Landis Homes

This afternoon, resident John Eby shared his recent trip to Rwanda to visit his family who serve with Mennonite Central Committee. He enjoyed photographing animals and birds in Akagera National Park. He also attended a commemoration of the 1994 Genocide when nearly 1 million people were killed. 30,000 people gathered in the national stadium to remember with tributes by relatives and friends of people killed and stories from survivors with the theme, “Remember, Unite and Renew.”

Congratulations to winners of the Distinguished Service Awards, presented at the LeadingAge PA annual conference in Hershey, PA last evening! Dorcas Benner received the award for Caregiver of the Year for her work with Landis at Home, and a Landis Homes resident group called Friends of the Woods and Wetlands received Volunteer of the Year award. The Caregiver of the Year Award is presented to an individual “who provides excellent clinical care…while demonstrating leadership and a commitment to the field” of aging. The Volunteer of the Year Award is given to a group or individual who has “enhanced the quality of life of seniors through volunteer work for the benefit of the residents, member organization and/or the greater community.”

Jia Li, from Guangzhou China, and student at Lancaster Mennonite School has been selected as the Landis Homes 2018 Art Student Scholarship Award recipient, for her still life in conte pencil. Each year since 1995, Landis Homes selects a piece of artwork from Lancaster Mennonite School's Fine Arts Festival to become part of a permanent art collection on the retirement community campus. In return for the work, Landis Homes makes contributions to the school's art department and to the student to help further their education. Li is the 24th student to receive this award, Jia Li says “The best part of school for me is the art program. I have experimented with different materials that I never used before and have improved my skills a lot. I love art.”

Jia spent so many after school hours in the art studio working on a variety of projects,” says Kathy Ciaccia, LMHS art department director. “She is a very dedicated student.” A dorm student, Li, just completed her third year at Lancaster Mennonite School and plans to graduate a year from now.

"Thanks to all that participated and supported the Strawberry Social last evening. Had a great time with the residents and team members enjoying delicious strawberries and ice cream!" ~ Eric Goldberg, Executive Chef

This time of year the Friends of the Woods & Wetlands are grafting pawpaw trees and monitoring and photographing bluebird families that reside on campus. Find out more about the activities of this group at bit.ly/LHWetlands

This event is now SOLD OUT.
Join us on June 22 for a Seafood Tasting Dinner. Reservations suggested.