8:30-9:30 a.m

19-G. A Resident-Led Model for Purpose and Partnership

By empowering residents to serve others, life plan communities can strengthen their organizational culture, enhance engagement, and support leadership development. That's the lesson one community learned when it established a resident-directed Community Connections Team to plan, promote, and evaluate outreach initiatives. This session will explore the community's service model, which inspires residents to contribute more than 1,000 hours of service each year to hunger initiatives, intergenerational reading partnerships, and other outreach efforts. Presenters will share practical strategies for generating outreach ideas, evaluating service projects, mitigating risk, and collaborating across the campus. Learn how to deepen resident engagement within your community and across your region.

• Laura Powell, Director of Volunteer Services, Bridgewater Retirement Community — Bridgewater, VA, US
• Annie Frazier, VP of Development & Community Relations, Bridgewater Retirement Community — Bridgewater, VA, US