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Bringing our Mission, Vision and Values to Life It is beneficial to have specific guidelines to follow when we determine how to best serve our residents, the board of directors, and the public at large. I am pleased to share our mission, vision, and core values to support this statement. Mission—Community Homes of Lebanon County, […]

Confronting “the elephant in the room.” The living environment of Community Homes is positive and respectful. Still, as managers of buildings that include residents with different backgrounds and ethnicities, we must be sensitive to potential conflicts that could arise due to background differences and adjustments to living in a group environment. There is always the […]

The Bill of Obligations We have previously shared input in this forum about the Core Values of Community Homes and explained why and how our organization chose those words to represent how we do business and serve our residents and our community in general. I also find it useful to seek other input that supports […]

CHOL Charlie’s Corner Blog – OBASUTE The origin of “Obasute” comes from Japan. Research tells us that it is “the ancient practice from Japanese folklore in which a sick or elderly relative is dumped in a remote place to die”. Here in America, we should count our blessings that there are places like Community Homes […]

Capital Campaign construction cost issue We are in the first of a three-year capital campaign to raise funds for the Canal Street Affordable Housing Project. It is an important step toward providing safe, affordable housing for a growing market of people who need their housing expense, including utilities, to not exceed 30% of their monthly […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

It often begins with Hope. I love the word hope. It is one of our Core Values. According to the Miriam-Webster dictionary, “Hope, in general definition, means a desire for things to change for the better, and to want that better situation very much.” In the case of Community Homes and its pursuit of increasing […]