Our Stories

Your Support Keeps Cycling Without Age Strong Seven Years Later

Thanks to your support, our Assisted Living residents can enjoy the beauty of Madison on our battery powered rickshaw.

Supporting Sojourners

Bringing community speakers to Capitol Lakes is just one way your Foundation seeks to enhance the living experience for residents.

WI Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired Comes to Capitol Lakes

Connecting residents with community resources is just one way your Foundation works to enhance the living experience for our residents.

Praise for Capitol Lakes Community Read - 2023

Your donations make programs like Capitol Lakes Community Read possible. See how your gifts make an impact for individual residents.

Welcome Tracy Curtis!

We want to give a warm welcome to Tracy Curtis who is replacing Donald Rosby for Friday drop-in tech support.

Capitol Lakes Foundation Hosts Annual Fall Forum

The Fall Forum is an opportunity for those who give to learn how their support has been put into action.

Legacy Gift Positively Impacts Capitol Lakes Residents in 2023

TNW Ensemble Theater in Madison is having a positive impact on the lives of our memory care residents.

LET’S TALK ABOUT IT: Justice, Art, and Spirituality gathering promotes dialogue

Your Capitol Lakes Foundation was proud to approve a grant to bring artists to Capitol Lakes to talk about racial justice.

Additional Tech Support for Capitol Lakes Residents is a “Godsend”

Thanks to your support, Capitol Lakes residents can take advantage of free tech support twice weekly.

Exercise Through Isolation Challenge Provides Inspiration to Keep Moving

When another Covid surge shut down Wellness Center classes your Foundation stepped in to offer an exercise challenge to keep us moving

Capitol Lakes Community Read

In 2022 a record 90 Capitol Lakes residents read "The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry" by Gabrielle Zevin.

Picking Up Where We Left Off: Ping Pong Returns to Capitol Lakes

Covid tabled ping-pong for two years, but thanks to your support games have resumed for interested residents!

Active Minds, Happy Minds

Thanks to your support, the Capitol Lakes Foundation purchased activities to keep Assisted Living residents engaged and active.

Enjoying a ‘Second Summer’ at Brittingham Park

A 'second summer' provides the perfect opportunity for a rickshaw outing and picnic supplied by the Capitol Lakes Foundation.

Bloom and Grow Garden Provides Engagement and Enjoyment

Thanks to your support, residents in our Health Center were able to engage in planting and now enjoy a Bloom and Grow Garden.

Music & Memory: The Power of Personalized Playlists

Music and Memory makes a real difference in the lives of those with dementia.

Enhancing the Living Experience for Residents with Low Vision

Thanks to the Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired for coming to Capitol Lakes to share resources for those with vision loss

'Step Into Spring' Walking Challenge Promotes Health and Wellness

'Step Into Spring' challenges Capitol Lakes residents to walk 1 mile or 30 minutes at least three times a week.

One Year Later: In Person Book Groups and Movie Screening Fosters Re-Connection

Roughly one year after shut down nearly the entire Capitol Lakes campus was vaccinated making in person events once again possible.

Work Your Weights: Staying Strong

When the Wellness Center had to close in late 2020 our residents stayed strong in the face of adversity.

See how you're making a difference.