March 18 – March 24 Key Contact Numbers MANAGER ON …MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE: “Confirmation,” TV-14, 2016 (1HR 50MIN) MONDAY, MARCH 18, 7PM - AUDITORIUM: This film is Closed Captioned

The Weekly Courier March 18 – March 24

Key Contact Numbers In-house TV Channel - 972

Pool x2229 Fitness Center x2254 Frame Shop x7758 Country Store x2167 Salon x2226 Clinic x7791 Security x2020 Room Set-up x4774 Main Dining x2135 The Landing x2134 Catering x4771 Guest Rm. Reservation x4778 Work Orders x2151 RA Office x2214 Main Number: (301) 560-3601

RA Website: collingtonresidents.org

All Courier submissions, meeting schedules, and meeting room reservations should be sent to:

Bianca Williams ([email protected])

Submission deadline for the Courier

Is Thursdays at noon.

* See descriptive article + Volunteer pushers needed to transport Creighton Center

residents to program

Trip changes have been made for Les Folies. View

page 13 for details

MANAGER ON DUTY: Jerome Perry 3/16-17

9AM-12PM Gene Davis 3/23-24

PGCC -- Spring Break! View page 6 for details

THIS WEEKEND

3/16 9AM Weed Warriors

3/16 Dorothy White Memorial - CANCELLED (moved off

campus)

3/16 7PM Saturday Evening Concert

MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE 3/18 “Confirmation”

Courier 2 March 18 – March 24, 2019

WEEK-AT-A-GLANCE MONDAY, March 18 *SAGE SPRING BREAK 8:30/10/1:00 Shuttle to Greenbelt Doctors, call x2247 9:00 Aqua Fit – Pool 10:00 Woodshop Drop-off Hour (Instruction and Estimates available) 10:00 Aqua Fit – Pool 10:30 Trip to Wegmans Leaves Security, x2020 10:45 Chair Yoga with Marion Robbins – Classroom A 1:00-2:30 Easy Tai Chi-Qigong for Seniors – Classroom D 1:30 Mah Jongg – 3rd Floor Meeting Room 2:30-4:30 OO Shop OPEN 4:00 Collington Singers Rehearsal – Auditorium *4:30 St Patrick’s Day Celebration – Ivy Lounge *+7:00 Monday Night Movie: “Confirmation” - Auditorium TUESDAY, March 19 8:30/10/1:00 Shuttle to Bowie Doctors, call x2247 *10:00 Episcopal Service – Chapel 10:00 Woodshop Drop-off Hour (Instruction and Estimates available) 10:00 Trip to Largo Shopper’s Food Warehouse Leaves Security, x2020 10:00 Therapeutic Aquatics – Pool 10:30 – 11:30 Frame Shop OPEN 12:00-2:30 Pinochle – Ivy Lounge 12:00 30-minute Senior Aerobics with Ebony - Classroom D 1:00 - 2:00 Billiards 1:00 Balance & Beyond (Fitness) – Classroom D 1:30 RA Council Meeting - Auditorium 2:00 Chess Players – Landing, Lakeview Room 3:00 OO Advisory Committee - 1st Floor Meeting Room 4:00 Quaker Worship - Chapel 4:30 Lulu and Ricky Play the Lounge! – Ivy Lounge *7:00 Women’s History Month & Neighbor Talk Presentation - Auditorium


7:00 PG Philharmonic (members only) – Game Room WEDNESDAY, March 20 8:30/10/1:00 Shuttle to Greenbelt Doctors, call x2247 9:00 Aqua Fit – Pool 10:00 Knitting & Crocheting Group – Brandywine Living Room 10:00 Aqua Fit – Pool 10:00 Tai Chi (SAGE - Chang) – Classroom A 10:30 Trip to Wegmans Leaves from Security, x2020 11:00 Vitalize 360 Game Day – Auditorium 11:00 Baseball Discussion Group – Board Room 11:00 - 12:00 Billiards 12:00 – 2:00 Billiards 1:00 Collington Computer Clinic – 1st Floor Meeting Room 2:30-4:30 OO Shop OPEN 2:30 Wii Bowling – Classroom B 2:30 Farewell for Sara DeRosa – Clocktower Lobby 3:00 Collington Coloring Group - 1st Floor Meeting Room 4:00 Bible Study – Chapel 4:00 3000 District Meeting – Classroom C *7:00 BINGO – Game Room THURSDAY, March 21 8:30/10/1:00 Shuttle to Bowie Doctors, x2247 10:00 Woodshop Drop-off Hour (Instruction and Estimates available) 10:00 Therapeutic Aquatics – Pool 10:00 Community Outreach Committee – Board Room 10:30 Trip to Giant Grocery Store Leaves Security, x2020 10:30 Yoga with Marion Robbins – Auditorium 10:30 – 11:30 Frame Shop OPEN *11:00 Unitarian Universalist Service - Chapel 12:00- 2:30 Pinochle – Ivy Lounge 12:00 Line Dancing w/ Ebony Jordan – Classroom C 1:00 Billiards 1:00 Woodshop Open House – Woodshop


