An Afternoon of Guitar - Good Samaritan Society

“Sharing Friendship At Home”HighlightsSpring 2011 • Issue 69 Circulation 2,900An Afternoon of GuitarHowie Gamber To Present Country Music ProgramThe Senior Companion Program will hold its annualbenefit concert and raffle at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 17,at the Good Samaritan Society National Campus inSioux Falls. The concert will feature HowieGamber, a local country musician. Howie will performa variety of new and old country standards along withwaltzes and polkas.Howie Gamber is from Huron, S.D. Howie began hismusical career as a teenager playing guitar with TheScramblers. He then formed his own group, theHowie Gamber Band, and has opened for TommyCash, Marvin Rainwater, Jimmy Bowen, Wynn Stewartand, most recently, Tracy Lawrence and The ForesterSisters. In 2006, Howie was inducted into theSouth Dakota Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2010,he was inducted into the Legends of South DakotaCountry Music.The Senior Companion benefit will feature drawingsfor prizes, including:• Handmade queen-size quilt• Two framed prints• $50 Visa gift card• Hardanger bell pull• $25 gas card• $25 in fast food gift certificates• $25 Ace Hardware gift card• Hand-beaded jewelry• Four $25 Hy-Vee gift cards• $25 JC Penney gift card• $25 Empire Mall gift card• $25 downtown Sioux Falls gift card• Mind Body and Spirit gift basket• Fleece vest and umbrella• Two McDonald’s gift cards• $15 Culver’s couponsMiller Funeral Home is the concert entertainmentsponsor and Citi is providing a community partnergrant. Matching funds will be provided by Thrivent Financialfor Lutherans. Proceeds will support the workof Senior Companions.Benefit concertfeaturingHowie GamberSunday, April 17 • 2 p.m.Great Room of the Jerstad CenterThe Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society4800 W. 57th St. • Sioux Falls, S.D.Tickets: Adults $5 • Seniors $4Children ages 4 – 12, $2Children 3 and younger, freeTickets can be purchased at the dooror by calling (605) 361-1133.

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAMby the numbers• 122 Senior Companions statewide in 2010• 717 clients served in 2010• 81,764 hours of care given to clients• 212,456 miles driven by Companions toreach their clients• 73,005 miles driven by Companionsproviding transportation to their clients• 64% of the clients stayed in their homesix months or more beyond expectationsSenior Companions:Sharing Friendship at HomeVolunteer OpportunityBecome a Senior CompanionJoin our many dedicated volunteers intheir mission of assisting other seniorsand allowing them to stay in their homes.Activities might include help with shopping anderrands, assistance with reading and writingletters, conversation and preparation of meals.You would enjoy many benefits, including:• Paid hourly tax-free stipend• Mileage reimbursement• Paid training• Paid holidays and sick leave• Meal allowance• Supplemental accident insurance while onassignment• Friendship with peersMust be 55 or older, meet an income guidelineand be willing to serve 15 or more hours aweek. To volunteer, please call(605) 361-1133 or (888) 239-1210.Thank You,Medical CommunityMany partners make the Senior CompanionProgram successful. One of our partners isthe local medical community.Physicians donate 90 percent of the physicalsthat Senior Companions are required to getinitially