Cassidy Walder, one of our talented dietary staff members, had never cooked or baked prior to starting her job as a server at The Clare Estate. After working at the salad bar for a while, she eventually began baking desserts with some of our chefs and found out she loved it! Cassidy has received many compliments from our residents for the beautiful, homemade desserts she makes. Her favorite desserts to make are chocolate chip cookies and simple yellow cake. She has been experimenting with these two recipes and has found different ingredients to change up the traditional recipes. Baking has been a great creative outlet for Cassidy, and our residents love her ideas and encourage her to continu

On March 19, 2017, The Clare Estate hosted a Bordentown Rocks Event with the assistance of Camp Fire NJ’s “Teens on Fire.” The “Teens on Fire” program is made up of a diverse group of students from Bordentown Regional High School who serve as mentors to the middle school students that they call “Sparks.” The program focuses on positive peer leadership, bullying prevention, community engagement, and peer-to-peer mentoring so that middle schoolers can have a successful transition into high school. The Clare Estate’s Bordentown Rocks Event was inspired by the kid-friendly and artistic scavenger hunt that has been ongoing in Bordentown City. People paint pictures on rocks and then hide the r