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Music Professor Mark Mazullo

Macalester College Music Professor Volunteers and Brings Piano Music to The Kenwood Senior Living – Sept. 27

Macalester College Music Professor Mark Mazullo will perform a concert titled “Prisms – A Program of Piano Music,” at 11 a.m. Friday, September 27, 2024, at The Kenwood Senior Living. The public is warmly welcome to attend the free event.

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Active Seniors at the Kenwood

Activities and Events for Seniors – September

We program hundreds of events and activities each month. Residents experience professional musicians, local elected officials, award-winning authors, local artists, and much more – all brought conveniently to The Kenwood.

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Seniors displaying medals from the Senior Olympics

Kenwood Seniors bring home the Gold at Senior Olympics

While athletes were in Paris competing for their country, residents of The Kenwood Senior Living competed at the “Senior Olympics.” Twenty-five residents of the Kenwood competed against each other in various events over the course of a week leading up to the Paris Olympics.

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Myra Shapiro, center, poses for a photo with Bi Biheer, left, Aizhan Sardar

Talking it up with University of Minnesota International students

Twenty International students from the University of Minnesota visited with residents of The Kenwood Senior Living Community. The point is to encourage the Kenwood residents to converse with the students to improve the students’ English-speaking abilities.

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Nancy Eustis Volunteer of the Year at the Kenwood Senior Living

Lowry Hill Volunteer Nancy Eustis named Volunteer of the Year

Nancy Eustis has been named “Volunteer of the Year” at a volunteer appreciation social held during National Volunteer Month – April. According to a survey by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the Minneapolis-St. Paul area ranked first in volunteerism for the entire country. Nancy Eustis is one reason why.

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Residents at The Kenwood in Minneapolis knit scarves for children at a nearby elementary school on December 12, 2023.

Kenwood Knitters on a mission to give back – Scarves for local elementary students

The residents of The Kenwood Senior Living who belong to the Kenwood Knitters, a knitting group, completed a project of knitting scarves for second graders from the Ella Baker Elementary School in Minneapolis.

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Paul Richard and Brandy Rhodes at the Kenwood Veterans Day Ceremony

World War II Navy machinist Paul Richard honored at Veterans Day Ceremony

Kenwood resident Paul Richard received a plaque in recognition of his service in the Navy during WWII. Richard was among ten Veterans that were honored at a special Veterans Day Ceremony at The Kenwood on Thursday, November 9.

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Graham Bennett, 14, teaches Riki Jursik, right, how to use her laptop.

How one Minneapolis teenager is helping seniors learn technology

Seniors are more plugged in than ever before. But there are times when our elders have questions about technology. Here’s what a Minneapolis teenager is doing to help. Watch the video on CBS about our teen tech volunteer, Graham.

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