Hoppy Easter at The Lodge

The Easter Bunny was our guest of honor for the annual Easter Egg Hunt held at the Lodge on Saturday, April 12th.  Our residents, staff and their friends and families enjoyed the gorgeous Alameda spring sunshine as the children who attended searched the grounds by the Harbor Bay lagoon for brightly colored Easter eggs.
Exchanging

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Sharing Art Across Generations

Students from Saint Joseph’s Notre Dame High School presented their completed video art projects that they created during the inaugural “Sharing Art Across Generations” project at the Waters Edge Lodge last week. The students and the Lodge Residents had been working together for over 4 months sharing their personal experiences with art and what it

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Just in time–FREE help with tax returns for seniors

AARP Foundation offers FREE help completing tax returns for low- to moderate-income taxpayers focusing on people age 60+. Assistance is available at more than 5000 locations throughout the country. You don’t need to be an AARP member to get help.  Here in Alameda you can find this assistance at the Mastick Senior Center, 510-747-7500. Click HERE to

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February Fiesta

On Thursday the 13th, Residents of the Lodge celebrated February with a Fiesta! Strolling musicians, margaritas, a piñata, and more were just what we needed to usher in the Spring-like weather we are enjoying this winter (though really, we wouldn’t mind a little rain – our roses would love it).

 
No time

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Love Life – Live Better

This year, our Activities Team is trying something new. For Christmas every resident received a wall calendar on which the Activities Team had already noted several special events, holidays, and parties. This is because their goal, every day, is to come up with something fun, interesting, or thought provoking for Residents to do. Though

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Groundbreaking for Phoenix Commons!

 

The first shoveful of dirt from the construction of Phoenix Commons, the Bay area’s innovative new senior cooperative cohousing project being built on the Oakland waterfront, was dug on Thursday, January 9th.  Alameda Elder Communities CFO Lauren Zimmerman-Cook, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and Oakland City Councilman Noel Gallo led the ceremony as friends,

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