New residents prepare to help turn a dream into reality for the Community Homes Canal Street Affordable Housing Project. February 26, 2024 Six years ago, the Board of Directors of Community Homes of Lebanon County boldly decided to devote considerable time, effort, and a significant financial commitment to building a new 23-unit handicap-friendly housing community…
Church connection leads to mighty good Oak Terrace decision. There is an old expression “Mighty Oaks from little acorns grow.” For our March Resident of the Month, Janice Peiffer, the little acorn of a home for Jan and husband Fritz was a small trailer in a 55 plus trailer park in Myerstown. Persistent urging by…
There is something to be said about being in the right place at the right time. For example, Charlotte McNamara is the site administrator for Tulpehocken Terrace, a 46-apartment building in Myerstown, owned and managed by Community Homes of Lebanon County. Charlotte serves as an advisory council member and all around “helper” for Mentor a…
Angels descend upon Tulpehocken Terrace in Myerstown It is easy to imagine winged creatures or a jolly elf in a red suit when you hear about “angels descending”. But a group of descending angels, the Sechman family from Palmyra, took it upon themselves to arrive at Tulpehocken Terrace, a Community Homes senior citizen apartment in…
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…
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…
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…
Local First Responders introduced to Life Emergency Access File for senior residents Community Homes of Lebanon County, a local leader in providing safe, affordable housing for senior citizens. The Resident Services staff assist elderly and disabled residents living in their affordable housing communities to identify, locate, and acquire the services necessary to remain self-sufficient. The…
Compassion at the heart of all we do. We take a close look at another of our Core Values this time – Compassion. The Miriam Webster dictionary gives us a nice concise definition – “Compassion is the sympathetic consciousness of other’s distress together with a desire to alleviate it.” At Community Homes we are focused…
