Visit Seattle’s Space Needle, explore the historic capitol of New Hampshire or head down South to the world’s largest living history museum at Colonial Williamsburg— the options are endless with Passport to Travel.
Passport to Travel is a first-of-its-kind travel program initiated by The Council for Health and Human Service Ministries (CHHSM), a community made of more than 350 programs dedicated to advancing the healing ministry of Jesus Christ by serving youth, families, older adults and those with disabilities.
It allows residents at eight CHHSM-related senior living organizations to lodge free of charge at a sister community of their choice for up to two weeks.
Designed by CHHSM’s Senior Services Collaborative (CSSC), the program enhances the quality of seniors’ lives by allowing them to travel and experience the radical hospitality of CHHSM’s ministries while taking in all the sights of a new city. Residents cover only their travel costs and can take full advantage of all the features their destination community has to offer (incidental expenses not included).
To participate in the program, contact the representative from your home community. To get involved or learn more about Passport to Travel, contact CHHSM Vice President Michael Readinger at readingm@chhsm.org.
Download “Your Passport to Travel” for more program details.
View a map of Passport to Travel locations.
Click the community names below to learn more:
Beatitudes Campus
Phoenix, Ariz.
Contact: Mahree Morin
E-mail
602-995-6100
beatitudescampus.org
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Beatitudes Campus
Phoenix, Ariz.
Contact: Mahree Morin
E-mail
602-995-6100
beatitudescampus.org
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Check-out: 10 a.m. or as arranged. Check-in: 4 p.m. or as arranged.
Parking and Elevator available.
Apartment Style
One bedroom, kitchen, living room and one full bathroom. Weekly housekeeping and linen service. Housekeeping includes vacuuming, dusting and cleaning of bathrooms. Bed linens are changed once per week. A washer and dryer are available at no charge. Furnished linens include sheets and towels and are changed once per week.
Telephone and Internet access are available at no extra charge.
Vesper’s service Sunday evenings at 5:30 p.m.
Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, the Plaza Bistro is located in the Beatitudes Campus Town Plaza. Items are priced individually and menus are available upon request. 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Elaine’s Fine Dining is by reservation, Monday through Saturday from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. For reservations, call 602-336-2908.
Arizona Room Buffet is open daily 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with Sunday brunch menu
An activity calendar will be provided upon arrival and a weekly campus newsletter is available upon request.
Exercise pool open according to posted schedule.
Fitness room with open access from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Gift shop is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Payments can be made by cash, check, or Visa / Mastercard.
Evangelical Homes of Michigan’s Brecon Village
Saline, Mich.
Contact: Michelle Horazdovsky
E-mail
734-429-1155
evangelicalhomes.org
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Evangelical Homes of Michigan’s Brecon Village
Saline, Mich.
Contact: Michelle Horazdovsky
E-mail
734-429-1155
evangelicalhomes.org
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Concierge Services
- Research and provide travel information
- Arrange transportation to and from Brecon Village
- Recommendations for sightseeing and points of interest in the area
- Making reservations for concerts, programs and restaurants during your stay
- Pets are welcome and arrangements for dog sitters/walkers is available
- Dry cleaning pick up and delivery
Deluxe Accommodations
- Beautiful two-bedroom cottage/apartment conveniently located on the Brecon Village Retirement Community main campus
- Wireless Internet and cable included
- Bed linens and towels provided
- Fully furnished kitchen with microwave, toaster and coffee maker (place settings for four)
- Washer and dryer
Additional Amenities
- 24-hour wellness center and spa
- Personal trainer, massage and esthetician services available
- Lifelong learning programs
- Dining on main campus dining room, Country Inn or room service available
- Daily USA Today
- Complimentary dinner prepared by our corporate chef and hosted by members of the EHM leadership team and resident guests
- Guided tour of Saline and surrounding communities
- Escorted services available for sightseeing trips
Cedar Community’s Cedar Ridge Apartments
West Bend, Wis.
Contact: Mary Cummings
E-mail
262-306-2100 ext. 4261
cedarcommunity.org
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Cedar Community’s Cedar Ridge Apartments
113 Cedar Ridge Drive
West Bend, Wis.
Contact: Mary Cummings
E-mail
262-306-2100 ext. 4261
cedarcommunity.org
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Check-in: 3 p.m. Check-out: 11 a.m.
Parking available outside the building. Elevator is available.
Accommodations
Apartment style:
One bedroom, kitchen, living room, one full bathroom
Weekly housekeeping and linen service. Housekeeping includes vacuuming, dusting and cleaning of bathrooms. Bed linens changed two times per week. Washer and dryer available in the unit.
