Financial Support to the Community

2023-2024 FY

Community Impact Features

The Alzheimer’s Benefit Walk on September 21 saw nearly 50 team members, residents, and their loved ones taking part in the 2024 Landis Communities Walk to End Alzheimer’s. With lots of support, the team raised more than $4,000 for the local Alzheimer’s Association chapter.

Linford Good Awarded the Everence Journey Award, presented by Lynette Morales. This award recognizes Good for his years of service and generosity. Linford gave over 25 years of his life to the service and growth of Landis Homes and Landis Communities, through the planning and implementation of the retirement community’s development and numerous expansions with leadership, grace, humility, and stewardship.

Lancaster Climate Summit was sponsored by Landis Communities. The summit is an annual community climate check-in, and a chance to be inspired by new ideas to build a more resilient future for our children and grandchildren.

The End of Life Philosophy was created by the Pastoral Services team to accompany older adults and family members on this journey. Three resources, Honoring Your Loved One: Preparing for the End of Life Journey is a notebook that encourages older adults to proactively work on a legacy project, clarify end-of-life wishes, and more. Comfort and Conversation: During the End of Life Journey provides scriptures and songs. And Vigil Companions sit beside a resident when he or she is actively dying to provide a calm presence.

Community Impact Goals

Organizational Highlights

Landis Homes Chapel Ministries supports chapel activities including, but not limited to, honorariums, Sunday School and devotional materials, supplies, and other support of Pastoral Services as needed.

Landis Homes Caring Fund helps to provide benevolent care at Landis Homes.

Mennonite Mission Network exists to lead, mobilize and equip the church to participate in holistic witness to Jesus Christ in a broken world. They envision every congregation and all parts of the church being fully engaged in mission—​across the street, all through the marketplaces and around the world.

Eastern Mennonite Missions Impact Fund enables EMM to recruit and send workers, and to support staff.

Atlantic Coast Conference is an association of congregations who follow expressions of faith, mission and service, justice and peace, guided by Mennonite Anabaptist convictions. Landis Communities is a conference-related ministry of Atlantic Coast Conference. 

Fellowship Day Sponsorship & Caring Fund helps to meet the need of residents whose financial resources are insufficient to cover the cost of personal care or healthcare services.

LMC (a fellowship of Anabaptist congregations) is a group representing nearly 200 residents and many Landis Communities team members. Landis Homes, and all of Landis Communities, benefit from the close connection and the shared resources between our organizations. As the Director of Communication/Engagement, Larry Guengerich works closely with LMC staff to keep our relationship strong and vital.

Mennonite World Conference is a group of Anabaptist-related churches linked to one another in a worldwide community for fellowship, worship, service and witness.  

TenFold helps Lancaster County residents by teaching the skills they need to solve their housing and financial problems. Whether a client needs to move from a shelter or pay off a difficult mortgage, Tabor can help.

Friendship Community supports ministry cultivating capabilities of individuals with developmental disabilities in Lancaster and Lebanon Counties. 

Welsh Mountain Home, a Landis affiliate, provides facilities, services, and programs for older adults and dependent persons. It is committed to maintaining an atmosphere of simplicity and integrity with a Christian emphasis.

Landis Homes Offering Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Fund provides educational support, training and experience for the development of pastoral and spiritual care for those living within the Landis Homes community.  

Mennonite Church USA is an Anabaptist Christian denomination in the United States rooted in the Radical Reformation of the 16th century and currently maintains four church-wide ministry agencies: Mennonite Mission Network,Mennonite Education Agency, MennoMedia (formerly Mennonite Publishing Network) and Everence (formerly Mennonite Mutual Aid).

Mennonite Central Committee is a global, nonprofit organization that strives to share God’s love and compassion for all through relief, development and peacebuilding. 

Mennonite Disaster Service recruits, organizes and empowers volunteers to repair and rebuild the homes of those impacted by disasters in the United States and Canada.

Water Street Ministries provides an array of services to the homeless and working poor in Lancaster County and beyond.

Good Samaritan Shelter provides an array of services to the homeless and working poor in Lancaster County and beyond.

Church World Service works hand-in-hand with caring churches, organizations, and individuals to provide hope and home to refugees and immigrants from all over the world.

Meals on Wheels of Lancaster County provides freshly prepared meals at a reasonable cost to anyone in our specified geographic area who cannot reasonably provide meals for themselves. Meals on Wheels works in collaboration with partners and people to support our homebound neighbors buy mobilizing over 700 volunteers annually to give over 45,000 volunteer hours to serve over 180,000 meals.