Masonic Children’s Home of Pennsylvania

01/09/2025

We're celebrating with Bridget after she received a leadership award for cheerleading. Congratulations!

01/02/2025

As we embrace the new year with a fresh look for the Masonic Children’s Home, learn the meaning behind our new logo and brand identity!

12/09/2024

The New Year will bring a new look to our Masonic Charities and all its entities, including the Masonic Children’s Home. After an extensive process considering our mission and those we serve, we’re excited to share it with our community in 2025. For now, enjoy this sneak peek!

11/21/2024

Congratulations to Prince, Calvin and Josh for receiving several awards at this year's football banquet!
Prince won overall MVP and offense MVP. Calvin won an academic achievement award for maintaining a 3.0 GPA, and Josh won Scout Team.
Elizabethtown Area School District

11/13/2024

Seeing the Philadelphia Phillies play at Citizens Bank Park - and win against the Miami Marlins - was one of our students' favorite summer memories. Revisit this exciting day in "The Pennsylvania Freemason" magazine below.

Take me out to the ball game Take me out with the crowd ... Thanks to several generous corporations, dozens of youth and adults with special needs were able to experience this favorite American pastime, many for the first time - and in style! Youth from the Masonic Children’s Home and adult reside...

11/05/2024

The young men from Weller Cottage helped assemble the Massing of the Colors flag display at Masonic Village at Elizabethtown. The residents, employees and community members who put this tribute together each year were very grateful for their assistance!

10/28/2024

We started celebrating Halloween early with a Halloween party on campus! Youth worked together on a pumpkin-decorating contest and a Halloween-themed scavenger hunt and relay races. Afterward, students and staff enjoyed burgers, hot dogs and chicken sandwiches from Scoops Ice Cream and Grille's food truck and s'mores around the fire pit. (Thanks to the Order of the Eastern Star for donating s'more supplies!)
Have a safe and happy Halloween this week.

10/03/2024

Congratulations to Bridget, who was crowned as this year's homecoming queen for Elizabethtown Area School District!

08/15/2024

Making back-to-school season less bittersweet with an end-of-summer bash! Youth and staff had fun with yard games, a water slide and delicious lunch. We can't wait to see everyone again soon!

07/26/2024

Officers from Good Samaritan Lodge No. 336, Gettysburg, presented a donation check from the silent auction they hosted in April. The event raised $6,000 total, split between the Masonic Children's Home and Adams County Children's Advocacy Center. We appreciate their generosity! The second annual Go Blue Charity Auction is scheduled for April 26, 2025, so watch for more information on that event in the future.

07/03/2024

Our youth and staff enjoyed watching the Philadelphia Phillies' win against the Miami Marlins on Sunday, joined by Masonic Villages and The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, F & AM leadership. Thanks to Christenson Investment Partners, Boyd Watterson Asset Management, National Investment Services and Mill Creek Capital Advisors for providing this incredible opportunity!

06/25/2024

Join us in welcoming the newest member of our leadership team! Michele Stanford is the new administrative assistant at the children's home after Donna Culbertson's retirement. Most recently, Michele was a program assistant for the Lancaster-Lebanon IU13. She also has a degree from YTI Career Institute - York.

06/06/2024

Congratulations to our seniors on their graduation from Elizabethtown Area High School and Lancaster County Career and Technology Center. Here's a look at what they're up to next!
Otelia is majoring in business at East Stroudsburg University. Anjelissa is majoring in communications and public relations at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Andrew is studying welding at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Anthony is going to Central Penn College and is interested in a career in the medical field, possibly as a surgical technician or pathology assistant.

05/23/2024

Some highlights from Youth Appreciation Day 2024 - watch for more in future posts! Thanks to everyone who joined us in celebrating our youth.

05/06/2024

Masonic Children's Home alumnus Jacob Goranson visited a meeting of the Grey Lions Penn State alumni interest group at Masonic Villages' Elizabethtown campus, where he shared his experience growing up in the children's home and his accomplishments since graduating. After earning a degree in psychology from Penn State Harrisburg, he attended the Pennsylvania State Police Academy and graduated in 2022.
"My life seems like a dream now, and it's all thanks to the Masonic Children's Home," Jacob said.

04/16/2024

The Masonic Children's Home recently hired a new social worker. Rebecca "Becca" Sears is a former houseparent and social worker and a graduate of Millersville University. Welcome, Becca!

04/05/2024

After several days of rain, sunshine returned just in time for a belated Easter egg hunt! Staff hid 500 eggs all around the campus for the youth to find. Then, everyone enjoyed dinner from homage: Cuisines of the West African Diaspora.

04/02/2024

Thanks to Good Samaritan Lodge No. 336, Gettysburg, for choosing the Masonic Children's Home of Pennsylvania as a beneficiary for funds raised by their silent auction on April 27! This event will be from 4-8 p.m. at the lodge (9 Lincoln Square) and is free to attend, with hors d'oeuvres and music to enjoy while you bid. Event proceeds will go to the Children's Home and Adams County Children's Advocacy Center.