1:00 Mayan Ancient Cultures – (SAGE - Crane) – Classroom B 1:00 Beaders Group – Creative Arts Room 1:00 Balance & Beyond (Fitness) – Classroom D 3:00 Singers Small Group – Chapel *3:45 Depart from Security for Take 5! Jazz 4:00 3rd Floor District Meeting – Game Room *4:00 12 Step Meeting - 1st Floor Meeting Room 4:30-6 Margaret Bagley on Piano, Don Lewis on Drums, Grant Bagley on Bass & Don Zelman on Clarinet - Ivy Lounge 6:30 Duplicate Bridge – Game Room 7:00 Income Tax for Seniors – Classroom A FRIDAY, March 22 8:30/10:00 Shuttle to Bowie Doctors, call x2247 9:00 Aqua Fit – Pool 9:00 Exercise for Balance (SAGE - Bush) – Classroom D 10:00 Trip to Safeway Grocery Store (at Bowie Town Center), x2020 10:00 Aqua Fit – Pool 10:00 Exercise with Weights (SAGE - Bush) – Classroom D 10:00 Interfaith Chapel Committee – 1st Floor Meeting Room 10:30 Wisdom Seekers Book Club – Board Room 10:30 Catholic Communion - Chapel 12:00-2 Muslim Prayer – Chapel 12- 2:00 Social Work Luncheon – Auditorium 12-2 RA Office – OPEN 1:00 Woodshop Open House - Woodshop 1:00 Shuttle to Greenbelt Doctors, call x2247 2:00 Collington Textile Arts Group – Creative Arts Room *+3:30 Sing-A-Long – Arbor Great Room; Volunteers needed! 4:00 Meditation Group – Chapel 4:30 Music by Eulane Rose – Ivy Lounge SATURDAY, March 23 Metro shuttle schedule: 9AM, 10AM, 11AM, 1PM, 5PM, & 8:30PM 10:00 Ping Pong Playing – Game Room


10:30 Trip to Giant Grocery Store departs from Security, x2020 11:00 Bocce – Game Room 3:30 Shari Feldman and Jiwon Lim Voice Recital – Auditorium 4:30 Bus to Mass at St. Joseph’s departs from Security, x2020 *6:30 Depart from Security for PG Philharmonic SUNDAY, March 24 Metro shuttle schedule: 9AM, 11AM, 1PM, & 5PM only 9:30 Bus to St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church, Village Baptist Church, & Hope Presbyterian Church leaves Clocktower. *3:00 Candlelight Concert - Auditorium

THIS WEEKEND

WEED WARRIORS, SATURDAY, MARCH 16 at 9AM: We plan to finish up our work in the wooded area behind the 1000s. We will meet in the parking lot of the 2000s. Bring clippers, loppers, saws, etc. Or just come and see what we do. As usual, we will cancel if it rains (WW check email). DOROTHY WHITE MEMORIAL- Cancelled: Memorial Service for Dorothy White previously scheduled for Walker Interfaith Chapel at 2:00 p.m. on March 16 has been rescheduled. The service will now be held at a location off-campus. SATURDAY EVENING CONCERT, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 7PM – AUDITORIUM: Join one of your favorites: Russell Wilson will be back to play the piano for us. He is bringing a friend who will join him on the Violin. Russell is the grandson of Fran Wilson and has played many times for us.


THIS WEEK SAGE SPRING BREAK: SAGE Spring break will be from March 18 – March 24. All classes will be cancelled unless otherwise stated by your instructor. Classes will resume on Monday, March 25. ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 4:30PM – IVY LOUNGE: Come out and enjoy the festivities! Green beer will be served. MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE: “Confirmation,” TV-14, 2016 (1HR 50MIN) MONDAY, MARCH 18, 7PM - AUDITORIUM: This film is Closed Captioned. When President George H.W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court, you can bet he didn't know what Anita Hill would have to say about Thomas. This TV movie recounts the drama that erupted after her accusations of sexual harassment. EPISCOPAL SERVICE, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 10AM – CHAPEL: Our Celebrant will be the Rev. Jeanie Martinez, Interim Rector, St. Timothy's Church, Washington, DC. WOMEN’S HISTORY & NEIGHBOR TALK PRESENTATION, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 7PM – AUDITORIUM: Dora Halton will be speaking at 7PM in the Auditorium in a joint Women’s History Month, Neighbor Talk presentation. Her talk is entitled “Seriously Happy.” ATTENTION, BINGO PLAYERS: In the month of March, BINGO will be played on Wednesday, March 20 at 7PM in the Game Room. All are welcome. Questions? Please call Ardyce Asire, x7348. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 11 AM - CHAPEL: Rev. Betty Jo Middleton will speak. Her topic is “Sorry! You Can’t Be Sorry.” Rev. Middleton is retired from the active ministry after serving eight congregations in the Greater Washington, DC area and on the field staff of the Unitarian Universalist Association.


