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O utreach September 2013
Join us for a spaghetti dinner and
raise money for the Memory Garden
Everyone is invited to our Spaghetti
Dinner/Silent Auction fundraiser
on Thursday, Oct. 3, from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
at Good Samaritan Society – Ambassador.
There will be an all-you-can-eat
spaghetti dinner, silent auction, live
music and kids’ game room.
Tickets are now available in advance
for $10 per adult. On the day of the
event, tickets will be $12 per adult at
the receptionist office. This year, your
donations will go toward our Memory
Garden, a new outdoor living space
planned across from the front entrance.
Last year’s spaghetti dinner fundraiser
was a success and brought in more
than $5,650 to beautify the courtyard.
Our key sponsor last year was Thrivent
Financial for Lutherans.
With spaghetti dinner profits, Ambassador
purchased new outdoor furniture,
which residents and families use while
visiting, reading and enjoying the
outdoors. Our sign also was enhanced by
adding mulch, plants and trees.
Please join us and help improve our
campus! For more information, please
contact Barb Burger at (763) 417-7145
or bburger@good-sam.com. V
Our Spaghetti Dinner/Silent
Auction fundraiser is on
Thursday, Oct. 3, from 5 to
7:30 p.m. Please come out
and help us raise money for
a new memory garden. Read
more at left.
A publication of
Good Samaritan
Society – Ambassador
New Hope, Minn.
Below: Thanks to last year’s
spaghetti dinner donations, our
signage is enhanced with new
mulch, plants and trees.
pg. 2
Are you producing fruit
in your life
Gifts can come in all
shapes and sizes
pg. 3
Plan for the future,
leave a legacy
Above: Resident Robert Riley reads while sitting at a new
outdoor table and chairs purchased with donations from
last year’s spaghetti dinner fundraiser.
In Christ’s Love, Everyone Is Someone.

G race notes
Are you producing fruit in your life
By Rev. John Skeie
Chaplain
As the fall season arrives, we
are made mindful of what
we have sown in the past and now
are producing in the present. How
will our harvest be What will our
production amount to
God calls Christians to be fruit
bearers and to produce a bountiful
crop for His kingdom. In John 15:4,
Jesus says, “You cannot be fruitful
apart from Me.” In verse eight, He
says, “My true disciples produce a
great harvest and this brings glory to
my Father in heaven.”
Just what are the fruits Christ
speaks about that we are to bear and
produce
The apostle Paul wrote to the
church in Galatia, “But when the
Holy Spirit controls our lives, He will
produce the following fruits in us:
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and
self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23).
Let’s take time to ponder and
consider each one of these fruits. Are
you producing them in your life and
for the lives of others
May God help us to be healthy,
faithful plants in His garden of grace,
watered by His love, warmed by our
faith, and nurtured by hope. ✞
G ifts can come in all shapes and sizes
Thanks to donors, we now have new outdoor furniture and
benches, which residents and families use while visiting,
reading and enjoying the outdoors.
There are many different ways you can donate to Good
Samaritan Society – Ambassador.
• Volunteer with KidPack, our community outreach
project with Neill Elementary, Calvary Lutheran
Church, the Emergency Food Network and other
community partners bringing extra food to kids for
the weekends during the school year.
• Visit residents and/or participate in resident activities
and church services at Ambassador.
• Volunteer at events such as the upcoming Spaghetti
Dinner/Silent Auction on Oct. 3.
You can also give financially with:
• Memorials and tributes to recognize someone
special, commemorate important occasions, or
express sympathy and remembrance at the loss of a
loved one.
• Honor gifts made in recognition of a care team or
family member who has provided excellent care.
• Designated gifts to support specified Ambassador
projects, programs or services like the Memory
Garden.
• Endowment gifts to provide long-term support to
special programs like chaplain services, staff development
and resident activities.
• Planned gifts to support Ambassador through a
bequest in a will, a charitable or revocable trust, life
insurance, stocks or real estate.
• Matching gifts. Check with your employer about
matching your gift or donating to United Way and
designating your gift to Ambassador.
