Current Annual Report - Retirement Housing Foundation

Messagesfrom ourLeadershipRHF Providing a Brighter Future for PeopleRHF Fast Facts:- Employs more than 2,800people throughout theUnited States, Puerto Ricoand the U.S. Virgin Islands.- More than 18,000 peoplecall an RHF community“home”- We began constructionon Lane Manor in StoneMountain, GA and TheWhittier in Los Angeles,CA.- Broadwood Terrace andLas Alturas, both affordablesenior communities,received 9% tax creditawards in 2012.- We welcomed Peace Village(Palos Park, IL), a CCRC,into the RHF family.- 63 RHF residents areover the age of 100, morethan 40 of them are livingindependently.Later in this annual report you will read our ninth annual socialaccountability report. One report from a manager included the words,“God has blessed our family with the opportunity to help others thisyear.” That’s what RHF is all about. In our national headquarters and inour 168 communities nationwide we advocate for policies and strive tosee that everyone has a safe, secure, and affordable place to live.The following pages serve as a snapshot of the past, the present, andthe future. While the financial report contained herein covers the periodof October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012, my report covers theperiod from February 1, 2012 to January 31, 2013.•We celebrated our 51st Anniversary in February 2012 with nationalmanagement conferences for our market-rate/healthcare administrators,directors of nursing and assisted living directors, as well as affordablehousing managers from the Northwest and Southern California regions.The management conferences, annual meeting of corporate members,and anniversary banquet were held at the Sheraton Cerritos.The annual meeting is a time when we conduct corporate business, andwe welcomed delegates from RHF community boards as well as nineUnited Church of Christ (UCC) Conference Ministers.The annual meeting worship service was hosted by CommunityCongregational UCC, Los Alamitos. Preaching was the Rev. Dr. TeriKawata, a member of the RHF Board and former Conference Ministerfor the Hawaii Conference of the UCC. Sadly, Teri retired from the RHFBoard at this meeting along with his wife Kiku, who retired from theAdvisory Commission. A combined choir comprised of RHF teammembers and choir members from Community Congregational and LosAltos UCCs provided music under the direction of David Joseph.At the annual business meeting, Dr. John Bauman and the Rev. Dr.Norma DeSaegher were elected to the National Board of Directors Classof 2013, the Rev. Harold Schultz was elected to the Class of 2014, andFrank G. Jahrling, Donald W. King, Tom S. Masuda, and John E. Trnkawere re-elected to three-year terms, Class of 2015.4(Continue on page 5)