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May 10, 2012 - READING IS FUN WEEK LASTS ALL YEAR FOR LOCAL VOLUNTEER Grand Lodge Resident’s Weekly Visits to Local School Spark Interest in Reading FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2012
LINCOLN, Neb. - Schools across America will celebrate Reading Is Fun Week May 13-19 with special activities and focus on the joy and benefits of reading. For Rudge Vifquain, every week is Reading is Fun Week. Vifquain, a resident of Grand Lodge at the Preserve, a senior living community in Lincoln, has a standing engagement every Tuesday with second-grade students at nearby Kahoa Elementary School. During Vifquain’s visits, students take turns showing off their reading skills. “The kids have as much fun reading to me as I do being read to,” said Vifquain. “They see me coming and I get big hugs and waves. They like my sense of humor and we have a good time.” “By letting the kids read to him, Rudge is serving several purposes,” said Lisa Henning, Grand Lodge’s executive director. “He’s getting them excited to read, and he’s also socializing and sharing his personality with others. All that is great for his spirit and well-being. Grand Lodge residents love to participate in a variety of activities and lead a balanced and fulfilling life.”
Grand Lodge, one of 12 continuing care retirement communities owned and operated by Des Moines-based Lifespace Communities, Inc., encourages residents to volunteer their time as part of the community’s FitSixSM program to promote overall wellness. FitSix integrates the six dimensions of wellness – intellectual, social, vocational, physical, spiritual and emotional – to sustain and improve quality of life.
Grand Lodge at the Preserve, located at 4400 S. 80th Street in Lincoln, Neb., is a Life Care community that provides senior adults with a unique lifestyle experience and a variety of residential options, including maintenance-
free independent and assisted living apartment homes, and skilled nursing care through the community’s priority access to Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, if ever needed. Residents enjoy a full range of services and amenities, such as a library, hair salon, wellness center, workshop and recreation room. More information about Grand Lodge is available by calling (402) 489-8505 or by visiting
www.GrandLodgeAtThePreserve.com.
Grand Lodge is owned and operated by Lifespace Communities, Inc. Founded in 1976, Lifespace Communities, based in Des Moines, Iowa, is a not-for-profit corporation that has grown to operate 12 continuing care retirement communities in seven states, serving more than 5,000 residents and employing 2,500 team members. Communities are located in Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Illinois, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Florida. The organization is recognized by the LeadingAge Ziegler Top 100 as the seventh largest not-for-profit senior living provider system in the country. For more information about Lifespace and its communities, visit
www.LifespaceCommunities.com.
For more information, contact: Dave Dunn, GlynnDevins, 913-754-2318
ddunn@glynndevins.com 
