Day: July 25, 2018

Staff Blogger: Mallory Glenn, Advancement and Communications Intern

People choose The Wesley Communities for the same reason that people choose Lakeside: the faith, kindhearted community and multifaceted focus on wellness.

The Wesley Communities is a nonprofit organization that provides high-quality housing, healthcare and services for older adults in central Ohio. They manage three continuing care retirement communities in the Columbus area as well as Wesley Hospice and Wesley at Home.

The communities include Wesley Glen Retirement Community, which is located South of Worthington, Wesley Ridge Retirement Community, located in Reynoldsburg, and Wesley Woods at New Albany, located just minutes away from downtown New Albany.

The organization provides social, recreational, spiritual, educational and cultural opportunities for its residents and is also an affiliate of the West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church. Wesley Glen and Wesley Ridge even have annual Chautauquas that are run by the campus chaplains.

Staff Blogger: Danielle Zoellner, Photography/Videography Intern

I met Maple Woods while photographing her next to a plant because I liked the colors. She caught me, I apologized and we laughed it off. We made small talk about photography, dogs, and some other things I can’t remember.

I told her I really liked her outfit; it was simple but the colors complimented her. She wore delicate gold jewelry, which she said suited her best. One particular bracelet stood out from the rest.

“It was my husband’s,” she said. “He made it.”

I was impressed, and maybe she saw that I was intrigued, because she answered my questions before I even had to ask them.

“He made it out of shotgun shells from when he served in Vietnam,” she said. “And, it’s not gold, but copper.”

“It was a gift,” she continued to say. “He gave it to me the first time he told me, ‘I love you.’”

I felt my face displaying my amazement, but I had no words. We both sort of smiled and looked at the bracelet she had been holding the whole time.

The Wesley Communities: The Ideal Fit for a Lakesider

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