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In
1967, a group of local church members felt that many of the community’s
senior citizens were forced to leave Bernards Township due to rising
housing costs and/or their physical inability to maintain a large
home. With the cooperation of local governing bodies, an ecumenical,
non-profit corporation was formed, which would build, own, and operate
a senior citizen housing complex.
In 1971, six
community churches united to form Ridge Oak Senior Housing. Through
a Board of Trustees the following churches now own and operate Ridge
Oak Senior Housing:
- Basking
Ridge Presbyterian
- Bishop Janes
United Methodist
- Liberty
Corner Presbyterian
- Millington
Baptist
- St. James
Roman Catholic
- St. Mark’s
Episcopal
Each church
is an equal sponsor of Ridge Oak Senior Housing and provides ongoing
leadership and service to our tenants through the Ridge Oak Senior
Housing Board of Trustees.
In late 1977
our first Ridge Oak Senior Housing tenants moved in to their new
homes. Ridge Oak Senior Housing was born out of a community’s
concern for its senior citizens. The vision of those first church
members is still alive at Ridge Oak Senior Housing thirty years
later. Today, Ridge Oak Senior Housing provides federally subsidized
housing and support services to approximately 300 income eligible
people that are the “Ridge Oak Family.”
Mission
Statement
We, at Ridge
Oak Senior Housing, seek to provide a comfortable and safe living
environment for all residents. We are committed to meeting the needs
of the elderly by providing quality affordable housing supplemented
by support services and programs that promote safety, independence
and self sufficiency.
Our goal is
to maintain and foster positive self-esteem and independence for
all our residents. In order to accomplish this goal we treat each
resident with dignity, respect and compassion.
Vision
Statement
We are committed
to:
- The advancement
of senior housing as an integral part of the long-term care continuum.
- The development
of an integrated network of community services for the elderly
in order to foster independence and self-determination.
- Embracing
the future with vision and creativity in order to fulfill our
responsibility to our residents and the community.
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