Over 50 years ago, the pioneer residents of Medford Leas agreed that they would decide for themselves what activities they wanted to pursue. They created the Medford Leas Residents Association (MLRA) to govern and to manage activities for a healthful, enjoyable, active and useful community life.

The MLRA is committed to the common interests of all residents and to a productive and positive working relationship with the Estaugh Board and Medford Leas administration. All residents, on both campuses, are members.

Resident committees manage all of our activities: programs in our theater, lectures by guest speakers and residents, concerts by artists from the Philadelphia Orchestra, Curtis Institute, and exhibits in our gallery by regional as well as our many resident artists. They arrange trips to concert halls, theaters, museums and other points of interest in Philadelphia and New York. 

Volunteers organize the many social events and floral displays, provide in-house mail distribution, run the gift and thrift shops, and maintain the trails. And they write, design and publish two newsletters, a literary journal, and this website.

The Lumberton Campus

The Lumberton campus, known officially as “Medford Leas at Lumberton,” is about five miles north of the Medford campus.

In addition to belonging to MLRA, Lumberton residents are members of the Lumberton Campus Residents Association (LCRA), which has an elected council along with a set of activities and committees specific to the Lumberton campus.

Around the Leas

Arrangement by Marilyn Thomas

Annual Flower Show: Autumn Bounty

The Holly Room was once again the site of the annual flower show. Residents enthusiastically shared their flower designs, home-grown produce and plants. The residents and staff in Assisted Living did themselves proud,

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Louise the duck sitting on her nest

Louise the Duck

A resident was in the Rogers garden, arranging flowers for a celebration of May Day. She decided to explore the pathway, and, following a turn, her bright eyes caught sight of something different

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What's Happening

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The History of Medford Leas includes two photo essays, one starting with its founding in 1971 until its 40th Anniversary year in 2011, and a second covering the following decade, 2012-2021.