TAKE 5! JAZZ, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, WASHINGTON, DC: Will depart from Security at 3:45PM and return to Collington around 8PM. Trombonist and composer Shannon Gunn, the City Paper’s ‘D.C.’s Best Trombonist 2015, performs every Tuesday at Columbia Station with her band, the Firebird Organ Trio. Shannon also leads the all-women jazz orchestra Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes,’ which has performed at the Kennedy Center, the Goethe Institute, and Bohemian Caverns, among others. 12 STEP MEETING, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 4PM – 1st FLOOR MEETING ROOM: If you have a "Twelve and Twelve," please bring it. PG PHILHARMONIC, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, BOWIE, MD: Will depart from Security at 6:30PM and return to Collington around 9:30PM. CANDLELIGHT CONCERT, SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 3PM – AUDITORIUM: Nakia Verner, soprano, will grace our concert series again with a recital of operatic and art song gems with Gary Kirkebyon on piano.

IN MEMORY OF Linda Trimbath, who passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2019.

ITEMS OF INTEREST We CAN make a difference!

"300 million tons of plastics are made yearly, but we only recycle about 14%.” Mother Nature Network (mnn.com>lifestyle>recycling). Plastic bags alone take 300+ years to break down in a landfill. Be sure to recycle them. Better still, use reusable bags.


MAILMAN OUT OF TOWN: It’s that time again! Our regular mailman has gone on vacation for the month. Please be patient with the replacements as they are new to Collington. If you receive a piece a mail that is not yours, please do not open or write on it but return it to Vern at the Clocktower. A MESSAGE FROM THE PET COMMITTEE: I will be gone from 3/16 to 3/30. If you need any information during this time, please call Jackie Reed, x7232. Thank you. As I have stated before, there no meetings unless at some time in the future a meeting is necessary. SUSTAINABILITY GROUP—NEW MEMBERS NEEDED: Do you care about the environment ?? -- and what Collington should do to reduce its carbon footprint? If so, attend Sustainability Group meetings! The issues currently on the Group’s agenda include recycling, composting, insulation enhancement, LED lighting, electric car charging stations, and participation in teleconferences at which sustainability issues of the Kendal campuses are discussed. We need new members to engage in discussion of and research on issues such as the above. The Committee meets at 10 AM on the fourth Monday of every month. Next meeting: March 25, Board Room. For questions, call Peter Pfund, x7303. FROM ADMINISTRATION, Karen Cheney:

Judy Braun will be away the next two weeks. She will return to Collington on April 3rd. If you would like to meet with her, Karen Cheney can coordinate an appointment. Contact Karen at x5023 or via email at [email protected]

A new copier was delivered to the Clock Tower on Wednesday. This copier is available for personal copies only. Vern (or the person who is covering for her) will need to enter a code to activate the copier before you can begin running your copies. As before, you will need to sign up for all copies on the clipboard. If you need to make copies for any committee or


RA business, you will be directed to use the copier in the RA office.

Baseball Fans – March 28th is opening day! Staff will be wearing their favorite team jersey on this day for a fun day! In addition, the Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets will be shown on the screen in The Landing (volume will be down or off so you can still have conversations if baseball isn’t your thing!). Free hot dogs from 2-4 PM! We invite all residents to stop by The Landing for a hot dog, some game time and by showing your support with your team jersey!

FROM CULINARY SERVICES, Christian Ramsey

Coming Soon! A new Spring Menu will be out in April. Chris will be attending a senior living dining conference in Charlotte, NC from March 18-20.

FROM FACILITIES, Jerome Perry

A sign assessment contractor has been engaged and will be working jointly with the Buildings Committee and Facilities team March 18 and . Mike McCulley and Rob Reigle will spearhead this endeavor. The Kendal System Facilities Gathering will occur in Baltimore during the week of March 25. Jerome will return on April 1.

FROM MARKETING SERVICES, Lindsey Hamilton

Marketing is hosting a pancake breakfast on Saturday March 23rd at 10:30am in the bird room for new prospects. The Theatrical Event Hay Fever was a huge success! Thanks for everyone who greeted our prospects. On April 11th Marketing will host an evening in our Villa’s from 6:00pm- 8:00pm. If you are interested in opening your Villa we

would greatly appreciate it. Please see or email Lindsey for more details. The more Villa’s we have open for those two hours the better!

We are doing well with tours, try it stays, and appointments.


Please smile and greet any new people you see walking with the residency counselors as everyone is a marketing team member and we appreciate you!