and annually. This donation saves theprogram significant expense. Thank you to thefollowing physicians for this importantin-kind contribution!BrookingsR. P. Holm, MDJennifer Tan, MDCantonMichelle Johnson, MDDell RapidsMatt Herber, MDJoe Prasek, MDElk PointNoreen O’Shea, DOFort MeadeMargaret Becker, MDHartfordTroy Vanoverbeke,PA-CMilbankCrispin Webb, MDMillerMichele L. Wieseler,CNP, NPOrtonville, Minn.Sheree Keler, CNPRapid CityAlexia Gillen, DOCraig K. Hansen, MDJan Hines, PA-CAngela Karsky, PAJeanie Lembke, MDJamie S. Schaeffer, MDDouglas Traub, MDAl Wessel, Jr., MDSioux FallsPaula Adam-Burchill, MDJames Barker, MDScott Beckstrand, MDRuchi Bhatia, MDCarrie Carlson, DOTimothy Donelan, MDRichard Day, MDDouglas Dehaan, MDScott Ecklund, MDH. Feistner, MDAllen Funk, MDJudy Jacobsen, PA-CJeffry Meyer, MDAndrea Miller, DODavid Nelson, MDPatricia Peters, MDMark Rector, MDGlenn Ridder, MDBruce Schulz, MDLarry Sittner, MDMel Thomas, MDCraig Uthe, MDLarry VanderWoude, MDCaryn Wallace, MDMike Wilde, MDSpearfishForrest S. Brady, MDDouglas D. Everson, MDPamela Miller, DODouglas Van Marel, MDWatertownWilliam Devine, MDKenneth Johnson, MDRebecca Pengilly, MDDan Reiffenberger, MDYanktonLeona M. Cammock, MDSusan Fanta, MDBonnie Nowak, MD

spotlightWestern Heights Residents Benefit From Senior CompanionsWestern Heights Apartmentsprovide affordable, independentliving for Sioux Falls seniors andindividuals with limitations. Eightyone-bedroom apartments areavailable, some with handicapaccessibility. Rental assistanceis available for those who qualify,and vouchers are welcome.Western Heights offers manyservices to its residents, includingan on-site manager, noonmeals, free grocery delivery, abeauty salon, a monthly bloodpressure clinic, educational sessionsand a resident council.Apartment services also includean on-site professional servicecoordinator, Melissa Webb, wholinks residents to community resourcesand offers advocacy andsupport. Melissa brings in speakersto inform residents abouthealth and wellness issues andeducate them about programsavailable to them.Melilssa is a licensed socialworker, as well, and provides residentreferrals to the Senior CompanionProgram. Companionshelp residents prepare meals,accompany them on walks, takethem to medical appointmentsand help them shop for groceriesand run errands. They also visit,play cards, read mail to clientsor help them pay bills whentheir vision is failing. This allowsresidents to remain independentin their own homes for a longerperiod of time.Melissa Webb“Senior Companions offercompanionship and help residentsget to appointments andstores they would not be able to,”says Melissa. She sees how SeniorCompanions and residentsbond and she is very supportiveof the Senior Companion program.Day of SharingIn observance of Senior Corps andVolunteer Sioux Falls Week in September,16 Senior Companions spent a day playingbingo and other games with WesternHeights residents.Game day at Western Heights Apartments“The Senior Companions were very welcoming,”says Professional Service CoordinatorMelissa Webb. “Residents appreciatedthat Senior Companions helped themread their bingo cards because some wouldnot have been able to play otherwise.”

