Greenspring In The Press

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Twenty Local High School Seniors Recognized as Candidates for $10,000 Scholarships from Greenspring Retirement Community

May 28, 2013 Annual Scholars Awards Ceremony was held at Greenspring on Wednesday, May 29 (Springfield, Va.) - On Wednesday, May 29, a packed house of family, friends, residents, and staff attended the annual Scholars Awards Ceremony at Greens...

Honoring the Greatest Generation at Greenspring

May 20, 2013 A special documentary screening was held at the retirement community in Springfield for Military Appreciation Month (Springfield, Va.) - Nearly 200 residents and prospective residents attended a special screening of Honor Flight: ...

Greenspring Receives Fit-Friendly Worksites Platinum Award Recognition from the American Heart Association

April 30, 2013 (Springfield, Va.) - Greenspring has been recognized as a Platinum-Level Fit-Friendly Worksite by the American Heart Association (AHA) in recognition of the community's far-reaching efforts to make employee health a priority. Fit-...

Hazel Poole Receives Service Award from Volunteer Fairfax

April 23, 2013 Greenspring resident receives commendation for instituting and operating an English as a Second Language (ESL) program at the community (Springfield, Va.) - Greenspring resident Hazel Poole was recently honored at the 2013 Fairfax...

Greenspring Named a 2013 "Best Nursing Home" by U.S. News & World Report

March 18, 2013 (Springfield, Va.) - U.S. News & World Report recently released its fifth annual Best Nursing Homes ratings and has named Greenspring a "Best Nursing Home" for 2013. To determine the 2013 ratings, U.S. News & World Report ...

Greenspring resident, Joann Miller, Selected as 2013 Living Legend of Alexandria

March 12, 2013 Miller will be honored for her decades of service to women, children and seniors in the city of Alexandria (Springfield, Va.) - Joann Miller has been selected as one of the 2013 Living Legends of Alexandria. Honorees receiving thi...

Over 300 Attend "Dancing with the Greenspring Stars"

February 26, 2013 The Greenspring event served as a fundraiser for the community's Benevolent Care Fund (Springfield, Va.) - On Tuesday, March 5, Greenspring hosted a "Dancing with the Greenspring Stars" event to benefit the Benevolent Care Fund at...

Greenspring Residents Build "Uncle Sams" for Local Firefighter Fundraising Effort

February 25, 2013 Last August, Sergeant Rick Machado first sought assistance from Greenspring residents Bill Campbell and Wes Euler for their help with fundraising efforts. Machado, who is a volunteer firefighter with Station 22 of the Greater Spri...

Three Springfield Neighbors Recall Their Roles in the Truman Inauguration Sixty-Four Years Ago

January 15, 2013 Just days before President Obama's second inauguration, Greenspring neighbors Jim Upp, Scott Shipe, and Gray Parks recount their experiences at Truman's inaugural parade (Springfield, Va.) - The inauguration of President Truman in...

Greenspring Welcomes Eric Whitson as the New Director of Sales

January 15, 2013 (Springfield, Va.) - Eric Whitson recently joined Greenspring, an Erickson Living retirement community in Springfield, Va., as the new Director of Sales. "We are delighted that Eric has joined our talented and passionate team at G...

Capturing Fifty Years of Christmas History

December 13, 2012 Springfield Resident, Al Nielsen, Has Photographed the National Christmas Tree Every Year Since 1963 (Springfield, Va.) - In December 1963, Al Nielsen drove his wife and four children to Washington, D.C. to see the National Christ...

Monster Mashing Seniors Perform Ghoulish Lip Dub

October 25, 2012 Seniors at Greenspring retirement community celebrate Halloween in haunting style (Springfield, Va.) - Nearly one dozen seniors from Greenspring retirement community participated in a ghoulish lip dub music video to celebrate Hall...

10th Annual Greenspring Halloween Pet Parade

October 15, 2012 Residents and staff will parade over 25 dogs in costume at Greenspring retirement community Saturday, October 20 | 2:00 pm WHAT:The 10th annual Halloween Pet Parade will be held at Greenspring on Saturday, October 20. In years pas...

Celebrating a Local Sculptor During National Arts and Humanities Month

October 10, 2012 (SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA) - After a 25-year career on Capitol Hill, Gwen Harrison Lockhart turned her sights to the fine art of sculpture. A few years after her retirement in 1990, Lockhart enrolled in her first art class with The A...

Greenspring Hosts Over Two Hundred Residents and Guests at 13th Annual Benevolent Care Fund Gala

October 2, 2012 (SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA) - More than two hundred residents and special guests attended the 13 th annual Benevolent Care Fund Gala at Greenspring retirement community on Friday, September 28. This year, "The Roaring 20's"-themed eve...

Greenspring Wii Bowlers Break Records in the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics

September 20, 2012 Residents of Greenspring earned five gold medals, three silver medals, and two bronze medals in the competition hosted at the retirement community (SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA) - This year, fifteen Greenspring residents competed in the ...

Over 35 Greenspring Residents to Compete in Northern Virginia Senior Olympics

September 11, 2012 Resident Phil Case will be competing in five separate events at the 2012 NVSO (SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA) - Greenspring residents are known for staying fit and active by frequenting the community's fitness and aquatics center and part...

A Seamless Transition: The Goal of Greenspring's Personal Moving Consultant

August 28, 2012 Greenspring's personal moving consultant, Anna Greves, has more than 25 years of experience working as a broker in the real estate market in Virginia. While spending one-on-one time with future residents who are planning a move to...

Greenspring Names Tamika Mitchell as Director of Human Resources

August 16, 2012 (SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA) - Greenspring, an Erickson Living retirement community in Springfield, Va., recently named Tamika Mitchell as the new Director of Human Resources. Mitchell was a Senior Human Resources Manager at Greensprin...

Erickson Senior Living Joins National Go4Life® Campaign - Promoting Exercise and Physical Activity in Partnership with the National Institute on Aging

October 20, 2011 Greenspring to Host Go4Life Campaign Launch Event on November 9, 2011 SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA - Erickson Living, developer and manager of Greenspring, announced that it is joining the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at NIH in Go4L...