About the Sponsors

National Lutheran Communities & Services and
Fellowship Square Foundation, Inc.



National Lutheran Communities & Services

National Lutheran Communities & Services (NLCS) is a not-for-profit, faith-based ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s (ELCA) Delaware-Maryland, Metropolitan Washington, D.C.  and Virginia Synods serving people of all beliefs.  NLCS provides seniors with a variety of lifestyle, residential and health care options through retirement communities in the Metro-DC-area. Other communities sponsored by NLCS include The Legacy at North Augusta in Staunton, Va., an independent living community offering month-to-month rentals for seniors; The Village at Crystal Spring in Annapolis, Md., a new continuing care retirement community – subject to Maryland Department of Aging approval – which will serve as the centerpiece of a multi-generational residential and mixed-use project; The Village at Orchard Ridge in Winchester, Va., a new planned senior living and health care community on 132 acres—phase one will offer 178 maintenance-free independent living cottage homes and apartments with home-based assisted living, memory care assisted living and nursing care options. For more information about any of our communities, visit www.nationallutheran.org.

Fellowship Square Foundation (FSF)

Fellowship Square Foundation is the largest provider of subsidized elderly housing in the metropolitan Washington, DC region, serving more than 800 residents in Fairfax and Prince William counties, and in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Charles E. Smith Life Communities

CPE Program: The only senior residential care CPE program in Maryland.

Metropolitan Washington D.C. Synod