Gale Ahrens’ first volunteer experience at the Timbers of Shorewood was nearly two years ago when she and her husband Al helped out at the Senior Prom. Al wore a suit and Ahrens wore her favorite black and white dress to match the prom’s theme. They staffed the door, filled water glasses, and strung decorations […]

This year the Easter bunny will hide more than 10,000 eggs at The Timbers of Shorewood’s sixth annual Hippity-Hop Easter Egg Hunt on April 3. I’ve been writing about their kid-friendly events since my column began, and the senior independent and assisted living retirement community never ceases to amaze me. The hunt is one of

The May 28 wedding of Margaret Wisniewski and Ed Brown was “100 times better” than the small wedding they originally planned three weeks before, the bride and groom said. Once the couple announced they would be married, everyone at Timbers of Shorewood, where they both lived, got caught up in the arrangements — even Timbers’