Giving

Landis Communities is grateful to our many generous donors who give cash, in-kind donations, time, and planned legacy gifts. Because of your faithfulness, our services benefit seniors in need today and will continue our mission long into the future. With your support, benevolent care and affordable housing is accessible to aging adults no matter their circumstance.

Serving one another with time, talent and treasure creates compassionate communities for all. Thank you for considering a gift, which greatly impacts those served throughout Landis Communities.

Your gift today will help all Landis Communities affiliates fight the financial challenges the Coronavirus continues to cause.

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Just $28 a month unlocks the chance for an aging adult to stay at home another day by using Landis Adult Day Services.

Your $180 gift closes one day’s gap in the funding from what Medicaid covers and what eligible residents at Landis Homes can afford to pay.

$577.50 provides a week of an affordable home, warm food, and lots of smiles for a resident of Welsh Mountain Home!

Including Landis Communities in your legacy plan as a beneficiary of your will could help build a new affordable care housing opportunity for diverse seniors in Lancaster City.

Why I Give

This widow needs help.

Right now, an older widow in the City of Lancaster is trying to shake off the chill of winter as snow swirls outside her window. With her husband recently gone, she struggles with a house she cannot afford and a heating bill that continues to increase. The vast majority of older adults who need safe and affordable homes are women. Many of them are widows. That means many women are forced to stay in unhealthy situations, isolated and stressed about increasing housing expenses. When Landis Communities built Steeple View Lofts in the city of Lancaster, 43 individuals found a safe place to live.

Making Hard Choices

“When Henry was diagnosed with dementia, we began using Landis Adult Day Services two days a week. Adult Day Services gave Henry a safe place to go and gave me time to run errands, schedule appointments, and rest when I needed it. As his abilities declined, he had problems walking and had to go to rehab for three months. While there, I would visit him twice a day. Because he always wanted to come home and I was lonely at home without him, I contacted Landis at Home [for services] to allow us to stay together at home. Without Landis Adult Day Services, and then Landis at Home, I don’t know what we would have done.”

Without generous gifts from donors like you, couples like Rita and Henry might have to make the hard choice to leave home or live separately. And for someone like Henry, who has dementia, moving could be detrimental to his health.

The Caring Fund Impact

Here is the story of one special resident who benefitted from the Caring Fund. Her name was Esther Kilgore. Esther & John Kilgore lived in Strasburg for many years. Reformed Mennonites, they participated in church activities, raised four boys, worked hard, and lived frugally. They grew and canned their own food, and Esther sewed all her own clothing. After moving to Landis Homes, and John’s death in 2007, Esther continued to live independently.

“Mom’s health began changing and she started wandering which culminated in a diagnosis of dementia. After several moves on campus, she settled in Lancaster House,” one of her sons, Ray Kilgore, said. In December 2018, Esther ran out of personal funds and began receiving assistance from the Caring Fund until she passed away in July 2020.

“She would have turned 99 years old in August. We are so thankful for the care she received even after running out of funds. If you can give to the Caring Fund, it’s worthwhile to do it,” Ray said.