Southminster News
AXOIS: Southminster’s $140 million expansion brings retirement services to more South Charlotte residents
Nearly 40 years ago, Southminster was one of the first businesses pioneering SouthPark’s development. The background: The nonprofit retirement community launched in 1987 as the brainchild of two prominent churches in the area. As the Southpark area grew and prospered,...
Halloween costume party has gone viral on Tik Tok!
We are excited to announce that our video on the resident Halloween costume party has gone viral on Tik Tok! The video now has 3.7 MM views, over 835,000 likes! Congrats to our Social Media Specialist, Miriam Prado for making it happen. Check out the video here:...
Provider-university partnership contributes to aging research while improving caregiver outcomes
A research collaboration between a senior living provider and a higher education institution is growing into a national model for teaching coping skills to family caregivers. After receiving widespread attention for demonstrating positive outcomes in Charlotte and...
Beloved performer likens singing at Southminister to being on Broadway everyday
Like any skilled performer, John Leon Lewis can read the tone of the room. But what sets him apart, besides his powerful voice, is the audience he's singing to. His concert venues are nursing homes and senior care facilities. Mr. Lewis’ reason for selecting this...
Caregiver Thrive, Learn & Connect support program enriches the lives of family caregivers in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - After receiving widespread attention for demonstrating positive outcomes in Charlotte and other parts of North Carolina, the Caregiver Thrive, Learn, Connect (TLC) Program is set to make significant strides in supporting caregivers across the...
Older Americans Month extends far beyond May at Southminster
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 16, 2023) - Every May, the Administration for Community Living leads the nation’s observance of Older Americans Month (OAM) through many types of intergenerational programs ranging from mentoring and community service to service learning and...
VIOLETA POWELL – My Life of Travel & Adventure
I was born in 1941 in Talca, Chile, a prosperous, temperate farming region. I was the youngest of three and grew up in a house run by a General, not my father. No, it was my mother. She was the daughter of a French mining engineer who believed that daughters should...
LIFE ON THE RANGE – by Anna-Louise Fitzgerald
Would you believe in 1958-1959, at age 17, I won first place in the SC State Women's Diving Championship Competitions for the National Swimmers Association on the 3-meter boards?! In public pools, that was the 10’ high dive! I later married my husband who completed...
PLOWING THE EARTH UNDER MY FEET – Writer Mary Kratt shares the inspiration for her books.
During college I worked in Yellowstone Park for two memorable summers whichinalterably changed my life. I had grown up in the wooded rural South butsomething about the West, that sky, the far spaces, vastly expanded my horizons. Nevertheless, since then, I have been...
Young daters looking for love can learn lots from this match made in heaven.
They didn’t go on their first date to a rock-climbing wall or a splatter painting studio at age 28. Lots of life had already happened for Dave Burns and Marilynn Bellmann. Marilynn married in 1972, had children, worked as a church music director, and then married...
The Solace and Support of Southminster: Finding Community Before Losing a Spouse
The day Jack Cook graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill, he skipped the university’s ceremony, and he and Janice Callahan had a special ceremony of their own. The two Alamance County, N.C. natives got married. Little did Jack know that more than 55 years later, after Janice...
Southminster partners with Memory & Movement Charlotte to ease care access
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Southminster’s mission has long included a commitment to collaborate with like-minded organizations to accelerate impact on all generations across Charlotte Mecklenburg’s broader community. The community’s latest initiative has given birth to a new...