Internet access available at no extra charge.
Offerings
- Market Café and gift shop
Serving breakfast and lunch
Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Top of the Ridge Restaurant
Breakfast, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Lunch, Tuesday through Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner, Monday through Saturday, 4 to 6:30 p.m.
- Two-hole golf course
- Shuffleboard and Bocce Ball courts
- Club room
- Indoor pool and whirlpool – 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Fitness center is always open
- Wooded trails, ponds, lake access, natural prairies
- Model railroad room
- Stained glass lab
- Business center – computers, copy machine, ATM machine
- Campus activities – calendar provided upon arrival
- Library
- Craft room
- Salon
- Cedar Valley Center and Spa – information provided upon request
Payments can be made by cash or check.
Havenwood / Heritage Heights
Concord, N.H.
Contact: Michael A. Palmieri
E-mail
603-229-1144
hhhinfo.com
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Havenwood-Heritage Heights
Pick once of two campuses
33 Christian Avenue & 149 East Side Drive Cottage to be determined
Concord, N.H. 03301
Contact: Michael A. Palmieri, President/CEO
mpalmieri@hhhinfo.org
Work: 603-229-1144
Fax: 603-229-1130
www.hhhinfo.com
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Accommodations
Havenwood-Heritage Heights offers numerous types of apartments. Studios, one and two-bedroom cottages, lodge living and guest cottages are available.
Services and Amenities
- Exercise pool
- Fitness center
- Arts and music programs
- Gardening/walking trails
- Croquet and putting green
- Woodworking shop
- Library
- Hair salon
- Computer business center
- Ice cream shop
- Lounge with HDTV
- Quilting and sewing rooms
- Worship/mediation rooms
- Multiple dining options
- Transportation
- Cultural/social activities/trips
- Health services center
- Affordable monthly fees
- Pets are welcome
- Sunday Unified Community Worship
- Movie theatre
- Wireless Internet access
- Payments can be made via cash or check.
“Our stay at the Horizon House was wonderful. It certainly proved to be a wonderful vacation. It really gave us an opportunity to get the feel of Seattle. We hope the Passport to Travel program is considered a success and will continue. I haven’t stopped talking about the trip and we know others that want to participate in the program.”
Bill and Phyllis Wallace, Beatitudes Campus
Traveled to Horizon House, Seattle WA
Horizon House
Seattle, Wash.
Contact: Jackie Claessens
E-mail
206-382-3281
horizonhouse.org
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Horizon House
Seattle, Wash.
Contact: Joan Carufel
E-mail
206-382-3281
www.horizonhouse.org
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Offerings
We are within walking distance of theatres, churches, excellent restaurants, shopping, the main Seattle Public Library, major art museums and the Benaroya Symphony Hall. Horizon House is a Continuing Care Retirement Community - a high rise surrounded by the lush green of Jim Ellis Freeway Park.
- Our one-bedroom guest apartments have full kitchens and city views.
- Our Terrace Dining Room offers Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily.
- Our Deli offers quick meals and delicious cookies, ice cream and lattes
- Parking is available in our covered garage.
- Public transportation is one block away.
- Our extensive library offers over 5000 books and daily delivery of local and national papers.
- Our Exercise Room, Workout Room and Pool are yours to use.
Seattle Center is a few minutes to the north where you may visit the Space Needle, join a festival, attend an opera or a variety of theatre productions. A few blocks walk toward Puget Sound will take you to the Pike Place Market and the bustling waterfront.
Phoebe Berks Village
Wernersville, Pa.
Contact: Robin Staudt
E-mail
610-927-8511
phoebeberks.org
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Phoebe Berks Village
Wernersville, Pa.
Contact: Robin Staudt
E-mail
610-927-8511
phoebeberks.org
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Check-in: 4 p.m.
Check-out: 10 a.m.
Parking available outside the building where unit is located. Elevator is available.
Accommodations
One bedroom, full kitchen, living room, full bathroom (1 queen bed and 1 double sofa bed). Weekly housekeeping and linen service – housekeeping includes vacuuming, dusting, cleaning of bathrooms. Bed linens changed 2 times per week. Laundry facilities available.
Telephone and internet access are available at no extra charge.
Offerings
- Sunday Worship Service
Phoebe Berks Chapel at 2:30 p.m.
