Spring 2011 - Retirement Housing Foundation

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VolunteersHonoring Some Incredible IndividualsRHF’s 2011 Volunteer of the YearAnita and Forest Wasson- Mayflower Gardens, Lancaster, CAGinny Beaver, Activity Director at Mayflower Gardens RetirementCommunity writes, “Twelve years ago, Anita and Forest Wassonand members of the Quartz Hill First Four Square Church begantheir food ministry out of their home. In the beginning, theywere feeding three families a week. Now, about 1,200 peoplebenefit from their efforts each month. They have expanded toserving three mobile home parks, members of the First FourSquare Church, and the very fortunate residents of MayflowerGardens. At Christmastime, they visit the mobile home parksand provide a complete Christmas dinner, party, and toys forthe children.They are so important to the residents of this community. We aretruly blessed to have been chosen to receive their kindness.”More than 50 residents signed their names to a letter that read,“With our economy and the financial integrity of our nation inquestion, our seniors struggle with many issues. Issues such as the severe increases in medical healthcosts, housing costs, and food prices are constantly on the minds of seniors, not only in California, but acrossthe nation.The tenants of Mayflower Gardens have been provided with food, free of charge, donated byvarious stores in the area, each and every week. Each week, on Friday afternoon, they promptly showup and organize our “game room” so that each person who has the need can bag their allotment in anorderly manner.”RHF thanks Forest and Anita Wasson for what they do, not only for the residents of Mayflower Gardens,but the entire Quartz Hill community.RHF is pleased to recognize Anita and Forest Wasson as 2011 Volunteers of the Year.Long Distance FamilyTowne Creek Apartments - McKinney, TexasToni Andrukaitis started volunteering at Towne Creek Apartments tointroduce art into the lives of the residents. The Young At Heart Artists(or Yah, Yahs as they refer to themselves) soon took on a life of its own.Some time ago she was asked to write a story for McKinney LivingMagazine about Blue Mountain Equipment (BME), that was havingits ribbon cutting and open house in McKinney. There she had thepleasure of meeting the president of the national company, Stan Crader,who was in town from Missouri, where he resides. At the conclusionStan Crader and Toni Andrukaitis of the interview, he gave her an autographed copy of his book, “TheBridge.” They chatted awhile and he said that he also volunteered at a senior facility in his hometown andthat it was one of his greatest pleasures.She started reading a chapter of the book a week to the art group at Towne Creek. They loved it so much, thatshe posted a couple comments on his Facebook page. He responded and said he was going to be in McKinneyat a book signing and that he and his wife would like to visit with the residents of Towne Creek.As it turned out, it was also his birthday. When he arrived, the residents surprised him with a birthday cake,balloons and singing. He read a chapter of the book and then he autographed extra copies for his new fansand friends. He has become part of their long-distance family and visits whenever he is in McKinney. He hassince written a second book, which they are enjoying now.Mr. Crader is a successful businessman who started creative writing as a pastime, and since has written twosuccessful books. To add to the list of his accolades, Mr. Crader donates the proceeds of his books to variouscharities in his community.-10-
VolunteersVolunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, butwhen you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.- UnknownOur volunteers throughout the nation are special to us. Over 1,642persons graciously gave of their time volunteering a total of 89,000hours in 2010 to RHF individual communities!The hours for meetings are not included for the more than 300corporate and local community Board members & AdvisoryCommission members which would increase the totals significantly.Here is a partial listing of the names of our volunteers:300 MainEstacada, OR1st Baptist ChurchAwana ChildrenAble HearingJoanne AkinsNona AmackKathyrn AndersonDayne BakerRonald BallardFay BechtelCharley BodreauDeborah BogartBeatrice BoltonDominic BoyleBob & Lois BrownJudy & Terry BrownKatie CipolloPhilip CipolloGlen ClarkSigrid ClarkMichael DanforthVicky & Patrick DanforthBen de HaanJohn DillowMyles DunlopJoan GoodEagle Creek GrangeElizabeth EngebretsenEstacada Com. CenterEstacada ThriftwayEstacada True ValueLorraine FascionaLinda ForsbergKim FusonCelenia GarciaRob GaskillDebbie GerigJan GloverJoan HaleShirley HancockJoy HarringtonDorothy HaskinsEvangeline HaynesAna IndoituRon KoenigThalia LlaugerWanda LoewLoriann LundbergRev. John LuttmannDora Jane McCaryLisa McDonaldMonica MartinezRichard & Beverly MilbradtTanner Minton300 MainEstacada, ORBrian MoserBonnie NewmanAngela MoorePeace Lutheran ChoirMichelle PeszneckerGinger PflugePorter Road Mennonite- Choir- Families- Middle SchoolCarl ProkopRed Barn CooperativePreschoolChuck & Tess ReedJohn RhodesSusan RickettDr. Ron RoseKathryn RossJoann SchaeferShawna SheltonBetty SimpsonTony SkoienSally SmithNorm StaufferCarl SteinkellnerSpringwaterPresbyterian ChoirThe Springwater TrioCody TrothThe Upriver DulcimersChrista WarnochAbbey ApartmentsIndianapolis, INAbundant LoveChurch of GodAngel Food NetworkBrittany AdamsPhil AltmeyerSheila AltmeyerThe Earl Anderson FamilyRobert BowersThe Jeff Casteel FamilyJune CasteelThe Mike Casteel FamilyPastor Ted ConnAddalynn DillionJoshua DykesRev. Kent & Jacque DykesBonnie FoxBilly GreenHelen HarmonShirley HarrisAbbey ApartmentsIndianapolis, INLouise HaynesLifting Up the Nameof Jesus MinistriesClara LoweryNicole MannMarwood Baptist ChurchStacey McKinneyBryan MinkRuby PenningtonDanny & Joyce PiroyJuanita ProfittThe Leanne Ramey FamilyShirley “Buck” SainFrank ScottDennis SharpThe Wayne Shell FamilyKim & Tammy ShendlerThe Art Smith FamilyScott SparDennis SparksSharon SparbyMary TurnerWest Newton Worship& Youth CenterJack WilliamsAdam & Bruce,Ft Wayne, INBob ArnettDale BairdMarsha BairdLisa Baker - HomeCare ServicesBethlehem WoodsNursing & RehabLinda BowersDiane CallahanJohn DavidsonBob MimsLillian MooneyPastor Fred MorrisAlice MullBerdia O’QuinBarbara PinkstonClarine RobertsonMary SistrunkDaniel SlaybaughPat SmithRobyn SmithAnn ThomasJeff & Shirley WasselTom WilderJohn Wunderlich-11-For eight years, volunteers from Life Point BaptistChurch and Life’s Hope Baptist Church havecelebrated Christmas with the residents ofBenson Manor (Smyrna, GA).Amistad PlazaLos Angeles, CAJean AndrewinLia BennettKallieldra BontonShaneitha Kerr-ByrdAbigail ManchaJoy MitchellJean PilgrimDenim RichardsRuach MinistriesJordan SwainAnaheim Memorial ManorAnaheim, CAPaul CastilloVera CastilloJohn MeuserAngelus PlazaLos Angeles, CAEustolia AlvaradoIgnacio “Nick” AlvarezErlinda N. ArcebalFranco ArcebalBelvia ArchKyo-Ying BaoThomas W. BaumannAntonia M. CabalMary CaggianoFelisia CainticLillian CalamariGladys O. CampoverdeJoan ChangHu-Ping ChangMary ChangHui Xi ChenAngelus PlazaLos Angeles, CAXue Ju ChenLi Li ChenHui Ming ChenByung Hi ChoYong Cha ChoiEsang (Sandy) ChoiKyu Sok ChoiTsek Chi ChungOk Lee ChungBrian DannellyHelen DavisSheila M. Del VallePeter ElliottMichelle EsperenzaMarth EstradaGrace Farwell-GrangerLuther W. FortinberryLucia D. GarciaLaurel GilletteLaurie GoganzerHerman GordonYusui GuoSoon Ja HanTsai HoKyeong HongHsu Tsin Hsia PuTiena Johnson HallAnthony Y. HuiPamela HuntoonJun JihIsobel Johnson-LechnerYoung La JunYoung Ja JungYue Jae KangKyung Hee KangNatsuo Kawada
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