Coffee Social Cancellation - Thursday, February 13

Due to snow and extreme cold temperatures

this month's Coffee Social is canceled.

DG County Appraiser Brad Eldridge

will attend the March 13 Coffee Social

This message announces fundamental changes to Community Village Lawrence.

It is with great sadness, the CVL Advisory Board has decided to end member support services effective November 1, 2024. CVL's inability to maintain a volunteer support network has led the Board to this painful decision.

The success of matching volunteer support to members' needs has become spotty and this intermittent performance has led CVL to become an unreliable partner for maintaining members' independence. This support slippage began in early 2020 with the Covid service suspension and has never recovered to pre-Covid levels.

Many CVL members and volunteers wish to maintain contact and invite you to join them at the monthly coffee socials at Johnny's North. The Village concept remains a powerful community tool to help seniors remain living independently. The coffee socials are a great way to learn about the success stories from hundreds of Villages across to country.

NPR Visits Villages across the Country

National Public Radio's (NPR) Ina Jaffe explores the positive impact that over 200 Villages have made for seniors. She discovers that, with a little help from neighbors, Village members can expand their options for independent living and make new friends in the process.

In her report, Jaffe explores how three different communities have personalized the concept of a Village: 1) Beacon Hill Village in Boston; 2) Englewood Village in Chicago; and 3) Community Connections, a rural Village in California.

Follow this link to view Jaffe’s report: Sometimes It Takes A 'Village' To Help Seniors Stay In Their Homes

We are proud to be a member

of the Village Network. Click on

the image to the right to learn more.

Learn More....

On the Village Movement:
Seniors Hold on to Urban

Independence Into Old Age,
a PBS special on the national

Village Movement!

Community Village Lawrence
is the recent recipient of a grant from the
Prairie Band Potawatomi
Charitable Contributions Committee.
We would like to extend our gratitude to this organization for its thoughtful and helpful encouragement towards our efforts to grow our village and extend our reach to the whole county.

Thank you,
Prairie Band Potawatomi
Charitable Contributions Committee!

We are incredibly excited and grateful!