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United Church Homes (UCH) will add up to 20 new jobs as part of a planned $18 million expansion project at Trinity Community, a full-service retirement community offering independent living, assisted living, rehabilitation and long-term care services. UCH, a national nonprofit, faith-based senior living provider based in Marion, will add two new two-story buildings, each…
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United Church Homes and Services (UCHS) has a rich history of caring for senior adults in North Carolina and Virginia. Abernethy Laurels, a UCHS continuing care retirement community in Newton, N.C., held the ribbon cutting and grand opening of a new Health and Rehabilitation Center on their 120-acre campus, which will be marketed as North…
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Edith Schultz’s love for swimming began when she was just 10 years old, when she taught herself how to swim. In fact, the number one reason she chose to move to Cedar Community’s independent living apartments was because of the heated, indoor swimming pool. The first independent living facility she visited advertised a pool, and…
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As they get ready to step into their second century of service to children, members of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Reading-Berks County (Pa.) donated backpacks and school supplies to the kids at the Bethany Children’s Home in a unique fashion. On Wednesday evening, Aug. 23, the Kiwanis Club hosted a Back-to-School Bingo for the…
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United Church Homes faced opposition and concern from some Glenwood Community residents when the nonprofit organization sought to acquire the community from Memorial Health System. But Roger and Sally Roberts, who have lived at Glenwood for seven years and have been leaders on the residents’ council, helped to convince others the purchase would bring about positive…
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Bethany Children’s Home has launched their 2nd annual fundraising and marketing campaign in partnership with VA Productions, Shillington PA called Over the Edge to create awareness of the services they provide for local youth who have experienced trauma in their lives. Over the Edge is known for its signature rappelling fundraising events all over the…
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United Church Homes has joined the United Church of Christ and Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) in condemning the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people in the military and the Justice Department’s position that civil rights law does not bar job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. “We stand with our…
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The United Church of Christ’s Archway Housing and Services, Inc., a key mission affiliate of the Rocky Mountain Conference-UCC, is making noteworthy progress in in its efforts to construct and manage affordable housing units in Colorado. Established in 1995, by 2014 Archway had created and was operating six apartment communities containing 361 units in Metro…
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Starting in April, Faith Community Nurses Jill Randall, R.N., and Stacey Lovelace began new ventures in their careers by working with children and teenagers at Every Child’s Hope (ECH). Their work began when Deaconess Nurse Ministry (DNM) developed a partnership with ECH, a nonprofit caring ministry for more than 1,000 vulnerable children throughout Missouri, to…
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United Church Homes will break ground Aug. 9 on an $18 million construction project to add 44 new independent living cottage homes and a community center at Parkvue Community in Sandusky, Ohio. The groundbreaking ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. in a tent on the east side of Parkvue Community, 3800 Boardwalk Blvd. About…
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Hoffman Homes Resident Finds Comfort, Connection through Magee the Horse - CHHSM
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In 2019, Diakonie ran an endearing story about Magee, a registered American Paint Horse who had just completed his trial period and become part of Hoffman Homes for Youth’s Equine-Assisted Therapy P...