- Terrace Café
(Located in the Phoebe Berks Village Community Center)
Items are individually priced. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday - Saturday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday
- Phoebe Berks Village Dining Room
By reservation: Tuesday through Friday 4 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.; Saturday 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.;
Sunday 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Closed Monday for reservations. Call 610-927-8580.
Meal cost: $16.50 per person.
- Campus Activities
Activity calendar will be provided upon arrival.
- Exercise Pool
Open according to posted schedule.
- Fitness Room
Open from 5 a.m. to midnight. Access is by key only, except when a fitness coordinator is on duty. To obtain a key contact, contact Karen Miller at 610-927-8534.
- Gift Shop
Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Payments can be made by cash or check only. Credit cards are not accepted.
United Church Homes
Parkvue
Sandusky, Ohio
Contact: Tracy Clark
E-mail
419-621-1900
parkvue.org
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United Church Homes’ Parkvue
Sandusky, Ohio
Contact: Tracy Clark
E-mail
419-621-1900
parkvue.org
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On-site parking available. Elevator is available.
Call ahead for reservations.
Check-in arrangements can be made Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Guests can check-in anytime once arrangements are completed. Check-out anytime.
Come and see for yourself why Parkvue is senior living at is finest!
Accommodations
- Two bedrooms, kitchen, living room and two full baths.
- Weekly housekeeping and linen service – housekeeping includes vacuuming, dusting, cleaning of bathrooms.
- On-site laundry services available at additional cost (ask for details).
Parkvue is conveniently located near picturesque Lake Erie, the vacation land of Northern Ohio. Parkvue offers you the chance to have the lake at your fingertips, while enjoying our many offerings.
Offerings
- Easily accessible to local shops, restaurants, and attractions including Historical Downtown Sandusky and Cedar Point
- On-site worship service
- Choice dining with chef-prepared meals
- Walking paths, gardens and ponds
- Pet friendly (small pets)
- Fitness equipment available
- Parlor area and library books
- Wireless Internet
- Beauty salon
- Craft room
- Massage Therapist available by appointment
Reservations based upon availability.
Payments can be made by cash, check, or credit card.
Affiliated with the United Church of Christ, the United Church Homes’ mission is to provide older adults with Christian caring and quality services to enhance their physical, mental and spiritual well being.
Trinity Community
Beavercreek, Ohio
Contact: Debbie Collins
E-mail
937-426-8481
trinityofbeavercreek.org
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United Church Homes’ Trinity Community
Beavercreek, Ohio
Contact: Debbie Collins
E-mail
937-426-8481
trinityofbeavercreek.org
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Check-in and check-out: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
On-site parking available. Elevator is available.
Come and see for yourself why Trinity is the choice for retirement living at its best!
Trinity Community is conveniently located in the Dayton area and close by to neighboring Columbus and Cincinnati metro areas. Trinity offers you the chance to experience many big city offerings with easy access to local shops, restaurants, and area attractions including the arts and museums.
Accommodations
- Apartment style: Furnished studio apartment.
- Weekly housekeeping and linen service – housekeeping includes vacuuming, dusting, cleaning of bathrooms. Bed linens changed two times per week.
- On-site laundry services available at additional cost (ask for details).
Offerings
- Sunday Worship Service – Chapel daily at 8:45 a.m.
- Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.; Continental Breakfast, 9:00 a.m.; Lunch (soup and salad) 11:45 a.m.; Regular Lunch 12 p.m.; Dinner 5:30 p.m.; Ice Cream Parlor 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Fitness center open: 24/7 on your own (if you pass fitness assessment)
- Patios and outdoor seating with view of our beautiful park-like setting
- Transportation and lots of outings to various area attractions – calendar provided upon arrival
- Easily accessible to local shops, restaurants and attractions, including the Wright Patterson Air Force Base Museum
- Beauty salon open daily from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (except Mondays)
- Concierge services
- Putting green
- Bike and walking paths
- Pet friendly
- Gift shop open 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Library and computer lab
- Wireless Internet
- Craft room
Reservations based upon availability.
Affiliated with the United Church of Christ, the United Church Homes’ mission is to provide older adults with Christian caring and quality services to enhance their physical, mental and spiritual well being.
Payments can be made by cash, check, or credit card.
Trinity Community of Beavercreek does not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.
“…The savings in lodging expenses are phenomenal and having helpful host people is wonderful. Ordinarily, you are on your own at a lodging facility and in the details for your doing local travel. With this program, you have host people who can tell you how to make the best of both concerns and who may actively participate with you.”
