A Familiar Face in a New Place Pennswood and especially over this last year. She has Pennswood Village is demonstrated success in pleased to announce building upon the loyalty of existing donors and the Sally Marrington identification of new donors with her approach to partnering as the new with them. We know she will Director of Development continue to have a tremendous impact on the Sally joined the Pennswood family during the continued success of fundraising activities, spring of 2008 in Administration. I can say along through her work with the Pennswood Village with many resident, staff and board voices, Sally Foundation which includes PVRA, Hospice Care has always been a member of the Pennswood by Pennswood Village, and Pennswood Village. team who saw the value of being One in We are confident Sally is the right leader to Community no matter her assigned duties. In her work alongside residents, staff, board, and our new role, Sally will oversee all aspects of the entire community as we enter a new phase of Development Department and work to advance community -focused programming and vision. Pennswood’s strategic initiatives by creating new Please join me in welcoming Sally to this new relationships, building a larger donor community position! and implementing new giving programs and opportunities to meet the needs of the Pennswood Thank you, Village community. Dan Murray, CEO Most recently, Sally has served as assistant to the Development Director and various other duties that support the overall Pennswood Village community. Sally’s role during the last year has Double Bulletin expanded to the Acting Development Director— This Bulletin covers the time period she has brought the Pennswood spirit to our Sunday, March 14 to Saturday, Development Department and has brought new March 27. growth to our overall giving programs, as well as building excitement among our donor base. Linda Krause, Executive Liaison I am thrilled to have Sally accept her expanded role as the new Director of SPRING FORWARD Development for Pennswood Village, and am confident she will help refine and expand Daylight Saving Time Pennswood’s fundraising initiatives. Sally has a begins proven track record over her many years at Sunday, March 14 3/12/2021 Claire Arnold—14 The Philadelphia Lise Esser—14 Orchestra Jenny Hollingshead—15 Sponsored by the Pennswood Chuck Sweet—16 Village Concerts Committee Patricia Cautilli—17 Friday, March 19 Joyce Koch—18 2:00 p.m. Channel 970 Betty Eisenberg—19 Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Conductor Stephen Ewall—19 Coleman Red Clay & Mississippi Barbara Snyder—22 Delta, for wind quintet, Peg Van Hise—23 Mozart Serenade in B-flat major (“Gran Partita”) Nancy Kashoff—25 Wind instruments take center stage! The Jeanne Leslie-Hughes—27 “Gran Partita” Serenade was famously Claire Speciner—27 featured in the 1984 film Amadeus and, aside from its poignancy, is notable for breaking all bounds from earlier serenades. Written in 2009, Valerie Coleman’s Red Clay & Mississippi Delta is about her St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt mother’s family and the delta region from which they hail. Listen closely—can you hear the juke joints and casino boats that When: Wednesday, March 17, all day, line the Mississippi River? starting 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Where: In & around the Community Sally Burkman & Ellie Winslow, Concerts Committee Building How: Start your adventure at the front desk by picking up the first clue. Are you interested in Who: Open to everyone. praying the rosary weekly? Why: FOR FUN! Where: Resident Conference Room May the Luck of When: Fridays at 2:00 p.m. If you have a question, please the Irish be with contact Amelia Marini at you! [email protected] or 215-860-3617. Amy Keiper-Shaw, Resident Life Director Amelia Marini, K-211 3/12/2021 2 The Forum Committee Presents: Florence Wharton The Struggle for Women's Rights to Equality: Stanton, Steinem and the ERA Tuesday, March 16 at 7:00 p.m. Zoom and Channel 970 Florence Wharton has lived in Langhorne and the Bucks County area for many years. Interested in history, she is the author of “Langhorne: Crossroads of History”, (copy in our library) and spoke here at Pennswood in 2018. She has often spoken recently on American Women and the evolution of women's rights. In addition, she works for the Heritage Commission, and the Planning Commission to identify ways to save open space. Her talk will focus on the 72-year struggle for the ERA and beyond, to understand the depth and diversity of the women's suffrage movement. What was the role of the 1913 March in Washington, D.C.? What women from minority groups across the country worked so