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A Message from the CEO

Dear Brethren,

I hope this communication finds you and your families all doing well. We accomplished a great deal in 2022, and there is much more to come in 2023 – especially with the expansion project at Western Reserve Masonic Community. After years of planning and work, we finally saw the community center and state-of-the-art healthcare center come to fruition. Both of these spaces are already positively impacting our residents and the communities at large. The technology we were able to integrate into the healthcare center is a game changer. You’ll read more about all the features in the Western Reserve Masonic Community update later in this issue, but everything about it has been purpose-built. We wanted every aspect of the space to be focused on improving resident and patient outcomes and the quality of their experience while also being intentional about improving efficiency and effectiveness to make things safer and easier for our caregivers.

While we were seeing our plans at Western Reserve Masonic Community come to fruition, we also spent time in 2022 creating strategic master plans for repositioning at Browning Masonic Community and Springfield Masonic Community. We’re focusing in on differentiators – the things that set us apart from what everyone else is doing. We’re investing in ways to elevate our care from great to exceptional with innovative technologies and changes in our physical spaces. There are a lot of really exciting things in the works and I’m looking forward to seeing them come to fruition and to being able to share more details with you soon.

Every major project we’re doing has been, and is continuing to be, guided by internal and external feedback. For each project we’ve done a market analysis to see what the needs of the larger community are and how we can expand and reposition ourselves to meet them. Equally as important, we’ve been surveying our staff and residents to see what we can be doing to make life better for them. You’ll read more about how we’re using this input to guide our projects and decisions when you read the updates for each community. All of this is what makes us an employer and provider of choice.

In recent years, we’ve gotten a lot of feedback from the Brethren about the identity of our Ohio Masonic Home. This research led us all the way back to the original minutes of meetings, prior to the building of Bushnell Hall, which opened in 1895. We have done a lot of work in the last twelve months, digging into our mission, vision, and values, and looking at how we’re going to position ourselves to be around for another 130 years. I would like to thank our Ohio Masonic Home & Ohio Masonic Home Foundation Board of Directors for all of their time and effort. You’ll read more about the start of several changes on page 12 and get a preview of our revitalized logo that reincorporates our square and compass.

This issue of the Beacon is packed full of exciting updates for the Fraternity and The Ohio Masonic Home. I hope you’ll enjoy reading about them.

Fraternally,
Brother Scott Buchanan
CEO, The Ohio Masonic Home

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