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A Day to Remember at the 2025 Rogerson ADH Prom

Prom season remained in full swing in mid-June at Rogerson Communities’ Adult Day Health (ADH) program. The older adult participants in this important support program have enjoyed this Rogerson tradition for the last eight years (with a brief hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic). As guests started arriving for the prom, there was definitely a different energy in the air than most days at ADH. For one thing, instead of entering the usual activity and exercise rooms, they filed into the auditorium housed at Rogerson’s administrative office. The lofty space was set up with long tables topped with decorations, and masses…

State Rep. Livingstone Connects With Beacon House Residents

State Representative Jay Livingstone paid a visit to his constituents at Rogerson Communities’ Beacon House on May 20.

Rolling Up Their Sleeves

On a recent, unseasonably chilly spring morning, Brent Berc crouched on a Beacon Hill sidewalk, applying rust-treatment paint to an iron garden fence along Joy Street, trying to avoid getting any on the bricks beneath. He isn’t part of a maintenance crew or neighborhood association — he’s a founding partner at Boston Real Estate Collaborative LLC, and he serves on the Board of Trustees of Rogerson Communities. Brent had come to Beacon Hill along with seven employees from his firm for a morning of volunteer work at three buildings: Beacon House and the Joy Street Residence, both Rogerson properties for…

A Community of Opportunity

Ask Carlos Diaz, maintenance supervisor at Rogerson Communities’ Farnsworth House, what’s most important to him, and he won’t miss a beat: “Opportunity.” Finding and building on opportunities have played a large role in shaping Carlos’s life, starting in 1989 with a journey to the United States from Guatemala, where he was born and raised. Though trained as a diesel mechanic, he initially took whatever work he could find in the Greater Boston area, from poultry processor to construction welder, in order to pay rent and save some money. Within a year he was serving part-time as a maintenance worker at…

Rogerson President & CEO Walter Ramos Addresses RWU Graduates During Commencement

Walter Ramos, President and CEO of Rogerson Communities, was tapped by his alma mater Roger Williams University to deliver an address to its graduating class welcoming them into its alumni association. Addressing a crowd of nearly 1300 graduates and their loved ones, Walter, who graduated from RWU in 1983 with a degree in Political Science and Law, shared his story – from the seats in which the class of 2025 were sitting to the stage speaking before them, overcoming challenges and obstacles along the way. “Life and career paths almost never happen as you expect and never without turns and…