2010In Gratitude for Generosity2010 Giving Club MembersSPONSORSHIP CLUB(Contributions of $500 or more per year)Greg AmbleAssurantBlack Hills Area CommunityFoundationGive Black HillsJoe HerdinaCharles HiattIn Memory of Verdyne WackerHy-Vee Operation Helpful SmileBill KubatJustin LambersonBeverly MagedanzIn Honor of Enid SenkbeilDean MertzMinnehaha Sertoma ClubLoretta Pressler MemorialRich and Sharon CutlerGrace, Melvin andLavonne DickenWalt HoilandLyle and Marilyn McLeodRoger and Beverly WollesOther memorialsSteve and Corey ThompsonFRIENDSHIP CLUB(Contributions of $125–$499 per year)Linda BauerKim and Janine BeckIn Memory of Kay BeckKathryn BellKeith BergumJean BhattiIn Memory of Marthelyn HammerGail BlockerDonna Lee BoydIn Memory of Clyde E. BoydIn Memory of Ilene BrendeTwyla BrandsmaSonia BuryDaniel DeckertCarol DossJim DroppersJack DuganNeal EddyAllen EvansDan FosnessLiz GorhamIn Memory of Betty GorhamSioux Falls First National BankCommunity Giving ProgramAva GrimsawDiane DeYoungWilliam GranLenny HendryJeff HerreidArline H. HillLalah HoltquistDave HorazdovskyReggie HuberRobert Jones MemorialBarrett Jones, Jr.Inez MullerAnita P. OlsonBetty OrdalMrs. Albert SchulzRobert Van BeekJoe Kaliszewski MemorialDavid and Mary Jo ChristensenDon and Carolyn GrantRollin and Marian MannieGary and Alice ParksDavid and Bonnie StavigAlan and Bonnie SteenFran KilenIn Memory of Ed KilenPaul KilenRenee KoletzkyPaul LanskyAnn LarsonSteve LenardsIn Honor of Elizabeth LenardsJerry MatthiesenIn Memory of Carole MatthiesenTim and Rosemary McCoyDon McDonaldJames and Joan MeroneyIn Honor of James MeroneyCindy MoegenburgJudy MutersThomas and Jean NicholsonIn Memory of Elizabeth PetersonRay Nae NylanderRichard and Kathy ReidIn Memory of Irene KregerElaine F. RiemannIn Honor of Maxine WhittleMark ScharnbergDuane ScottIn Honor of Nellie Y. ScottGary SikmaKelly SoylandJames and Judy StoverJennifer SundbyDr. Fredric and Diane ThanelElizabeth TorkildsonSherrie VenardStan and Paula WheelockDonna WilliamsRusty WilliamsSharon ZoccoSUNSHINE CLUB(Contributions of up to $124 per year)Dean AckermannDorothy AdenIn Memory of Lloyd AxtellDeaun AndersenIn Honor of all Senior CompanionsIn Honor of Ella HoffDuane AndersonKristy AndersonSonja AndersonLauren AnemaMary AntrimGary and Dona AviseAnita BabcokJim and Cele BakerIn Memory of Marian Conley BakerKathy BakerDoreen BarthIn Memory of Donald BarthSusan BeamanKim BeanerGerald BeaudoinMary BeckerTed BeckerJulie BeilbySuzanne BergeIn Memory of Donna CorneliusEllen BergersonIn Memory of Norman BergersonJulie BerndtFernande (Nona) BitsosIn Memory of Donald LanePaula BohlenViola BorgenIn Memory of Harold BorgenRoger BraatenIn Memory of Mable BraatenLuane Brandt

In Gratitude for Generosity...Joyce LarsonFamily and friends of Lyle MagorienSherry Marshall-OlsonDarren MatthesCurtis and Opal MarkIn Honor of all volunteersConnie McClintockRoyal and Beverly McCrackenIn Memory of Linda McCrackenAlyce McKayLloyd MercerIn Memory of Hope BrownBill and Rowena MeredithIn Honor of our childrenIn Honor of Jerry RowIn Honor of all Senior CompanionsDavid and Debby MilesIn Memory of Emma HyronemusIn Memory of Bernice MilesLinda MilesIn Memory of Richard SeyorkaCarolyn MillmanRoger MoellerChris MullaneyMarjorie MungerBeatrice NebyDiane NekvindaTom NelsonDustin OelmannCathie OgdieIn Honor of Lorraine ParezoMelissa O’HaraDick OlsonChester and Irene OplandOSSPA Division Sunshine Fund,Good Samaritan SocietyNational CampusIn Memory of Bernard FurseeIn Memory of Richard TottonKim OttenNoreen OverbySandy ParisienLaurie ParkerElaine H. PedersonIn Memory