Feeding the Hungry in Our Community

We are blessed to live in such a wonderful community.  As we drive into the campus, we are greeted with the sign stating, “Tel Hai – Redefining Retirement.” The residents of Tel Hai know that one important facet of our retirement redefining begins with our varied forms of heartfelt volunteering. I have been involved with…

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Volunteer Spotlight: Dick Sauder

Intellectually curious, Dick Sauder is compelled to resolve problems by figuring out the source of the problem. Why has this stopped working? Why does this take too much time? Because he solves problems, fixes things, figures out the best way to perform a task, dedicates his time to do a job right, we are shining…

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Volunteer Spotlight Pat Richey

Poetry-enthusiast, Phillies-Phanatic, and busy-bee worker, Pat Richey, is a very busy lady here at Tel Hai and elsewhere. Pat and her Husband, Tom, moved to Tel Hai eleven years ago, and she immediately started giving her time to Tel Hai Re-Sale Shop. She reminds us that the re-sale shop started out as a flea market…

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So…Just Why Do Pie Auctions Work?

Pie auctions work because people LOVE to give. In love, folks baked home-made pies. Using old family recipes and well-known favorites, residents, staff and members of neighborhood churches rolled crusts, blended fruits, whipped meringue, turned the ovens on and waited for the hand-made masterpieces to brown and bubble to an ever-so-perfect finish. Pie Auctions work…

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What I Love About Tel Hai

Gathered with friends recently in the Garden Café, we were enjoying a relaxed dinner with friends. With a brief pause in our quiet conversation, our attention was drawn to a group of twenty or more folks entering. They were laughing and finishing the stories they had begun at their “before-dinner” party. Sure… they were having…

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