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January 13, 2023
Click the video above to see photos from the trip our residents took to Colorado last year! Our adventurous bunch saw breathtaking landscapes in and around Denver as they took multiple train trips to see things like a gold mine, hot springs and other historic sites. Our residents regularly take trips like this and also to places around the globe like Israel and Iceland! Come explore with us!
December 21, 2022
Friendship Village has several spots in the December 14th edition of St. Louis Town & Style. Take a look to see the writeups with mentions of Stacey Zerban, Chesterfield Food and Beverage Director Manny Teferi and a spot talking about staying active!
December 13, 2022
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!
December 1, 2022
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
November 4, 2022
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 […]
September 27, 2022
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)!
September 2, 2022
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!
August 10, 2022
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 […]
August 4, 2022
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 […]