Top 5 Blog Posts- July 27
Did you miss last week's most-read Changing Aging blog posts? Ecumen's online visitors found these articles most interesting:
Ecumen Receives $5 Million Gift to Help Seniors
Ecumen has received a $5 million gift from Debbie and Robert Cervenka of Duluth- the largest private gift in Ecumen's 150-plus-year history.
Ecumen Trustee Debbie Cervenka Forges New Paths Supporting a Mission That is Personal
Debbie Cervenka deteremined to turn-life changing event into a mission to help others.
Ecumen Blogger Jim Klobuchar- The Worst Place Ever for a Flat
Jim Klobuchar writes about his experience coming face-to-face with nature while having a flat tire.
What It Means To Be Old: An Unexpected Lesson for the First Class of Ecumen Scholars
Ten student nurses interested in geriatric care recently came to Ecumen Pathstone Living for the inaugural Ecumen Scholars Fellowship Program. They left with an abiding lesson not taught in nursing school: What it means to be old.
Centenarian and Navy Veteran Doris Brand Taught Kids to Read and Pilots to Fly
Remember Charles Lindbergh, the famous flying ace? Well, Doris Brand remembers him all too well. He picked the same day she won her local spelling bee- May 21, 1927- to complete his solo nonstop transatlantic flight and grab all the world's attention.
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