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St. Paul News Published by St. Paul’s, a nonprofit continuing care community dedicated to serving the needs of older adults, located at 339 East Jamestown Road, Greenville, PA 16125. Board of Directors of St. Paul’s Board Executive Committee President................................... Mr. Jeffrey A. Wallace First Vice President................... Mr. Douglas Anderson Second Vice President........................Mr. Roy W. Wilt Secretary........................................Atty. Terry Wheeler Asst. Secretary............................. Rev. Philip J. Garner Treasurer................................Mr. Joseph J. Despoy, Jr. Asst. Treasurer............................... Mr. George McKee Board Member.........................Miss Betty Lou Artman Board Member............................Rev. Edwin J. Fromm Board Member...........................Mr. William T. Martin Board Member.......................... Mr. John B. Millen, Jr. Board Member............................ Mr. Larry A. Redfoot Board Member................Rev. Dr. Paul L. Westcoat, Jr. Executive Director.......................... Mr. G. Bryan Oros Assistant Exec. Dir......................Ms. Tammy Lininger Board of Trustees Rev. Dr. Joseph Beer Dr. Victor I. Colaiaco Ms. Judith Crothers Mr. Rich Garland Mr. M. Scott Hartle Ms. Julie Hills Mr. Steve Hosmer Mr. John O. McCandless Rev. Alan McLarty Mr. David Reeves Rev. Neil D. Siefert Mr. Bob Sherbondy Mr. David Shulik Mr. Samuel O. Swick Mr. James Topper Mr. Ben F. Walker Mr. Jack N. Walter Mr. D. Michael Walton Board Members Emeritus Mr. H. Kenneth Gehr Mr. Howard Headland Mr. William E. Johnston Mr. Clarence R. Lessig Mr. Paul W. Nettrour, Jr. Mr. Gene G. Smith Board President Emeritus Mr. William E. Johnston St. Paul’s is a corporation by the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania. Dorseyville Home for The Aged was organized in June of 1928 in Dorseyville, PA. It was closed November 1974. St. Paul’s Children’s Home began its work in Butler, PA on October 10, 1867. The Home was moved to its present location near Greenville, PA on February 24, 1909. It was closed June 6, 1971. St. Paul’s Old Folk’s Home was organized on June 20, 1927 in Greenville, PA, and was moved to West Salem Township on September 7, 1946. St. Paul’s does not discriminate in race, creed or color. An equal opportunity employer. Phone--------------724-588-7610 Contributing staff - Rita Clemente, william Kirker, and Diane O’Brien G. Bryan Oros Executive Director Annual Report Last year was a challenging year for us at St. Paul’s as we too have been affected by the struggling economy. Many individuals who have an interest in moving into either Independent Living or Assisted Living now find themselves in a position where their investments have declined substantially, and to add to their problems, they can’t sell their homes. The other issue that we are dealing with as it pertains to assisted living is that residents are waiting until they absolutely need to go into a facility, and as a result they don’t stay very long until they need to be moved to The Villas. With the dramatic down turn in the stock market it is not uncommon for individuals and organizations to have lost anywhere from 30% to 50% of their investments. Thanks to the wisdom and foresight of our Investment Committee our total portfolio has declined only 9%. These gentlemen deserve a great deal of thanks for their concern, efforts and intelligence as they continue to develop strategies to protect our investments. We are constantly trying to develop new services to provide to our residents. One of our goals for the past several years was to develop a dental office on campus. I am very pleased to report that we have finally accomplished it. We were able to locate some very good used dental equipment and now have a complete dental office set up in what used be Special Therapy of the Heritage Building. We are very thankful for and appreciative of the assistance we received from Dr. Tom Bost, a local dentist. He advised us on what we needed and how to set the room up. Now a lot of our residents don’t have to travel in order to receive dental care. Through an agreement with the Primary Health Network, a dentist comes twice a month to see residents. Our hope is that local dentists will also come here to see their patients who are residents here. Another major goal that was accomplished last year was the formation of a Home Health Agency. By partnering with Concordia Visiting Nurses and Wesbury United Methodist Home we formed a company called Alliance Visiting Nurses. AVN began seeing patients on September 1, 2008. The main reason we