LAMPPOSTMORAVIAN MANOR, INC. SPRING 2019 WELCOME TO MORAVIAN MANOR You Can’t Put Your Memories in a Box...page 3 2018 ANNUAL REPORT...page 17 Moravian Manor, Inc.'s vision is to be a unique community within a community that excels at anticipating and VISION accommodating the changing lifestyles, expectations, and needs of the people we serve. CONTENTS: 1 A Letter from Our Leadership 2 Spotlights Residents Volunteers Team VOLUME 38 • NO. 1 Community Dining Services Editor: Michele Dombach, MBA 15 Community within a Community [email protected] 17 2018 Annual Report Contributing Writers: AMY BLOUGH, Vice President of Human Resources; SUSAN BRENNAN, Assisted Living and Personal Care Administrator; KERRY DERING, Activities Director; MICHELE DOMBACH, Director of Development; SUE DUSSINGER, Development Administrative Assistant; SHARON GRAGER, General Manager – Dining Services; BILL KEHLER, General Manager – Dining Services; CINDY MEIER, Vice President of Finance; DAVID SWARTLEY, President & CEO; ROBIN WORK, Volunteer/Life Enrichment Coordinator; 4 8 JOHN ZECHMAN, Activities Assistant President/CEO: J. David Swartley, MBA, NHA If you wish to have your name removed from the mailing list to receive future newsletters or fundraising materials supporting Moravian Manor, Inc.’s ministry, please send a written request to Michele Dombach at the address below. 16 12 Moravian Manor, Inc. 300 West Lemon Street Lititz, PA 17543 (717) 626-0214 www.moravianmanor.org Admission to Moravian Manor or Warwick Woodlands is open to people regardless of race, gender, age, religion, national origin, 17 23 handicap, or disability. The official registration and financial information of Moravian Manor, Inc. may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State’s Bureau of Charitable Organizations by calling 1-800- 732-0999 or visiting www.dos.state.pa.us/char/ site. Registration does not imply endorsement. 2 Moravian Manor | www.moravianmanor.org A LETTER FROM Our Leadership You Can’t Put Your MEMORIES in a Box J. David Swartley uring the late winter and early spring months In late February, I had the “privilege” of driving by of 2019, 54 apartments at our Woods our old home in New Jersey. The five-acre property, DApartment building became newly settled which my father had immaculately groomed for more homes. As I spoke with some of the newest residents than 30 years is in dire disrepair. The house is literally of Moravian Manor, I heard comments such as, “We falling down, and as Shelby took pictures, I vented had trouble getting rid of all our stuff.” “The move my anger. Then I realized that I still had my memories. went well; the hardest part was waiting to get in.” The real estate is temporary. “Our cat took some time to get settled, but now he thinks he owns the place.” “We better be moved in Richie McDonald (Lone Star) has a song entitled, very soon; with the stress of downsizing, I am about “This House.” The song reflects on the pain of moving ready to ‘eliminate’ my husband!”. Overall, there is a when one is leaving behind many good memories. very positive vibe, but getting rid of stuff can be hard. One stanza says, “It’s hard to say goodbye, it’s hard to leave behind all these things we can’t put in a box,” as Some folks lived in their former home for more than he reflected on the memories of raising their children 30 years; others had been in their previous location a in “this house.” short time and did not have the long-term memories from their home. As our residents move into a new home and make new friends, I trust that the community of Moravian I have a memory from 1985. My parents moved from Manor will embrace everyone and provide wonderful their abode of 30+ years in New Jersey to Bethlehem, new memories during the retirement years. Our team PA. I was in my mid-20s and for reasons I still do not will make every effort to “excel at anticipating the understand, I was out of the country bumming around needs of the people we serve (our Vision Statement).” Costa Rica for a month with a few friends. I left my parents and siblings to handle the move. When I Thank you again for your support of our ministry, as returned, my dad (jokingly, I think) declined to give we strive to provide excellent services for our entire me their new address in Bethlehem for a while! community. Your support makes it possible for many residents to create new memories in their new homes that can never be put in a box. Warwick Woodlands | www.warwickwoodlands.org 3 Two Employees Make the Move… from Employee to Resident! n mid-February, the first residents started moving into The Woods Apartments on the Warwick Woodlands campus. Over the