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TV Station FSTV-20 - Corner Store - Library - Gift & Craft Shop |
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FSTV-20 (Foxwood Springs Television - Channel
20) is the in-house
closed-circuit TV station, which serves as the communication center of our
community. We are one of the few retirement communities offering this service.
The
equipment was recently updated to reflect the latest in computer
technology. Operated by resident volunteers,
FSTV-20 provides continuous
announcements of community interest plus a variety of programs. These include
interviews, informational presentations by experts, legislators, and human
interest stories taped off-campus. The TV studio programs are
planned and produced by resident volunteers.
The Rolling News, which runs
around the clock seven days a week, is a series of separate messages of interest to
residents including announcements about upcoming events. Once daily the
rolling news is read by a volunteer.
Each day, Monday
thru Friday, there is a forty-five
minute
morning show called The Foxwood Connection. The show features a wide variety of topics
such as devotions, reading the day’s activities and a special feature. Some shows are taped on
location, but more often residents, staff and special guests are interviewed. Our guests are often local officials, state representatives, public health and
safety experts and local business people as well as Foxwood Staff giving updates
on items of general interest.
The Foxwood Connection is shown again in the
afternoon as well as the evening, with the evening showing followed by fifteen minutes of quiet time pictures.
The FSTV-20 daily schedule also includes an Exercise
Program, the reading of announcements for the sight impaired, and an evening
Quiet Time. Each evening, the morning half hour show is rebroadcast.
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Bob & Francis Cook, Managers
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Dale Hoak is now Assistant Manager. |
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A fixture from the beginning, this convenience store is
operated by resident volunteers. No need to go to a shopping center. The Corner Store stocks regular grocery
and housekeeping items as well as soft drinks, gift items, greeting
cards and even postage stamps.
Hot coffee, tea, cappuccino, pastries, deli
sandwiches and fresh popcorn make the store a popular gathering place for
residents.
Residents, staff and employees often buy their lunches and snacks at the
store.
A Special Order Service lets residents request items that can be
delivered the next day.
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| The Foxwood Springs library
contains over 12,000 hard back and large print books, as well as many
paperbacks. Video tapes are also available for the residents’ use. The
library also subscribes to a number of magazines and newspapers,
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Audio tapes and magnifiers for reading are available for the
sight-impaired and a wide variety of encyclopedias, atlases and
dictionaries can be found in the reference section of the library. In
addition, a special section of the library is devoted to
displays which depict current and historical events. The
library is run by volunteers who catalogue all books and see that they
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This lovely shop had a very humble beginning, with a group of women who
wanted a place to do various crafts. It started out small, but as interest grew, more tables and
shelves were added. Craft and gift items soon filled these tables and shelves.
Everything has been donated by Foxwood Springs residents.
Resident volunteers work in
the craft room or in their homes to produce the items sold. A variety of infant
items such as baby sweaters, booties and blankets are
available for sale. You’ll also find many useful things like knitted caps,
mittens, scarves and lap robes, as well as all kinds of craft items. We create beautiful flower arrangements
which have become one of our “best
sellers.”
Floral
arrangements can be made to your specifications.

The craft room is now a successful gift shop –
a place to come, shop and
buy
(and test out one of the jigsaw puzzles donated to the Gift Shop).
The Gift and Craft room is
a successful part of the Foxwood Springs community. It is a place
to come to shop, to learn or to buy. Classes are available for
those who want to learn a new craft. There are tables to work on,
sewing machines to use, craft supplies to purchase and volunteers to
assist you.
The proceeds from the shop go to help provide
support for the Fellowship of John program that makes available
financial assistance for residents who have outlived their resources and
need help in covering the full cost of their care.
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with more details about Fellowship of John.
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For more
information, please call during work hours
(816) 318-2200
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