A "SENIOR LIVING AT ITS BEST" EVENT!

WESTMINSTER-CANTERBURY ON CHESAPEAKE BAY INVITES YOU TO OUR AUGUST FLOTSAM AND JETSAM SALE

A Taste of Virginia's Best Senior Living

Want the recipe for A Taste of Beachfront Living at Westminster- Canterbury? Start with a gorgeous June sunset.  Add the magic of the Chesapeake Bay. Challenge award-winning Master Chef Dan Reilly and his staff to conjure up an enchanted evening of extraordinary entrees, desserts and wines.  Invite Hampton Roads area community, agency, government and religious leaders -- people dedicated to helping seniors find the best possible answers to joyful, stress-free living in retirement.  Then throw open the doors! Our June Taste of Beachfront Living gala got rave reviews from guests - including  individuals and couples in the process of moving to our community. Many were surprised to learn that every dish, every sauce, every special touch represented dishes served here to residents in our delightful dining places -- The MarketPlace, Center Stage, Julia’s Lounge and Thirty-One Hundred. 

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Chef Dan Reilly had an established career at the Union League, a 151 year-old private club where he served dignitaries from all over the world including four US Presidents.  He has received numerous awards including an honor by the French Society of Chefs and the American Culinary Federation Chef of the Year for the Philadelphia region.

 

Thursday Evenings with the Professors

Every new season finds Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay residents exploring fresh ways to create. In Spring, 2013,  while new life gets ready to burst colorfully from the gardens that surround us, we’re able to choose from a menu of classes, forums and demonstrations celebrating creativity in all its diverse forms.  

On a recently held “Thursday Evenings with the Professors,” music lovers settled into the Anderson Bayview Room to hear Michael John Trotta, Director of Choral Activities at Virginia Wesleyan College, in a lively discourse on the creative dynamics of composing a new musical work.  Dr. Trotta, both a conductor and composer, illustrated his talk with demonstrations at the piano. He also offered an audiovisual performance of the completed work, an award-winning choral anthem entitled “I Shall See.” To experience what residents heard, click below for a performance of it at King's College, Cambridge.

"Thursday Evenings with the Professors" feature guest lecturers from all Hampton Roads colleges and universities. Topics and speakers are selected by a residents' committee. Among the featured topics have been The World of Jazz, The Future of Medicine, Early American Theatre, The Ethics of Mindfulness,The Brain, Religion in Pop Culture, and The History of the Eastern Shore Watermen.

On his website, Dr. Trotta noted, "“Taking part in choral music, whether as an audience member, singer, conductor, or composer, is an opportunity to slow down time long enough to allow the beauty of life to catch up with you.”

It can also be said that the learning experiences at Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay are designed to let in the beauty of life in a multitude of ways.

Reflections of a Resident 

RESOLVED: MAKE IT A GREAT NEW YEAR!

Before I retired to Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, I spent the last day of each year deciding what part of me - mind? body? spirit? - needed improvement. I started out strong, but various things got in the way.  Having to drive to an activity. Cold or rainy weather. Reluctance to be out at night.  Frequently, my resolve slipped away. 

No more.  Any resolution I make can be accomplished right here. Indoors. With qualified instructors, leaders and like-minded friends.  Exercise? Two indoor swimming pools and a modern fitness center await, day and night.  Read more good books? We have an outstanding library, a shared “round table” of new novels and mysteries, and a Book Magic Club with live reviews by writers, librarians, and professors. Weight and nutrition issues?  Look no further than our Dining Room's Salad Bar and daily Healthy Selection meals. Expand your horizons? Attend weekly forums.  Take an art class. Sing in the Men’s Chorus. Learn to tap dance.  There are dozens more choices, as diverse and unique as the men and women who live here.  

2013 is more than a New Year. It’s an opportunity for personal joy and growth. And it  arrives with fresh resolve, every morning, here on the Chesapeake Bay.  

Reflections of a Resident 

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.”

"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").