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You Want to Make a Difference.

When you retired, you made a choice. You decided your best season of life was just getting started. Instead of viewing retirement as an ending, you view retirement as a season overflowing with opportunities. You want to do more. You want to create change. You want to make the world a better place because you were here. That’s why we created TrellisWorks — a foundation that provides a framework for creative community-driven giving in our neighborhoods.

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Benevolent Care

Because of the generosity of Garden Spot Village and Frederick Living residents, each community is able to provide benevolent care to residents who, for reasons outside of their control, can no longer pay for their daily expenses. This generosity allows these residents to continue to call Garden Spot Village and Frederick Living home.

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Cooperative Living

Each Thistledown Cooperative Living house offers affordable housing for five members of the local community and does not rely on government programs or subsidies for funding. The house offers a month-to-month lease with a sliding scale rent, based on a percentage of residents’ income. Each member of the household has their own bedroom and bathroom. All residents share communal living spaces. The house combats isolation by creating a household that connects and functions as a family, sharing tasks and responsibilities and offering an informal support network. TrellisWorks is currently accepting donations for a second cooperative living house in New Holland.

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Giving Circles

Are you interested in joining like-minded people who are passionate about making a difference? Giving Circles provide an opportunity for people with similar passions to join together in philanthropic giving. Imagine how your giving could be multiplied if your neighbors and friends join you in making a difference.

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Your Investment Makes a

Transformational Difference.

TrellisWorks, a Garden Spot Communities foundation, provides a framework for creative, community-driven giving. It offers a lattice of opportunities where your ideas can take root and flourish. Where your investment can make a transformational difference—whether it’s in research, capital project or arts & culture. TrellisWorks isn’t just about giving money; it’s about working together and offering our seeds of creativity. We invite everyone—individuals, business leaders, organizations, other foundation and more—to join us as we transform the community and redefine aging.

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A Garden Spot Communities Foundation

Transforming community and redefining aging.