Strengthening Our Foundation

A Campaign to Support the Chaplain Services

CLC Chaplains provide compassionate support for all members of the community, no matter their religious beliefs. We will spend 2024 sharing the many stories and impactful differences of our meaningful chaplain services and how you can be a part of Strengthening Our Foundation for future needs.

Our chaplains are part of the “the secret sauce” that makes our communities vibrant places in which to live and work.

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Strengthening Our Foundation

A Campaign to Support the Chaplain Program

Qualified Charitable Distribution

CLC Chaplains provide compassionate support for all members of the community, no matter their religious beliefs. We will spend 2024 sharing the many stories and impactful differences of our meaningful chaplain program and how you can Strengthen the Foundation for future needs.

Our chaplains are part of the “the secret sauce” that makes our communities vibrant places in which to live and work.

Chaplain Impact at a Glance

This past year, the Chaplains began tracking their impact. Since early July 2023, the Chaplain Team has made a difference in the lives of more than 10,000 residents, family members, team members and volunteers in our communities through hundreds of engagements.

The Chaplain Program at a Glance

This past year, the Chaplains began tracking their impact. Since early July 2023, the Chaplain Team has made a difference in the lives of more than 10,000 residents, family members, team members and volunteers in our communities through hundreds of engagements.

Chaplain Team Engagements_portrait - May 2024

Chaplain Robert Smith

Welcoming Chaplain Robert Smith

We are grateful for the addition of Chaplain Robert Smith to the CLC family in the Spring of 2024. Robert comes to us with varied and deep experience in serving others. Robert is settling into his new role guiding our mission-critical program as the Executive Director of Chaplain Services.

How Your Gift Makes a Difference

The Strengthening Our Foundation campaign to support Chaplain Services is a concentrated effort to bolster our thriving program to serve elders today, and well into the future.

Your support provides expanded hours of chaplain support to manage the program, training, equipment, and the ability to create life-enhancing programs. But it is the mere presence of chaplains, day in and day out at the communities, during times of great need, that the full impact of the program is most felt.

Strengthen the foundation today with an online gift benefitting our Chaplain Services.

 

Chaplain Stories

Picture of An Arm Around My Shoulders: The Impact of CLC’s Chaplains

An Arm Around My Shoulders: The Impact of CLC’s Chaplains


Chaplain Cheryl Meakins, who works in the skilled nursing Suites at Clermont Park and Holly Creek, wrote a moving story about an encounter she had with a resident living with memory loss that sparked the idea for a special way to provide him with comfort and care. Read her story.

Picture of Offering a Kind Heart and Soul to a Team Member in Need

Offering a Kind Heart and Soul to a Team Member in Need


When we think of chaplains, we often think of the spiritual care they offer residents and families. But they also support the care teams at CLC. Chaplain Brian was "a kind heart and a kind soul" for a Someren Glen team member, Talia, experiencing the deep loss of a loved one. Read Talia's story.

Picture of A Simple Hello Makes a Difference

A Simple Hello Makes a Difference


The personal relationships chaplains develop with residents and families is one of the many things that makes Christian Living Communities different. For Doris and Chaplain Cindy at Someren Glen, a friendship formed that extended beyond the walls of the community. Read Doris' and Chaplain Cindy's story.