Social Impact

staff and residents with award

Kendal at Longwood Residents Given Congressional Award

Kendal at Longwood Residents Receive Award Today, United States Representative Chrissy Houlahan came to our Kendal at Longwood campus to give her first “Houla Helpers” congressional award to residents Irene…

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Lisa Marsilio

Lisa M. Marsilio Appointed to the Board of Friends Services Alliance (FSA)

Kennett Square, Pa. – (May 10, 2022) – Lisa M. Marsilio, Chief Executive Officer at Kendal-Crosslands Communities, has been appointed as a new board member of the Friends Services Alliance…

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company staff with Ukraine donations

Kendal~Crosslands Ukraine Relief Donations Drive

Last week, Kendal~Crosslands Communities organized a drive for Ukraine refugees collecting relief donations. When Terry Engeman, a resident and a volunteer with The Encore Shop, a quality resale shop located…

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residents and staff at the hydroponic lab

Kendal~Crosslands Communities Residents Create Hydroponic Lab

Hydroponics is a 17th-century creation, but it has become a 21st-century popular innovation, increasing its use worldwide. Yet, unique to Chester County Life Plan Community, the Kendal at Longwood campus…

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Lisa Marsilio and Leah Reynolds

Kendal~Crosslands Helps Avondale Flood Victims

Responsibility in the Greater Community When the remnants of Hurricane Ida blew through Chester County in early September, gratefully, the residents who live at Kendal~Crosslands Communities and the staff members…

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Old Kennett Meeting

Community, Diversity, and Justice

Kendal-Crosslands Communities was founded by a grant from the Philadelphia Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, in 1973 to transform the experience of aging. The Committee on Aging group…

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members of KCC and KACS at the food bank

Kendal~Crosslands Leads Grocery Drive

Residents Lark and Carli hold produce delivered to Kennett Area Community Service food bank A pandemic will not stop the residents at Kendal~Crosslands Communities from living their values of helping…

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Building Relationships is Key

Martin Luther King CommUnity Day Every year, Kendal-Crosslands Communities helps support the Martin Luther King Jr. CommUNITY of Greater Kennett’s breakfast event to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther…

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