The Legacy at Willow Bend Celebrates Tashlich Service with Family and Friends

Oct. 5, 2011 - PRLog -- Members of The Legacy at Willow Bend, Plano’s first and only life care retirement community, gathered with friends and family around the community’s courtyard fountain to partake in a Tashlich service as part of the observance of Rosh Hashanah.

Rabbi Andrew Paley and Cantor Don Croll from Temple Shalom led the members in the traditional Tashlich prayers and songs, followed by the blowing of the shofar. Everyone then tossed a handful of breadcrumbs into the fountain to symbolically release past sins and transgressions and to ask God for forgiveness in the new year ahead.

“Our annual Tashlich service by the courtyard fountain is always beautiful and special for our members and their families,” said Lana Van Giesen, executive director, The Legacy at Willow Bend. “We make a very traditional service unique to our community, and I am thankful to everyone who continues to make it memorable every year.”

The Legacy at Willow Bend, Plano’s first and only life care retirement community, is situated on a 28-acre site at Spring Creek Parkway between Preston Road and Ohio Drive. The Legacy at Willow Bend offers resort-style services and amenities for active, independent seniors, as well as all levels of health care services on-site. The community features 103 independent living apartment homes, 12 custom independent living villas, 40 assisted living apartment homes, 18 memory support suites, and 60 private skilled healthcare suites.

The Legacy at Willow Bend is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit retirement community owned by parent company, The Legacy Senior Communities, Inc. The Legacy at Willow Bend, the only Jewish-sponsored life care retirement community in Texas, is open to people of all faiths.  For information, call (972) 468-6208, or visit www.thelegacyWB.org.