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Then and Now

It’s hard to imagine that before 1980 this beautiful campus was a humble cornfield and pasture. The contrasts between then and now are numerous. This section tells about Pennswood’s heritage. Topics: not assigned Buildings | community | community | Customs & Culture | Customs & Culture | Demographics | Demographics | Environmental Stewardship | Environmental Stewardship | Events | events | Intergenerational Activities | Intergenerational Activities | Land | Land | Performing Arts | performing arts | PV Services | PV Services | Residents Past and Present | Residents Past and Present

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Voices from the Past (Video)

(Village Voices 2007-2022)A Telling Our Stories program in Penn Hall on 3/14/23 What can we learn about ourselves from the Village Voices that have been printed over the last 15 years? In 2007, Village Voices’ original vision was for this mostly-monthly publication to be“casual communications among us on a variety of topics….personal ads, photos, guest

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Voices from the Past

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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Our Stories

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

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Resident Books

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

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INTRODUCTION TO OUR PROJECT

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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About

Telling Our Stories of Pennswood’s Caring Community a resident project under the auspices of Pennswood’s Quakerism Committee. An overview of the project including examples of the stories and research that is being planned. The core group of the project includes the following Pennswood residents: Participate Join the fun. Tell your story, interview others, sleuth for

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