of Cora SterudKellie PetersRev. and Mrs. A. Richard PetersenSherrie PetersenBarbara PetersonRegina PfarrKim PoitraGunda PoppengaIn Memory of Marvin SweeJoanne PowellJanice PriestIn Honor of Avis PriestLarry RaadJudy RallJames ReichDorothy ReisIn Honor of Joseph ReisRic RodriguezMariann RoemenHelen RoggeIn Memory of Edna OrthausIn Memory of Mary OrthausTedd RonningIn Honor of Lois RonningRose RuhlandMatt RustIn Honor of Geraldine RustDonna SaalbornDale and Linnette SandineArchie SatterIn Memory of Marlys RostadBob SatterIn Honor of Archie SatterAJ and Lois SchmidtIn Honor of David SorensonMarylou SchnabelPatti ScholtenTeresa SchumacherDebbie SchwartzNan SchwartzSD School of Minesand TechnologyOn behalf of Career ServiceEmployeesJohn and Evelyn SehrPatty SehrJoann SejnohaIn Memory of Ron SejnohaHolly ShaneDoris ShepardShawn ShofnerJacqueline SlyScott M. and Sandra B. SmithLeonard SouhradaSpringdale Lutheran WELCAJanet StemberIn Memory of Emma FaustCharlotte StensaasRaymond StepanekMollie SteuckAbigail StewartJeff StingleyMarilyn StrohMaggie SummererLola SundeIn Honor of Darlene RobinsonJen SwansonKristy SweeneyCarl and Cindy TeerBarbara TelkampIn Honor of Hazel UrevigAnne TereshinskiKathy ThomasDona ThompsonEmily ThompsonDonna ThorntonJeri ThorpeSharon TiedeJanet TiemeyerTyler TiggesJason TwiteJake and Dorothy UithovenJennifer Van EssenBrad Van SurksumNancy VanLaarEd and Kathleen VarnsIn Memory of Elmer EntringerFred and Sara VeggeIn Memory of Florence BerklandIn Memory of Firemann LegreidIn Memory of Trygve andEunice VeggeJane VequistRonald and Esther WalkerIn Honor of Mabel WalkerVicky WalkerDawn WarwickRyan WatersRuth WegehauptIn Memory of George WegehauptBarb WeisenbachKristina WerdelTom WhalenJames and Mary WheelerLee WhipkeyArlene WhiteIn Memory of Albert KoehnIn Memory of Bonita PetersonRandal WhiteRosalyn WielengaHolly WilhelmDouglas WilliamsonJeff and Janine WingKimberly WinkEvelyn WitkopTerry ZerfasDonna ZirbesChristina ZoellnerIn Memory of Donald ZoellnerThank you to everyone who made donations to the Senior Companion Program in 2010. Your generosity is appreciated. Everyeffort is made to accurately list all contributors. If we have excluded or misprinted any name, please let us know. All gifts aretax-deductible within IRS regulations.

Fund1000 N West Ave Ste 260Sioux Falls SD 57104-1367NON-PROFITORGANIZATIONU.S. POSTAGEPAIDPERMIT #1553SIOUX FALLS, SDAddress Service RequestedWelcometo these new Senior CompanionsShirley Cates (Watertown) Bonnie Erion (Rapid City)Liz Fulton (Rapid City) Marjorie Johns (Dell Rapids)Sharon Rose (Belle Fourche) Joyce Picotte (Rapid City)Audrey Simmons (Rapid City) Richard Swanson (Sioux Falls)Marleen Swenson (Madison)Senior Companions Highlightsis published twice a year by theSenior Companion Program.Spring 2011; Issue 69Senior Companion Program1000 N. West Ave., Suite 260Sioux Falls, SD 57104-1367Phone: (605) 361-1133Toll-free: (888) 239-1210E-mail: sdscp@good-sam.comWeb site: www.good-sam.com/scpsdRapid City Office2040 W. Main St., Suite 213Rapid City, SD 57702Phone: (605) 721-8884E-mail: bhsrcompanion@rushmore.comA United Way MemberAgency of the Sioux Empire,Brookings, Madison, Yankton,Watertown, Black Hills andAberdeen United WaysKristin Fox, Executive DirectorDiane DeVito, Program CoordinatorMary Becker, Program CoordinatorDebbie Fuerst, Office ManagerJennifer BaumanBlack Hills Program Coordinator