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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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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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Joe Altepeter Named CEO of EngAGE

The EngAGE Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Altepeter to the position of CEO for our organization, effective October 15, 2024. Joe has nearly two decades of dedicated executive leadership experience in the nonprofit and … Continue reading

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Programming Highlights: Summer 2024

We hope you’ll enjoy these highlights from recent programming at our communities in California and Oregon. EngAGE 25th Anniversary Celebrations We are encouraging residents at all of our communities to choose how they’d like to acknowledge this special milestone. Patton … Continue reading

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EngAGE25 Celebration: “A Dose of Creativity”

Get a taste of life at an arts colony! Aroha Philanthropies (now E.A. Michelson Philanthropy), our generous partner, produced this wonderful five-minute video about EngAGE in 2015. It features residents from Burbank Senior Artists Colony, North Hollywood Senior Arts Colony, … Continue reading

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EngAGE25 Celebration: Lifelong Learning – SCAN’s Independence at Home Community Service

EngAGE provides Lifelong Learning programs on many topics at our communities. Recent programming at The Piedmont Senior Apartments has been particularly robust thanks to the partnerships developed by Program Director Arnold with organizations such as Americorps Seniors, Dialogue Society, LA … Continue reading

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Xinyin Joins EngAGE as Intern

EngAGE is pleased that USC student Xinyin (pronounced “Shinjin”) will be an intern with us for the next few weeks, alternating between the North Hollywood Senior Arts Colony and The Piedmont locations. Xinyin first connected with EngAGE as a member … Continue reading

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