Tel Hai Retirement Community will host the 20th Annual High School Student Art Show in the new StoneCroft Center for Worship and Performing Arts on Friday, February 19 and Saturday February 20, 2016, located at 4000 Tree Line Drive, Honey Brook, Pa. The artwork will be available for the public’s viewing and enjoyment from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM on Friday and 9:00 AM until 2:00 PM on Saturday. The event is free and open to the general public.

Local high school art teachers were invited to select student works for display at the show, hosted by Tel Hai. Participation includes art works from students in the Coatesville, Downingtown, Pequea Valley, and Twin Valley School Districts and the Conestoga Christian High School. Tel Hai is always eager to welcome the exhibit on campus; it is a long-time favorite of residents and the local community.

Guests are invited to vote for their favorite art work for “People’s Choice” honors. Awards will be presented to the top vote-getters. Juried artists, Loretta Englerth and John Esworthy will review the installation and select works to receive honors in accordance with published Scholastic Art Awards categories.

These include: ceramics & glass, design, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture.

Tel Hai Retirement Community, an accredited nonprofit continuing care retirement community, has provided high quality and compassionate care since 1956. Directions to the campus located three miles east of Route 10 off Beaver Dam Road are available online at www.telhai.org; using your GPS please enter the 4000 Tree Line Drive physical address. For more information or directions, please visit www.telhai.org.

Tel Hai Retirement Community invites the community to participate in a ‘Freedom from Smoking’ educational program starting Tuesday, March 1, and running through April 12, 2016, on the campus of Tel Hai.

The 7-week class is held March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and April 5 & 12 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM in the auditorium/chapel. The group class offers adults tools to become tobacco free.

To register, call 1-888-544-4636 or visit www.lghealth.org/classes

Offered in conjunction with Penn Medicine and Lancaster General Health, the program is offered free of charge through SouthEastern Pennsylvania Tobacco Control Project, a program of the Health Promotion Council and funded through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Offered in conjunction with Penn Medicine and Lancaster General Health, the program is offered free of charge through SouthEastern Pennsylvania Tobacco Control Project, a program of the Health Promotion Council and funded through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Tel Hai Retirement Community, an accredited nonprofit continuing care retirement community, has provided high quality and compassionate care since 1956. The campus of Tel Hai is located at 1200 Tel Hai Circle, Honey Brook. We are only 3 short miles east of Route 10 off Beaver Dam Road. For more information or directions, please visit www.telhai.org.

Join Tel Hai Retirement Community for ‘Heart Health Education Day’ with dynamic, educational programming on Friday, February 19, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM in the Garrett Community Center’s ‘Gathering Room.’

First up is Dr. Rajesh Reedy, DO, a cardiologist from Brandywine Valley Cardiology from Noon to 12:45 PM. He will be presenting on the anatomy of the heart and the many conditions that affect the heart. Dr. Reddy’s presentation will conclude with a question and answer session from the audience.

Next, Tel Hai’s Clinical Dietitian, Sybil Oswalt, RD, CSG, LDN, will be presenting on how to keep your heart healthy through diet and exercise from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM.  Sybil will also be available for a Q&A session after her presentation.

This ‘Heart Health Education Day’ will be brought to you by Tel Hai Retirement Community and Brandywine Hospital. Questions?  Please contact Sarah Wysocki, Director of Wellness Services, at 610-273-9333 x2129 or swysocki@telhai.org for more details.

Tel Hai Retirement Community’s Life Enrichment Committee invites the public to attend an educational lecture titled “Creation: This is My Father’s World” on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 1:00 PM in the auditorium/chapel on the campus of Tel Hai. This event is free and open to the public.

The lecture is provided by Tel Hai resident Dick Sauder, who will explore God’s creation of our existence through truths seen in physics, mathematics, and science!

Tel Hai Retirement Community, an accredited nonprofit continuing care retirement community, has provided high quality and compassionate care since 1956. The campus is located at 1200 Tel Hai Circle, Honey Brook, PA., three miles east of Route 10 off Beaver Dam Road. For more information or directions, please visit www.telhai.org.

The Cochranville Fire Company is truly a family. One member of that Cochranville family is Richard Stephen ‘Murph’ Murphy.

