Inside This Issue - Magnolia Manor

When you
walk on Magnolia
Manor of Macon’s
campus, if you
didn’t know before
there are three
things that will
quickly come to
your attention:
Number one, the
r e s i d e n t s
absolutely adore Harold Lane, Administrator of
Magnolia Manor of Macon. Number two, there is
a huge campaign under way called “secure the
promise,” a crusade to help raise money to build
a 2.6 million dollar supportive housing facility
headed by Rev. Robert Beckum, Vice President
of Development and Church Relations. Thirdly,
resident Betty Gates will strongly concur with one
and two.
Her name is Betty Gates, for the last
decade she has called Magnolia Manor of Macon
her home. This former telephone company
owner has a mind for business, and she’s made
it her business to help Magnolia Manor “secure
the promise!” “I have eyes, I watch people, I’m
always watching people and I hate to see it when
I have to say goodbye to my friends here at
Magnolia Manor because they need to move and
Par for the Course
Since you memtioned,
“secure the promise”...
find a retirement community that offers more
help.” Help that Magnolia Manor of Macon
hopes to be able to offer its residents in the next
year by way of 48 apartments of “assisted care
living.”
Not only has Mrs. Betty gone far and
beyond “the call of duty” when it comes to personal
donations, but she has also solicited her
friends, and extended family members to make
matching donations.
One might wonder why this woman of
eighty years of age, a woman who can and does
privately pay for her own living accommodations,
a women whose tireless efforts will help “secure
the promise” be realized, one might wonder why
she does it? What exactly fuels her flame? Well,
all you have to do is ask her and she’ll tell you,
“the meaning of Magnolia Manor is beautiful, I
love what it stands for, I love Magnolia Manor,”
says Gates.
“When it was time for me to move
into a retirement community, Magnolia
Manor was the obvious choice. I want people
who need assisted living to have
Magnolia Manor” as an option.
Mrs. Betty Gates
Resident on Macon campus
The first annual St Marys golf challenge was played at
the Golf Course at Osprey Friday, September 29th. It
was a great success. Eleven teams vied for the championship
with the Osprey Ladies winning first place in the
women's division and The Coastal Bank team taking first
place in the men's division. Over $3000 was raised to
help build a dock on the lake at Magnolia Manor. This
was with the help of numerous corporate and hole sponsors
providing every player a great door prize, door
prizes graciously donated by the merchants of Camden
County.
Above: Mark Feine on the “Elliotts
Plantation team takes a nice
swing.
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