The Plymouth Harbor Foundation awards scholarships annually to employees and their children who are seeking to further their education. This year we were able to award scholarships to the following 14 individuals, thanks to the more than 100 generous donors who have made gifts over the last few years to support their pursuit of higher […]
By Alissa Paolella Rhonda Farley was tired to the bone. She had spent the past several years waking at 4 a.m. daily to help care for her aging mother. With the assistance of her grown son, Rhonda was providing around-the-clock care for her mother, Georgena, who was experiencing the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. But […]
United Church Homes, an Ohio-based provider of senior living and healthcare services, has acquired an independent senior living community in Miami Township formerly managed by Brookdale Senior Living. The three-story apartment complex located at 7847 Lois Circle, Dayton (in Miami Township), is Trinity Community at Miami Township and joins three other United Church Homes communities […]
Bethany Children’s Home, a Berks County nonprofit organization, provides individualized services to youth between the ages of 6 and 20 in a group home setting on our beautiful rural campus located in Womelsdorf, Pa. Youth have opportunities to participate in a variety of therapeutic, spiritual, recreational and cultural services while they heal from their past […]
Recently, UCC-related Orion Family Services in Madison, Wis., published this article in its newsletter. Orion — a private, nonprofit CHHSM member that serves children, adolescents and families throughout Wisconsin — wanted to share the experiences of four of its staff members who have completed the Nollau Leadership Institute and become consecrated as Diakonal Ministers. Orion’s […]
Music is a language that speaks to everyone in different ways; as we age, it becomes an integral part of our identities and forms of expression to ourselves and others. For some Phoebe residents of Phoebe Ministries, based in Allentown, Pa., music remains part of a daily pursuit of happiness and involvement in their community. […]
By the Rev. Kenneth V. Daniel, president and CEO, United Church Homes The Impact of Clergy Age on Churches When I was ordained back in 1981, I accepted the call to serve St. Andrew’s UCC, a small congregation in the old industrial city of Reading, Pennsylvania. I was following a beloved, long-tenured pastor who had […]
Legendary folk singer, artist, and author Judy Collins graced the Phoebe Institute on Aging (PIA) spring conference with a candid and touching discussion of her personal challenges with loss, addiction, depression, and healing. “Understanding Mental Health and Older Adults” focused on the types, causes, and detection of mental illness in seniors, and Collins as the […]
Continuing an ongoing effort to respond to the public health crisis of intentional violence, the University of Chicago Medicine and UCC-related Advocate Christ Medical Center are joining forces to form Southland RISE (Resilience Initiative to Strengthen and Empower), a new collaborative designed to better care for individuals, families and communities on the South Side and […]
The Plymouth Harbor Foundation and Plymouth Harbor, Inc. have selected their newest board members. The new members of The Plymouth Harbor Foundation board are: Kathryn Angell Carr is a current member of the Plymouth Harbor, Inc. board, and is a partner at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP where she is Board Certified in Real Estate […]
