Ferris Hills at West Lake

10/29/2025

Showers are in the forecast for Halloween, but it was only raining candy at Ferris Hills and Clark Meadows as children and grandchildren of staff and residents enjoyed a breakfast with their families and made their way through the halls, trick-or-treating. They weren’t the only ones in costumes!

10/28/2025

With a pink theme for breast cancer awareness and support, residents enjoyed a Ladies' Afternoon Tea recently.

10/27/2025

You'll see some familiar faces in today's Thompson Health post. They even made the UR Medicine "Wear Pink" post!

10/26/2025

At our assisted living community of Clark Meadows, we have a program called "Grandfriends," with local home-schooled children coming in to take part in activities and events with our residents. After taking the summer off, they returned recently and, according to Lifestyle Coordinator Beth Bingham, "jumped right back into their usual loving and interactive selves!"

10/25/2025

It was a full house for a recent afternoon concert featuring Dave Mancini, with friends from the RPO and Eastman School of Music. Mancini, who is the son of one of our residents, is a drummer and percussionist who played with Doc Severinsen, Maynard Ferguson, Maureen McGovern, Chuck Mangione, Gap Mangione, Jeff Tyzik, and more. He organized the performance, which featured a variety of music including lively Latin American rhythms, a classic jazz standard, and beautiful melodies. How lucky are we to host such talent?

10/20/2025

It was a beautiful day for a beautiful cause! This past Saturday, three Ferris Hills/Clark Meadows staff members - Jennifer Army, Melanie Eisenberg, and Meghan Gravino - took part in the Canandaigua Walk to End Alzheimer's, hosted by FLCC. A team from Thompson Health's M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center was there too, as was a Clark Meadows resident with her family. According to the event's official website, the 354 participants raised over $113,000 for the fight!

10/17/2025

At our assisted living community of Clark Meadows, we recently held a month-long, progressive scavenger hunt coordinated by Kristen Remy of Marketing & Sales. She hosted a prize raffle at the end, following a month of walking the trails and riding the golf cart in search of ribbons to collect. All the while, residents enjoyed each other's company and our beautiful property!

10/14/2025

Giovanna Gutierrez, a veteran and outreach specialist, recently spoke to veterans at Ferris Hills about CompeerCORPS, which offers opportunities for veterans to engage, network, and form friendships with other veterans. For example, the program's free events this month in Ontario County include a movie, bowling, a class at New York Kitchen, and wineglass painting. For more information about CompeerCORPS, visit https://www.compeerrochester.org/compeercorps

10/10/2025

With decades of on-stage experience in the opera world, musical theater, and on cruise ships, George DeMott is a classically-trained singer based in Rochester. We were thrilled to welcome him to our Rayburn Hall this week!

10/09/2025

For many years running (no pun intended) we've been a proud sponsor of this event, and we are thrilled with the amazing impact it has had and will continue to have on our community. Congratulations to all involved on another successful year! We can't wait to support you again in 2026!

We continue to be incredibly grateful for amazing sponsors, race participants, and volunteers who partnered with us for the Crosswinds Run Series!

We asked—and you answered BIG time! 🙌

Together, our amazingly generous sponsors, race participants, and volunteers helped us break course records and giving records!

Because of your generosity, we are so excited to announce that we were able to present The Spot with a check for $13,400!!!
The Spot provides essential resources to local school children in need, and this gift will make a real difference right here in our community.

Thank you to the Canandaigua Police Department & the Ontario County Sheriff for keeping our race participants and volunteers safe on the race course! An extra thank you goes out to the Ontario County Sheriff's for your support along our all new 10K course as well. We appreciate that not only are you keeping everyone safe, but you were joining in and cheering for our race participants.

Here is a list of our AMAZING SPONSORS, please consider supporting these area businesses:
Community Bank, N. A. Foster & Wheeler Insurance Agency, LLC, F.G. Rayburn Mason Contractors, Kickstand Wealth, SollerCo Electric, The Love Handles Eatery, CDGA Coffee Co., Moore Financial Group, Knighthawk Carts, Whalen Photography, Aberle Eye Care, Ferris Hills at West Lake, ESL Federal Credit Union, West Herr Toyota of Canandaigua, Soller Maple Farms LLC, Erie Insurance, Lynch Furniture, Lyons National Bank, Gullo Dental, Project Lean Nation, Canandaigua,
Auto Wash Car Wash, Finger Lakes Dental Care, Young Chiropractic, Finger Lakes Hearing Center, Sutter's Canandaigua Marina, Tall Trainer Fitness Systems Inc., Reliant Credit Union, Aberle Eye Care,

From the bottom of our hearts - THANK YOU to everyone who ran, walked, cheered, sponsored, and volunteered. We are so grateful for each and every one of

10/08/2025

All aboard for Ben Falter, Director of Education from the Ontario County Historical Society, when he presents "Trolleys and Trains: Canandaigua's Railroad History" on Tuesday, October 21, at 10:30 a.m. in Rayburn Hall at Ferris Hills. Both traditional railroad lines and Canandaigua's trolley (or "light railway") played important roles in Canandaigua's growth, but as technology changed, these transportation services were left behind. Ben will tell you all about it during his presentation, which is open not only to our residents but to community members as well!