Donors were there for her husband in 1917 when he was just a boy. One small boy was fortunate to attend the children’s home in 1917, soon after its construction. During his childhood, the boy experienced an accident which resulted in an infected leg. He required treatment at the Masonic Health Care Center on the [...]
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, [...]
Thanks to you, these four graduates are ready for the next phase of life. ANDERSON Anderson was placed in foster care at 3 years old. Before arriving at the children’s home in 2015, he was bumped from home to home, never able to settle down. “Living at the children’s home for the last two years [...]
From entrance into the program to graduation, your gifts are making a difference in the daily lives of our children. When you’re going through a major change in your life, it can help to talk to someone who has already been there. Friends Autumn, a 2017 children’s home graduate, and Bridget, a 10-year-old girl who [...]
The children’s home welcomed back two 2016 college graduates to share their stories. Congratulations, Michael and Charity! Michael A graduate of Drexel University with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Michael has accepted a position at Lockheed Martin, a global security and aerospace company, in King of Prussia. Although he has had many successes, things [...]
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 [...]
Resilient. If Daniel had to describe himself in one word, that would be it. By the age of 7, he moved seven times. He was always being shuffled between his mom’s house, his dad’s house and foster homes, rarely living a stable life. His siblings, two boys and two girls, were split up when they left [...]
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 [...]
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85 Roosevelt Drive
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Phone: 717-367-1121, ext. 33301
Email: children@masonicvillages.org