To learn more about these options, please contact
Sue Klaseus at (763) 417-7127 or sklaseus@good-sam.com. ✞
Outreach 2 September 2013

Y our gifts further our mission
Plan for the future, leave a legacy
Attend Ambassador’s ‘Life Legacy Educational Seminars’
Good Samaritan Society – Ambassador
will be hosting a series of free “Life
Legacy Educational Seminars” over the
next several months.
Perry Jacobson, an Ambassador board
member and Thrivent financial associate at
Financial for Lutherans, and Sue Klaseus,
director of resource development, will lead
the seminars.
Topics will include how to cover funeral
costs, how to create a living will, and how to
plan financial legacy gifts.
• Heart-to-Heart: As You and Your
Parents Age at Good Samaritan
Society – Ambassador, Oct. 22 at
6:30 p.m.
• Benefits of Pre-Arranging your
Funeral, Nov. 20 at 10 a.m. This
seminar is hosted in partnership with
Kapala-Glodek-Malone Funeral
Home in New Hope.
• Making a Difference: Sharing Your
Time, Talents and Treasure, Jan. 22,
Don’t miss your chance
Make a tax-free gift from your IRA today
2014, at 10 a.m. This seminar will be
hosted in partnership with Golden
Valley Seniors Group at Brookview
Community Center in Golden Valley.
• Estate Strategy Essentials at Good
Samaritan Society – Ambassador,
Feb. 27, 2014, at 6:30 p.m.
Seating will be limited, please reserve
your seat soon. RSVP to Sue Klaseus
at (763) 417-7127 or e-mail sklaseus@
good-sam.com. ✞
Congress has passed legislation allowing anyone age 70 ½ and older to make a taxfree
gift from their IRA funds through the end of 2013. Consider touching the
lives of seniors in your community by investing in the mission of Good Samaritan
Society – Ambassador.
To learn more about this opportunity to use part of your IRA to bless others, please
contact Sue Klaseus at (763) 417-7127 or sklaseus@good-sam.com. ✞
The mission of The
Evangelical Lutheran Good
Samaritan Society is to share
God’s love in word and deed
by providing shelter and
supportive services to older
persons and others in need,
believing that
“In Christ’s Love,
Everyone Is Someone.”
Help us create
our Memory
Garden
Join us in making the
Memory Garden a place to
celebrate life.
Located outside the main
lobby, the memory garden
will feature a walking path
etched with “in memory of ”
and “in honor of ” stones.
It will be surrounded by
lush landscaping, garden
flowers and plants. There
also will be custom outdoor
furniture for families, guests
and residents.
There are several ways you
can contribute toward the
memorial garden.
• Small trees or paver
bricks ($250)
• Large trees or path
stones ($500)
• Outdoor weatherresistant
benches
($1000)
To learn more or to reserve
your Memory Garden
contribution, contact Sue
Klaseus at (763) 417-7127 or
sklaseus@good-sam.com. ✞
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The mission of The Evangelical
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in word and deed by providing
shelter and supportive services to
older persons and others in need,
believing that
In Christ’s Love,
Everyone Is Someone.
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Society – Ambassador
(763) 544-4171
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WALK! with
Aegis Therapies
and Ambassador
Join us on Monday, Sept. 23
Come out and WALK! with Aegis
Therapies and Ambassador on Sept. 23, at
9 a.m. The event starts at Good Samaritan
Society – Ambassador located at 8100
Medicine Lake Rd. in New Hope.
To kick-off Active Aging Week,
everyone is invited go for a WALK! with
fitness expert and local KARE 11 celebrity
Chris Freytag, as well as other local
officials and celebrities.
To learn more, call (763) 417-4635 or
go to www.good-sam.com/ambassador to
register online.
The Good Samaritan Society – Ambassador is a not-for-profit organization that closely follows the Good Samaritan Society’s standards
of excellence, Christ-centered mission and philosophy of caring for the whole person, body and soul. The Evangelical Lutheran Good
Samaritan Society provides housing and services to qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, disability, familial
status, national origin or other protected statuses according to applicable federal, state or local laws. All faiths or beliefs are welcome.
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