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2024 Judicial Forum Recording

October 8, 2024

- On October 1, 2024 a meeting was held in the Carol Woods, Assembly Hall, to allow the candidates to state-level Judicial Offices to introduce themselves.

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"Peace of Mind" The History of Early Acceptance at Carol Woods

April 8, 2024

- April 5, 2024 - In 1999, members of the Carol Woods management team recognized trends in the community that would require creative ideas and adaptations.

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Carol Woods is now accredited as a Level 1 Arboretum

November 30, 2023

- In November the Carol Woods Grounds crew received notification of their Level 1 Arboretum status through Arbnet International, an arboretum accreditation and networking program.

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Bluebirds of a Feather

September 27, 2023

- If you walked around the campus of Carol Woods in the summer of 2023, it's possible that you might have seen some bluebirds. In 2023 there were 181 young Bluebirds that successfully fledged in 2023 under the watchful eyes of the Carol Woods Nest Box Trail.

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"Teach Us Something" The Improbable, Inspiring Story of Senior Seminars

June 10, 2022

- This was hardly what I had expected in March 2020 when I moved into Carol Woods. Instead of Wednesday concerts, Thursday lectures, Friday afternoon sherry gatherings, Saturday movies, art classes and croquet matches, and spirited conversations in the dining room, I received a lukewarm dinner that arrived in a cardboard container outside my door. The coronavirus had invaded and, like fourteenth-century Europeans, the five hundred residents and I were quarantined. At best, I walked around campus waving at masked, white-haired strangers.

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