Friend­ship Vil­lage and Green­Fields Earn Dai­ly Her­ald Honors

For the third con­sec­u­tive year, Friend­ship Senior Options’ senior retire­ment com­mu­ni­ties Friend­ship Vil­lage of Schaum­burg and Green­Fields of Gene­va were both named as Best Retirement/​Assisted Liv­ing Com­mu­ni­ties in the Chicagoland area in Dai­ly Her­ald Read­ers’ Choice Awards.

Friend­ship Senior Options is the par­ent orga­ni­za­tion of Friend­ship Vil­lage of Schaum­burg and Green­Fields of Gene­va. We are proud to once again have been select­ed as two of the top retire­ment com­mu­ni­ties. Dai­ly Her­ald has a large and informed read­er­ship, and we are sin­cere­ly hon­ored that they rec­og­nize us as being the best of the best from the many retire­ment com­mu­ni­ties in the area,” said Stephen A. Yenchek, pres­i­dent and chief exec­u­tive offi­cer of Friend­ship Senior Options. We work hard and are firm­ly com­mit­ted to our vision of serv­ing as a nation­al­ly rec­og­nized leader of exem­plary senior-cen­tered ser­vices. These awards are proof that we uphold an excep­tion­al­ly high stan­dard of excellence.”

Friend­ship Vil­lage, which just cel­e­brat­ed its 38th anniver­sary, is one of the largest retire­ment com­mu­ni­ties in the nation and has won numer­ous awards for its inno­v­a­tive lifestyles pro­gram­ming. Green­Fields of Gene­va first opened the doors of its beau­ti­ful com­mu­ni­ty three years ago and in a short time, has already estab­lished itself as a leader. Both Green­Fields and Friend­ship Vil­lage offer a com­plete con­tin­u­um of care includ­ing inde­pen­dent liv­ing, assist­ed liv­ing, mem­o­ry sup­port and skilled care, while pro­vid­ing an excep­tion­al lifestyle.

Dai­ly Her­ald, one of the Chica­go area’s top media sources, has a read­er­ship of more than 900 thou­sand, who were encour­aged to vote for this pres­ti­gious award.

10,000 peo­ple turn 65 every day.

—US Census Bureau