Rebuilding Together and DMB have provided new features and accessibility upgrades in the Surprise Community Garden, a Benevilla Community For All Ages project. Rebuilding Together, a national nonprofit, and local valley builder DMB join together once a year and select one Valley community project they would like to support. This year, representatives discovered Benevilla’s Surprise Community Garden and knew that they’d found their project. The garden improvements started taking place in early April and include a ramp for handicapped access to the … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2015
If your mouth isn’t healthy, then you aren’t healthy
Hello fellow Benevilla Baby Boomers! This is my first blog post for your wonderful newsletter and it brings a huge smile to my face to be part of such a great organization. It is my hope and intention to bring exciting, useful, interesting and hopefully thought-provoking articles to you every week. Speaking of huge smiles, here's something you probably don't think much about now that you are in your “senior” years, but you really, really should…the care of your teeth. If you’re over 50, you probably have new aches and pains every day. That’s … [Read more...]
Benevilla Presents at 2015 Aging in America Conference
Benevilla presented Birt’s Bistro: A Social Enterprise for Supporting Aging in Place at the March 23-26 American Society on Aging’s 2015 Aging in America Conference. The conference took place in Chicago and Benevilla’s President and CEO Michelle Dionisio and Birt’s Bistro Sr. Director of Food and Beverage Jeff Amperse gave the presentation. “The benefit of having an active social enterprise supporting the Benevilla mission and our community is multi-faceted,” said Michelle Dionisio. “Typically a social enterprise applies commercial strategies to … [Read more...]
Benevilla Recipient of Second Annual Taste of Surprise Donation
Benevilla has announced that it is a recipient of $4000 from the Surprise Rotary Club, a portion of the proceeds from the club’s Second Annual Taste of Surprise event held March 11, 2015. Over 600 people attended the event, paying $25 for a chance to sample cuisine from local restaurants including that of Benevilla’s own Birt’s Bistro. “Thanks to the Surprise Rotary for their community involvement and support of nonprofits like Benevilla,” said Birt’s Bistro Sr. Director of Food & Beverage Jeff Amperse, who has participated in this event since … [Read more...]
Life Coaching Lecture Series
ENCORE SESSION Please join us for this Life Coaching Lecture Series event: Thursday, May 21, 1:30-3:00 PM, Benevilla presents End-of-Life Planning and Decisions in Late-Stage Care, the first in a new series. The Life Coaching Lecture Series will alternate with our Life Planning Lecture series, ongoing since 1985, which provides residents with an opportunity to learn how to best protect their estate, manage transfer taxes and become acquainted with local professionals as well as the many programs and services offered by Benevilla. Life Coaching … [Read more...]