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2014 Volume 11

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Ozanam Pharmacy

Serving the Community

TIME COLOR is BLACK

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Kymberly Soulé Kymberly@ExalteMagazine.com

Associate Publisher

Mike Soulé

Contributors

Desha’ Ringe Audra Warren

Graphic Design Kymberly Soule Desha’ Ringe

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Editor's Letter Christmas .... the time of year that we all put up trees, decorate our homes, bake tons of cookies and SHOP til we drop! It truly is thecmagical time of the year. I have tried to plan my year so that I can enjoy December and the Holidays, but again it snuck up on me. I think that one of my New Years Resolutions will be to think of every month like Christmas. Imagine what type. of life you would have if you love everyone, had family over, cook big dinners, gave little “Happy” gifts and praise Christ every day and month with a celebration.

In the end of November , Mike and I became Popi and Gigi, as we welcomed our first grandchild into the world. His name is Brock Anthony and is truly a miracle. With the joy of the new baby and the Holidays upon us, all seemed right with the world, and then tragedy stuck in several families close to us. We went from the joy of a new baby to a funeral, viewing and prayer requests for families in need. Life happens ever day, the good and the bad, and keeping Christ in our hearts every second, can change your life. Take time to enjoy your family and your friends. Give back to those in needs and feel the Holy Spirit moving in you as you help put a smile on a strangers face. Enjoy everyday and strive to be the best you can. God doesn’t give you more than you can handle and I encourage each and every one of you to just live in the moment. If the moment seems dark, don’t worry, the sun comes up in the new day. Have a Blessed and wonderful Christmas and bring in the New Year with Christ by your side. Mike and I send out all our love and pray for your Peace and Blessings in 2015!

God Bless You Kymberly Soule’

“And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.”

Colossians 3:15

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Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy opened its doors in 1998 and is still one of the best kept secrets of Dauphin Street. Ozanam is a safety net that provides free prescription medication to the homeless, unemployed and underinsured of Mobile, Baldwin, and Escambia counties. Without the services of Ozanam, the chronic conditions of these patients, such as diabetes and high blood pressure, would go untreated or self treated which can often lead to terrible, unforeseen side effects. While the pharmacy serves over 1600 patients a year, many citizens in the city of Mobile donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that Ozanam exists. Every time the door of the pharmacy opens, another patient receives the blessing that many people take for granted: health. Angels truly do walk the earth and the patients of Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy are blessed to have so many under one roof. The common misconception is that everyone who needs the help, of services like Ozanam, is lazy and is just looking to coast through life. This could not be farther from the truth. Before becoming a patient of Ozanam, Julie was a home health aid for over 30 years until she was struck by a drunk driver. The damage from the crash affected her brain and after a few months of dealing with symptoms, she was forced to resign to an administrative position. Over time, her conditioned worsened and she was unable to complete her administrative role. She moved away from Mobile to help take care of a family member, leaving her husband to take care of the house. When she returned to Mobile, she found that he had emptied the house, sold it and cleaned out her bank accounts except for $50. With nowhere to turn, she went to her lawyer to try and claim disability. She was turned down the first time and was left without any money or the ability to work. Her lawyer gave her a list of services to help her out and Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy was at the top of the list. Julie walked through the doors of Ozanam in 2013 and the staff has helped her get back on her feet. Just recently, she won her disability case and is now on the road to putting her personal life back together. While Ozanam has been helping its patients for nearly 20 years, it cannot do it alone. The cost of medication is always rising and Ozanam is always looking for people to help them in their goal of making sure no one has to choose between treating and feeding themselves. Due to fluctuations in the price of generic medications and changes in the classifications of medications, Ozanam is often forced to change the prescriptions that it carries. The price of Gabapentin, a common pain medicine that can be used to treat epileptic seizures, was recently raised 500 percent overnight. The 600mg tablets used to cost the pharmacy $50 for a bottle of 500 pills, now it costs $300. In order to keep the 600mg tablets of Gabapentin on the shelves, Ozanam would need to raise an additional $25,200 per year. Financial donations are always accepted through our website www.ozanampharmacy.org or checks can be mailed to 571 Dauphin Street Mobile, Alabama 36602. Physicians can donate, in date, sample medications by dropping them off at the pharmacy. State laws prohibit the redistribution of medications that have been prescribed to someone in the past, even if it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been opened. Ozanam is always looking for volunteers with a background in health care, especially state certified pharmacy technicians to assist in the pharmacy. Anyone who is interested in finding out more information about the pharmacy can check out our informational video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-VwzORbc1s, visit our website, or stop by the pharmacy at 571 Dauphin Street between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Meet the Angels behind Ozanam Shearie Archer is the Executive Director of Ozanam, knows what it is like to be in the position of a patient without health insurance. While in between jobs, Shearie was hospitalized and kept waiting for her health insurance to kick in. The help never came. Shearie found herself over $10,000 in debt from medical bills and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where to turn. After finally getting out from under the weight of the debt, she has spent every day since helping those that are unable to meet their basic needs in life. Shearie is the former Director of Development for the Bay Area Food Bank and has worked with various other organizations that help those who are unable to care for their health. Clarissa Lemon-Phalo did everything right. On a Monday she hung her Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree on the wall of her new office as an accountant for the Mobile County School System. Two days later, she lay on her back in a hospital after suffering a stroke. She was forced to resign from a job that she had worked her entire life to get. After months of dipping into her savings to pay for her medication to regulate her diabetes, she was broke. When she came through the door, she was a patient, but she left with the need to return the favor to those that helped her. Six years later, she has made full recovery and is helping out the people that helped her by serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA with Ozanam.

