Ken-Ton Bee: Schofield Care to celebrate 115th anniversary
Article by reporter Michael Polce, printed in the Ken-Ton Bee on May 22, 2025
Schofield Care, a nonprofit health care service provider based in WNY, is holding an event to celebrate their 115th anniversary.
The event will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 12, on a property next to the Schofield Residence at 333 Elmwood Ave.
It will feature food trucks, a live musical performance, basket raffles and lawn games.
Schofield representatives will also have information tables at the event to talk about their services, expansion campaign, and fundraising opportunities.
Schofield is expanding their 120-bed residence by adding 16 rooms and converting an additional 16 shared rooms into private rooms.
Danielle Yelich, Schofield’s assistant vice president of business development, said Schofield has a board of trustees consisting of seven members that are leading the expansion’s fundraising campaign. She said they have been focusing on attaining federal and local grants to fund the expansion.
They have also been working with members of the Rotary Club of Kenmore to connect with local business owners to solicit donations.
To make a donation, visit their website at https://www.schofieldcare.org/.
People can also make cash or check donations by mailing them or dropping them off at the development office, which is located at the residence.
The nonprofit also runs a Schofield Home Health Care program at the facility on Elmwood Avenue where people can receive nursing, therapy, aid, dietary, and social work services.
They also operate an Adult Day Health Care Facility, which is located at 190 Fulton St., in the City of Buffalo, designed to help people remain living in their community while they receive health and rehabilitative services.
“Adult Day Health Care often reduces emergency room visits and hospitalizations while also providing education, support and respite for family members who are caregivers,” according to their website. “The program provides a supportive group environment with structured leisure-time activities that include cooking, board games and arts-and-crafts.”
Schofield’s Adult Day Health Care program is the largest model of its kind in Western New York, so it’s very unique,” said Yelich. “It’s a wonderful community service.”
The program consists of two sessions from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and one session from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.
Yelich said it is hard for nonprofit health care services to stay afloat as long as Schofield has. “We couldn’t have done it as a nonprofit without community support, without grants, without our trustees, [and] without the philanthropists in the area,” she added.
To learn more about Schofield Care, visit their website.