a production directed by Julie Taymor, in which puppets portray the characters and Philip Langridge (speaker), Jessye Norman, Min Tanaka, and Bryn Terfel sing the roles. Seiji Ozawa conducts.

It was performed at the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in Japan in 1992, and filmed by Taymor for television.

Enjoy this unique work in the Gathering Room at 1:00 pm.

John Jay Heritage Center Comes to Kendal

On August 22, at 7:30, in the Gathering Room, Suzanne Clary of The Jay Heritage Center will present a program about the boyhood home of Founding Father John Jay. His 23-acre estate is located in Rye, NY.

Dedicated to protecting, preserving, and interpreting the estate’s landscape, gardens, and buildings, the Jay Heritage Center (JHC) hosts programs in American History, Architecture, Social Justice, Landscape Conservation and Environmental Stewardship, as well as concerts, plays, children's architecture camps, archaeological digs, and art exhibits.

Board President Suzanne Clary, JHC’s Executive Director from 2007 to 2019, spearheaded the nomination of the Jay Estate to the Congressionally-funded Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area in recognition of its historic significance, and advocated that the site be added to New York State’s “Path Through History” in the Mid-Hudson region.

Ms. Clary holds a BA in Art History from Yale.

Nutrition Needs for Adults 65+

There will be a special program on Nutrition Needs for Adults 65+ on Thursday, August 18, at 3 pm, in the Gathering Room.

Dining Services will present Victoria Burgess to speak about MyPlate, the USDA’s guide to helping seniors make healthy food choices.

Victoria Burgess, Ph.D., is a certified sports nutritionist and a champion stand-up paddleboard competitor.

Sing Along

Singalong! Thursday, August 18, 4:30 pm-5:30 pm.

Join us Thursday afternoon in the Residents Lounge for folk songs, mainly from Pete Seeger and the Weavers. Deb Wood will be playing the guitar, and Bill Rakower will have his bongos.

And you will do the singing.

Tuesday Morning Club

The Tuesday Morning Club invites all Adirondack Residents to its meetings every TUESDAY at 10:00 am in the Gathering Room, for a morning of socialization, exercise, singing, games, puzzles and crafts.

Coffee and cake too!!!

Independent Living Residents are also welcome.

Saturday Opera

Saturday Opera continues at Kendal.

Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns will be shown Saturday, August 20.  The opera is based on the  Biblical  tale of  Samson and
Delilah, Chapter 16 of the  Book of Judges  in the Old Testament . The principal roles are sung by John Vickers and Shirley Verrett in a Royal Opera Covent Garden production by Elijah Moshinsky, designed by Sidney Nolan and conducted by Colin Davis.

The showing will take place in the Gathering Room at 1:00 pm.

As always, all are invited.