Plymouth Place

CHHSM Members Highlight Annual Ziegler LeadingAge LZ 200

By Barb Powell | December 12, 2024

The 21st Annual LZ200, the annual report of the largest, most complex nonprofit older adult living organizations, recently was released, and this year’s listings includes 17 CHHSM members. The report is produced by LeadingAge — the United States’ largest association of not-for-profit aging service providers — and Ziegler — the leading U.S. underwriter of financing for nonprofit older adult…

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Plymouth Place Launches ‘Plymouth at Home’ to Provide Catered Personal Assistance for Local Residents

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | September 11, 2024

Plymouth Place, a vibrant continuing care retirement community in LaGrange Park, Ill., launched a new service on July 15 called “Plymouth at Home.” An extension of its Plymouth Place brand, Plymouth at Home will offer local residents comprehensive care, home management and home improvement solutions.  “Plymouth at Home is another fulfillment of the Plymouth Place…

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Plymouth Place Awarded Level One Accreditation by ArbNet Accreditation Program

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | August 13, 2024

Plymouth Place in La Grange Park, Ill., has been awarded a Level 1 Accreditation by The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and The Morton Arboretum for achieving particular standards of professional practices deemed important for arboreta and botanic gardens. The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program is the only global initiative to officially recognize arboreta at various levels…

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What’s the Buzz? Beekeeping Returns to Plymouth Place

By Barb Powell | July 10, 2024

There’s a buzz around Plymouth Place in La Grange Park, Ill., and it’s not just conversations among residents and staff. Some 40,000 bees have taken up residence in two beehives on the campus, and they’re currently hard at work making the new hives home. The project is part of Plymouth Place’s Horticulture Committee, a resident-led…

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New Horticulture Committee Brings Farm-To-Table Cuisine to Plymouth Place

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | June 11, 2024

When Alice Chin created a “plant parlor” at Plymouth Place in LaGrange Park, Ill., two years ago to help repot and maintain struggling house plants, she didn’t realize she was planting the seeds for something much bigger. Today, Chin is the head of Plymouth Place’s newly formed horticulture committee, which is comprised of eight subcommittees…

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Updated ‘Passport To Travel’ Program Provides Affordable Travel for Residents of Participating CHHSM Older Adult Communities

By Barb Powell | May 13, 2024

The United States is filled with many awe-inspiring sites, from such human-made wonders as the St. Louis Arch and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West in Arizona, to the natural beauty found in all 50 U.S. states. For residents of 16 CHHSM member older adult communities, the opportunity to visit these various locales has an added…

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Plymouth Place CNA Academy Celebrates Historic Graduation

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | April 11, 2024

CHHSM member Plymouth Place, based in LaGrange Park, Ill., continually drives new solutions to improve the lives of its residents and employees. That includes the recent celebration of the first graduating class of Plymouth Place’s newly-formed CNA Academy. The class consisted for four new graduates: Mariana Santana, Arileny Chavarry, Carmen Mateo, and Carmel Saurel. As…

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LeadingAge Ziegler 2023 Top Older Adult Nonprofits Listings Highlight 18 CHHSM Members

By Barb Powell | November 13, 2023

The LZ 200, the annual report of the largest, most complex nonprofit older adult living organizations, recently was released, and this year’s listings includes 18 CHHSM members. The report, the 20th edition, was developed when LeadingAge — the United States’ largest association of not-for-profit aging service providers — and Ziegler — a top leading underwriter…

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CHHSM’s 85th Annual Gathering Filled with Renewal, Justice, and Hope

By Barb Powell | March 17, 2023

Connection. If one word can sum up three days of worship, workshops, keynotes, meetings, and social gatherings, it’s connection — at least in terms of the 85th Annual Gathering of the UCC Council for Health and Human Service Ministries, themed “Together through Mountains and Valleys” and held March 7-9 in Denver. “The 85th Annual Gathering…

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Worship, Keynotes, Workshops, Celebrations, Meeting In Person Highlight CHHSM Annual Gathering

By Barb Powell | March 16, 2022

From the introduction of the Rev. Dr. Alton B. Pollard III — president of Louisville Presbyterian Seminary — as opening keynoter to the Rev. Dr. Jamesetta Ferguson’s (MOLO Village) powerful words during the closing worship service, CHHSM’s 84th Annual Gathering was a time of reflection, celebration, healing, and looking ahead that left attendees praising its…

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