He’s been alive for all ten of the Cardinals’ World Series championship wins. He wears shoes autographed by Red Schoendiest and, at the age of 75, he was named MVP for his team at Cardinals Fantasy Camp. Standing outside the stadium, he came within inches of catching an out-of-the-park homer hit by Stan Musial. And [...]
Lutheran Senior Services held its third annual LSS Night at the Ballpark June 23, with more than 1,000 LSS residents, staff, and guests turning out to cheer on the St. Louis Cardinals. And for the third year in a row, LSS proved to be a lucky charm for the Cardinals, as the Redbirds trounced the [...]
The weather was beautiful, as were the melodies, as the Missouri Symphony Orchestra treated Lenoir Woods residents and their friends to a special outdoor concert Wednesday, June 22. Led by conductor Kirk Trevor, the orchestra held an hour and 15 minute concert comprised of old favorites as well as new surprises to suit longtime symphony [...]
All of Lutheran Senior Services’ communities are hard at work helping to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association, in preparation for the first-ever Walk to End Alzheimer’s coming up this September. But the folks at Lenoir Woods in Columbia are really going above and beyond. Walk organizers at Lenoir Woods raffled off a hot air [...]
Over 23 million Americans have diabetes…and of them, five million don’t even know they have it. Christian Hospital’s Diabetes Institute and Lutheran Senior Services’ Hidden Lake community want to help close that gap. Join us for a free diabetes screening held at Hidden Lake (11728 Hidden Lake Drive, St. Louis, MO) June 29 from 9:30 [...]
A few weeks back, the Edwardsville Intelligencer paid a visit to LSS’ Meridian Village community in Glen Carbon, Illinois, to discuss the true meaning of Memorial Day with some of the people for whom it is most important. Reporter Bill Tucker interviewed six of the community’s 34 residents who retired from the armed forces, and [...]
Phinneas Fog traveled around the world in 80 days. It took Lenoir Woods residents Dr. Raymond and Beuna Lansford 300 days, but they helped a lot more people in that time than Phinneas could have ever dreamed of. Raymond first joined the Columbia, Missouri, chapter of the Kiwanis in 1957. Almost immediately, his volunteer efforts [...]
Planning out your retirement isn’t easy; there are a lot of contenders out there vying for your retirement investment. So what happens when you pit two of the most popular senior living options against one another in a five-round competition to prove which is the better value? In one corner for tonight’s main event, we [...]
Palm trees. Sultry music. Desert views. Doesn’t exactly conjure images of North St. Louis County, does it? And that’s exactly why Hidden Lake decided to bring “A Night in Morocco” to its residents for their annual Senior Prom. “(Activities director) Mary Adams has a real knack for transforming spaces,” says Hidden Lake’s executive director Rachel [...]
The studies are in: seniors are the fastest growing group on Facebook. But as older adults make their way online to keep up with family and reconnect with old friends, they often find themselves asking the same question. Namely, “What the heck does any of this MEAN?” Getting to know social media sites like Facebook [...]
