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Glenwell Going for the Gold

November 1, 2019 (Cheektowaga, NY) ─ Competition, camaraderie and team spirit were on display at the 12th Annual DePaul Senior Olympics, held in Rochester in late-October. Residents of Glenwell, a DePaul Senior Living Community in Cheektowaga, brought their A-game to the Senior Olympics to vie for the gold!

Glenwell DePaul Senior Olympics

Pictured clockwise above, Lupe Sanchez and Eileen Finnegan carry the Glenwell banner in the opening ceremony; Carol Kaufmann participates in the Spelling Bee; Lupe Sanchez is all smiles during the arm archery competition and Karen Mozingo earns a medal for her performance in ladder ball.

Glenwell DePaul Senior Olympics 2

Pictured above is Glenwell’s team (back row, left to right) Activity Director Scott Wieser, Carol Fazio, Karen Mozingo, Eileen Finnegan, Memory Care Activity Director Tamara McClellan, Director of Clinical Services Evelyn Rodriguez, (front row, left to right) Bobbie Yohn, Carol Schuh, Lupe Sanchez, Carol Kaufman, Leticia Martinez and Angeline Cruver.

Events included a spelling bee, word search, ladder golf, shuffleboard, a putting green, arm archery and Wii Bowling. Glenwell participated in the annual games along with residents from four other DePaul Senior Living Communities – Woodcrest Commons in Henrietta, Westwood Commons in North Chili, Horizons in Canandaigua and Wheatfield Commons in North Tonawanda.

For more information about Glenwell, please contact Administrator Melanie Swartz at (716) 608-7000, at mswartz@depaul.org or visit us on Facebook.