News & Events
GoodLife Hosts Open House for New Neighborhood Network in Wichita
This month, GoodLife is hosting an Open House to celebrate the launch of our newest Neighborhood Network, our award-winning service model that serves semi-independent adults with disabilities. The Neighborhood Network will bring a new and exciting residential alternative for semi-independent adults in Wichita who are looking for opportunities to live independently. The Open House will be on Wednesday, September 21… read more
GoodLife’s North Star Academy Celebrates a Graduation
This month, North Star Academy celebrated another student graduation! Johnny K. graduated from North Star Academy on Friday, September 2. He celebrated with friends, family, and North Star staff. We’re so proud of all Johnny’s hard work and all the wonderful work that his Behavioral Analyst, Lisa A. did to support him! The North Star Academy provides early behavioral intervention… read more
Parent & Guardian Engagement Kick Off Meeting Scheduled for September 21, 2022
We are hosting a Parent and Guardian Engagement Committee Kick Off Meeting on Wednesday, September 21st from 3:00 pm-5:00 pm at The Barn at Kill Creek Farm, 9200 Kill Creek Rd, De Soto, KS 66018 (corner of K-10 and Kill Creek Rd). Refreshments will be provided. Our Parent and Guardian Engagement Committee exists to discover what is working right now… read more
GoodLife’s North Star Academy Celebrates A Graduation
This month, one of our North Star Academy students, Lily K. graduated! Her graduation celebration took place on Friday, August 19th. We are thrilled to celebrate Lily and her amazing progress. She’ll now be able to re-join her typical school programs. We loved having Lily at North Star Academy and are proud of her hard work and the work of… read more
Blue Valley Special Olympics Athletes to Tour GoodLife’s Midnight Farm
On Saturday, June 25 GoodLife will welcome a group of 22 Blue Valley Special Olympics Athletes and 14 volunteers for a field trip and tour of all the exciting opportunities available at Midnight Farm. Midnight Farm is unique to GoodLife and offers visitors a chance to connect with nature and explore various forms of creativity in a beautiful, rural setting… read more
Dr. Mike Strouse Celebrates 37 Years as GoodLife’s CEO
GoodLife was founded by families in 1977 and while Dr. Mike Strouse is not the only one to serve as president across our organization’s history, he is certainly the one to serve in this role the longest. On Monday June 6, 2022, we were honored to help Mike celebrate his 37th year as GoodLife’s president and CEO. “I’m actually calling… read more
GoodLife Hosts First Parent & Guardian Engagement Luncheon
On May 6th, we hosted our first Parent and Guardian Engagement Committee Luncheon in order to discover, from the committee’s perspective, what is working right now and also listen for what we can do better. More than 10 of our residents were represented by a loved one at the luncheon. So many positive ideas were generated and we can’t wait… read more
GoodLife and Community Village Lawrence attend LAPA Senior Resource Fair
GoodLife and partner, Community Village Lawrence, attended The Lawrence Area Partners in Aging Senior Resource Fair at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence on Tuesday. This is LAPA’s 16th annual Senior Resource Fair and the turnout was excellent. The fair included about 45 businesses and organizations and many Lawrence residents showed up to get more information on the resources available for… read more
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
We had so much fun celebrating St. Patty’s Day here at GoodLife. Check out some images of our celebrations:
