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Frederick’s Bark for Life Raises Almost $950 for The American Cancer Society Frederick Living residents, staff, volunteers, friends, and members of the local community made this year’s Bark for Life fundraiser another huge success! Forty dogs both large and small arrived through the front entrance on December 2nd to have their special moment with Santa and Mrs. Claus captured on film. Bystanders enjoyed watching the sometimes well-behaved and sometimes rowdy canines as their owners stood behind the photographer to get their attention – and the results were as beautiful as always. Almost $950 was raised for the American Cancer Society...

Frederick Living’s 2nd Annual Grand Illumination event took place last week and made the campus twinkle with candles sponsored in memory and honor of loved ones. Residents, donors, and sponsors enjoyed the kick-off event on December 2 with a Celtic Christmas concert performed by Charlie Zahm and Tad Marks. The luminaries placed throughout the campus were lit that evening for the first time and were displayed all week. Contributions to the Grand Illumination benefit the Benevolent Care Fund to help residents who have outlived their resources through no fault of their own. This enables them to continue to live as...

  Busy Hands/Warm Hearts is group of Independent Living Residents at Frederick Living who volunteer their time to benefit others. Twelve resident volunteers made over 100 handmade crocheted, knitted, and sewn sweaters, hats, gloves, scarves, baby booties, blankets, and more. The group gathers every Tuesday to work on needlework projects but much of the work is finished on their own time. Marlene Smith and Ruby Ifkowitz transported the items shown in the photo to Genesis Pregnancy Center, Birthright, and the Pottstown Sewing Center (for their Linus Project) this afternoon. Ruby and Dan Ifkowitz transported the majority of the items to...

What a wonderful time of year! Christmas is in the air!  Frederick Living will be participating in the Glicks Greenhouse 2018 Poinsettia Show- wreath contest,  which is taking place this upcoming weekend. Be sure to come and check out this wonderful display of Around the World at Christmastime!!! For more information, please check out Glick’s website or Facebook page!!

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David survived a major stroke in his mid-forties which left him confused and speechless. His right side was paralyzed and without the sense of touch. He came home broken and scattered, like a barn following a tornado. His family, friends and belief were all still in place like a stone foundation, but everything else was in ruin. One timber at a time, his frame was reconstructed. He was re-roofed, sided and painted with …love. Eventually, David was able to go back to work as an Art Teacher in the North Penn School District and before retiring had the honor of...