Brownstone- The Final Wing of StoneCroft: May 31
Brownstone- The Final Wing of StoneCroft: May 24
Sew Creative is a Bright Light
Every Monday morning, about twenty ladies gather at Tel Hai Retirement Community to enjoy one another’s company and to quilt and sew for charitable causes, near and far.
Many of the ladies have been sewing for 60 years or more and learned this life-skill in school, 4-H, or from a family member. Quilts of Valor are made for veterans at the Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center and at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Pillowcases are lovingly made for breast cancer patients and children undergoing treatment at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania.
Under the cheerful, patient and inspired leadership of resident Shirley Walton, new projects that continue to challenge and educate the ladies are introduced and produced by the ladies at their own pace and skill level.
Currently, the ladies are making placemats for Meals on Wheels, fidget cloths for Alzheimer’s patients, and sundresses for little girls in Belize. Shirley had the ladies try shading the tulip petals using craft crayons to enhance the placemats and stretch the skills of this creative group.
Walker bags are made for those who would appreciate attractive bags to use while using a walker. Quilts for children are made for the Domestic Violence Center of Chester County and for first responders to give to children to comfort them during crisis situations.
Inspiring and encouraging one another, the ladies of Sew Creative are bringing pleasure and comfort to many, young and old alike. They have learned at Tel Hai—the Hill of Life— that life is brighter when creating joy for others.
Joann Huntington
Tel Hai Retirement Community Resident
PA Horticultural Society Names Tel Hai Retirement Community a ‘Garden of Distinction’
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society awarded Tel Hai Retirement Community their ‘Garden of Distinction Award’ for 2016 in the Society’s Gardening & Greening Contest. The resident-run garden was selected form more than 300 entries, and includes flower gardens, vegetable gardens, and a Monarch Butterfly Waystation.
The community noted this achievement by recently dedicating a bench in honor of the Farmers Club, which operates the garden.
Tel Hai Retirement Community, an accredited nonprofit continuing care retirement community, has provided high quality and compassionate care since 1956. For more information or directions, please visit www.telhai.org.
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Founded in 1956, Tel Hai Retirement Community is a non-profit, 501(c)3 Life Plan Community (formerly a continuing care retirement community) located in the rolling countryside of Chester County in Honey Brook Township. Tel Hai offers the full-continuum of aging services including residential living, personal care, health care, , home care services and therapy services. Tel Hai is dedicated to providing high quality care and services to enhance personal dignity, autonomy and lifelong enrichment as a demonstration of Christ’s love for all persons, including more than 850 residents and 500 team members. Tel Hai is nationally accredited by the independent Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities-Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (CARF-CCAC.)
Tel Hai Hosts The Forty Niners Chorus on May 22
Tel Hai Retirement Community invites the community to attend a concert by The Forty Niners Chorus on Monday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the StoneCroft Center for Worship & Performing Arts. The event is free and open to the public.
A Chester County musical ensemble, The Forty Niners Chorus performs a greatly entertaining show, filled with pop, rock, Broadway and more from legends like Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Johnny Mercer. Their collection includes classic favorites, new hits and American standards. Take about 50 voices, add a helping of dance steps, a generous dash of humor, and stir well.
The 7:30 p.m. concert is hosted in the StoneCroft Center for Worship & Performing Arts, on the campus at Tel Hai, located at 4000 Tree Line Drive, Honey Brook. Follow Beaver Dam Road to the campus of Tel Hai, then turn onto Tree Line Drive and follow signs to StoneCroft. Parking is available adjacent to the StoneCroft commons main entrance.
Tel Hai Retirement Community, an accredited nonprofit continuing care retirement community, has provided high quality and compassionate care since 1956. For more information or directions, please visit www.telhai.org.
Founded in 1956, Tel Hai Retirement Community is a non-profit, 501(c)3 Life Plan Community (formerly a continuing care retirement community) located in the rolling countryside of Chester County in Honey Brook Township. Tel Hai offers the full-continuum of aging services including residential living, personal care, personal care memory support, health care, , home care services and therapy services. Tel Hai is motivated by Christ’s love for all, and our covenant is to provide a vibrant caring community that enhances the lives of those served, including more than 850 residents and 500 team members. Tel Hai is nationally accredited by the independent Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities-Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (CARF-CCAC.)
