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Ashby Ponds Continuing Care Neighborhood Earns 5-Star Rating from Federal Agency

March 3, 2020 Ashburn, Virginia--The continuing care neighborhood at Ashby Ponds, an Erickson Living retirement community, attained the maximum score in three signature categories of Nursing Home Compare, a consumer information portal administe...

Keeping Holiday Traditions—and Creating New Ones—at Ashby Ponds

December 17, 2019 Ashburn, Virginia—"I have always loved to entertain," says Judy Hetu who lives at Ashby Ponds , an Erickson Living community. "Before moving to Ashby Ponds, I lived in Florida and enjoyed a very active social life. When I made the...

Ashby Ponds Named Top Senior Living Community by Loudoun Now Readers

July 27, 2018 Ashburn, Virginia--Ashby Ponds is proud to announce its selection as the top Senior Living Community in the 2018 Loudoun's Favorites, a reader survey published by Loudoun Now. "I would like to thank the readers of Loudoun Now for ...

Ashby Ponds Now the Largest Developing Continuing Care Retirement Community in the Nation

July 13, 2017 Erickson Living meeting demand for senior housing in Northern Virginia This month, Ashby Ponds, an Erickson Living developed and managed community in Ashburn, Va. celebrates the opening of its tenth residential building – Cherry B...

Youngest Member of the Washington Redskins Marching Band Shares His Experiences

September 7, 2016 In 1945, at just 14 years old, Charlie Veitenthal, now a community member at Ashby Ponds, an Erickson Living community in Ashburn, Va. became the youngest member of the Washington Redskin's Marching Band. "It was a thrilling exper...

Green Thumbs Abound at Ashby Ponds

July 16, 2015 (Ashburn, Va.) - On July 15, residents at Ashby Ponds retirement community hosted their annual open house showcasing the gardens at the campus. There are more than 80 individual garden plots and garden troughs maintained by the re...

Erickson Senior Living Recognized as a 2015 Washington Post Top Workplace

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Competition Sweeps Through Ashby Ponds for the Annual Summer Olympics

August 25, 2014 (Ashburn, VA) - Ashby Ponds retirement community recently hosted their 6 th Annual Summer Olympics in Ashburn, Virginia. Since the first round of Olympic competition in 2009, residents have participated in a variety of events each...

Ashby Ponds Residents Protect and Support Bluebirds in Loudoun County

August 19, 2014 Residents have built, installed, and regularly monitor twelve bluebird nesting boxes locally (Ashburn, Va.) - For five years residents at Ashby Ponds have maintained a meticulous record-keeping program that supports bluebirds in t...

Seventeen Local Students Receive Over $65,000 in Scholarships from Ashby Ponds

July 16, 2014 (Ashburn, Va.) - On Sunday, July 13, seventeen area students were honored with scholarships toward higher education from Ashby Ponds retirement community. The recipients, who work for the community's dining services department, wi...

Expansion at Ashby Ponds Reaches Landmark Phase of Development with New Construction Projects

June 24, 2014 The Ashburn retirement community further expands its footprint in Loudoun County in response to demands for innovative senior housing in northern Virginia (Ashburn, Va.) --- Ashby Ponds, an Erickson Living retirement community in ...

Kera Wooten Named the New Director of Dining Services at Ashby Ponds

May 8, 2014 (Ashburn, Va.) - Kera Wooten has recently been promoted to Director of Dining Services at Ashby Ponds, one of 17 retirement communities managed by Erickson Living. Wooten has worked with Erickson Living in a variety of capacities ...

Ashby Ponds Resident Helps to Ensure Hikers Encounter Safe Trails

April 23, 2014 FitzGerald, also an accomplished photographer, took this photo of a white trillium while hiking through the Smoky Mountains. He says trillium flowers bloom in great profusion around his area of the Appalachian Trail every year.[/c...

Fashion Show Benefits Local Students

April 4, 2014 Ashby Ponds retirement community hosted a fashion show in partnership with Stein Mart to raise funds for scholarships for local student employees at the community (Ashburn, Va.) - Ashby Ponds residents coordinated and hosted a spr...

Ashby Ponds Debuts New Continuing Care Neighborhood, the First of its Kind in Loudoun County

March 21, 2014 Modern amenities and a person-centered approach combine to meet senior living demands in northern Virginia The first resident of the Ashby Ponds Continuing Care neighborhood, Gerald Lazzaro, cuts the ribbon at the grand opening ce...

Ashby Ponds "Knit Wits" Lend a Hand for Valentine's Day Surprise

February 7, 2014 The Ashburn retirement community's knitting group made 30 scarves for the Red Scarf Project organized by Foster Care to Success The Ashby Ponds "Knit Wits" produced 30 scarves for the Red Scarf Project.[/caption] (Ashburn, Va.) - ...

International Dinner Group at Ashby Ponds Celebrates Culture and Diversity

February 3, 2014 "A mini United Nations," is how one Ashby Ponds resident refers to the international women's group that meets for dinner every evening at the Ashburn, Va. retirement community. The group, made up of nine women, has met one-by-one ...

Toys for Tots Collection Flourishes in its Fifth Year at Ashby Ponds

December 12, 2013 (Ashburn, Va.) - Since the first holiday season at Ashby Ponds five years ago, resident Al Beyer has assisted in coordinating the annual Toys for Tots collection at the community. This year, he has already taken over one dozen lar...

Residents Donate $119,000 to Staff Appreciation Fund at Ashby Ponds

December 10, 2013 This year, residents at Ashby Ponds have raised $119,000 for the community's Staff Appreciation Fund. The annual campaign is organized each year as a way for the residents to say "thank you" to the non-management hourly employees ...

Ashby Ponds Residents Led Holiday Caroling at Inaugural One Loudoun Holiday Tree Lighting

December 10, 2013 (Ashburn, Va.) - Nearly two dozen residents from Ashby Ponds retirement community led the holiday caroling sing-along with Santa Claus at the first annual One Loudoun Holiday Tree Lighting on Saturday, December 7, 2013. Ashby Pond...