AAHSA Homecoming Week Update #1: Telling The Marvin's Story

March 3, 2008 in AAHSA Homecoming Week, quality, storytelling by SarahMashburn | No comments

There’s seven weeks until AAHSA’s first Homecoming Week, and members are already starting their celebrations. In fact, The Marvin/Under One Roof, Inc. in Norwalk, Connecticut, even opened their doors to their community and legislators yesterday. This affordable housing community hosted an annual brunch to celebrate their residents and honor their work on the organization’s ”Blankets of Hope” service project. Everyone from Norwalk’s Mayor Richard Moccia to  their Congressman, Chris Shays (R-Conn.), joined them for this special event. Here’s some more information about it straight from The Marvin’s executive director, Mary Windt:

“The Marvin is celebrating its 11th Anniversary with an Annual Family Brunch. This year, we are using this event to recognize and honor The Marvin Residents, who have completed 1000 Blankets for our wounded service personnel in the United States and Overseas. While the day is geared primarily towards The Marvin’s residents and their family members, there will be members of the Board of Directors, staff and some community representatives attending. It is expected that there will be 150-200 people attending.

There will also be a display of some of the blankets that the residents made, as well as photos from the “Blankets of Hope” project that The Marvin residents have been involved with. To date, over 1000 blankets have been shipped to wounded military personnel.

The success of The Marvin proves that dreams, visions and goals can become reality – with lots of hard work, commitment and steadfast drive. We are extremely proud to be celebrating The Marvin’s 11th Anniversary as a unique intergenerational program, providing quality, affordable congregate elderly housing with supportive services and a school readiness child daycare program. We are always “Telling our Story!” 

 How can you plan a similar celebration for your community in just seven weeks? Take some tips from our AAHSA Homecoming Week toolkit and start planning your celebration today!

  • Form a committee or designate a staff member to plan the event
  • Come up with an event theme or concept.
  • Choose a date.
  • Develop a budget of projected expenses for your event.
  • Invite speakers and any other participants who might need advance notice to attend.
  • Create invitation list (other than participants)
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