Ramp Blitz 4: Doing the Impossible

Ramp Blitz 4: Doing the Impossible

Imagine what can happen when more than 200 employees, residents and Trustees join together to serve seniors beyond our walls. IMPRESSIVE RESULTS! Last week on our campus, Westminster Canterbury Foundation held RAMP BLITZ 4 with community partner, project:HOMES. The goal was to build enough components for 40 ramps, which… Read More

How Do You Make A Pool Disappear?

How Do You Make A Pool Disappear?

How do you make a pool disappear? You tear it down and put a Vital Living Center in its place! It’s time for your monthly dose of Vibrancy! construction news from Westminster Canterbury Richmond. The former Aquatic Center has been demolished to make way for the Vital Living Center… Read More

Tear Down That Wall!

Tear Down That Wall!

After a year of construction, Westminster Canterbury Residents and staff showed up in droves for the Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening of our new dining venues. A temporary wall cordoned off the construction area for approximately 15 months. Late Monday night, workers removed the wall and replaced it with plastic… Read More

Holding One Another Up

Holding One Another Up

Front and center on her desk, a sign says, “Angels exist but sometimes they don’t have wings, they are called friends.” Shelby Curry is one of our employee angels at Westminster Canterbury Richmond. She has been blessing residents and staff for the last 35 years. She understands the importance… Read More

It’s Time for Dining and Demo

It’s Time for Dining and Demo

It’s time for your monthly dose of Vibrancy! construction news from Westminster Canterbury Richmond. Our new dining venues will open at the end of September, the foundation for the Village Apartment Building #3 is in place and preparation for demolition has begun for the Vital Living Center. Join President… Read More

Our Fall Performing Arts Season

Our Fall Performing Arts Season

Westminster Canterbury Richmond is gearing up for a new season of amazing performances and lectures in our Sara Belle November Theater. A few of the highlights in this season’s playbill are local favorite Scott Wichmann in the Return of Mr. Showtime, the 76th Secretary of the Navy Richard Vaughn Spencer… Read More

Partnering with Local Students for a Brighter Future

Partnering with Local Students for a Brighter Future

Today we hear from intern Cindy Gonzalez, who graduated high school this summer and is headed to college in the fall. She shared about her experiences through the Partnership for the Future program, which Westminster Canterbury Richmond has been supporting for many years. I’ve been a Partnership for… Read More

“There’s evidence of generosity all around us”

Dr. Bill Blake, a former VCU professor and minister, was first introduced to Westminster Canterbury while visiting the members of his small church who lived here. “This was always a place that I was happy to go to. It seemed to have the kind of spirit that drew you… Read More

It’s Begun – New Village Apartments

It’s Begun – New Village Apartments

We broke ground for our new Village Apartments! In August’s construction update video, you will see aerial shots of the groundwork taking place for our new Village Apartments, finishing touches in the new dining venues to open in September and the progress as Vibrancy! unfolds all around campus. President and CEO John Burns, Director Dining… Read More

47 Years and Still Growing

47 Years and Still Growing

This July we will celebrate Westminster Canterbury Richmond’s 47th Anniversary. Our theme: Wild, Wild Westminster Canterbury allows us to have some fun as we celebrate the pioneering spirit and determination that have become the hallmarks of our residents, staff and leadership over these past few years. We faced a pandemic;… Read More