Don­na Rauschenberg

Donna Rauschenberg

Donna Rauschenberg

Don­na Rauschen­berg knows that many peo­ple think that mov­ing to a com­mu­ni­ty like Friend­ship Vil­lage means you’re giv­ing things up – but after liv­ing here for a cou­ple years now, she knows bet­ter. For Don­na, it means hav­ing more to do, new friends to share things with and peo­ple to look out for you.

With her hus­band in skilled care and she her­self a heart attack sur­vivor, Don­na tru­ly believes mov­ing here saved her life – and has giv­en her hus­band a new group of peo­ple who care about him. Now her biggest wor­ry is choos­ing from all of the activ­i­ties and events that fill each day, she just can’t fit every­thing in.

“It’s not a matter of giving up anything. All you’ve done is moved from one place to another place… but this place has more than you ever did at home.”