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Letter from Our CEO

Letter from Our Board Chair

2016 Highlights

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Financial Strength

Social Accountability Report

Our Volunteer Boards

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Doug LeidigPresident & CEO, Asbury Communities, Inc.

Senior living and aging services organizations – like any business – are constantly evolving. What sets us apart, though, is a unique combination of people and

principles that give us the ability to help shape how society views the older adults we serve and the process of aging itself.

Historically, older adults have been viewed as a burden to society; an expense line item. Asbury has long known that is just not the case.

A great majority of seniors continue to be important contributors in their local communities, driven by their skills, knowledge, and compassion to find meaningful ways to serve others. At Asbury, we, too, are driven to serve.

In the past year, we have positioned ourselves to grow our mission to do all the good we can by identifying opportunities for new product lines and services that meet seniors where they live – honoring the continued desire by many older adults to age in place and to age well.

We were extremely pleased to welcome Asbury Place to the Asbury Communities system. They share our vision to redefine the expectations of aging, and do so every day for the 500 residents living at their campuses in Kingsport and Maryville, Tenn.

Our smart growth strategy ensures that we will remain financially strong while forging partnerships with others seeking to align with a system. And, we laid the groundwork in key operational areas such as Human Resources and Clinical Services to provide stellar services to associates, residents and clients even as we grow.

Looking at new growth opportunities is bringing new life and new thinking into an industry that has always been fairly traditional.

We look forward to being part of those conversations as our industry moves into the future together.

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Carolyn StamatakisChair, Asbury Communities Board of Directors

s I look back on the past year, I cannot help but reflect on the journey Asbury and I have taken together.

When I joined the Asbury Board in 1996 as a member of the Compensation Committee, our system was comprised of Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Md., and Asbury Solomons in Calvert County, Md. Today, we are a system of eight communities in four states.

Through this growth, I have served many roles in Asbury governance.

It has been challenging and exciting to be part of the journey to build what is now the nation’s 18th largest not-for-profit system of continuing care retirement communities and related services.

Asbury’s Strategic Plan for the coming years positions us well to maintain our commitment to the organization’s 90-year legacy of providing exceptional lifestyle opportunities for seniors, while fulfilling a new vision for growing the organization and its services.

As I think about all that we have accomplished, I do so with grateful appreciation to the many associates and volunteer Board members, both from the past and the present, whose great talent and dedication have brought us to the place this organization is today.

I am truly humbled to have served among them and look forward to continuing to make my contribution to Asbury’s future.

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We welcomed 2 new members to the Asbury family.• Asbury Place continuing care retirement communities, Maryville and Kingsport, Tenn.

• Bethany Towers HUD affordable senior housing, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

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We completed 3 major campus enhancements, earning an International Interior Design Association award, and continued to pave the way for projects that will further enhance the lives of those we serve.

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We reduced energy costs by 16 percent and

earned 2 environmental impact awards through the combined efforts of residents and associates.

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We celebrated one another’s dedication and expertise by giving out more than 1,200 GEMs (Going the Extra Mile Awards) in the first four months of a new associate recognition program.

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Asbury wellness team members providedmore than 8,000 wellness programs from aerobics to Zumba.

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Asbury’s social

accountability programs

and associate volunteerism helped 53,000 people who live in the

regions where we operate.(See our 2016 Social Accountability Report.)

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$191,728 $161,410 $395,661 $201,086$132,531 $207,723

$242,138 $469,369

$1,780,397$2,089,146

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$2,862,090$2,104,710$2,458,279

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$801,494

$2,736,731

$3,821,466

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As a not-for-profit, Asbury’s bottom line is focused on fulfilling our mission to do all the good we can for those we serve.

This responsibility extends beyond our retirement communities, residents and clients. It means being a good environmental steward and sharing our time and resources to meet the needs of the regions where we operate.

We are pleased to share these highlights of our associates’ dedication, creativity and desire to serve.

2012-2016 Monetized Value of Services, Total: $14.7 Million

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Training Senior Service Professionals Wellness & Senior Services* Benevolent Care

*Prior to 2014, represents total Senior Services and other Community Benefits20 Asbury Communities

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OUR SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY BY THE NUMBERS

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Asbury Methodist Village earned a Gold level City of Gaithersburg Environmental Award for the second year in a row for its robust recycling program and ongoing Wildlife Habitat Council certification.

Asbury Place associates partnered with Keep Blount Beautiful to Adopt a Mile of a local road.

Asbury Solomons, in collaboration with residents and the Go Green Committee, erected a new osprey nesting platform off the community’s dock and earned a Calvert County Recycling Award.

Bethany Village continued to reduce its kilowatts per hour by converting to LED lighting and automating temperature control for its main kitchen refrigeration.

Calvert County Nursing Center continued to use environmentally friendly cleaning products and add sustainable seafood in its dining menus.

Inverness Village replaced its use of styrofoam to-go food containers with reusables and, in collaboration with residents, recycled 76,258 pounds of household materials last year.

Springhill reduced its lawn fertilization by 20 percent to lower the amount of nitrogen into local waterways and replaced its use of styrofoam to-go food containers with reusables.

P R OT E C T I N G O U R E A R T H ’ S R E S O U R C E S

As an organization with a 90-year legacy, we believe in preserving the earth and its resources for the generations to come. Through our partnership with Sodexo Senior Services, Asbury continues to focus on conservation programs that encompass laundry services, fleet management, dining services and power.

In partnership with Sodexo, we reduced our

energy consumption by 16 percent in 2016, natural gas usage by 6 percent, and electricity

by 10 percent.

In 2016, a Fleet Management

program reduced our greenhouse gas

emissions by 4 percent.

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