We have experienced change through our long history, but our mission to serve aging adults with communities that embrace living has remained.
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Original meeting of the founding pastors was held in October
Began as Deutscher Evangelisch Waisenhaus Und Altenheim Verein von Nord
Renamed “German Evangelical Orphanage & Old Peoples Home Society of Northern Illinois" and facility added a children’s wing for foster care services, a chapel, and a recreational gym
First foster care staff hired
Renamed as Bensenville Home Society and organization celebrated 50 years
Freeport Home (Illinois) opened
Children transitioned out of Bensenville Home
Foster care home added
Bensenville Peotone Home (Illinois) opened
Preschool and special needs adoption services opened
Anchorage of Bensenville (Illinois) opened
Meadowcrest Senior Living (Illinois) opened
First senior living community, Castle Towers, opened in Bensenville (Illinois)
Greencastle of Schaumburg (Illinois) opened
International adoption program began
Greencastle of Elmhurst (Illinois) opened
Became LifeLink Corporation
Greencastle of Arlington Heights (illinois) opened
Greencastle of Morgan Park & Beverly (Chicago,Illinois) opened
Bethel Greencastle (Kansas City, Missouri), Greencastle of Englewood (Chicago, Illinois), and Orchard Park of Englewood (Chicago, Illinois) opened
Greencastle of Barrington (Illinois), Patten House (Illinois), Immanuel Residence (Illinois), Peace Memorial (Illinois)l, Greencastle of Woodlawn I & II (Chicago, Illinois), Greencastle of Garfield I & II (Chicago, Illinois) joined Greencastle of Schaumburg North (Illinois) opened Beneva Oaks (Sarasota, Florida) was added to the managed services program
Greencastle of Kenwood (Chicago, Illinois), Orchard Place of Morgan Park & Beverly (Chicago, Illinois) and Orchard Place of Sarasota (Florida) opened
Pine Acres Nursing Home purchased (Illinois) and Greencastle of Bayonet Point (Tampa Bay, Florida) opened
Greencastle of Palatine (Illinois) opened and organization celebrated 100-year anniversary
Bridgeway Homes (Illinois) and Bethel Greencastle South (Kansas City, Missouri) opened
CASL Senior Housing (Chicago, Illinois) added to managed services Preschool and special needs adoptive services operations ceased
Discontinued foster care services
Apostle Village (Tampa Bay, Florida) opened
Renamed as Consecra Housing Network and exited all children and family service programs, including International adoption program
Greencastle of Sterling (Illinois) and Greencastle of North Aurora (Illinois) joined
Martin Avenue Apartments (Naperville, Illinois) added to managed services
Greencastle of Allerton (Rockford,Illinois), Greencastle of Bienterra (Rockford,Illinois), Greencastle of Loves Park (Rockford,Illinois), and Greencastle of Mulford (Rockford, Illinois) joined / Organization rebranded as Embrace Living Communities
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