HEALTH SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES, Megan Barbour •FAREWELL FOR SARA DEROSA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2:30 – CLOCK TOWER LOBBY: From 2:30PM - 3:30PM there will be a “best wishes” event for IL Social Worker Sara DeRosa as Collington wishes her the best in her next endeavors. All residents and staff are invited to attend.

FROM PHILANTHROPY SERVICES AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, Suku Powers

Plans are underway for a donor appreciation event on March 29th. Invitations are out and RSVPs are coming in.

The Collington Foundation grants deadline for RA Committees has been extended to March 16th. Please submit your proposals to Suku Powers via email at [email protected]

RECEIVE THE COURIER ELECTRONICALLY: If you would like to receive the Courier electronically, please email Bianca Williams at [email protected] BEWARE OF SCAMS: There are currently a few scams going on to get residents to send out money. The first scam is this:

1. If you receive a phone call from someone stating that they are from a government agency (IRS, etc) and they are threatening to have you arrested unless you call them or send money, please ignore this. Government agencies do not make these kinds of calls and they are nothing but FRAUD!

2. If anyone should call or contact you claiming that your family member or someone you know is in trouble or asking you to


donate to a charity that you have never heard of and you need to send money right away, do not respond to this. IT IS FRAUD!

COURIER ARTICLES: Articles submitted by committees need to be emailed from one person in the committee. We have recently been getting multiple emails from multiple people on a committee regarding Courier articles, this can become confusing. The deadline for ALL Courier articles is Thursdays at 12 NOON. COLLINGTONIAN ARTICLE: Do you volunteer for an activity outside of Collington, that isn’t sponsored by Collington? Other residents might be interested in learning about it from an article in the Collingtonian. Please call Mary Bird, x7242. FROM THE LIBRARY: The seed catalogs donated to the Library by Bill Preston's family are in a white file box on the white donation table inside the main entrance. I have added some of mine and if you have some to add to the collection, please do. This project was started last year when Bill offered to give us his catalogs. Books and magazines about gardening are in a bookcase in the back of the Library near the sitting area. It's OVERDUE notice time again. Anyone with books signed out before December 1, 2018 will be receiving a notice. Either return or renew before March . SANDWICH MAKING PROJECT: Since 1995, the Outreach Committee has sponsored a twice monthly sandwich making project for hunger relief in Prince Georges County. For many years led by Ardyce Asire, the project is now overseen by Louise Lees. Each year, the Residents' Association grants funds for food and supplies which we then buy from Dining Services. Collington residents make approximately 140 sandwiches each session. These are distributed at


the Community Café , located at United Methodist Church in Hyattsville. PASSOVER CELEBRATION: Passover begins the evening of Friday, April 19 (which is also Good Friday) at 5PM. All are invited to come eat and celebrate Passover.

A COFFEE CHAT will be held at 2PM on Thursday, March 28. Its focus will be a presentation on the recent SFCS Conference which Megan Barbour, Peter Fielding, Lois Brown, and Marian Fuchs attended. A SPECIAL THANK YOU: My special Thanks to Barbara Fairchild for taking the reins for the Ivy Lounge in my absence. I am indebted to her for such a responsibility. THANKS, Barbara !!!!!! Friday, March 22 in the Ivy Lounge from 4:30-6:00 GENESIS QUARTET from Suffolk, Virginia will be singing an evening of Southern Gospel Music. You will not want to miss this!!

Telling Our Stories Women’s History Month at Collington, 2019

Tuesday, March 26, 11AM, Auditorium

Celebrating women composers: music by

the Whistling Hens

Saturday, March 30, 2‐3 PM in Classrooms A, B, and C

Group discussions of Michelle Obama’s Becoming


MARCH TRIPS! -Unless Noted Otherwise, All Trip Venues Are Wheelchair &

Walker Accessible. You MUST print/sign your name in the Green Trip Book to have a seat on the bus. All Trips Depart from

Security and the transportation fee is $10. If you need to cancel for any reason you MUST do so 48 hours in advance or you will be charged a $15 cancellation fee. If you need to cancel w/in the

48- hour time frame, please call Bianca Williams, x4778. LOW VISION CENTER, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, BETHESDA, MD: Will depart from Security at 10:30AM and return to Collington around 2:15PM. The tour should take a little less than 2 hours; priority will go to members of the Low Vision Group first and the tour will be reserved for 25 people.

DINNER AT LES FOLIES BRASSERIE, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, ANNAPOLIS, MD: Les Folies is now only open for dinner. Will depart from Security at 4:30PM and return to Collington around 7:45. This restaurant specializes in French Cuisine. To view the lunch menu, visit http://www.lesfoliesbrasserie.com/menusoctoberfest/lunch-menu (The trip sheet has remained in the trip book that was scheduled when it was for lunch)

SUBSCRIPTION SERIES

ANNAPOLIS SYMPHONY (ASO)--SUBSCRIPTION15% OFF FOR FIRST-TIME TICKET BUYERS: NAVAL ACADEMY GLEE CLUB SINGS BEETHOVEN'S 9TH WITH THE ANNAPOLIS SYMPHONY ON SATURDAY March 30th. Great deal for first-time Collington ticket buyers: 15 percent off. This means 15 percent off $21.25--$69.70 depending upon where you sit. Be sure to tell the Box Office Registrar (410-263-0907) that you are from Collington for this special discount.

