Family Times A p ub l ic a t io n o f S t . Fra nc is Se n io r Mi nis t r i e s , I nc . —T if f in , O hio

June 2012

Volume 2, Issue 6

AUXILIARY CARD PARTY

Our heartfelt thanks to

all of you who

attended the Card

Party, donated time,

baked goods, door

prizes or helped in any

other way to make this party a success.

The St. Francis Home Auxiliary provides many

services to our residents, including: purchasing

television sets, Wii games, parallel bars,

automatic door opening devices, dinnerware,

table cloths and so many, many more ways they

show their generosity to St. Francis Home.

The Auxiliary is responsible for the wonderful

Christmas dinner celebration that our residents

enjoy each year. They help serve, decorate and

provide a gift for each resident. In addition, they

provide home-baked pies and goodies for the

meal and purchase wine for the celebration. A

pianist playing soft music at the baby grand,

completes the festive atmosphere.

These are just a few of the things that our

Auxiliary does for our residents. We thank them

for their devotion to making our residents’ lives a

little more special. St. Francis Home has

WiFi available for

resident and residents’

family/ sponsor use.

The password is

protected. Please see a

supervisor or a manager

for the password.

NEW FACES AT

THE RECEPTIONIST DESK

In addition to Terri Roddy,

daytime receptionist, we

welcome two new employees

as our night and weekend

receptionists:

LeeAnn Fike and Ashley Brodman, daughter of

Rose Wilhelm, a nurse at St. Francis Home.

MAY CROWNING

May Crowning took

place on May 25th.

Because we needed to

ready the Family Times

for publishing and

mailing, before the

May Crowning took

place, we were unable

to provide pictures and

other information about

the event. Please watch

for this information in the July issue of Family

Times.

“Blessed are those who can give without

remembering and take without forgetting.”

~Elizabeth Bibesco

PLANTS WANTED If you have Mothers’ Day plants that you are not plan-

ning to use, please consider donating them to St. Francis Home to fill some flower planters that we are

in the process of building. Any donations of plants

would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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Volunteers

Volunteers have

Hearts of gold,

Helping people,

Young and old.

Always giving,

Always sharing,

Volunteers…

Are always caring.

The St. Francis Home volunteer celebration was held on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. “Our Volunteers Sparkle”

was the theme. Volunteers were entertained by a Saxophone Quartet from Heidelberg University.

The total hours volunteered for 2011 was 7,816.75.

We greatly appreciate all the many hours that are given to our residents by our faithful Volunteers.

THANK YOU.

NEW VOLUNTEERS IN 2011

Patricia Aiello Tom Gimlich Ruchi Rana

Katie Brickner Brooke Haugh Tonya Tucker

Brooklyn Brown Candy Haugh Amanda Welly

Monica Bryant Margaret Mary Kramer Logan Wickham

Monica Davidson Mara Leber Tim Wurm

Chayenne Fitch David Lisa Victor Wurm

Kayla Gimlich Rahini Rana

AWARDS

100 Hours

Tim Wurm—127 hrs.

200 Hours

Ruth Kramer—202 hours

500 Hours

Jane Chaffee—514 hrs.

Milton “Jerry” Dunn—568 hrs.

Ruth Wank—516 hrs.

1000 Hours

Marge Wilhelm—1000 hours

2000 Hours

Laurie Brown—2184 hours

Margaret Gibbons—2279

“OUR VOLUNTEERS SPARKLE ”

THANKS SO MUCH, VOLUNTEERS,

FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO!

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“Celebrating 50” The Annual St. Francis Home Auxiliary Card Party was held Wednesday May 2nd. The theme,

“Celebrating 50”, recognized the 50th Card Party for the Auxiliary. The raffle winners were:

The winner of the baseball tickets for Cleveland Indians vs. Seattle Mariners was

Erica Corbin. There were 112 door prizes won by a number of guests.

Thank you, Auxiliary, for all you do for St. Francis Home!

1st Prize $100.00—Marge Fisher

2nd Prize $75.00—Margaret Mary Kramer

3rd Prize $25.00—Helen Bursa

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SAVE THE DATE!

A Veteran’s Pinning Ceremony will be held:

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Elizabeth Schaefer Auditorium

Doors open at 9:00 am

Pinning Ceremony 10:30 am—12:00 noon

Veterans and their families are invited, but must RSVP

for this event. More information will be provided in

the July issue of Family Times.

For Questions or to RSVP, please call Kellie Hartsell

at 447-1540 by July 6, 2012.

FAMILY COUNCIL

Our Family Council meets on the third

Thursday every other month.

The next meeting will be:

Tuesday June 21st at 7:30 a.m.

in the Multi-Purpose Room on the first floor.

All family members are welcome. If you have

any suggestions for meeting topics,

please contact:

Jennifer Montoney at 419-447-2723.

extension 3240.

ALZHEIMER’S

SUPPORT GROUP

The next meeting will be

Thursday, June 14th at 7:00

p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room

of St. Francis Home.

The meetings are held every 2nd

Thursday of the month at 7:00

p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room.

Anyone interested in learning more about Alzheimer’s

disease may attend the free meetings.

A TREE FOR “JERRY” LUCIUS

Jean Smith, niece of our late resident

Gerald “Jerry” Lucius, has had a tree

planted in Jerry’s memory. The tree is

located near the bridge in front of

St. Francis Home.

Jerry loved the outdoors. He spent a great

deal of his time in the Spring, Summer and

Fall, planting, watering and weeding the

flower beds. You often saw the fruits of

his labors on the back patio, where the

flowers were profuse with color and life.

The next time you are outdoors, take a trip down to the bridge

and sit with Jerry under his tree.

HIS SPIRIT LIVES.