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October 17th through the 23rd is National Estate Planning Awareness Week! The UMRC-Porter Hills Foundation wants to remind you that there’s no better time to consider your estate plan!

The UMRC-Porter Hills Foundation will show its gratitude for YOU, our generous donors and supporters, with a pair of upcoming celebrations!  Our Giving Gratitude: A Celebration of YOU events will be held on October 26 at Saint John’s Resort in Plymouth, and at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids on November 9.  Both events begin at 6:00 p.m. 

Darlene shared, “Brio wellness programs provide an outlet for team members to release stress, learn and try new things, and connect with one another. I have found a new joy for running and can always count on it as a time to focus on just myself.”

September is National PACE Month, where we celebrate the ways PACE, or Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly, improves quality of life for older adults and allows them to live as independently as possible in their own homes and communities.

Approximately 150 walkers, including residents, families, and team members, created a sea of purple as they walked through the CRC campus to raise awareness for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

Sam’s great grandmother, Agnes McLean of Ann Arbor, was a sculptor. One of her works, “One World”, completed in 1946, was made to adorn the entrance of Chelsea Retirement Community where it still stands

Kori Rochefort, a team member of Chelsea Retirement Community (CRC) for more than twenty years, takes the reigns as this year’s captain for the 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer’s CRC walk team!

September is National PACE Month, an opportunity to celebrate the innovation, joy, and care provided for older adults at Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE®)! Joan’s story illustrates this year’s theme – PACE: This is the Place for Me.