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Triumph Over Tragedy
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained/Lost
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A Gallery of Neighbors: The Village Art Group’s Group Show
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A New and Improved Way to Stay Safer Online
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A Trip to The Geffen Galleries
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Barrier Free Living - A Path to Living a More Independent Lifestyle
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Conversations with Art
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
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Member Connections with Music Conductor Bill Bing
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Pasadena Heritage Walking Tour
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In Their Hands
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Ease of Being: Managing the stuff of everyday life
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A Tribute to Fire Debris Remediators and Their Super-Sized Dump Trucks
08/18/2026

Really Irene?
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There Is A Risk
08/09/2026

2026 Year in Review
08/03/2026

A Message From Your Newly Elected President
08/03/2026

Neighborhoods Within the Village
08/03/2026

Reflection from PUSD Intern Isabella "Izzy" Roberts
08/03/2026

Reflection on Service & Joy from 2025/26 President Dick Myers
08/03/2026

The Villager Engagement Team Welcomed 54 New Villagers
08/03/2026

Treasurer’s Report
08/03/2026

What Activity! The Cultural Activities Team Report
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An Even Exchange
08/01/2026

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Creating a Supportive Community

By Barbara Madden
Posted: 03/22/2022
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FINDING A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY

 

By: Barbara Madden - member since 2011

 

I learned about Pasadena Village just as its founding members were organizing. It sounded like something I had been looking for since reading about Boston’s Beacon Hill Village; an organization that I could involve myself in to help to navigate the unknowns of aging.

 

My family did not live in Southern California and, with retirement, the socialization with work colleagues quickly declined. I hoped to find a social community.

 

I found what I was looking for and more.

 

I found an energetic group of people on a mission to create a supportive community.

 

I found opportunity. Opportunity to use myself to make the Village work, to have value, to participate in developing valuable educational programs and new social activities.

 

I found that who and what you have been is less important than who you are now.

 

I found that the strength of the Village is that it is dependent on the creativity and investment of its members in developing and maintaining its programs; that the necessity of working together to create and maintain the Village creates the opportunity to know new people and to develop friendships.

 

I found a mutually supportive community of like-minded people who are invested creating a satisfying life and in giving support to each other through the joys and vicissitudes of latter life.

 

 

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