Bill McGrue, Beatitudes Campus
Traveled to Phoebe Ministries, Allentown PA — Phoebe Berks Village Campus
United Church Homes and Services
Abernethy Laurels
Newton, N.C.
Contact: Joy Cline
E-mail
828-465-8014
abernethylaurels.org
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United Church Homes and Services’ Abernethy Laurels
Newton, N.C.
Contact: Joy Cline
E-mail
828-465-8014
abernethylaurels.org
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Accommodations
Two-bedroom villa with kitchen, living room, two baths and sunroom. Weekly housekeeping and linen service. Washer and dryer available in the unit. Telephone and Internet access available at no charge.
Accommodations may change depending upon availability.
Campus Offerings
- Dining options: Abernethy Promenade Dining or bistro
- Comprehensive wellness program including indoor pool and whirlpool
- Massage therapist
- Branch bank and ATM (Peoples Bank)
- Library
- Putting green and horseshoe pit
- Gardens and walking trails
- Sunday Vesper service
- Gift shop
- Hair salon
Contact us for a visitor packet inclusive of area attractions and entertainment listings.
Payments can be made by cash or check.
Piedmont Crossing
Thomasville, N.C.
Contact: Joy Cline
E-mail
828-465-8014
piedmontcrossing.org
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United Church Homes and Services’ Piedmont Crossing
Thomasville, N.C.
Contact: Joy Cline
E-mail
828-465-8014
piedmontcrossing.org
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Accommodations
Two-bedroom villa with kitchen, living room, 1 1/2 baths and screened porch. Weekly housekeeping and linen service. Washer and dryer available in the unit.
Accommodations may change depending upon availability.
Campus Offerings
- Library
- Fitness center
- Game room with billiards
- Wood shop
- Internet access
- Gardens and walking trails
- Sunday Vesper service
- Gift shop
- Hair salon
Contact us for a visitor packet inclusive of area attractions and entertainment listings.
Payments can be made by cash or check.
Lake Prince Woods
Suffolk, Va.
Contact: Joy Cline
E-mail
828-465-8014
lakeprincewoods.org
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United Church Homes and Services’ Lake Prince Woods
Suffolk, Va.
Contact: Joy Cline
E-mail
828-465-8014
lakeprincewoods.org
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Accommodations
One bedroom apartment with kitchen, living room, and bath. Weekly house-keeping and linen service. Washer and dryer available in the unit.
Accommodations may change depending upon availability.
Campus Offerings
- Dining options (seated or deli-style)
- Fitness center and wellness programming
- Library
- Wooded gazebo picnic area and fishing pier
- Internet access available at no charge in common areas
- Wood shop
- Game room
- Gardens, walking trails and putting green
- Sunday Vesper service
- Gift shop
- Hair salon
Contact us for a visitor packet inclusive of area attractions and entertainment listings.
Payments can be made by cash or check.
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“This is a kind of travel exchange arrangement encouraging residents of one partner organization to discover and experience the independent lifestyles at another partner organization, in a senior friendly/supportive environment. With the success of this Passport to Travel program, there is the possibility to expand program participation to additional CHHSM – UCC members and other credentialed organizations. The potential is enormous!”
Larry and Rita Pelland, Havenwood-Heritage Heights
Traveled to Phoebe Ministries, Allentown, Pa.
Passport to Travel Stories
March 14, 2012
Leaving the cool, rainy winter in Seattle, we were delighted to stay for two weeks at the Beatitudes Campus in Phoenix, Ariz. The staff and residents were very helpful and friendly, and we had a lovely apartment.
March 7, 2012
Rich and Mary Miller of Cedar Community in West Bend, Wis., reflect on their Passport to Travel journey to North Carolina.
February 27, 2012
Duane and Mary Bayman have seen polar bears in Manitoba, turtles in the Galapagos and glaciers in Antarctica. They’ve visited all seven continents. But one of their favorite trips was just across their state.
February 7, 2012
When George and Geri Specht, residents of Cedar Community's Cedar Landing in Elkhart Lake, Wis., heard about the “Passport to Travel” program, they knew it was something they would love to do.
August 30, 2011
After months of pilot adventures, the time has come for Passport to Travel to take off.
August 9, 2011
Larry Pelland shares the story of his voyage from Concord, N.H., to Phoebe Berks Village in Wernersville, Pa, with the CHHSM Passport to Travel program.
June 15, 2011
When asked to pilot a first-of-its-kind travel exchange program, Charlie and Janet Bittinger of Abernethy Laurels in Newton, N.C., didn’t think twice.
