Thursday, November 29, 2012

SERVICE TO SENIORS BRINGS AWARD

When a resident of Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay donates an item to the community's Flotsam & Jetsam, or F&J, Sale, it’s a win-win situation all around. Items collected are resold as an extraordinary value to eager buyers.  The proceeds go into the WC Foundation Fellowship Fund, which assures that no resident should have to leave for financial reasons. Now, one more win can be added to F&J’s 28 year history of  giving. F&J has won the 2012 Virginia Beach Mayor’s Commission on Aging Award for Exemplary Service to Senior Citizens.

A huge annual sale takes place in
August at Cox High 's Cafeteria
Each year this special group of dedicated volunteers gathers thousands of items—clothing, appliances, china, glassware, decorative pieces, books, arts, & more—donated by the residents for resale, all for the purpose of helping seniors in need. Over 200 residents volunteered 5,000 plus hours last year to empower and help seniors.

F&J chair Betsy Via congratulated her team, saying, “This year we expect to donate close to $75,000 of which $35,000 was the net amount from our Super Sale to the public this August.”

President and CEO Ben Unkle, expressed the pleasure of the residents and employees at Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay for the recognition granted by Mayor Will Sessoms and the City of Virginia Beach, noting, “The amount of work performed, the money raised, and the cause for which it is raised are all simply awesome.”



Friday, November 9, 2012

"ALL CREATURES, GREAT AND SMALL"


On October 20, 2012, led by Rev. Richard Keever, the assembly of congregants, both two- and four-footed, welcomed fall and celebrated this ancient ritual that goes back to Francis of Assisi.  To the prayers and the friendship shared, all in attendance at Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay said a happy "Amen" (or "Arf").