What else brings fulfillment and quality to life?
When we give, we shall receive. Glencroft has discovered by persuasion and experience that one of the more important things is the volunteerism that happens on the campus and in the care center, headed up by staff person Jeanne McMenimen’s Glencrof-teers’ volunteer organization. In 2008, more than 550 people volunteered more than 46,500 hours of service. Over half these were from off campus, but many residents are putting time into quilting for our ($150,000) annual benefit auction in March, the campus pantry grocery store, the care center flower and gift nook and the campus thrift shop for clothes. Monies from these residential enterprises go back into projects that enhance the campus and care center—between $30,000 and $40,000. Quality volunteer time is also being given to our hospice program in the care center and to three residential organizations: the self-governing Glencroft Residents Association, the Glencrof-teers (mentioned above) and the resident reps. The GRA includes all re
