Hearthstone-A Ministry of WesleyLife

11/26/2025

As you enjoy this Thanksgiving week, we invite you to share in a holiday greeting that our president and CEO, Rob Kretzinger, extended to all WesleyLife team members on Monday. May you take something from it as well. You'll find it in the link below.

Happy early Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones!

Enjoy this holiday message of gratitude from our president and CEO, Rob Kretzinger.

11/02/2025

A big thank you to our team for supporting our Halloween Trick or Treat event with your families!

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from the Hearthstone crew!

From costume contests to trick or treating with over 300 kids, it’s one of our most memorable times of the year!

10/28/2025

It was our annual Spooktacular Dog show! Thank you to those who shared their dogs (and cat!) with us!

Our residents, team members and families look forward to this event each year!

10/22/2025

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, WesleyLife Vice President of Operations Janet Simpson reflects on life beyond “cancer-free.” Her honest and hopeful essay explores what survivorship truly means: the lingering concerns, daily choices, and renewed gratitude that shape life after diagnosis. Please read (and share!) her essay via the link below.

https://hubs.li/Q03PMs130

10/21/2025

A gratitude workshop was on the calendar today! The session included gratitude journaling, card making and apple cider.

There are so many benefits to practicing gratitude in life, and we gave residents an opportunity to reflect deeply through journaling. We ended the session with a chance to send a card to someone - some were going to people who could use a little uplifting, others were going to people they wanted to show their gratitude towards. Each story was inspiring, and we are grateful they took the time for this workshop today!

10/18/2025

It was fall clean-up week! We loaded up the bus 4 times to drop off to local thrift stores. Residents cleaned up their apartments and team members went through their storage space!

Research shows decluttering improves mental and physical well-being by reducing stress, increasing focus, and creating a sense of control. A cluttered environment can negatively impact mood and cognitive function, while a tidy one is linked to higher productivity, clearer thinking, and greater happiness. Studies indicate that decluttering provides immediate, tangible results, leading to feelings of accomplishment and satisfaction.

We offer this event twice a year - and it’s always a great success!

10/16/2025

Our annual 2025 Health and Well-Being Summit was themed “Pursue Your Joy!”

We invited our local preschoolers to come and have recess with us! The movement, smiles and JOY was contagious!

Central College hosted a Lunch and Learn on our campus teaching us all of the ways to pursue JOY as we age! We even created action plans for ourselves individually and as a community.

Dora from That Paint & Pottery Place helped us create a collaborative art display. Creativity brings many of us JOY, and we love working together to create.

We love this day, and we are thankful to the many residents who participated!

10/15/2025

PETALS and PUMPKINS! Residents at The Cottages in Groningen and Gelderland had the opportunity to create and socialize over pumpkins! Who doesn’t love flowers and pumpkins, what a creative way to combine the two!

10/15/2025

We love partnering with CultureAll each month to bring diverse options of learning and programming!

Gurwinder Kapur recently came for a workshop called “Turban Time”. We learned about his journey from growing up in Southeast Asia to moving to the United States, raising a family in Central Iowa, and continuing to celebrate his culture.

He shared the significance of the turban in the Sikh culture and provided the importance of different colors and materials. We even got a chance to try one on for ourselves!

10/13/2025

It was a beautiful day to enjoy at Lake Red Rock! We were thankful to see the sun, got some movement in, and walked on all sorts of different terrains. We are taking in this beautiful fall weather while we can!

A special thanks to Dr. Shuger Fox at Central College and her research students for this challenge!