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Annual Fund for Resident Assistance Provides Hope

The Still Hopes Annual Fund for Resident Assistance provides financial care for residents whose resources can no longer support their needs.  The donations made to this ministry provide everything from the cost of total care to special needs such as equipment, clothing, footwear or personal items.

Donations to the Annual Fund for Resident Assistance have enabled Still Hopes to respect individual circumstances and to honor the dignity of all residents.

Please visit our website to learn more about the Resident Assistance Fund and other Ways to Give to Still Hopes.

Still Hopes is a faith-based CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) and a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit with tax exemption organization.

Our Residents Say it Best

Re: Pros and Cons of Retirement

Excerpts from “The Joys and Challenges of Retirement Community Living”  by Still Hopes resident Hazel Fitzsimmons. 

It has been statistically proven that seniors, who share their lives with others, live longer and richer lives than those who live alone.  I have the joy of living in a wonderful community [Still Hopes] located in West Columbia, just minutes from downtown with all of the amenities Columbia has to offer: churches of all denominations; theaters; concert halls; The Art Museum; Riverbanks Zoo; several shopping malls; the historic houses; beautiful parks; good hospitals and medical care and the list goes on and on. Having your own car is nice, but not necessary because transportation to most of these places is offered on our very own tour bus or van.

The food is excellent. It is purchased, prepared, displayed attractively and the dirty dishes are done for us when a meal is over. How is that for a plus?

The grass is cut, the bushes fertilized and trimmed; the sprinkler system works and the leaves are cared for in the fall.

I look forward to busy days filled with pleasant activities and worthwhile things; to expanding my horizons through reading, developing new hobbies such as watercolors and photography to say nothing of playing bridge. We are never too old to learn, to love, and to have fruitful lives and if all of this can be done better in a community with others then I would have to say that the pros in this case win hands down.

Excerpts from “The Joys and Challenges of Retirement Community Living”  by Still Hopes resident Hazel Fitzsimmons.  Click on the title to read the full story on BGTime.org.     The BGTIME program was developed to help bridge the divide between seniors and digital media.