Since 1913, donors have provided a safe haven for more than 2,100 children at the Masonic Children’s Home on the campus of the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, Pa. Since then, children have come to the children’s home with many varied needs and from all walks of life. Each child is cared for as an individual, [...]
100%. That’s how much effort it takes Arthur to lunge his body across a pit of sand and land feet-first. His sport fights against gravity and the odds, much like he has. A Philadelphia native, Arthur’s youngest memories include struggling in the school system and worse at home. Under a recommendation from a Masonic Children’s [...]
The Masonic Children’s Home will soon undergo a facelift that will unveil a kid-centric décor to maximize the space within each cottage and provide more private, as well as shared, spaces for the kids to … well, be kids! The five cottages will undergo their first renovations since the program was moved into its current [...]
She passed away at age 101 on Oct. 17, 2012, leaving a $10.9 million bequest to the place that took her in when she was just a girl. In 1914, at age 3, Dr. Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer moved to the Masonic Children’s Home and lived there with her brother until she graduated from high school. Her [...]
Address:
1 Masonic Drive
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Phone: 717-367-1121, ext. 33301
Email: children@masonicvillages.org