On Saturday, March 30th, we will also hear Eric Whitacre's Deep Field accompanied by the Glee Club. And following that will be Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with The U.S. Naval Academy Glee Club. Prior to each Saturday night concert, Dr. Rachel Franklin gives a delightful and insightful lecture about the evening's concert program. You can choose this concert and the last one of the seasons on May 4 at the single tickets' 15% discounted rate.


Questions: Call resident Jeannie Bessmer at ext. 7283. Be sure to sign up in the Green Trips Notebook. With 10 residents and friends we will go by Collington bus; otherwise we will split the cost of Uber, $20 or less. We will leave at 6PM for a Saturday evening of beautiful music. We expect to be home by 10:30 p.m. Just 30 minutes away, the concerts take place at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis.

NSO: THURSDAY, MARCH 28, WASHINGTON, D.C.: Will depart from Security at 5:15PM and return to Collington around 9:30PM.

APRIL TRIPS! -Unless Noted Otherwise, All Trip Venues Are Wheelchair &

Walker Accessible. You MUST print/sign your name in the Green Trip Book to have a seat on the bus. All Trips Depart from

Security and the transportation fee is $10. If you need to cancel for any reason you MUST do so 48 hours in advance or you will be charged a $15 cancellation fee. If you need to cancel w/in the

48- hour time frame, please call Bianca Williams, x4778. MLK MEMORIAL & CHERRY BLOSSOMS, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, WASHINGTON DC: We will depart from Security at 10:30AM. Be back on the bus by 1:30PM to return to Collington.

ANNAPOLIS CHORALE, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, ANNAPOLIS, MD: We will depart from Security at 6:45PM. Be back on the bus by 10:20PM to return to Collington. Annapolis Chorale concert on Saturday, April 6, at 8PM will include the world premiere of “Chesapeake Triptych” by Kathy Wonson Eddy and Dan Forest’s“Lux”. Five residents of Collington will sing with the Chorale; come support them and hear a musical piece celebrating the beautiful part of the world where we live. Tickets are available through LiveArtsMaryland.org. We will try to arrange a bus if enough residents sign up.

TEXTILE ARTS MUSEUM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, WASHINGTON DC: We will depart from Security at 11:45AM for a guided tour at 12:30PM. The tour should last a little over an hour so please plan to be back on the bus by 2:15PM to return to Collington. There is a suggested donation of $8 per adult on a guided tour. Cash or credit card donations are preferred. Please leave any contribution from your group with the receptionist at the time of your visit.


TAKE 5! JAZZ, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, WASHINGTON, DC: We will depart from Security at 3:45PM, be back on the bus after concert is over (7PM) to return to Collington. Known for her sweet soprano, honest lyrics, and pure vocals, Cecily Bumbray brings her own vulnerability to each song. With a father who loves Miles Davis and a mother who adores Smokey Robinson, Cecily grew up surrounded by the music of their vast record collection. Her sound is rooted in a deep appreciation for mid-century soul and jazz, ’90s R&B, and reimagined folk music. If you don’t want to hear the band you can take a stroll through the Portrait Gallery or The American Art Museum.

LUNCH AT RIP’S AND HOMESTEAD GARDENS, TUESDAY, APRIL 30: We will depart from Security at 11AM for a 11:30 reservation for lunch at Rip’s restaurant. To view the menu visit http://www.ripscountryinn.com/menu.html At 1:15PM we will depart from the restaurant and go to Homestead Gardens. Be back on the bus by 2:45PM to return to Collington.

SUBSCRIPTION SERIES

ARENA STAGE, “JQA,” WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, WASHINGTON, D.C.: Will depart from Security at 10:45AM and return to Collington around 3:30PM.

ARENA STAGE, “Junk,” WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, WASHINGTON, D.C.: Will depart from Security at 10:45AM and return to Collington around 3:30PM.

NSO, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, WASHINGTON, D.C.: Will depart from Security at 5:15PM and return to Collington around 9:30PM.

