Happily at home at Maple Terrace Jane Reichard’s life journey spans almost 88 years. She is the first to admit that the last two have been very happy. “That’s when I moved into Maple Terrace. I love my apartment. The neighbors are very friendly and the Charlotte and the other staff, have gone out of…
Community Homes Resident of the Month Shirley Roach defined by a lifestyle of helping others. It took Willow Terrace resident Shirley Roach a while to figure out why it took her some time to feel “settled” into apartment-living at Willow Terrace. She was happy with the apartment, the neighbors and community members were nice, and…
International flair helps define Community Homes July Resident of the Month. Germany. Brazil. Big City New York. Liselotte (Lilo) Huber has done it all in her 96 years of life. She can also claim the distinction of living in her comfortable Community Homes Oak Terrace apartment for over 17 years, longer than anyone else in…
The importance of SAFETY at Community Homes. Observations about safety conclude our series of Charlie’s Corner blogs that articulate our individual core values. Safety, though last in this series, is far from the least important of these values. A large percentage of our resident population is made up of people who are aging. This…
Distinguished gentleman named Community Homes Resident of the Month for June. He is an ordained minister. He speaks seven languages. He has been a college professor. He plays 12 instruments and has been a choir director. He has lived and worked within the United States and throughout the world He has a PHD in Divinity…
Fairness as a Core Value. Let us start this message by defining fairness, and why has been chosen as one of the Core Values of community Homes (the other Core Values are truth, responsibility, hope, respect, compassion, and safety). Fairness is a noun, defined by the Oxford Dictionary as “impartial and just treatment or behavior…
Community Homes selects Jack Steele as May Resident of the Month. Our May Community Homes Resident of the Month is Jack Steele. He and his wife Charlotte have happily lived at Maple Terrace for the past four years. They share their comfortable one-bedroom apartment with their little dog Penelope, a Jack Russel/Poodle mix. She is…
Showing Respect. Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, rallied her fanbase and the Nation every time she performed her signature song R E S P E C T. It had special meaning to her, as it does to Community Homes. Respect is one of our core values and the topic for this edition of Charlie’s…
Coal Miner’s Daughter selected as Community Homes April Resident of the Month. Dottie Readler was born in 1935 into a life of sharing and caring. She is child number 13 of 15 in the family of Coal Miner Freas and Ruth Smith, a busy household to say the least, in the small town of Wapwollopen,…
One Hundredth Birthday brings feelings of hope and joy. It was one of those “you had to be there” moments….a special gathering in the Community Room of Poplar Terrace, one of the six senior apartment buildings owned and operated by Community Homes of Lebanon County The occasion – One hundred-year-old Irene Wike, surrounded by friends…
