Fifty years ago, the Adlai E. Stevenson House was incorporated as a public benefit non-profit with the support of the Unitarian Universalist Church, its members, and community members supportive of affordable housing for seniors who were independent and needed an…
After serving meals to seniors at the Avenidas facilities since 1978, La Comida needed to find a new place as a home base as Avenidas started their multi-year reconstruction project. Now, they are serving lunch five days a week using…
Finally, the interior of each of the units has been completed and all of the residents have moved back into their apartments. The landscaping is almost finished and the handicap-accessible planter boxes for the Stevenson House residents should be finished…
Recently I filled out a Sponsorship and Program Support application of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF). In this application I requested financial assistance for our nutrition program for our elderly residents. The evening meals that we prepare here on…
On Friday, May 9th, I received the very pleasant notice that the Palo Alto Community Fund (PACF) had approved the Stevenson House application for funding to help support our weekday senior resident evening meal program. Nutritious, well-prepared, attractive meals served…
Sadly, last week Stevenson House suffered the suicide of one of our elderly residents. Out of this tragedy one truth clearly emerges: Stevenson House needs and calls out for a professional presence to be available to our residents who are…
This March, PAUR approved a generous $5,000 grant to Stevenson House to help cover the costs of our vitally important evening dinner program. This grant will allow us to keep the meal costs within the reach of our residents but…
As we move into spring 2014, rapid progress is being made as we prepare for our big Stevenson House renovation project. The financing of the project is almost entirely in place. On the 26th of March, all Stevenson House residents…
Stevenson House is looking forward to beginning its large renovation project this September (2014). The results of this project will be buildings that are seismically safer, infrastructure systems that have been updated, elevators that are updated, and resident units that are more up-to-date…
On Friday, January 10th, 2014, approximately 60 Castilleja 8th graders visited Stevenson House to complete a project that has thrilled a large number of our senior residents. They came to deliver a gift to each of our seniors whom they…