Take a listen to our very own Carmen Fronczak talking about the new technology being used at Friendship Village! KMOX recently did a full 11-minute interview with Carmen to talk about preventing falls and keeping us all connected with the new tools at FV. And we’ve also won two national awards for our use of these great, new tools. Click HERE to listen!

Click the press release link below to see all the details of the awards Friendship Village received! Press Release – 2022 McKnight Tech Awards For Friendship Village

Over October 11-20, 2022, Friendship Village once again traveled to experience the Holy Land. Residents, friends, and staff visited prominent biblical sites throughout Israel, allowing the scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments to come alive in vivid detail. With picturesque scenes along the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Galilee, profound archaeological digs that verify biblical accounts, earnest baptisms in the Jordan River, excursions both in and around the Dead Sea, and the study of sacred settings across Jerusalem that showcase the ministry of Christ, this trip truly […]

Friendship Village is so proud to announce we’ve been selected as an All-Star Award Winner for Outstanding Performance in this year’s 2022 STL Headliner awards! We were recognized as a favorite in six categories (Senior Independent Living, Assisted Living Facility, Memory Care Facility, Skilled Nursing Facility, Rehabilitation Facility and Customer Service)!

Our residents recently got to cruise the Missouri River aboard the $5 million luxury yacht Miss Augusta. They were treated to a delicious lunch, watched an eagle do some fishing, strolled the deck and chatted with the captain, too. It was a day we won’t soon forget!

About twenty high school student volunteers and their adult chaperones spent a few days volunteering to beautify things around the Friendship Village Chesterfield campus and we’re so grateful they were here! The students came from multiple states including Texas, Oklahoma and Georgia as part of their “FUGE” (as in FUSION) summer camp. The faith-based group is a fusion of various faiths (Baptist, Methodist, and non-denominational) and spent a week in St. Louis seeing the sights, volunteering and building the bonds of their respective faiths. Their work around Friendship Village’s flower […]

Friendship Village Elects James Diel as Board of Directors Chairman St. Louis, MO (August 3, 2022) – Friendship Village has strengthened their position as a leader in the senior living field with the recent elevation of board member James Diel to the role of Chairman. He will succeed Lydia Siebert, who hands off the role to Diel after 8 years of service, which included guiding Friendship Village’s ambitious $201 million campus expansions. Diel brings to the role an acumen for business and a passion for technology that’s surpassed only by […]

Meet Frankie! She was certified in 2022 as a Therapy Dog and we couldn’t be happier now that she’s “working” at Friendship Village Sunset Hills! Frankie loves to make friends and visit in our Memory Care Neighborhood as she brings happiness to any room she’s in. When she’s not out and about, making Friendship Village a happy place, she’s usually in Rebekah Manwarring’s office, waiting for visitors, treats and scritches. Frankie is a rescue dog and has worked hard with her training and socialization to become a Therapy Dog, so […]