NSO- COFFEE CONCERTS, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, WASHINGTON DC: Will depart from Security at 9:45AM and return to Collington around 2PM.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON MARCH 22, 1-4

Doyouliketomakethingsand/orfixthings?HaveyouwatchedDIYvideosandthoughtyouwouldliketolearnhowtodothat?TheWoodshophasthetoolsyouneedforalmostanyproject.Allkindsofhandtools,electricdrillsandnailgunsareavailable.Andlargepowertoolstoo:tablesaw,chopsaw,bandsaws,jigsaw,drillpress,planer,router,lathe,sanders.Wejustinstalledacentralizeddustcollectionsystem.Thereisalsoalargespaceforfinishingorrefinishingfurniturewithapowersprayertomaketheworkeasier.Ifyoubringsomeexperience,youcanjumprightinafterweseethatyouknowhowtousethetoolssafely.Ifyouwanttolearn,wecanshowyouhow.Projectsrangefromcomplexradio-controlledskipjackstothesimplebluebirdhousesyouseearoundthecampus.TheWoodshopisupthehillofftheperimeterroadrightaftertheinnergatehouse.Ifyoudriveup,thereisplentyofparking.Seewhatwehave.Trysomethings.

VOTE!

Once again it is time to let your voice be heard. This Monday, March 18th, between 9 am and 5 pm in the Clocktower, you will have an opportunity to help decide your next Resident Board of Director member. Our election committee - Jane Miller, Herb Stone, and Lynn and Paul Mc-Manamen will be there to greet and assist you.

We have an excellent slate consisting of 4 residents - Linda Ewald, Eliza-beth Gill, Marian Fuchs, and Ed Robbins. You may vote for 1, 2, 3, or all 4 candidates. At least 2 will be presented to the Board of Directors for consideration.

If you missed the excellent candidate forum, please see the following pages for a transcript of each candidates statement.

Many thanks to our nominating committee - Marianne Mann, chair, John Barker, Rita Gardiner, Joyce Garrison, and Don Zelman.

Reminder - There will be an RA council meeting this coming Tuesday at 1:30 pm in the Auditorium. The results of the election will be announced at this meeting.

Lois Brown, RA President

My name is Linda Ewald. My husband, Bob and I moved here 2.5 years ago. In fact, all of the people running for this Board position moved here in 2016. That was a big year for Collington. A large influx of residents that year gave us a bonanza in entry fees. We rode into Collington on a surge of hopeful news. But every time there is a boatload of good news, we have to look deeper and see what the consequences are.

Some problems arose from so many people moving in at the same time. We strained the ability of the community to welcome and absorb us. There were too many real estate issues to deal with and not enough staff to cope with them. The dining staff was under pressure when too many of us arrived for a meal and some people had to wait. The housing leaders and some of our neighbors had trouble learning all our names.

The stream of newcomers has abated since we are now approaching full occupancy. The Landing opened and expanded the dining choices. The Ambassadors and the new housing leaders are managing the integration of new people into the community more smoothly. There are still some tough housing issues to handle as the buildings age after 30 years of occupancy. The staff is still pretty much the same size, so they have had to cope with more of us as best they can.

What we need to concentrate on now is that we don’t lose the spirit of Collington. It is that openness and friendliness that you notice the first time you come here. People smile at you in the hall. When you arrive for an event in the auditorium, there is a palpable sense of interest in what is going to be said and who is going to say it. Do we still want to know who our neighbors are and what they are doing all day? Will we still care for those who are slowing down and having health issues, hoping that someone will help us when we want to stay in independent living with a little help from our friends? Let’s cherish the diversity we have, not only the different races and religions and genders but also the extraverts and the quieter types, the night owls and the late risers. We need to care that the stream of complaints doesn’t drown out the friendly discourse.

Right now we are poised to welcome a new Chief Executive Officer. We need to be careful that we don’t overwhelm the new person with complaints and problems. We need to listen to the new ideas that the new person will bring, not just explain how we do things already. Especially on the Board, we will be working out a new way of working, residents and staff together, to care for the needs of our community. Living in community can be hard. Each of us cannot always be in charge or have our individual needs attended to immediately. But with respect and good will and trust we can regain our spirit of co-operation and make this the place where we all want to live.

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ELIZABETH GILL Statement at the Board Candidates’ Forum 3/6/2019 Thank you for the opportunity to address you today. Perhaps like many of you, one of the first qualities that impressed my husband and me when looking for a new community was a good fit between us and other residents. We were impressed with people’s friendliness, their engagement, and the breadth and depth of their life experiences. Having read all the candidates’ bios, I believe the community will be well served by whomever of the four of us is ultimately selected. But my task is to explain the particular skills and experiences that make me worthy of your consideration and your vote. I understand that the role of the Resident Board Members is not to represent the residents. That is the role that Lois Brown holds as President of the RA. Nonetheless, being a resident informs my opinion of the issues and there are several important ones before the Board and this community. First is a return to our guiding principles based in Quaker values. When I moved here I was given this booklet {Values and Practices ©2012 The Kendal Corporation] that documents the Values and Practices of Kendal. Among these are “To foster a high quality work experience for staff, recognizing that Kendal must be a good place to work if we are to offer good places to live,” and “To value participation, transparency, and consensus building by nurturing careful listening and effective decision making.” Somehow, we have drifted away from these core values. In this regard, my background and experience with conflict resolution will be an asset. I have worked at Collington to improve resident relations with the Marketing Department and I have worked with my fellow Operating Committee chairs to resolve the current crisis brought to a head almost three weeks ago with the dismissal of Bryson Adams. I promise to speak my opinions in a constructive manner and not to be afraid to speak up and express my opinions. I will also listen to other people and their points of view in an attempt to reach agreement and the best resolutions for all parties.