As part of Tel Hai’s “Wishing Well Program,” Murph was recently honored with a visit by ‘Bertha,’ a now-retired fire truck once used by the Cochranville Fire Company. The “Wishing Well Program” facilitates the granting of wishes for personal resident events or life renewal goals made known by residents, family members and staff through referrals. Murph’s wish was made possible through the cooperation of his wife Nancy and the Company.

Murph will tell you— he knows many stories about Bertha and the Cochranville Fire Company. He has been apart of the fire company family since he was born. The fire company was chartered in 1946 when Murph was 5 years old.  As the son of the first fire company president, he truly grew up in the firehouse. Joining the company as soon as he was old enough, he followed in his father’s footsteps to become the 4^th president. With maturity and quiet wisdom, he later led Cochranville Fire Company as fire chief.

Murph served on the carnival committee and spent many hours in the trailer on a large lazy boy recliner managing the carnival. At the end of the night, carnival workers would come to the trailer to see if the committee had time to help them and they always did.

Murph was instrumental in retro fitting the compartments of old 27-5, affectionately known as Bertha, to make them deeper to carry more tools. Murph was also responsible for creating the hose wheel cart that is used when packing 5-inch hose. He made the design, had his
block plant employees build it, and it is still used today. He was instrumental in putting in the dry hydrant which started as a sketching of idea on a bar napkin while brainstorming ideas with several other firefighters.

Challenging nights for Chief Murphy included the night 3 barns and 2 houses were on fire all at once. Also, a tire fire once burned for 7 days and involved 15 companies with 15 additional companies on standby.

The respect neighboring companies had for chief Murphy was evident. In fact, nurturing relationships was especially important to Murph. He stressed the need of working together and formed longstanding relationships with neighboring companies that still resonates today. His line officers knew he had their backs and they were sure to have his.

Murph nurtured and gave wisdom to anyone that would listen. However, it’s not like his listeners had a choice… if Murph had something to say, you were going to listen. He often let his line members know when he didn’t approve of their behavior, even outside of the firehouse. His nickname of “Big” fits him as he is a gentle giant with a big heart.

Throughout his leadership as head of the Cochranville Fire Company, he has always been the man that was there to help anyone and everyone. No matter how big or small, whether to lend a hand or a listening ear, or just a shoulder to lean on, Murph never turned down anyone that needed his help. He has left a giant legacy for all to carry on and is very much loved by those that continue on since his retirement.

Murph moved to Tel Hai Retirement Community in February 2013 from his home in Cohranville, and resides in Meadows Health Care Center.

Tel Hai Retirement Community, an accredited nonprofit continuing care retirement community, has provided high quality and compassionate care since 1956. The campus is located at 1200 Tel Hai Circle, Honey Brook, PA., three miles east of Route 10 off Beaver Dam Road. For more information or directions, please visit www.telhai.org.

Join Tel Hai Retirement Community as we donate blood to the Miller Keystone Blood Center, on Thursday, January 14 from 10 AM to 3 PM in our Auditorium/Chapel. Advanced sign-up is required by contacting Amy Whary, Director of Volunteering, at awhary@telhai.org or 610-273-9333 ext. 2010.

Established in 1971, Miller-Keystone Blood Center is an independent, not-for-profit, 501(c)3 community organization that serves as the only blood provider to local hospitals in Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Dauphin, Lehigh, Luzerne, Northampton, and Schuylkill (PA), and Hunterdon and Warren (NJ) counties; only blood donated through MKBC is transfused at these facilities.

Miller-Keystone Blood Center is not affiliated with the American Red Cross. MKBC is a member of America’s Blood Centers (ABC), a national network of independent, non-profit community blood centers that provide approximately 60% of the blood products transfused in the United States.  Not-for-profit, Pennsylvania-based MKBC is one of the nation’s best-regarded, highly experienced blood centers.

For more information on donating blood, visit www.giveapint.org.

Life at Tel Hai Retirement Community is enriching and rewarding. We welcome the greater community and public to participate in this event! See you soon on the campus of Tel Hai!

Event is hosted in the Auditorium/Chapel on the campus at Tel Hai, located at 1200 Tel Hai Circle, 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 Tel Hai Circle.