We are delighted to share our 2022 Annual Report, highlighting our programs, impact, and supporters.
We bring this to you with a new spirit of optimism. Emerging from the pandemic, we all took stock of what happened and what we wanted to do for the next part of our lives. The Village adapted by offering new programs, fresh ideas, and exciting opportunities.
Thank you for being a part of the Village community and for sharing with us the honor of being champions of older adults and their families.
Warmest regards,
Darcy Evon,
CEO
| | The Village by the Numbers | |
VILLAGE COMMUNITY:
In 2022 we averaged 450 members and 4,200 family, friends, and supporters living in Chicago, suburbs, and out-of-state
NUMBER OF COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES: 13
Executive, Governance, Health and Wellbeing (includes Brain Health/Memory Loss), Investment, LGBTA, Life 3.0, Member
Experience, Program, Research, Resource Development; DEI, Thought Leaders and Trailblazer Task Forces
BRIDGING GENERATIONS BOARD: A group of young professionals who offered 48 intergenerational Village programs in 2022
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES:
4 full time; 5 part time
2022 REVENUE:
$693,534 (unaudited)
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2022 VILLAGE PROGRAMS: 552 (On Zoom and in-person)
- Learning (Discussions, memoir writing, speakers): 126
- Social Connection: 195
- Health and Wellbeing: 157
- Intergenerational: 48
- Collaborative and Partner Programs: 26
2022 MEMBER SERVICE REQUESTS COMPLETED: 1,025
- Filled by volunteers: 427
- Health, fitness, and wellbeing requests: 305
- Rides: 216 (filled by 10 volunteers)
- Support through transitions (health, moving, end of life): 77 members and their families
PUBLICATIONS:
- Weekly Member Memo to 500 households
- Weekly Event Calendar to 500 households
- Monthly Navigator to 4,200 households
| | In Memoriam: Michele Miller | |
The Village mourns the loss of longtime member Michele Miller, and we extend our condolences to her friends and family. The following obituary was provided by the Miller family.
Michele Marie Miller passed away peacefully at the age of 77 on February 22, 2023 at Sunrise Senior Living in Park Ridge, 15 months after entering the memory care unit with Alzheimer’s disease.
Michele was born February 9, 1946 in Oakland, California, and moved with her family as an infant to St. Paul, Minnesota. She married Dan Miller, her husband of 56 years, and the couple lived in Ypsilanti, Lansing and Grand Rapids, Michigan, and St. Paul before settling in Chicago in 1969.
They raised three daughters: Nicole, who preceded Michele in death; Jennifer (Joe Teague), and Rebecca (Keith Engstrom). She also is survived by three grandchildren, Zachary Staver; Sarah and Charles Engstrom, and one great-grandson, Ivan Staver.
Michele was devoted to her whole family, loved traveling with Dan, and especially enjoyed eating well with a glass of pinot grigio.
Michele was passionate about creating art; she was a true artist. She was especially accomplished in creating multiple lines of hand-made greeting cards, featuring wallpapers, collage, quotes of famous women, travel and nature. A graduate of the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Michele’s early career focused on watercolor, pen-and-ink and illustration. Her work appeared in the New Yorker, Gourmet and Saturday Review. She designed logos and posters for retail stores as well as multiple Theatre on the Lake productions.
We look forward to the sun and warm air at a festive gathering for family and friends to remember Michele on June 10, 2023 at the Miller home and studio on Talman Avenue in Chicago. Additional information to follow.
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RSVP today for our upcoming in-person and virtual events! For full descriptions and registration, visit thevillagechicago.org.
- (3/1) Great Books, Great Conversations
- (3/2) Short Story Intergenerational Discussions
- (3/4) Virtual Saturday Afternoon at the Movies: To Leslie (2022)
- (3/7) Brain Connection Cafe
- (3/7) Exercise at Home with Jill Stein
- (3/7) Favorite Films of the 30's and 40's: Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- (3/7) Chicago Trivia Night Presented by the Bridging Generations Board
- (3/7) Film Screening: Butterfly, Butterfly
- (3/8) NEW! Meet Your Cook County Assessor Presented by the Village Men's Group
- (3/9) NEW! Coffee Chat Meets In Person
- (3/14) Happy Hour with the Life 3.0 Committee
- (3/15) Death Cafe: An Informal Conversation about Death and Dying
- (3/15) NEW! Lunch at Wilde's with the Coffee Chat Group
- (3/15) Country Line Dancing & Two-Stepping Presented by the Life 3.0 and LGBTA Committees
- (3/16) NEW! Introduction to Sound Meditation
- (3/19) Tiny Theatre Presents: Anna in the Tropics
- (3/23) Coffee Chat BYOC Online
- (3/25) In Person Saturday Afternoon at the Movies
- (4/5) "The Group"
- (4/8) Early Spring Bird Walk
- (4/12) Reading the Rainbow - Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
| | Village Member Pastime Groups | |
Are you...
Looking for a new career, about to retire, wondering what's next? Seeking companions that share your interests? Searching for a way to utilize your abilities? In need of occasional help? New to Chicago? Worried about changing needs? An adult child with aging parents?
Village members are part of an inclusive, multigenerational community, connected to others and to the resources that support growth and well-being as we navigate life after 50 together.
| | Leadership of The Village Chicago | |
Board of Directors
David Baker, President
Judith Gethner, Secretary
Dick Sullivan, Treasurer
Thomas C. Eley III, Vice President
Joan Goldstein,
Vice President
Therese Meike,
Vice President
Kathie Kolodgy, Member at Large
Karen Terry, Immediate Past President
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Don Bell
Stefanie Clark
Charles G. Cooper
Carol Hitchie
Ira Kohlman
Angie Levenstein
Molly Matthias
Liz Metzger
Gail Moss
Carol Stein
Lois Stuckey
Vamse Kumar Subbiah
Jan Walters
Joyce Winnecke
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Advisory Council
Neelum T. Aggarwal, MD
Robyn L. Golden, LCSW
Joanne G. Schwartzberg, MD
Mary Ann Smith
CEO
Darcy L. Evon
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The Village Chicago is a community network of friendship, engagement and services for people over 50. We support all aspects of well-being through social engagement, an extensive services and referral network,
lifelong learning, health and fitness, intergenerational relationships,
work and purpose.
2502 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60614. 773.248.8700
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