Life Enrichment at Homestead Village: Making Life Better Every Day

(Revised 5/16/2024)

When people think about campus-based retirement living organizations like our Life Plan Community here at Homestead Village, they often focus on the variety of housing and care options available. But innovative accommodations and a safe, friendly environment are far from the entire story about what makes Life Plan communities so popular and unique.

Homestead Village is fortunate to be located in the middle of a wealth of interesting and exciting adventures to explore. Enjoy historic battlefields, museums, nationally recognized gardens, world-class orchestras, Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, our nation’s capital, and colleges and universities that offer engaging continuing education. Within a few hours’ drive on a comfortable coach, we can also be in several major cities enjoying their sights and cuisine.

Not only is our campus in the middle of an amazing location, but within Homestead Village itself, you will find so many opportunities to do that you will have to make choices. Today’s post will introduce you to some of those options.

What is Life Enrichment?

In short, life enrichment is scheduled programming that helps residents open up to new experiences and pursue hobbies and pastimes they enjoy.

The goal of life enrichment is to improve and maintain individuals’ quality of life in mind, body, and spirit. Homestead Village offers a balanced program that includes the areas of education, fitness, the arts, leisure, spiritual growth, and outreach.

A team of dedicated staff members, including a Life Enrichment Coordinator and a Life Enrichment Associate, collaborate with our 28 resident-led activity committees that help to maintain the unparalleled quality of our ongoing program. The team also coordinates trips of various kinds, such as local excursions, day trips to places like Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C., and overnight trips that have recently extended our reach to North Carolina, Virginia, and the New England states.

Homestead Village Offers a Smorgasbord of Life Enrichment Options

Within our community at Homestead Village, available activities are advertised monthly in our “Adventures in Life” guide, which gives all the details of trips, special events, and meals, as well as recurring club meetings and volunteer opportunities, including:

• Join the 40-member Homestead Village Chorale under professional leadership.
• Work in the woodshop to design and make your own projects.
• Join friends in the card lounge playing games like Mah-Jongg and Bridge.
• Exercise in the pool or become part of a Yoga class.
• Schedule time with friends to play Pickleball on our court.
• Attend a Sunday morning worship service, which is offered on-campus, and then go to lunch with your friends and neighbors (café is located just across the hall).

Events Sampler

Here’s just a taste of some of our events that are coming up, or have recently been, featured in our “Adventures in Life!” calendar:

On Campus Events:

• Our Homestead Chorale spring concert will be on May 22, 2024.
• We will hold a three-week Education series in June, Highlights in World History with John Maietta.  The sessions are A Thousand Years Without a Bath? Why the Dark Ages Weren’t So Dark! , The First Century of the Panama Canal, and Meet the Real Vikings.
• Our Ladies Connections program ends their season with an indoor picnic and a 60s-70s show All Together Now on May 20.
• June 3 the Grand Illusion Theme Dinner featuring Gentry, a mentalist and illusionist.  This dinner filled up with 120 people, in record time, and we have a waiting list!
• June 19 – “Music for Everyone” are putting on a special concert for us to celebrate Juneteenth.
• July 11 – we are holding a Volunteer Appreciation event which will be a chicken barbecue for our more than 200 volunteers.
• August 11 – we’ll have a Welcome Reception introducing our newest residents to community members.

Sampling of Summer Trips:

• Lancaster Medical Heritage Museum, having a guided tour then going to lunch.
• June 4, July 9, and August 6 – we have a spacious, climate-controlled suite for the Lancaster Stormers baseball games.
• Ladew Topiary Gardens in Monkton, Maryland.
• Motorcoach trip to Fonthill Castle and Mercer Museum in Doylestown, and a trip to the Antique Auto Museum in Hershey.
• Trip to Gettysburg to tour the Eisenhower Farm and visit the Seminary Ridge Museum.
• Another trip will be to Pottsville for a tour of the Yuengling Brewery followed by lunch.
• Several trips to Mount Gretna Theatre for music programs and plays.

The Finger Lakes Overnight Trip

3-day trip from June 26 to 28, 2024 – includes a luncheon, sightseeing cruise in Watkins Glen, visit to Seneca Falls, McKenzie Childs, Muranda Cheese Company for a tasting and tour, a cooking demo and dinner at the New York Kitchen in Canandaigua, a winery visit and tasting, and a tour of Deer Haven Park and Seneca Army Depot

New England Overnight Trip (last year)

Join your friends on an exciting bus trip to explore New England! The itinerary includes several delicious meals at various locations including Brotherhood Winery and the Historic Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Mass. A Berkshire Cottages tour and a guided tour of Edith Wharton’s home, the Mount, as well as many other unforgettable experiences, are planned.

Experience Life Enrichment for Yourself

Want to get started on your own life enrichment journey at Homestead Village? We’d love to show you more! Get in contact today to schedule a campus tour, request more information, or have a friendly conversation with a member of our helpful team.