wanted a home health agency was to be able to provide services to our residents in independent and assisted living. Not long after AVN began its operation, we were approached by VNA of Crawford County, a home care agency owned by Meadville Medical Center, about the possibility of merging the two companies. After months of discussions and negotiations, the two companies have merged with the new company coming into existence on May 1. Last year the Board approved money to engage an outside marketing firm in order to develop a comprehensive marketing plan for the whole campus. We chose VanFossan and Associates. Working in conjunction with the Visions and Marketing Committee, focus groups and staff we have been developing a plan which hopefully will give us a new “brand” and make the general community more aware of who we are and what we have to offer. St. Paul Homes is now St. Paul’s – A Continuing Care Community. Our independent living neighborhood is now The Colony. Cottage Colony no longer fairly described the beautiful homes in our independent living. We have dropped the word retirement in A Continuing Care Community since some individuals who move to St. Paul’s are still working. And we have a new logo displayed on the cover. St. Paul’s has evolved into a large community providing comprehensive health care and living arrangements. Even in light of the economy, we ended 2008 on many positive notes. We continue to develop services that enhance the lives of our residents. It is only through the help of many people that we are able to do the many things we do. Our volunteers, Auxiliary members, members of Penn West Conference churches, our residents, employees, families, and our many friends support St. Paul’s in various ways through their time, talents, and resources. I thank all of you for your continued support which over the years has truly helped St. Paul’s become what it is today – a great place to call home for many people. 2
Donors to St. Paul’s Recognized This issue of St. Paul News includes recognition of donors to St. Paul’s for all gifts made during the 2008 calendar year. This also includes gifts made to The Ridgewood at Shenango Valley. President’s Club Advanced Bulk & Conveying Advanced Health Care Alliance Rehabilitation, Inc. Amerinet Central Mr. Douglas Anderson Anderson Charitable Foundation Anderson Coach & Travel Anonymous Anonymous Arrow Electric Inc. Miss Betty Lou Artman Mr. & Mrs. Dale Beatty Dr. & Mrs. Walter Beh Mr. & Mrs. James Bittel, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Blattner Dr. & Mrs. John Brown Burrows Company C. H. Snyder Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Ms. Suzanne Calvin Mr. & Mrs. William Celik Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Jim & Lynn Chuey Cohen & Grigsby PC Miss Autumn Colby ComDoc, Inc. Community Foundation of Western PA & Eastern OH Cullen Construction Co. Davevic Benefit Consultants, Inc. Mrs. Mary Alice Dean Derr Industries Mrs. Janice Easler Eckley’s TV & Appliance First National Bank of PA Mrs. Nellie Foor Ms. Mary Beth Gehret Ms. Dorothy Goodrick Celebrating Years of Service St. Paul’s held its Annual Employee and Board Recognition Dinner at The Greens of Greenville’s Gallery Grille in April. Twenty-eight individuals were recognized for their years of service including Deb Stephens (pictured with Mary Blatter, DON, and Mr. Oros) with 31 years of service and the most seniority of those attending. G. Bryan Oros, executive director and honoree celebrating 30 years of service, shared comments about the dedication of both board members and employees. Jeffrey Wallace, President of The Board of Directors congratulated and thanked honorees for their commitment to St. Paul’s. Tammy Lininger, Administrator of The Villas, recognized honorees for their compassion and caring; both making a difference in the lives of our residents and their family members. Lynn Chuey, Director of Human Resources, along with Mr. Oros and department managers presented each honoree with a gift. This year, in addition to representatives of St. Paul’s, two employees from The Ridgewood at Shenango Valley were honored, each for 10 years of service. St. Paul’s Trustees & Employees 30 Years Deb Stephens Linda Yeager Janet Jones Jim Kuban Bryan Oros Jeannine Fleming Dottie Seger 25 Years Donna Kean 20 Years Jane Greggs Sue Ann Sheets Shirley Patton Karen Weaver Georgia Crisman 15 Years Pat Mowery Pat Cameron Jeff Wallace Doug Anderson 10 Years Carolyn Johnson Cindy Stone Doug Heverly Karen Durney Lori Ferguson Shelly Luckock Sue Mullen Teresa Heckman Tina Adams The Ridgewood at Shenango Valley 10 Years Joan Merz 3 Adam Hale
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