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Next is to be certain that appropriate processes are in place and policies are followed. Here, my experience in nonprofit management and governance will serve the Board well. I have been a board chair and a chief executive, I have written personnel manuals and operations manuals, and I have overseen staffs ranging in size from 3 people to over 150 people. An important role for all board members is to care for the financial well-being of the community. I have developed budgets for organizations ranging in size from $50,000 to $7,000,000. Obviously Collington’s budget is much larger, yet many of the same principles apply. I know how to read financial statements and audits, and will ask questions when the numbers do not make sense to me. While I realize that some issues require discretion and an element of secrecy, I will always advocate for as much openness as possible. I believe this will help repair the trust that has been broken in our community. If selected for the Board, I look forward to working hard with our new Chief Executive to restore trust, meet and exceed standards, and treat all staff and residents with respect. It will be the Executive’s responsibility to achieve many of our shared goals. The Board’s responsibility is to provide structure through policies, strategic direction, and funding to support management’s work. If selected, I will count on you to come to me with issues of concern within the Board’s purview. While administrative issues should be addressed to management, matters of policy and strategy should be referred to the Board. I perceive the residents as eyes and ears to bring matters of concern to Board members’ attention. We are partners in making Collington the best it can be for everyone. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your questions.

Piece for the March 6 Candidate Forum from Marian Fuchs

“What do I believe that I can bring to the Board based on my previous experience?”

I think I am going to bring common sense informed by a lifetime of working with non-profit organizations. From my 20s until Jacob and I moved here, I’ve been an employee, contractor, consultant, trainer or board member of more than two dozen small non-profits here in the US and around the world.

I’m going to illustrate the sort of experienced-based common sense I would hope to bring to Collington board by analyzing two ways in which I believe our Collington Board has let us down over the past two years, and highlighting what I would have been advocating for, had I been a board member at the time.

First, about the Strategic Plan. Strategic plans on which I have worked or advised have always been a deep dive outline an ideal medium-term future, accompanied by the outline of a plan to achieve those goals. These plans have a specific time horizon, typically five years. They have the two components: the descriptions (often with justification) of the desired future, and then the outline of a master plan to achieve it. The strategic planning period ends with a detailed, Year 1 implementation plan.

Collington is about two years out from the beginning of our strategic planning exercise. What we have achieved is a vague description of our desired future and the setting up of the Strategic Planning Group, which in turn has spawned two Alliances: Health Services and Outreach. However:

• We don’t have a fixed time horizon – only the notion that we are thinking ahead somewhere between 5 – 10 years.

• We don’t have an overview master plan covering all the things that need doing to achieve the desired future. This

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plan would give an outline of needed programs, financial needs, staffing, and the recommended phasing of the elements over the life of the plan.

• We don’t have a Year 1 implementation plan, in which specific investments, staffing, etc. would be presented.

This is what I would have urged the board to ask for, and to keep asking for until produced.

Without this five year plan, improvements at Collington are happening piecemeal, responding to immediate needs. In the Heath Service Alliance, where I take the notes, we are working with architects to design improvements to wellness and health facilities. This is certainly needed, and certainly a resident, board and management priority. But as the Alliance is trying to make concrete recommendations to the board, we find that we may be absorbing so much funding, that other important areas might be starved or overlooked – e.g. improvements to the dining room and main kitchen, taking care of deferred maintenance in the grounds and buildings, etc., etc. That’s because there is no master plan, into which our upgrades to health and wellness expenditures and improvements fit. Without a plan, each improvement needs lots of scrutiny -- and approvals take much longer than needed. Time is both money, and something very precious to our residents whose time is limited.

Secondly, about our CEO, who for some half a year has not been fully engaged with our community. The single most important responsibility of boards is the recruitment, oversight and remuneration of the CEO. The Board is the CEO’s only boss. Our Board is now fully engaged in finding our CEOs replacement, but they were asleep at the switch for the duration of our current leader’s frequent absences.

Even before the absences began, our Board could have insisted on a deputy-CEO position, to prevent the leadership vacuum we’ve been experiencing. The post of COO might have filled that

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slot, but as we know, we lost our COO overnight, without explanation, and the post has not been re-advertised or re-filled. In the absence of a deputy, I believe our Board, probably with help from Kendal, should have provided an interim leader much sooner.

