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The Legacy at Willow Bend, Plano’s first and only life care senior living community, recently welcomed Father Harry Dailey, representative of Austin Street Centre, who came to thank The Legacy residents for their donation of 118 scarves to the centre’s homeless. 

Carol Fleischer Sobol started “Knitting for the Homeless” in March 2009 and introduced it to residents of The Legacy at Willow Bend this year. The project brought many residents together to knit and crochet scarves for the Dallas area homeless. The Legacy residents alone made 118 scarves, and chose to donate them to Austin Street Centre. Father Harry came to thank the residents for their labor of love.

“These beautifully hand-crafted scarves will comfort our centre’s children, sick, mentally ill, and handicapped,” said Father Harry. “So many people have good hearts, and it is people like you from The Legacy that make our efforts and our centre work.”

Florence Kramer, volunteer coordinator, organized the “Knitting for the Homeless” project at The Legacy. “This has been the most gratifying, beautiful project,” said Kramer. “The residents have not only brought joy to many homeless people’s lives, but they have brought joy to my own. I want to thank Carol Fleischer Sobol for presenting this project to us.”

Austin Street Centre offers emergency shelter and services to homeless people in a Christian environment. They provide 24-hour service and opportunities for people to make responsible choices and changes in their lives. For more information, please call 214-428-4242 or visit http://www.austinstreet.org/index.html.

The Legacy at Willow Bend, Plano’s first and only life care retirement community, is situated on a 28-acre site at Spring Creek Parkway between Preston Road and Ohio Drive. The Legacy at Willow Bend offers resort-style services and amenities for active, independent seniors, as well as all levels of health care services on-site. The community features 103 independent living apartment homes, 12 custom independent living villas, 40 assisted living apartment homes, 18 memory support suites, and 60 private skilled healthcare suites.

The Legacy at Willow Bend is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit retirement community owned by parent company, The Legacy Senior Communities, Inc. The Legacy at Willow Bend, the only Jewish-sponsored life care retirement community in Texas, is open to people of all faiths.  For information, call (972) 468-6208, or visit www.thelegacyWB.org.