Thornton Oaks Residents Speak

Eileen and Lew Kleinkopf

Eileen and Lew Kleinkopf fell in love with Brunswick while visiting Bowdoin College with their granddaughter. “We lucked out when we found Thornton Oaks,” says Eileen. “It’s such an enriching environment. Our neighbors here are former deans, PhDs, Ivy League graduates and people who have lived very accomplished lives.

“What attracted us to Thornton Oaks was the Bowdoin campus and all it has to offer, particularly the International Music Festival. Not only can we attend the concerts at Bowdoin, the students come here and perform for us on Friday afternoons. A little farther afield, there’s the wonderful Portland Symphony and Portland Stage. And Thornton Oaks provides transportation, door to door.

“We enjoy going to Portland, but Thornton Oaks does a very good job of bringing speakers and performers here to us. There are foreign affairs luncheons, retired professors who come to give lectures, and Jerry Wiles who does charming biographical performances.

“The health service coordinator sets up flu shot clinics every year. It’s one of the perks of being associated with Mid Coast Hospital.

“And it’s affordable. Compared to retirement communities of the same caliber in the New York and Boston metropolitan areas, Thornton Oaks provides a very good value.”