Montgomery Community Media

They are future pharmacists, environmental engineers, art therapists and teachers.  They balance school and work with impressive results. Seventy-six employees of Riderwood were honored for their academic excellence and workplace achievement at the Erickson Living retirement community’s 2014 Scholarship Awards Program on April 9th. Ten high school seniors received four-year collegiate scholarships, and sixty-six adult […]

Since 1953, millions of Cub Scouts in the United States have competed in Pinewood Derby racing events as a rite of passage. Donald Murphy, the father of Pinewood Derby according to the Boy Scouts of America, might have only imagined the lasting impact he created. But residents of Riderwood, the Erickson Living retirement community in […]

Early in my career in senior living, a very wise co-worker told me to “always remember that it’s about the people.” He was right.  Nearly seven years later, I have met some of the most creative, talented people in any walk of life.  Whether they are residents who publish books after retirement or give back […]

A recent Harris Interactive poll listed losing weight, exercising and eating more healthily as three of the top five New Year’s resolutions that people strive to achieve. But the reality is that only 40 percent of people make it to July! No matter what your age, the benefits of a health and wellness regimen are […]

According to the Pew Research Center, nearly 40 percent of Americans own a tablet computer, and nearly half possess a smartphone, with these percentages growing yearly. For most of us, reading the newspaper and watching the evening news have been daily mainstays.  However, in the past five years, the ways news outlets deliver the news, […]

On Oct. 1, 2007, I embarked on a new journey.  That was my first day with Erickson Living as a public affairs manager. Nearly six and a half years later, I’ve been able to meet some of the most interesting people I could ever imagine: the residents who live at our 17 communities across the […]

A group of Silver Spring seniors have been piecing together a patchwork project in order to pay tribute to Black History Month. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk has the story of how the African-American History Club and the Quilt Club at the Riderwood Retirement community came together to present their first African-American Quilt Show featuring more than […]

A group of seniors at a retirement community in Silver Spring decided to take a unique approach this year to honoring African American History. The Riderwood African-American History Club and the Riderwood Quilt Club, two resident-led groups at the Riderwood nursing community held their first quilt show to commemorate Black History Month. Find a gallery […]

As Nancy Burton traced the genealogy of her family, she noted it was like gathering and deciphering evidence to solve a real-life mystery. Born and raised in Silver Spring, Burton shed light on the process of searching into the past of three families—the Burtons, the Lees and the Smiths—whose collective journeys are the foundation of […]