Twelve Oaks Senior Living (aka Twelve Oaks Lodge) is a historic retired community on an area of ​​4.5 acres located in northern Glendale, California under the Verdugo Mountains. Initially Fifield's private residence, they gained many adjacent from time to time and the property was donated to charities for the care of the elderly. The facility is gradually expanded over its 80-year history with the addition of cottages, dormitory buildings and, most recently, a dining room/community center built in the 1980s. After closing in 2013, the property reopens at the end of 2017 and is now managed by Northstar Senior Living. The facility is licensed for 63 assisted guest beds. The renovation continues and will be completed 100% by 2018, maintaining a low attraction, a park-like charm.
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History
Twelve Oaks Lodge is conceived by James and Effie Fifield. James Fifield is a successful Mid-west lawyer and entrepreneur who heads several civilian companies and organizations. The Fifields spent their winters in California, especially Crescenta Valley. They bought a comfortable 13-room house with an oak-covered area at Verdugo City at 2820 Sycamore Avenue. While there they become involved with a charity group called the International Sunshine Society, which aims to "bring sunshine into the hearts and lives of those less fortunate". Fifields started a local chapter with the aim of providing cheap homes such as homes for the elderly "who can be made happy by our special sunshine brand". Their dream is to transform their home into a parent's home. When James Fifield died in 1933, Effie began the process of donating their homes and property at no charge to the Sunshine Society of Verdugo Hills, and in 1935 it was entirely handed over to them.
The Sunshine Society is run by a group of community volunteers. They build cottages that still stand today, fill them with local elderly who are charged in nominal amount, and provide entertainment and social activities for them as well. Facilities provided by the Sunshine Society include a library, recreation room, croquet field and acres of parks flanked by oak trees. Their fundraising includes other charitable acts in Crescenta Valley, such as assistance to families in need of a local.
In 1963, the National Charity League of Glendale raised more than $ 50,000 to fund a new retirement home in Glendale. Impressed by the Sunshine Society and Twelve Oaks, they decided to donate all the money to them, building Stern Hall in Twelve Oaks, a nine-unit hall for elderly women. Feeling the same passion in the Charity League, the Sunshine Society decided to join the Glendale Charity League, donating Twelve Oaks to them and allowing them to operate it, again voluntarily.
The Charity League run Twelve Oaks until the early 2000s when the facility was donated, once again free, to the non-profit Southern California Presbyterian Presidency, which has several other assisted living facilities. It is felt that professional organizations like the Presbyterian House can operate Twelve Oaks more effectively. The Twelve Oaks Foundation, which technically owns the donated property and which holds $ 4.7 million in donations, is overseen by the Presbyterian House of Southern California, and the Board of Directors of the Foundation is replaced with representatives from Presbyterian Homes. In 2011 the Presbyterian California Southern House conducted a rebranding campaign and formed the DBA as "be.group".
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Proposed closing
In 2013, be.group announced that it would sell the Twelve Oaks property to a housing developer, and 50 residents were given 60 days eviction notice. The group says they are no longer able to run the property. The community around Crescenta Valley and the former owner, the Glendale branch of the National Charity League, made several campaigns to stop the closure. A website called Friends of 12 Oaks was made in October. A peaceful protest on October 2, 2013 was attended by over 100 people from the local community as well as some seniors who are still at home. Also in October, the Charity League filed a lawsuit asking the judge to block the closure of the facility and appoint the recipient to control it.
On September 9, 2013, California State Assembly Member Mike Gatto, the 43rd District, requested that the California State Attorney General investigate whether it was an act of oddity related to the sale of the donated property, and the legality of transferring property from nonprofit trust to perhaps nonprofit developers.
The original intended buyer, New Urban West of Santa Monica, California, backed out of the deal amidst the public reaction. be.group looking for other buyers. This facility is officially closed on 1 November 2013.
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Source of the article : Wikipedia
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