Lifestyle: Active and Involved
More than 200 activities a week offer you many choices, such as
swim club, political discussions, volunteering at the Child Development
Center, creative writing courses, dances, choir, pool playing, the
Lakeview Band and more.
At the same time, you can say good-bye to house-cleaning, yard
maintenance, cooking (unless you want to cook), gardening (unless
you enjoy it), and property maintenance. Bi-weekly housekeeping,
weekly flat-linen service, one ample and delicious meal per day,
landscape maintenance, and all property maintenance are provided.
You can invest your time in what's most important and valuable to
you.
Social
Gatherings and Get-Togethers
Coffees with friends, pool games, movies with popcorn, all-campus
extravaganzas, and many more – take part in any you like.
Larger events include:
- Dances - Lakeview’s portable dance floor moves
to different spots on campus
- Neighborhood holiday parties
- Chapel twice weekly, with over 150 residents representing
about 35 denominations attending on Sundays
- Annual Events, such as SummerFest and the Tailgate Party
in the fall.
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Volunteering is “huge”
at Lakeview. More than 50% of our residents volunteer, either on
or off campus, or both. Popular volunteer activities include:
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The
What Not Shop - more than 60 residents volunteer at Lakeview’s
large, active resale shop.
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The Child Development Center - an award-winning Center for
children 6 weeks to 6 years old.
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The Library - some 35 resident volunteers ensure excellent
order among the 3,000 volumes, numerous reference books, tapes,
easy chairs and tables, and a reading machine. In 2006 the library
checked out its 15,000th book.
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Uncle Bob's Pantry - a small food and sundries shop.
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The Resident Council - which represents all neighborhoods and
serves as a powerful channel of communication between residents
and the management team.
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Channel 2 - our own closed circuit TV station.
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Project Teams - innovations start here, with residents participating
fully in the development of new ideas for programs and services.
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Residents volunteer for a huge number of organizations all
over the city, from Project HeadStart to historical societies,
to schools and hospitals. Whatever your volunteering interest,
other Lakeview residents are likely already volunteering - or
ready to join you.
Excursions
| If it’s interesting, we probably are there! Historical
museums, the opera, theatre, casinos, newest restaurants, and
much more - our residents do it all. Three buses ensure you
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Transportation
Our 3 buses help residents save on gas, parking, and on their nerves.
Included in the monthly fees are regularly scheduled trips:
• Around campus 8:00 am through dinnertime
• Supermarkets and shopping centers near campus
• Popular shopping destinations such as Oak Park Mall and
Wal-Mart
• Central Resource and Lackman Libraries
• Various banks
In addition, buses go to popular cultural and entertainment destinations
such as Starlight Theater, New Dinner Theatre, kansas City Repretory
Theatre, KC Royals, T-bones baseball games, Johnson County Community
College, the Lyric Opera, plays, restaurants, and casinos. Participants
usually pay a nominal charge for this service.
Intergenerational
Activities
Anyone who enjoys young people – of any age –
will love it at Lakeview. In addition to the Child Development
Center, we have a Grandfriends program with an elementary
school; older school-age volunteers who help residents with
work to be done around homes; high school servers in our dining
rooms who develop wonderful friendships with residents; and
community college students who play Bunko here. Not to forget
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Wellness
Wellness is so important it has its own section. Please
see Wellness and the Community Center.
Educational Pursuits
| “An active mind
in an active body” describes the typical Lakeview resident
– committed to learning more and sharing their knowledge.
We have residents with enormous breadth and depth of life,
career, and experience – from retired scientists and
fighter pilots, to master gardeners and a mother of 10. |
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Continuing education programs
may include art history, foreign languages and computer use.
Travelogues by residents are frequent. Second Sundays, a program
sponsored jointly with the Johnson County Library, brings
a published author to campus to discuss his or her book and
do a book signing. “Voices”, entirely organized
by residents, invites controversial speakers of all persuasions
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The Lakeview Book Club, a program facilitated by the Kansas Humanities
Council, typifies the collaboration between residents and staff.
A resident organized and runs the club, which selects a series of
4 to 5 books with a common theme and reads one each month. A staff
person does the paperwork to have the books shipped to Lakeview,
where they are distributed to Book Club members. The staff person
also arranges for a monthly guest speaker, usually a professor or
teacher from somewhere in Kansas, to come and lead a discussion
about the book just read.
Lakeview Catering
When
you want a memorable event, Lakeview has a full catering service
that’s available to residents and non-residents alike. Go
to the Lakeview Catering page of this website, or ask for information
at catering@lakeviewvillage.org.
