Visitors enjoy the patio at Wesley Homes Lea Hill during last year’s Open House. With a continuing care retirement community in Des Moines and a smaller campus in Auburn, Wesley Homes presents its annual Open Houses in September. Sunday, September 20th, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. at Wesley Homes Des Moines , 815 S. 216th Street, [...]
June 9th – 11th, Wesley Homes Home Health Aides were trained in food safety, nutrition, best practices for shopping and the best part – cooking class with Wesley Homes Executive Chef Chuck Chalfant. Pictured with Executive Chef Chuck Chalfant from left to right are HH Staff: Ellen Martin, Karen Bjelland, Maria Pullido, Precios Velasco, Yoko [...]
Executive Chef Chuck Chalfant prepares an “omelet to order” for Marianne Woodward. “I like my onions caramelized,” said Woodward, “so the omelet bar is a real treat for me.” A new menu rolled out by Wesley Homes Executive Chef, Chuck Chalfant, is a testimony to his commitment to serve fresh food and elegant meal [...]
Shirley and Bill Humphries surrounded by family members Diane Kaszycki, Donna and Dale Krauter, Debby and Jeff Stegin; grandchildren Laura, Jenifer, Stacy, Scott, Alyssa, Lafe and his wife Jen Oney and great grandchild, one year old Trent Oney. Wesley Homes Lea Hill residents Shirley and Bill Humphries celebrated a multi-generational Mothers Day at the Auburn campus in honor of [...]
Enjoy our slide show of the 2009 annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Des Moines Campus Health Center. (You can click on any picture to enlarge it.) Make a Smilebox scrapbook An Easter Egg Hunt at Wesley Homes is more than an activity; it’s a warm reunion of staff and their families interacting with the residents [...]
April is National Gardening Month. Wesley Homes is proud to feature Wesley Homes Resident Ed Pawlowski, accredited judge for the American Rose Society. Ed Pawlowski points to a painting in his apartment, of the roses in his garden. Ed is continuing his life-long passion for growing exhibition roses at the Wesley Homes Lea Hill Campus. [...]
To Those Nearing Retirement, There is a wonderful place to retire here at Wesley Homes in Des Moines, WA. In the Sunday Seattle Times there was an article about 30 & 40 somethings looking for more in their lives than making mega bucks for corporations. The article used the term “intentional communities” for the [...]
March is Women’s History Month. Wesley Homes is proud to feature resident Betty Beeman, in honor of her career as Administrative and Personal Secretary to Dan Evans, former Washington State Governor and President of Evergreen State College. Paul & Betty Beeman Listen to Betty’s interview [display_podcast]“The best seven years of my life” is how Betty [...]
March is Women’s History Month. Wesley Homes is proud to feature resident Marjorie Anderson as a pioneer in women’s collegiate sports. Listen to Marjorie’s first-person account of changes in women’s sports in the 60′s and 70′s. [display_podcast] Marjorie Anderson is 80 and has lived comfortably in her two bedroom apartment at Wesley Homes Lea Hill [...]
March is Women’s History Month. Wesley Homes is proud to feature resident Margaret Squires, in honor of her experience as a POW during World War II. [display_podcast] Click the arrow above to hear Margaret describe her life in the Philippines at the time of her capture, and details of her internment and rescue. It was early in 1942 and [...]
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