Categories for Celebration
July 8, 2024
Brudnick Center for Living Resident and WWII Hero Saul Gurman Celebrates 101st Birthday
Saul Gurman, a resident of the Jeffrey and Susan Brudnick Center for Living, turned 101 on June 27. Gurman is one of the last known survivors of the Rohna warship…
June 19, 2024
Our Co-Op Students at BCL Make Us Proud!
There are three very special employees at Brudnick Center for Living. Valery Mauricio Gomez, Fernanda Lopez and Lismar Pimentel have all been working at BCL as part of the Lynn Technical School Co-Op Program. After…
March 29, 2024
Get Busy Living: Activities Galore at Cohen Florence Levine Estates and Florence & Chafetz!
Residents and staff participated in a myriad of activities, projects and celebrations these past few months. Our Discover the Love of Spirit event, held in conjunction with our sister residence…
March 27, 2024
What’s Happening at Katzman Center for Living!
With our population now living longer, we held a celebration to honor all of our amazing centenarians. Rose Quarato and Rosalind Sussman, who both turned 103 within weeks of each…
March 25, 2024
Peabody Campus Purim Parade Featured in the Boston Globe!
The recent Purim Parade in Peabody made the front page! The Boston Globe came to the Peabody campus to photograph the Purim parade and the photos ran on the front…
December 12, 2023
Wedding “I Do’s” at Shapiro-Rudolph Adult Day Health Center!
There wasn’t a dry eye in the Great Room at Brudnick Center for Living when DonnaLee Clough, a nurse at Shapiro-Rudoph Adult Day Health Center, and Kerry Knisely, Donna’s partner…
November 9, 2023
Touching Wedding Reenactment on Peabody Campus Featured in Boston Globe!
“Happy Day – DonnaLee Clough, a nurse at the Shapiro-Rudolph Adult Day Health Center in Peabody, kissed Kerry Knisely, her partner of 29 years and a client at the center,…
October 16, 2023
Behind the Scenes at the Leonard Florence Center for Living
October is a very busy month for activities at LFCL. In celebration of Sukkot, many of our recreational programs took place in our wonderfully decorated Sukkah. We held such things as…
October 13, 2023
Leonard Florence Center for Living Wins LeadingAge Program Innovation Award!
Leading Age Massachusetts, a trade association dedicated to supporting the work of n0t-for-profit aging service providers, recently held its 2023 Annual Achievement Awards. The Leonard Florence Center for Living won…
October 12, 2023
Behind the Scenes on Our Peabody Campus
Residents, families, and staff celebrated Shmini Artzeret (the last day of Sukkot and Simchat Torah) with our congregation joining together with Sons of Israel. Since the holiday fell on Shabbat,…
October 5, 2023
Celebrating the Fall Harvest During the Seven Days of Sukkot
Sukkot, one of the happiest Jewish holidays, tells the story of how the Jewish people survived while traveling through the desert on their way to the promised land. This year,…
August 14, 2023
August is Heating Up on the Peabody Campus!
Summer activities are in full swing at Brudnick Center and Kaplan Estates. Pizza parties, kindergarten visits, animal shows, international festivals and live concerts are on the agenda for the month…