Cooper Retires - Aase Haugen Homes, Inc.

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BENEFACTORS/DONATIONS
In-Kind Donations: Anonymous; Judy
Abegglen; Kurt "Norske" Anfinson; Dorothy Balian;
Larry and Karen Berg; Carol Bolson; Ferneva
Brimacomb; Sue and Tim Broderick; Keith and Amy
Bruening; Duane and Eileen Bruening; The Family of
Gretchen Bucheit; Becky Crotser; Colette Dahms;
Cal Drew; The Family of Helen Fantl; Rev. Ron and
Karen Fretheim; Teresa Froelke; The Family of
Cecelia Gerleman; Leanne and Dale Goettelman; The
Family of Gladys Grindeland; The Family of Wyman
Halverson; Gene & Jean Hermeier; Gilbert & Helen
Hoffer; The Family of Irene Holthaus; Vicki Holland;
LeRoy and Jean Iverson; Mike & Kate Klimesh;
Cheri Koester; Steve Langland; Karen Lee; Pollyanna
Lerstrom; Elizabeth Lorentzen’s Art Class Students;
Robert McQueen; Ruth & Kenneth Melby; The
Family of Mary Morgan; Barry Motl; Brenda Mueller;
Rev. Joseph and Sybil Needham, in honor of
Orlando Halverson; Janet and Kenneth Ottesen;
Howard Paskach; Elmarie Pecinovsky; Roy Piper;
Rose Rilling; Marcia Rosel; David and Donna
Svenson; Michelle Tallman; Ron & Nina Taylor; Jon
and Shirley Vine; Dan & Jenny Werner; David and
Peggy Wright; Don and Julie Wurtzel.
Many thanks to all those who
donated items to the Aase
Mercantile, our on-site store.
Work of art at work
Elizabeth Lorentzen’s Art Class had a vision
last fall to create their own mixed media
mural of a Prairie scene. Little did
they know then that it would become a
vivid part of the scene at Aase Haugen
Homes this spring! Thanks to some
friendly connections and the great artistic
mural created by very visionary students,
we are pleased to have the Prairie Mural
gracing one of our busiest halls! Every
day residents walk right by the mural, admiring
its cheerful, bright floral motif and
whimsical scenes of prairie life for insects
and flowers. The bright colors and happy
subjects make each day just a little brighter
for those walking past. Many thanks to
the students for so generously donating
their artwork to us! Pictured are the artists,
left to right: Austin Gunderson, James
Heying, Liana Pape, Erik Nelson, Peter
Hansen, Brittany Hansen, Toby Engelhart,
Scott Zafft (sitting out from the line a bit),
Dakota Bird and Dan Hyke. Many thanks
to these talented young people!
AHH teams help give back
The staff at Aase Haugen Homes are familiar with cancer and the
effect it has on families. Many have personal experiences dealing with
cancer, and many others have seen the toll it takes on the people we
serve.
When several of our staff put a team together in memory
of a loved one, they brought their enthusiasm and their
hope into Aase Haugen Homes as well. You may have
noticed the purple feet trailing the halls, as people bought a
footprint in honor of other staff, residents and family
members. Each dollar going to fight cancer.
We must thank Christina Jump in our housekeeping
department for taking up the banner and rallying to fight
cancer and help fund research through the 2012 Relay
for Life for the American Cancer Society.
“Kathy’s Meso Mashers” team raised over $125 and raised even
more awareness for Relay for Life, held in Decorah on June 9th. We
are so proud of all the good our staff does both inside our walls and
outside!
Coming up is the Aase’s Angels Team collecting for the Alzheimer’s
Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s to be held in Sept. We are
accepting team members and raising funds for this worthy cause as
well. For more details, please feel free to contact Lynn Monroe at
(563)382-4317, ext. 112.