This month for our Volunteer Spotlight we recognize not an individual but rather an entire group that deserves recognition and thanks: Delta Gamma Sorority from James Madison University. The total membership of this group is between 150 to 175 young women, and they put in hundreds of hours of volunteer service every year. The remarkable… Read more »
Established in 1963, this annual acknowledgment has both celebrated seniors’ accomplishments and called attention to their needs. For 2019, the theme for Older Americans Month is Connect, Create, Contribute. This theme not only reminds us that seniors still have much to offer, but it also urges all of us to build and strengthen our community…. Read more »
The Spiritual Life Program at Bridgewater Retirement Community will be able to extend its reach thanks to a $25,000 gift from Carolyn Lantz Hatcher and her husband Wallace. The gift will allow the BRC spiritual care team to establish a nationally accredited clinical pastoral education center at BRC to provide multi-disciplinary spiritual care training. Mrs…. Read more »
New construction opens the way for new dining venues “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf Bridgewater Retirement Community is committed to offering fresh, healthy, and delicious dining options to all our residents. We also strive for continuous improvement. Work is under way on The… Read more »
Thank you! We are on our way to the revitalization of our meditation garden! During the Great Community Give (GCG) last month, we raised $5,450 including online and in-person gifts. This was BRC’s first foray into one-day fundraising efforts, and organizers are pleased. “It generated a lot of buzz,” comments Missy Stover, development officer with… Read more »
April is national volunteer month, and a great opportunity to celebrate the people and organizations that provided approximately 35,000 hours of volunteer service on our campus in the past year. For the third year in a row, Outback Steakhouse partnered with BRC in hosting an annual volunteer recognition celebration on April 10. More than 100… Read more »
It’s no secret that Bridgewater Retirement Community is not an island. We pride ourselves on our interactions with the young people and faculty of Bridgewater College and nearby James Madison University, as well as the Town of Bridgewater and local churches. Our residents and staff have much to offer, and we are thrilled when people… Read more »
Kid magnet. Careful driver. Volunteer chaplain to people experiencing mental illness. Quietly inspiring leader. No wonder the multifaceted Merv Wunderlich is called “Superman” by Laura Ipock Powell, BRC Director of Volunteer Services. “I do things other people cannot,” Merv explains. And thereby he makes a significant difference. One of his roles at BRC is to… Read more »
While much of the Grove, BRC’s new Independent Living apartment building, is still very much a hardhat zone, one corner of the first floor gives an impressive glimpse of what it will be like when finished. The model apartment—a corner unit with 1,510 square feet and the Rome floor plan—has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, two… Read more »
Bridgewater Retirement Community is participating in The Great Community Give this year to support the renovation of the Meditation Garden in Assisted Living. On April 17, everyone is encouraged to go to the Great Community Give website and donate to the Bridgewater HealthCare Foundation. We are one of several charities, causes, and nonprofit groups featured on… Read more »