Walking Hand in Hand
My wife and I leave our cottage on Rolling Hills Circle, walking briskly past Honey Locust Court saying a brief hello to Dave and Dottie who had just finished a hearty breakfast. Walking hand in hand out in the crisp morning air.
Walking Hand in Hand we look to the hill covered with soybean plants hoping to see a few deer enjoying a midday lunch… today was not the day. We saw a groundhog raise his head and then move rapidly to his daytime hiding place. A few more steps, I look down a draw and see a house and bam, the verdant green meadow with the Conestoga Creek passing through as we walked hand in hand.
Walking Hand in Hand we hear birds singing their heart out. We do not know just how they talk or listen to one another, but they practice their notes and scales. We meet and greet friends walking in the opposite direction-we say to one another “You’re going in the wrong way.” To us, ours is the right way, but who cares anyway walking hand in hand.
Walking Hand in Hand it was the morning after a stormy night. Everything was crisp and clear even the sky looked washed and blue. White fluffy clouds floating slowly by. Do trees have feelings? Do they feel sad and deserted or are they happy with strong and tall branches spread skyward. Squirrels run chase and jump from branch to branch, tree to tree. As we walk hand in hand.
Walking Hand in Hand the road takes a gentle downward turn. The view of the lake along Beaver Dam Road gives us a feeling of serenity. The sun isn’t aware of the change of the hour as the earth in its regular course turns around. In the distance we spot a sight we love. Flocks of geese flying high in the sky… tiny to see but loud to hear. Why is the “V” shorter on one side? Walking hand in hand.
Walking Hand in Hand I see beauty in the wind. How often have I said “I hate wind” but then I never before noticed the beauty of it as it rushes thru a tree. In the meadow, horses taking a day of rest, cows nibbling at the grass, why does a cow eating green grass give white milk? We see a bed of flowers of Daisies, we stop and pick one. We pluck each petal “He loves me, he loves me not.” We see robins hunt and peck on the lawn. Walking hand in hand.
Walking Hand in Hand a car goes by we give them a High 5. Life moves on… that’s a truth for certain. There is joy in our hearts, peace in our minds. The years are beginning to take their toll. How much longer will we be able to stroll with aching knees and hips. Walking hand in hand, Tel Hai is the place to be.
Will Gaul
Tel Hai Retirement Community Resident
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Tel Hai Hosts Educational Spring Luncheon ‘Caring for People with Dementia’ With Dr. Stephen Post on May 25, 11:30 AM
Tel Hai Retirement Community invites the community to attend an educational lecture and Spring Luncheon as we welcome international speaker and best selling author Stephen G. Post, Ph.D. as he presents “Hope and the Deeply Forgetful: Why We Care for People with Dementia” on Thursday, May 25, 2017 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM at Tel Hai’s StoneCroft Center for Worship & Performing Arts.
Tickets are $40 per person and registration is required. Register online or call Alicia Guthrie, Tel Hai Office of Development, at 610-273-9333 ext. 2036 or aguthrie@telhai.org
As author of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease, Dr. Post provides thought provoking and useful information on major issues related to developmental cognitive disabilities and dementia. He offers a comprehensive picture of the Alzheimer’s patient, the caregiver, and the caregiving relationship, and presents a series of well-founded practical recommendations to the complexities of the disease and strategies for successful coping.
As the Director for the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University, Dr. Post is a researcher, leading expert, best-selling author, and transformative speaker on how caregivers find meaning and hope in caring for the deeply forgetful, and how positive psychology and spirituality enhance health.
“Society today is hypercognitive: it places inordinate emphasis on people’s powers of rational thinking and memory. Therefore, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, raise many dilemmas. How are we to view — and value — persons deprived of what some consider the most important human capacities?” poses Dr. Post.
