News and perspectives from Covia.
Covia recognized as a Great Place to Work
For 30 years, Great Place to Work (GPTW) has been recognizing outstanding workplace cultures and producing the annual FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For®” and FORTUNE Best Workplaces lists. This year, Covia has been recognized by GPTW and was recently certified as a Great Place to Work. Previously, Covia had been recognized as a…
Spring Lake Village named Best of Sonoma County
For the 5th year in a row, Spring Lake Village has been named Best of Sonoma County by the readers of the Press Democrat. Along with this honor, this year Spring Lake Village also received the 2018 NuStep Gold Pinnacle Award® for excellence in wellness programming. A Covia Life Plan Community in Santa Rosa, California,…
Healthy Connections program benefits residents, students, and community
When Pat Lau, Activities Coordinator for Webster House in Palo Alto, first created the Healthy Connections program in 2016, she had no idea the kind of impact it would eventually have. “I thought, ‘Oh, I’ll just have a little volunteer program. They can work with the residents, meet them, talk to them,’” she says. “But…
Building community in Oakland through National Night Out
Throughout the country, National Night Out on the first Tuesday in August is a chance for neighbors to meet one another and to connect with local emergency responders. At St. Paul’s Towers, National Night Out does that and more. With food, music, face painting, balloon hats, games, fresh produce, and information tables, the National Night…
Jennings Court celebrates 10 years of community
As Jennings Court, a Covia Affordable Community in Santa Rosa, celebrates its 10th anniversary this summer, its first residents are reflecting on their initial impressions. “I was one of the first 8 people to move in,” says Fred Campbell. “And the day I walked into the facility, I fell in love with the structure, the…
Museums at Home brings art to all
When the summer session of Well Connected begins on Monday, July 9th, it will include a new season of virtual visits to museums throughout the United States in a series called Museums at Home. Amber Carroll, Director of Well Connected, remembers attending a program with the Oakland Museum. “I was blown away by how amazingly…
From homeless in Oakland to housing at Oak Center Towers
Residents and staff from Covia Affordable Communities recently attended LeadingAge California’s annual Affordable Senior Housing Resident Advocacy Day in Sacramento. One of our staff members reported that one resident left an impact on his Assemblyman when he introduced himself saying, “My name is Dean and I was homeless for four years before I got a studio…
12 Things Everyone Can Do to Prevent Elder Abuse
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is June 15. The National Center on Elder Abuse created this information as a downloadable document. Our communities are like buildings that support people’s wellbeing. Sturdy buildings ensure that people are safe and thriving at every age. We all have a part to play in this construction project. Here are…
Behind the Bouquets: San Francisco Towers Flower Committee
Originally published in Community News, San Francisco Towers’ resident newsletter. Part of the charm of San Francisco Towers are the exquisite floral displays in the public areas of the building, created by the Flower Committee. Of its thirty members, the Flower Committee has four members (plus a weekly flower carrier) who specialize in purchasing and arranging…