Would my ideas have swayed the board to act differently? Impossible to know, but unlikely in my first year. Getting one voice out of 15 heard on a board isn’t easy. But it is getting easier at Collington because we now have two great resident board members in Sara Case and Peter Fielding. And in Lois, we have a vocal RA president forcefully and emotionally representing your views. We also have a Board Chair who is willing to put a lot of his time into rectifying some past oversights.

I am running for the board because I would like to add my voice to the that of the other resident board members, to wake up some of the sleepier members, and speed up the oversight of senior management decisions by the board. I believe my experience is relevant, and that I have skills and insights that may be useful in the role of resident board member.

Thank you.

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MEMOFrom: RobbinsTo: Whom it may concernSubject: Contribution to Board of DirectorsDate: 03/04/19

GOOD AFTERNOON. MAY I EMPHASIZE THAT COLLINGTON IS NO SIMPLEOPERATION. IT HAS AN INCOME AND EXPENSES IN THE NEIGHBOR-HOOD OF $ 30 MILLION, A 125 ACRE CAMPUS, AND SOME 400 RESIDENTSIN A WIDE VARIETY OF HOUSING CONDITIONS WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF CARE AND FEEDING NEEDS.

IN MY OPINION THAT DEMANDS A PEOPLE-ORIENTED, HANDS-ON MAN-AGEMENT. UNLIKE A SPA OR A HOTEL, COLLINGTON'S RESIDENTS LIVE HERE, AND MANAGEMENT HAS TO DEAL WITH THEIR CONSTANTLY CHANGING CARE NEEDS IN ADDITION TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FA-CILITIES.

RECENTLY, IN MY OPINION, WE HAVE SEEN EVIDENCE OF AN ABSENCE OF SUCH HANDS-ON, PEOPLE-ORIENTED LEADERSHIP. AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WHAT THE BOARD BELIEVES IS THE PERFORMANCE OF COLLINGTON'S OPERATING LEADERSHIP DIFFERS FROM THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF THAT LEADERSHIP.

THAT PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY A BIZARRE SERIES OF PERSONNEL CHANGES IN RECENT YEARS. THESE CHANGES HAVE LED TO DISTURBING CONFUSION IN CERTAIN AREAS OF DAILY OPERATIONS, POOR STAFF MORALE, AND EVEN A BREAKDOWN IN SECURITY.

NOW, WE RESIDENTS ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT COLLINGTON AND VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO BE ON THE BOARD. BUT I AM CONVINCED THAT THE RESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE ESSENTIAL TO ELIMINATING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW MANAGEMENT IS PERCEIVED AND THE REALITY OF THAT MANAGE-MENT. AFTER ALL, WE RESIDENTS LIVE THE DAY-TO-DAY OF COLLING-TON'S OPERATION.

IF I WERE CHOSEN FOR A PLACE ON THE BOARD, I WOULD TAKE OFFICE IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR WHEN IT IS EXPECTED THAT COLLINGTON WILL HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. ONE CAN ALSO EXPECT PROGRESS TOWARD REVITALIZATION OF THE CREIGHTON CENTER AND HEALTH CARE AT COLLINGTON.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF OPERATIONS IN MANY DIF-FERENT LOCATIONS, ESPECIALLY AS REGARDS HOUSING AND FINANCE,WILL HELP ME CONTRIBUTE TO THE BOARD'S ASSESSMENT OF MAN-AGEMENT AND ITS SUPPORT FOR MODERNIZATION OF THE PHYSICAL PLANT. I THINK THIS IS THE WORK THAT WILL BE AT THE HEART OF THE COLLINGTON EXPERIENCE IN THE COMING YEARS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

Ruppert Landscape 2850 Marble Court • Forestville, Maryland 20747

Office 301.420.2091 • Fax 301.420.2093 • www.ruppertlandscape.com

Dear Collington Residents,

I regret to inform you that we have made an error whilst performing your landscape

maintenance within the last couple of weeks. It has been brought to my attention that our team has

sheared several Azalea shrubs, and woody shrubs, within the complex resulting in a loss of buds in the

sheared shrubs. Not all buds were sheared, and the Azaleas will still bloom however, this may result in a

lower percentage of flowers.

The love of the Azaleas and their blooms within Collington is well known by Ruppert and our

team and we are taking immediate action to both resolve this issue and to insure these mistakes do not

happen in the future. We have been in communication with Mr. Olsen and Mr. Perry to strategically

coordinate an appropriate action plan. First and foremost, we will be applying a slow release fertilizer to

all plants effected by this mistake to promote new buds in hopes to bring a larger output of flowers in

the spring. This fertilizer will be a granular application, prior to mulching, to insure we have proper

translocation of the fertilizer to the plant to promote the new growth.

Moving forward, we will be taking greater measures to ensure this does not happen again with

more intensive amounts of supervision and training on the property.

I accept full responsibility for this mistake and, on behalf of Ruppert Landscape, am committed

to preventing any future issues.

Regards,

Your Ruppert Team

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