Letter: To the many volunteers of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio
Dear treasured volunteers:
I hope that this note finds you happy, healthy, and at peace!
This week is National Volunteer Week, and it is hard to say something meaningful and extraordinary in these uncertain times. Although this is challenging, and changes are being made, we all look forward to the time when again we can unite.
We want to say “thank you” for all that you have faithfully done to assist the elders and staff at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Maple Crest, Hilty Home, and Willow Ridge. You are greatly appreciated! The more than 9,300 hours that you have given in support of the elders and staff of MHCO in 2019 is extraordinary.
While waiting for that great day when we can gather again, keep praying and looking to the Lord.
Kindest Regards,
Dee Steffen
Activities Director Hilty Home,
Barb Gossard Activities
Director Mennonite Memorial Home and Willow Ridge,
Chelsey Bassett
Activities Director Maple Crest,
Jessica Strahm
Volunteer Coordinator MHCO
Stories Posted This Week
Sunday, October 18, 2026
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Friday, October 16, 2026
- Production offers a modern take on the story of St. Clare of Assisi
- Bluffton volleyball edged in 5 by Van Buren
- Pirate girls soccer tie O-G
- October 16 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Bluffton Council recap: Officers honored for 25 years of service
- Bluffton Clean Up teams up with Troop 3256 Cub Scouts
- Ada FFA: Feeding the Farmers
- Nov. 7 Fall Community Day at Bluffton University
- Quarry Farm Nature Preserve news for Fall 2026
Thursday, October 15, 2026
- DeWine announces $200M Rural Health Transformation program award
- Herb program with Marge Lafollette, Oct. 15
- Prairie seeding activity at Bluffton University, October 24
- Food for thought: Choline for the brain
- Results for 5K on October 2, Bluffton University Homecoming event
- 15 minutes with Sherry Miller, senior center activities coordinator
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 14
- CANCELLED Main St. closure on October 15
- Frederick Clyde Warren founded True-2-Form Plastics
- Pirate boys soccer beats Wapak in regular season finale
- Pirate girls soccer defeats Liberty Center
- Mennonite pastor to explore ‘good news’ in creation
- Bluffton University earns recognition in U.S. News & World Report rankings
- Obituary for Deborah "Debbie" Welch, 74
- Spirits and exorcism presentation during University Spiritual Life Week Forum
- Dodging bullets: Bluffton oral history 90+ years after Dillinger robbery
- Nora Matthews named BHS Student of the Month for September 2026
- ICAPP analysis on charter status and local autonomy