diligently? Who from Bucks County were 'change agents'? Why is a document formed in 1923 to permanently guarantee equal rights for all Americans still unfinished business? Listen to Wharton's talk on Tuesday, March 16, to learn some of the answers. There will be an opportunity for questions. Join via Zoom to be able to participate in the live Q & A or view on Channel 970. Zoom meeting ID: 867 8035 8689 Passcode: 157108 Sally Burkman, Forum Committee Dear Pennswood Community, Thank you sincerely for your thoughtful kindness at a time when it was most appreciated. Sylvia Beesburg passed away, and many of you reached out with cards, a phone call and prayers. I am thankful for all of them. I am grateful for living in a caring community of staff, neighbors and friends. Sincerely Bob Beesburg, L-112 3/12/2021 3 Celebrate Earth Day With Poetry & Prose You are invited to find a poem or a short piece of prose and to read it to your fellow Pennswoodians at the spring Poetry & Prose event. The theme is the Earth. Call or email Anne Baber (913-568-2339 or [email protected]) to be on the list of How To Contribute to readers. Give both Anne and Marguerite Village Voices Chandler a copy (email or hard copy) of what you plan to read. Your piece should be no more Village Voices began publication in than three (3) minutes (450 words) in length. February 2007. Since the December 2009 issue of our publication, Dick We’ll pre-record everyone on Zoom at Piccolini has done the layout. 1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 10. Our final program Throughout the years, Dick has also will first be broadcast on Earth Day, Thursday, been a contributor. Some of his most April 22, on Channel 970, with additional memorable pieces involved broadcast dates to follow. If you are NOT on well-researched family history. Zoom, please sign up anyway. We have a way Dick has received all submissions, for you to record your piece. Readers will get created and maintained the Queue details soon. (the document holding all the submissions), and put together the layout, following the wishes of the Anne Baber & Marguerite Chandler, Co-Chairs editors. It’s been an increasingly difficult job and recently Dick has encouraged the editors to find a replacement. With enormous gratitude and thanks to Dick for his years of careful and exacting work, we are delighted to announce that we have done so. Henry Baird will be our new Layout Guru. You’ll see Henry’s name and email in the March issue. If you can’t wait until then and are submitting an item, please send it to him at [email protected] . Anne Baber, Managing Editor, Photo Credit: Village Voices Yoma Ullman 3/12/2021 4 LAST CALL FOR ART SHOW YOUR WORK AT THE RESIDENT ART GALLERY The theme of the next show is baffling: “Bird, Bath and Beyond,” but it can also be inspiring. Whether you focus on the bird, the bath or the beyond, do bring your work to the Resident Art Gallery on Thursday, April 1 (no April Fool) between 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. The Committee is looking for easel art in many media, clay work (nothing utilitarian, please), photographs, and art quilting. Two items per artist. Nothing exhibited during the past two years. Please bring a title for the piece and a rough estimate of its insurance value. Please bring ONLY work that you made yourself (your finger on the shutter, your hand holding the brush, the needle or the clay). Please make sure your work is sturdy enough to either hang on the wall or arrange on pedestals. Committee members at the door of the gallery will be checking this. We don’t want your work to disintegrate during the show and nor, we suspect, do you. The show will open on Sunday, April 4. Yoma Ullman, Resident Art Gallery Restoring Civility Across the Political Divide Karen Tibbals recent program and her book, Persuade, Don’t Preach, touched a chord with many of us who long to have productive conversations with people who don’t agree with us. Richard Rohr’s comment about this book is, “This book is a helpful guide to how to understand people in such a way that you can talk to them more productively.” Based on the latest social science research, this is a practical plan to talk with others in a respectful way—a way that enables people to get past their differences. This book explains why people differ and why particular groups of people focus on certain issues. This knowledge fosters empathy and helps us approach people we disagree with in a way that restores civility. This book is now in the Pennswood library. Marguerite Chandler, Quakerism Committee 3/12/2021 5 Support Groups The NY Times Science— Virtual Discussion Group Resident Life Zoom Meetings Thursday, March 18 and 25 11:00 a.m.