Press Releases

Ellen & Clarence Neff: “We were made for each other”

Clarence and Ellen (née) Neff found the secret to a long, happy life a long time ago. “Chalk it up to commitment and a whole lot of prayer.” That’s what Clarence and Ellen Neff say when...

Hazel is ‘Woerthy’ of a Celebration

Hazel Woerth worked hard during her life and has kept an optimistic attitude.  All the hard work and positive thinking throughout life has paid off as she turned 104-years old on June 26, 2013.  She celebrated...

Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community Residents Celebrate 69 Years of Marriage

Nearly seven decades ago, long before the first Earth Day, April 22 was a significant date for Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community residents Bob and Janet Chambers.  For Bob and Janet, April 22, 1944 was...

QPRC Residential Living Picnic

The wet weather did not dampen the spirit of our residents and their guests at the 2013 Summer Picnics.  About 600 people braved the elements to attend the Residential Living and Personal Care picnics. 

The QPRC Dining Services Department did a magnificent...

Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community Volunteers Help Released Time in Quarryville Celebrate 100^th Student

For over two decades, Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community residents have been volunteering their time and finances to mentor and minister to children in the community through a Bible program...

Solanco NHS Students Decorate Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community Christmas Trees

In this time of year when we are reminded to humble ourselves and shine our light to others, the Solanco National Honor Society students spent the day decorating the many Christmas trees...

Just in time for Christmas, Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community offers A Continual Feast cookbook.  A Continual Feast cookbook was created to help residents and employees of Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community preserve cherished recipes into a printed cookbook that can be passed down from one generation to the...

Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community honored the veterans living in their community as well as those veterans across the nation that have paid the ultimate sacrifice for the liberties for which we are grateful in a ceremony on November 12

For 27 years, retired teacher Mim Layman has shared her spare time with the residents Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community.  The residents always looked forward to her refreshing and informative weekly discussions.  She would share stories of Amish weddings, to presidents, to one-room school houses, to butterflies and...

Erica McCauley won the Soroptimist International of Solanco’s Volunteer Essay Contest.  Erica’s winning essay earned $150 for both her and Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community, where she volunteers.

Erica is a Sophomore at Solanco High School and has been volunteering at Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community in the Personal and Skilled Care units for...

Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community was a sponsor and provided volunteers at the 24^th annual Lancaster Senior Games held at Franklin & Marshall College from June 11 to June 15.  The theme for this year’s Games was “Exercising Body, Mind and Spirit.”  Throughout the...

The residents of Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community were delighted by the gifted and entertaining artist, Sam Mylin.  Sam and his wife Kate, operate Masterpiece Art Ministry, Inc.  As their website, www.masterpieceweb.net, states, they are “dedicated to...

Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community's Board of Directors toured the Community's new 450-kilowatt solar photovoltaic energy system on June 8, 2012. 

"Solar electricity offers Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community the environmental benefits of carbon-free energy production, financial savings and addressing, in part, our responsibility to be good stewards of the land," said Bruce Peters, Chairman...

Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community ‘Flips the Switch’

to Capture the Sun’s Energy

Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community is generating its own electricity from sunlight and reducing its impact on the environment and utility grid thanks to 1,606 solar panels.  The new 450-kilowatt (kW)...