National publicity for the Green House!

Hey, GEDCO Green House Nation!

You will be pleased to hear that The Green House Project will be featured in Parade Magazine on this coming Sunday, May 31st. Parade is distributed in many Sunday newspapers throughout the nation (including the Baltimore Sun) and has a readership of 70 million.

You can also visit www.parade.com and read the article here.

Help get the Green House on Oprah!

Recently, Dr. Bill Thomas -- chief advocate of the Green House® Model -- submitted a tape he made about elder care to the Oprah Winfrey show. As a result, her producer called Bill and encouraged him to put it on YouTube.

Now with your help, we might be able to get Bill invited to be on the Oprah show where his thoughts on elderhood and especially the Green House® projects might get great national awareness. You can watch the video on YouTube, leave comments, and pass the link on to friends and family who would be interested! Spreading the word and getting the idea into the world builds excitement and generates publicity.



As you know GEDCO has accomplished its work through great relationships and unique partnerships that make powerful things like our Green House® Residences happen. Please join us to give Bill's work and ours at Stadium Place the attention it deserves.

What's special about the Green House Floor Plan?

The Green House model changes the floor plan and operation of a standard nursing home. Each of our four floors is designed to accommodate 12 elders in private rooms with private bathrooms surrounding a large living area called "the Hearth," complete with a fireplace, large screen TV and comfortable recliners, chairs and sofas. The private rooms are close enough to the Hearth to encourage elders to walk the short distance to participate in the activities, or simply to open their door and observe what others are doing.

An open kitchen with breakfast bar and a large family-style dining table invites residents to linger over a cup of coffee and visit with their housemates and staff. In each residence, meals are prepared from scratch using favorite recipes. The aroma of home-cooked meals fills the air, and there’s always a snack close by, any time, day or night.

There is plenty of access to fresh air and natural light. A large balcony on the west side of the building overlooks the playing fields which will be rebuilt with the support of the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation Residents also have access to a smaller porch on the east side and garden space on the ground floor, including the labyrinth at ThanksGiving Place.

Weinberg Fellows

I'm spending this week at a Weinberg Fellows retreat for Executive Directors selected by the foundation for training and peer group development and support in Baltimore.

We had excellent discussions today on two subjects -

1. The role of "millenials" (under 30's) in the future of the non-profit industry, and
2. New funding sources to be announced soon by the Obama administration which might hold the promise of some "seed" money for the Green House.

Anyone willing to do some research on government websites, please let me know at mposner[at]gedco[dot]org.