by Leslie Wendel DO YOU KNOW OF SPECIAL OR LONG-TIME RELATIONSHIPS HERE AT PENNSWOOD? Help us update the list of “family connections” as well as longtime friends who followed each other here or friends who reconnected here. (reply here) Pennswood is not just a welcoming, friendly community. There is almost a family feeling, not too […]
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Opposite the main entrance to our Community Center our new peace pole proclaims in 16 world languages, “May Peace Prevail on Earth.”
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One of the remarkable things about our community is the talent and creativity of our residents. Theater, music, literature, lectures, sports, travel, and more beckon us to come out and play. The community generates dozens of activities and events every month both on and off campus. A Sampling of Activities: The video below is of
“In a community, you are aware of belonging to a totality beyond yourself, one in which you have a stake. It’s made up of people you care about, whom in an emergency you will help care for, and who care about and will help care for you, to whom you are bonded by a recognizable
Residents read selections from past Village Voices issues that reveal the Pennswood community’s spirit. Topics: not assigned community | Customs & Culture | dramatic reading | dramatic reading | Events | events | history | Pennswood | Pennswood community | Performing Arts | performing arts | Residents Past and Present | Residents Past and Present | spirit. | Video | Voices from the Past
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This website is built with pages of stories–narratives, videos, photographs describing the Pennswood Community. The home page gives a sample and an index of terms linked to the stories. On this page, you can browse through summaries of all of those stories, and select anything that interests you to read and see more. Topics: not
LOOK FOR THE RED BINDER A bright, red 3-ring binder is now available in the Pennswood library to orient you to the 173 books written by resident authors. Thanks to our “readers” (Sally Burkman, Pat Cautilli, Louise Dunham, Gaby Kopelman, Judy Toohey, Karolyn Tucker) and our editor (Kathy Hoff), you can now quickly peruse a
On June 27th, 2022 in Penn Hall we launched our two-year project to learn about Pennswood’s past and present through interviews of current and former participants and other research efforts using both community records and external sources. This video introduces the project, invites residents to participate, and includes the history of the land that Pennswood
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Topics: not assigned Beautiful Meadow | community | Environmental Stewardship | Ken Burton | Land | Pennswood | Pennswood community | Pennswood meadow | Pennswood Village | stories | storm | unity
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