A Message from Brian Bedard, President/CEO

When I walk down Main Street in Elim Park, I can sense the hum of life that infuses this community. This is a testament to the many ways we strive to enrich lives to the fullest.

The leadership at Elim Park is committed to constant listening in the midst of each new season of planning and implementing improvements. When I think of our mission to

“honor God in all we do,” I am reminded of His instruction in Luke 6:31 to, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” This encourages me to lead the way in enabling people to live a full and carefree lifestyle, and customize their Elim Park apartment into the home they want by providing as many choices as we can imagine.

For those who call Elim Park home, we recently added free Wi-Fi and Connected Living, a Web-based platform that allows residents and their families to access information in one place and engage in activities on campus. Soon an ice cream parlor will be a community gathering place for residents and their families. And I can assure you, the dreams for the future at Elim Park don’t stop there.

I hope you’ll visit and take a walk down Main Street to experience the bustle for yourself. We’d love to meet you.

Friends And Neighbors of Elim Park Place

Summer 2019

Cheshire’s Not-For-Profit Nationally Accredited Life Plan Community

Make Exciting Plans with Elim Park!Have you started to think about the future but don’t expect to make any changes for several years? Here at Elim Park, we love to dream up futures we’re excited about. Whether your plans stay in the far distance or you decide to move them closer like Dorothy did, we’d love to help you start that process. Our monthly open houses offer a friendly, relaxed environment where you can meet people, learn more about the community, and explore the campus. You may be thinking you’re not ready to take this

step yet. Come explore Elim Park anyway! We welcome the opportunity to meet you and introduce you to our community.

Each open house features an information session presented by an expert in Life Plan Communities.

You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions, meet residents, and tour the beautiful campus and

model apartment homes. Each open house ends with refreshments and the

opportunity to request personalized information from a retirement counselor.

There are so many choices available. Whether your best option is Elim Park or somewhere else, we’d love the opportunity to help you gather the information you need to make your plans. To reserve your seat at one of our upcoming open houses, call 203.285.6214. It’s never too early

to chart your course for the future.

It’s a warm, summer day. Children chase each other in the grass or stand transfixed by Elim Park’s resident chickens. A short distance away, the kids’ parents and grandparents watch from picnic tables. Both children and adults have the

sweet taste of ice cream lingering in their mouths and the warmth of family and friendship in their hearts.

This is the vision Elim Park cherishes as we partner with Connor Architects and Sodexo, Elim Park’s team of culinary experts, to add an ice cream parlor to the three existing restaurants on campus. The ice cream parlor, expected to open sometime this summer, will serve homemade ice cream in an array of eight rotating flavors.

“We want this to be intergenerational,” says Rob Cota, the Administrator of Independent Living. Few things are as universally enjoyed and appreciated as ice cream. Kids already walk into Elim Park with a sense of awe. The ice cream parlor will add a touch of magic to children’s perception of the place grandma and grandpa call home.

We All Scream for Ice Cream!

Cheshire’s Not-For-Profit Nationally Accredited Life Plan Community

How sweet it is! Residents enjoyed sampling the delicious ice cream flavors coming this summer!

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Upcoming Open Houses

Thur, August 22, 2019 Thur, September 26, 2019Thur, October 24, 2019Program begins at 10am. Seating is limited, so call today for information and reservations.

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A few months ago, Dorothy Zeiser moved into a cozy, corner apartment home at Elim Park. “My Mom said the time she lived at a retirement community were ten of the best years of her life,” Dorothy explains. “So when my sisters and I got into our seventies, we started visiting

around. We saw quite a few.”Though she had started

planning, Dorothy expected her move to be in the distant future.

When her daughter, a Cheshire resident, recommended that Dorothy visit Elim Park, it took Dorothy a

while to follow-up. When she did, she says, “It knocked my socks off!”What she saw convinced Dorothy to consider

accelerating her timeline. She didn’t want to give up her busy lifestyle, but she recognized that moving

to Elim Park would not require her to adapt to a new way of living. “I still drive. I stay active.

Elim Park allows me to continue my lifestyle with the promise of preserving

it as time goes on.”“I feel I couldn’t be luckier,” she

says. Though Dorothy is still settling in, she plans to take advantage of the many exercise programs offered at the fitness center on campus. She also looks forward to enjoying performances at Nelson Hall.

The move from West Hartford to Cheshire brought Dorothy closer to her family. This

has allowed her to help care for her grandchildren when the need

arises.“It’s a wonderful atmosphere,”

Dorothy concludes. “And it’s because of the wonderful people here. It’s pretty

splendid.”

A new season is in the air, and we invite you to be a special part of supporting Nelson Hall Theater. August is Membership Month for the Friends of Nelson Hall.

Since its inception, Nelson Hall has been bringing generations of arts and entertainment lovers together through our unique venue and diverse programming. Your continued membership will help bring smiles to more people for years to come. If you are not a member, we would love to welcome your support of Nelson Hall!

For more details on benefits of joining the Friends of Nelson Hall, please email nelsonhall@elimpark.org or call 203.699.5495.

To make a gift, go to www.elimpark.org/giving/ and click on Friends of Nelson Hall.

Thank you and stay tuned for more details on the exciting new line-up of shows coming this fall to Nelson Hall!

Home Base for a Busy Life August is

Membership Month!Elim Park

knocked my socks off!

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Keep your eyes out for the new season brochure coming soon!