The Woodlands at Furman wins awards for service
April 17, 2013
GREENVILLE, SC – April 17, 2013 – Leading Age South Carolina honored The Woodlands at Furman with two awards Wednesday for its service to Upstate seniors.
Wendy Young, a concierge with The Woodlands at Furman, won the LeadingAge South Carolina 2013 Heart and Hands Award. Young has been recognized for her remarkable dedication to her job, her community, both near and far, and above all to the senior residents at The Woodlands at Furman. Residents have commented again and again on her outstanding professionalism and her cheerful demeanor. Young works at The Woodlands at Furman while also pursuing a degree in nursing.
The Woodlands at Furman also was honored with the 2013 Leading Age South Carolina Community Service Award for the senior race series it sponsors in cooperation with The Greenville Track Club. The Woodlands at Furman Challenge was started in 2011 because of the community’s commitment to healthy senior living in the Upstate. In 2011, more than 156 individual seniors participated in Challenge races. In 2012, that number increased to more than 191.
The Challenge race series is an outgrowth of The Woodland’s commitment to Masterpiece Living, which seeks to enrich seniors’ lives by promoting and facilitating engagement in a rich array of opportunities.
LeadingAge South Carolina is an association that supports not-for-profit organizations that serve seniors in South Carolina. This includes providers of retirement residencies as well as senior care providers. LeadingAge South Carolina members serve over 10,000 older adults in the Palmetto state.
The Woodlands at Furman
The Woodlands at Furman is a non-profit, mission driven continuing care retirement community owned and operated by a local board of directors and managed professionally by Greystone Communities. The 22-acre campus, adjacent to Furman University, opened in March 2009 and consists of 132 apartment homes in addition to 32 assisted living apartments, 16 memory support suites and 30 skilled nursing suites. Residents enjoy a wide range of amenities – enabling them to continue an active and engaged lifestyle. For more information, please visit www.thewoodlandsatfurman.org.
