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EngAGE25 Celebration: A Tribute to Founder Tim Carpenter

We’d like to pay tribute to Tim Carpenter, our retired CEO, who founded EngAGE in 1999 and helped it grow to become a leading model for creative aging and resident services in affordable housing. EngAGE began as More Than Shelter … Continue reading

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Celebrating Our 25th Thanksgiving, Together!

Dear EngAGE Community and Supporters, This Thanksgiving, we’re profoundly grateful for you—our cherished participants, supporters, and advocates. This year, as we celebrate 25 years of transforming senior and multigenerational  communities through arts, wellness, learning, and intergenerational connection, we recognize that … Continue reading

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EngAGE25 Celebration: EngAGE Community Cup

The EngAGE Community Cup, formerly the EngAGE Senior Olympics, was an annual all-day event that started in 2000 and ran through 2018. Over 300 EngAGE community residents from across Southern California participated in a multitude of athletic and sporting events, … Continue reading

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EngAGE25 Celebration: Radio Cavalcade (2005)

EngAGE has encouraged creative expression since our earliest days, and this entertaining show is a perfect example of that. “Radio Cavalcade” is a one-hour, 1940s-style radio extravaganza presented live on September 17, 2005, at the Academy of Television Arts & … Continue reading

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EngAGE25 Celebration: Artfully Aging Radio Hour

In 2016, EngAGE began delivering our signature programming Minneapolis, MN, during a tenure that continued for over two years. Our first offering was a 10-week storytelling class in partnership with CommonBond Communities, the affordable housing developer, in its Riverview Senior Housing … Continue reading

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EngAGE25 Celebration: Our Communities Celebrate

Many of our communities decided to celebrate our anniversary by having a special event in honor of the occasion. Some creative choices were made! Here are a few examples: Cotton’s Point chose to celebrate with a community-wide art show highlighting … Continue reading

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EngAGE25 Celebration: Stories from Our Team – Arnold Schmidt

For 25 years, our Program Directors have been the on-the-ground team members who make sure that classes and events that appeal to residents are delivered to them. We are always delighted when we receive letters and emails from residents that … Continue reading

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