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About Village on the Ridge

Our Mission
Village on the Ridge, a volunteer organization, provides programs and services for older adults in Roxborough and its surrounding neighborhoods. We strive to support our neighbors in their goals to stay socially and physically active, have a positive quality of life, and remain independent as long as they are able.

Our Vision
In the future, older adults living in Roxborough and its surrounding neighborhoods will know that there are a broad range of social and physical activities available to them. They will be assured that the community enhances their quality of life, fostering a belief that they can live independently in their homes as long as they are able.

“Villages represent a promising model, with the potential for positively affecting seniors in ways that may reduce social isolation, expand access to services, increase well-being, and increase seniors’ confidence in their ability to age in their homes.” Andrew Scharlach, researcher on aging and social welfare.

Everyone living in Roxborough and its surrounding neighborhoods is welcome to participate in this new organization as a member and/or volunteer.

Founding Board Members

(left to right)

Sarah F. Wimberley, Vice President

Chuck Broadbent, Chief Operations Officer

Don Simon, Secretary

James M. Lammendola, President

Joan Stanton, Treasurer

About our Board Members

James (Jim) M. Lammendola is a South Philly native who has lived in Roxborough since 1985. Jim earned his M.A. in History at Temple University and his J.D. at the University of Tulsa. He has been married to Mindi Snoparsky, a retired EPA Superfund geologist, since 1980. She earned her B.A. in Geology at Temple University and her M.S. in Geology at the University of Tulsa. Jim and Mindi's two sons are graduates of the Shawmont Elementary School Music Program and played baseball at the 21st Ward Baseball League. Jim served on the League's Board for five years as well as coaching for twelve years. Jim is a retired private practice attorney and has taught law at Temple University's Business School as both an Adjunct and Full-Time Professor since 1996, serving on multiple committees and authoring or co-authoring forty-seven articles on real estate law. His interests include walking in the Wissahickon, music, reading, cats, and watching, coaching, playing and reading about baseball. Jim now serves as the President of Village on the Ridge.

Sarah F. Wimberley is a New York state native but loved Philadelphia since she was a child after the frequent visits to the area to visit her maternal grandparents. Her and her husband of eighteen years, Sean, a middle school history teacher and Temple/St Joe's alum, have lived in the area since 2009 and are raising their three children in Roxborough. Sarah is currently an Enterprise Architect with the Center for Digital Health at The Mayo Clinic, adding to her twelve-plus career in healthcare after a fifteen-year career in the arts. Sarah co-leads her eldest daughter's Girl Scout troop and is a member of the Girl Scout of Eastern Pennsylvania Volunteer Appreciation committee. She plays indoor soccer at Starfinder, a Manayunk-based non-profit organization, and outdoor soccer for the Philadelphia Flames women's team. She is also on the Board of Directors and the co-chair of the Technology committee of Philanos, a national non-profit organization supporting collective giving across the United States. Sarah has a Masters of Science in Strategic Leadership with a Healthcare Administration Certificate from Rosemont College, an Masters in Fine Arts in Documentary Photography from Academy of Art University, and a Bachelors in Fine Arts in Design from the University of North Carolina Greensboro.

Joan Stanton is a life-long Philly girl but grew up in a Philly most people don’t know ever existed. It has shaped her soul and led her to Roxborough which is as close as one can come to her childhood experience. The playgrounds of Joan’s childhood were woods, farms and main roads still without sidewalks where children biked without a worry to the banks of the Delaware. PTC (pre-Septa) was a few mile walk until her early teens, running infrequently if at all. A voracious reader, she remembers with eternal gratitude the librarians who came to the area for two hours every two weeks driving a huge Free Library ‘bookmobile’. They always had a handpicked pile stashed behind the desk for her. During this most rural of city childhoods Joan became a Girl Scout. Despite a religious education and devout family it is the Girl Scout Oath and Laws that repeats in her head and heart to this day when faced with hard choices both personally and professionally. Joan spent 35 years working for the federal government. During the early years she put herself through Lasalle College nights. Then she went on to Temple Law and spent her last 20 working years as an attorney. During those years she lived in East Falls volunteering and often holding offices with the East Falls Community Council, the Zoning Committee, EF Tree Tenders, Friends of McMichael and Inn yard Parks and her block association. She still belongs to a book club that started in EF and has been together, depending on who is asked, 25-30 years. Joan came to Roxborough for a ‘short’ hiatus between East Falls houses. She was captivated by easy access to the Wissahickon, the Schuykill Center’s walking paths and the river as well as the fun walks all over the community where there is always some friendly, interesting person ready for a chat and a laugh. She spends her time reading, traveling, hiking, rollerblading, caring for whatever abused dog/s she currently owns as well as an aged feral cat that has been scratching her daily for 21 years as she feeds him. She is an avid volunteer at the Schuykill Center Wildlife Clinic where the critters like to scratch, too.

Don Simon, Secretary

Bio forthcoming!

Chuck Broadbent is a long-time resident of Roxborough. Married to Ruth for 54 years, Chuck returned to live in Roxborough again after working at the Roxborough Library and the Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science Library (now Jefferson University) in the 1970s. Now retired from a career in information systems management for colleges and libraries, Chuck serves as Village on the Ridge's chief proponent and current Chief Operating Officer as well as District 4 Representative and Treasurer of Central Roxborough Civic Association. When you see him walking his terrier mix pup, Mimi, be sure to say hello!