Giving Back

Vicar's Landing values its employees and the dedicated care they offer all of our members. For 35 years, the Boutique at Vicar's Landing has been selling donated items at attractive prices to raise money for the employee scholarship fund. Totally organized and overseen by volunteers, the Boutique sales have helped many grateful employees continue their education and improve their lives. All funds raised from Boutique sales are distributed as scholarships and grants to employees who work in the Vicar's Landing dining room, as health aides and other employees who support services that benefit our community. In addition, the housekeeping department...

At Vicar’s Landing, we’ve always been a premier retirement community, but now we are also a public school! The last few years have presented several challenges to industries across the board, most notably when it comes to staffing. Senior living is not immune and while investigating ways to overcome staffing challenges, we found an interesting opportunity. The St. Johns County School District supports a Life Work Transition program for students who have met all high school graduation requirements but have deferred their diplomas to “develop the skills required for successful employment, social skills, and independent living.” Life Work is part...

The term "planned giving" was coined in 1969 by Robert F. Sharpe, Sr. a widely-respected consultant in the philanthropic sector. He wrote, "A donor usually considers a current gift to your institution as a cash outlay now. To make a deferred gift, a person decides to give at some future date, either a number of years from now or at death. A deferred gift is a present decision to make a future gift, evidenced by a legal contract. While the name 'deferred giving' is best known to professionals in the field, it is not a term that communicates very much...