next two weeks, two of our new residents also happened to be IMoravian Manor employees. This takes your work-home life to a whole new level! However, for Chaplain Rich Thierolf and Marcie Berhaupt, they are excited to call Moravian Manor home. PASTOR RICH THIEROLF first joined the Moravian resident at Moravian Hall Manor family in 2009, working on just a part-time basis Square in Nazareth, PA as chaplain. However, it didn’t take long at all for him to which was also formed realize that it was a mutually perfect fit, and he became by the early works of the full-time chaplain within the next two years. the Moravian Church in Pennsylvania. Rich attended East Stroudsburg University and seminary at Moravian Theological Seminary in When questioned about Bethlehem, PA. Upon graduating seminary, he served the best part of his job, churches in Fargo, ND; Freedom, WI near Green Rich’s smile gives it Bay; DeForest, WI near Madison; and Lebanon, PA. away...it’s all about the people and He also ministered as an Intern pastor at West Side his contact with them. Green Bay Moravian, just three blocks from Lambeau Field, home of his favorite NFL team…the Green Bay Seeing a need led Rich to start a unique program at Packers. In addition to being chaplain, Rich served on the Manor called No Resident Dies Alone. Trained Moravian Manor’s Board of Trustees. His father is a program volunteers are called upon when a resident 4 Moravian Manor | www.moravianmanor.org RESIDENT Spotlight is in their last stage of life. This is very comforting to Marcie has been working family members who are not in the area, knowing that at the Manor for the past their loved one is not alone. Currently there are 70 five years in our Sales and volunteers who Rich can call upon to help keep the Marketing department. vigil going. She previously worked a total of 18 years for two On February 13 this year, Rich and his wife, Pam, other communities in became Manor residents themselves, moving into the area. When asked The Woods Apartments at Warwick Woodlands. why she chose Moravian Their decision to move involved a few steps. They Manor to be her new were ready to downsize and after reviewing the home, she said that cost of current lawn care and snow removal, it just she wanted to keep on the smaller side of made sense to move. At both Warwick Woodlands the retirement communities. She feels the Manor, and Moravian Manor campuses, all of this is now even though we are expanding, still feels like an taken care of for them, and at a lesser cost. Another intimate community. Where she worked before she advantage for Rich is that he can now walk to work. may have seen the CEO of the community once a Rich described the move as being effortless as the year, where here our President, David Swartley, is not sales team and maintenance staff made it a very easy only accessible, but takes a personal interest in the transition. As one of the first couples to move into The residents and staff. Another major factor for her was Woods, they are enjoying meeting and welcoming the builder. She has seen the works of other builders other neighbors as they make the move in turn. and is very impressed with EG Stoltzfus and their quality of work, feeling confident in their ability to Rich and Pam have one daughter, Jamie, and son- build her a great home. in-law, Zach. In Rich’s free time he enjoys fishing, reading, and is an avid bird watcher. And those who Having worked in this industry for more than 30 years, know him can always count on Rich for a few funny she knew she wanted to move to a lifestyle like this, puns! but it took some time convincing her husband. Augie had a misconceived perception of everyone living You may wonder, when is Rich in the Chaplin/ in a retirement community. So, Marcie drove him by employee role or resident role? That’s easy he said. the Manor’s Hendricks Place townhomes and Augie Wearing the tie – Chaplin/employee. No tie equals thought, “I could do this.” Then one Second Friday in resident. Welcome to The Woods Rich and Pam! Lititz, they were sitting in the Bull’s Head restaurant and he said, “I could live in a town like this.” That’s when Marcie knew he was opening up more. She invited Augie to take a walk through the Sales Center, MARCIE AND HER HUSBAND, AUGIE, moved in to and after realizing that they could have a little bigger their Woods apartment on February 18. Augie was home with two bathrooms and laundry on the same kicking and screaming at first because they had lived floor in a thriving community, he was hooked! in their home for 38 years, and he loved working in Marcie commented that after their first two weeks in the yard.