He has been quoted in more than 3,000 national and international newspapers and magazines and has been interviewed on television and radio news shows, including National Public Radio (NPR), ABC 20/20, Nightline with John Stossel, The Daily Show with John Stewart, Talk of the Nation, The Mehmet Oz Show, and has even addressed the U.S. Congress.
His writing has resulted in conferences in seven countries and forty states as well as the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the national Alzheimer’s Association for his contributions to the lives of “the deeply forgetful” and their loved ones.
The luncheon menu will include an Asian-inspired chilled shrimp and noodle salad with ginger dressing; deconstructed gourmet Angus short rib burger presented with gruyere cheese, wild mushrooms, frizzled onions, and bordelaise sauce; and a mango, passion fruit, and raspberry sorbetto covered in white chocolate and drizzled with chocolate.
Event is hosted in the StoneCroft Center for Worship & Performing Arts, on the campus at Tel Hai, located at 4000 Tree Line Drive, Honey Brook. We are only 3 short miles east of Route 10 off Beaver Dam Road. Follow Beaver Dam Road to the campus of Tel Hai, then turn onto Tree Line Drive and follow signs to StoneCroft. Parking is available adjacent to the StoneCroft commons main entrance.
Tel Hai Retirement Community, an accredited nonprofit continuing care retirement community, has provided high quality and compassionate care since 1956. For more information or directions, please visit www.telhai.org.
Founded in 1956, Tel Hai Retirement Community is a non-profit, 501(c)3 Life Plan Community (formerly a continuing care retirement community) located in the rolling countryside of Chester County in Honey Brook Township. Tel Hai offers the full-continuum of aging services including residential living, personal care, health care, , home care services and therapy services. Tel Hai is dedicated to providing high quality care and services to enhance personal dignity, autonomy and lifelong enrichment as a demonstration of Christ’s love for all persons, including more than 850 residents and 500 team members. Tel Hai is nationally accredited by the independent Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities-Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (CARF-CCAC.)
Tel Hai’s Clark Gallery ‘Meet the Artist’ Open House with Professional Artist Harriet Bunch: May 12, 2017, 1 – 3PM
Tel Hai Retirement Community invites the community to attend a ‘Meet the Artist’ Dessert Reception & Open House with professional artist Harriet Bunch on Friday, May 12, 2017 from 1-3 PM in the StoneCroft Commons Clark Gallery. Join us for this free open house and reception, which is open to the public. Residential living accommodations including apartments and a cottage will be open for viewing.
Harriet’s artwork is currently on display within the gallery through May 31, 2017. A portion of the proceeds from each piece of artwork sold goes to Tel Hai Retirement Community’s Care Assurance Fund for residents that outlive their ability to pay for their care.
Harriet earned a bachelor of art’s degree in Fine and Applied Arts and Language Arts from a west coast university and completed an ‘Art Correspondence’ course from an art institute in Chicago.
Harriet’s favorite art media includes watercolor, pastel, pencil and colored pencil, inks and mixed media. She finds detail and realism as the most interesting. Her subjects range from travel photos, landscapes, and flowers to people and animals.
Event is hosted in the StoneCroft Commons Clark Gallery, on the campus at Tel Hai, located at 4000 Tree Line Drive, Honey Brook. We are only 3 short miles east of Route 10 off Beaver Dam Road. Follow Beaver Dam Road to the campus of Tel Hai, then turn onto Tree Line Drive and follow signs to StoneCroft. Parking is available adjacent to the StoneCroft commons main entrance.
Tel Hai Retirement Community, an accredited nonprofit continuing care retirement community, has provided high quality and compassionate care since 1956. For more information or directions, please visit www.telhai.org.
Founded in 1956, Tel Hai Retirement Community is a non-profit, 501(c)3 Life Plan Community (formerly a continuing care retirement community) located in the rolling countryside of Chester County in Honey Brook Township. Tel Hai offers the full-continuum of aging services including residential living, personal care, health care, , home care services and therapy services. Tel Hai is dedicated to providing high quality care and services to enhance personal dignity, autonomy and lifelong enrichment as a demonstration of Christ’s love for all persons, including more than 850 residents and 500 team members. Tel Hai is nationally accredited by the independent Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities-Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (CARF-CCAC.)
