Effective June 9, 2025, Lisa Hawthorne joins Willow Valley Communities as President and CEO. With 28+ years in senior living and healthcare, she brings deep expertise in strategy, development, and innovation to lead the organization’s next chapter.
Willow Valley Communities now sponsors the Lancaster City Witness Stones Project, partnering with the national Witness Stones Project to honor enslaved residents of Lancaster through education and remembrance.
Willow Valley Communities raised over $11,000 to support Lancaster seniors with post-graduation expenses, bringing the total impact since 2017 to more than $77,000.
The Willow Valley Communities Loomers were featured on WGAL News 8 with Anne Shannon at Southern Market for their efforts as Coats for Kids Ambassadors.
We welcomed WGAL Channel 8’s
In a new list from Newsweek that ranks the top 300 continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) in the United States, Willow Valley Communities has been ranked the #2 CCRC in the nation, and #1 in PA and the eastern U.S.
Willow Valley Communities is delighted
Family get-togethers sometime include quiet
Willow Valley Communities marked our 40th Anniversary with campus-wide celebrations and an intimate 90-minute interview with founder, Marlin H. Thomas and former CEO, John G. Swanson. Hundreds filled the Cultural Center Theater and hundreds more held watch parties throughout the community.
Willow Valley Communities (“WVC”) and ACTS Retirement Services, Inc. (“ARS”) have agreed to no longer proceed with the organizations’ Strategic Alliance, which was established in May of 2022.
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