Annie Daniels is the Chief Pharmacist for Ozanam and a preceptor for Auburn Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Harrison School of Pharmacy. After a few years in retail pharmacy, Annie left because she felt she could better serve her community through nonprofit pharmacy. Annie has passed the passion for nonprofit pharmacy on to the 4th year pharmacy students that she supervises, during a 5 week rotation at Ozanam, while they are working towards their degree. Annie has spent the past 14 years at Ozanam being an agent of change in her community.

Rose Marie Davis is pharmacy volunteer with Ozanam. Rose says that by growing up in a Catholic family she always had the urge to help those who were less fortunate. However, she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where she could help. When she entered the medical field and saw her calling. She saw the dire need of patients that did not have a proper medication regimen, often choosing between feeding or medicating themselves. For the past 16 years Rose has dedicated three days a week to help fill the prescriptions of the less fortunate.

Judy Kramer, the Patient Assistance Coordinator for Ozanam, helps patients get the medicines that they need through pharma-ceutical companies. After many years of working for different nonprofit organizations, Judy landed at Ozanam because she knows that hard times can fall on anyone at the drop of a hat, and she believes that we all need to help those who fall so that if we fall, someone will help us. Judy says that she is inspired to serve those who cannot help themselves because of Mother Teresa saying, “Preach the Gospel, if necessary use words.”

Mary Lee Jones, Patient Relations Coordinator of Ozanam, is the face of the pharmacy to our patients and every day her smile lights up the waiting room. After Mary Lee retired, she prepared taxes through the RSVP National Service program, but felt she wasn’t helping those who needed it most. While there was no major life event that inspired her to a life of service, Mary Lee has always had a passion to lend a hand to those who are trying to take care of their family but need a little help.

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Meet Designer Ashley Williams…. By Audra Warren

Ashley is a talented young designer with an eye for unique, yet quality pieces and materials. Her ability to stay true to her most authentic sense of being has led her to create costumes and gowns in the rarest form. While most girls were concerned with how well they’d fit in as a high school freshman, Ashley was busy designing gowns. As a matter of fact, one of the gowns seen in this issue of Exalte’ was designed by Ashley at age 14. By holding onto her own intuition of her creative imagination, Ashley has brought to life countless amazing designs. I know this to be true because I had the wonderful honor of wearing the ever exquisite Cinderella costume. The detail and beauty of this gown is indescribable. Pictures can only give you an idea. I don’t know how any woman could not feel like royalty while wearing this dress. Since Ashley does not appear to be an open book and remains completely humble throughout each new working experience, we had to dig a little deeper to learn more. Follow me to get a closer look inside the mind of this brilliant designer… AW: Of course you know here at Exalte’ we are completely amazed by your designs. How did you get to where you are today? Ashley: It's hard to believe it now but there were about six years when I didn't do any design work at all. After I graduated from high school I decided to focus on my studies. I went to Vanderbilt and got an undergraduate degree in History, and in French, and then I went immediately to Vanderbilt Law School. During that time I really lost sight of my creativity in a lot of ways. I also never felt quite right about going straight into my professional career once I graduated. There was a certain moment when I realized that if I didn’t take time for me I would never have any time again. So I decided to take an opportunity that I was offered to work in Europe. While living in France and Ireland, I had the wonderful advantage to study a lot of antique garments and textiles, as well as works of art. It was truly inspiring. I came home to Mobile after my Mother died last year, and it was at that point that I decided to really throw myself into my creative work. I wrote and produced two plays, and I started doing costumes for everything I could in local theatre. I think I've grown tenfold as an artist throughout these experiences. I believe the growth is a result of just doing everything I could when I had the opportunity to do it. I’ve really learned that the key to my creative impulses comes while making time for myself and striking while the iron is hot. AW: Would you say you have an eye for fashion or just an attraction to art in general? Ashley: I'd say that I have a keen eye for aesthetics and space and that I put them to use as fashion. What you really need to create wonderful garments is an eye for detail and a lot of patience. I tell people all the time that if you don't like ironing you won't like sewing. Truly 80% of constructing garments is prep work and finishing work. You simply can't cut corners there or you won't end up with the kind of product that you want. AW: What is your very first memory of being drawn to designing? Ashley: I can actually remember it very clearly. I was with my grandmother and we were watching the movie Hello Dolly, a 1969 film starring Barbara Streisand. The movie is actually a wonderful musical with fantastic costumes. Near the end of the film there is this big scene where Dolly Levi comes back out to sing the title number, wearing a fabulous gold beaded dress. I can remember just staring at it, mouth agape. When the scene was over I felt at a loss. I waited for months for the movie to come back on television. These were the days before you could just buy any video that you wanted. Videos were actually very hard to find, especially the old ones. But it finally did come back on television. I recorded it and I must've watched it a thousand times, studying every detail. And ironically enough, to my great surprise, a few days ago I visited an exhibit of costumes in Los Angeles and there I stood just 2 feet from the gold dress. I got to see it up close and it was so magical!

Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are.” - Gianni Versace

“Let’s do what we love and do a lot of it.” -Marc Jacobs

AW: Is there any one person who may have inspired your love for fashion and design? Ashley: My love for sewing started off as a marriage of convenience. When I was a little girl I used to spend a lot of time at my grandmother’s house. She was the kind of woman who believed that children shouldn't play with toys… But instead they should play with real things so that they would learn skills for life. So while visiting at my grandmother’s house there was a sewing machine that I used as a toy. My first creation was a little sweater for my puppy. But then I progressed on, and within a few weeks I was making clothes for myself. I was probably three or four years old at this point. Eventually, she started letting me watch old musicals on television. From this point on my thirst for design just couldn't be quenched. I wanted to recreate everything that I saw on a film. AW: As far as designers go, is there anyone whose work inspires you today? Ashley: I really love anything that's old Hollywood glamour. In the 1930s, there was this designer called Adrian and his work was all bling, all the time. He made wonderful things for big budget films like Marie Antoinette, but most people probably know his work from designing the costumes for the Wizard of Oz. AW: What are some of the factors you consider before choosing one project over another? Ashley: I always have to consider what my powerhouse of expertise is and also what areas I'd like to improve upon. For instance, I was given the opportunity to do costumes for a recent production of Spam. One of the things that I had to make was stretch, red tearaway Calypso outfit for the men. This was completely outside my normal realm of expertise, but I decided to take the project based on that fact alone. I knew it would be a stretch of my skill set, but I really appreciate the experience now. AW: What’s been your favorite project thus far and why? Ashley: Probably my work on Into the Woods at Joe Jefferson Playhouse. It was really an amazing experience. To be the sole costume designer on a show that big, and that complicated, is pretty unheard of for someone in their 20s. For this reason, I am extremely honored they trusted me with the task. AW: Tell us about how you got the job to design the costumes for Into the Woods. Ashley: Well, it was something I actually had to fight for. When I initially asked who they had lined up to do the costumes I was told that a designer was already selected and set in stone. I was terribly disappointed since designing for a show like Into the Woods was a fantasy of mine. After thinking about it for a while I just decided to contact the director for myself. It was to my surprise that the director was very impressed with my work. I was told that nothing was set in stone and if I wanted the job it was mine. It truly shows you can't get discouraged just because of rumors or what other people say. You have to try it out for yourself and see what happens or you'll never know. AW: Tell us about your vision for the Cinderella dress and the process of bringing the vision to life. Ashley: Well, in Into the Woods Cinderella dreams of going to the Kings festival but has no clothes so she prays to the spirit of her mother (who inhabits an enchanted tree). Her mother grants her wish and a beautiful golden ball gown floats down from the sky. I knew that the ball gown had to be something spectacular or we'd lose the audience right there. But I didn't want to create something that looked cliché… with bows and flounces like you always see for Cinderella dresses. I wanted to create something that really looked like it was created by nature, by the spirit of the tree. So I imagined the way that trees are embellished in nature with mushrooms and vines and cobwebs and dew drops, and that was my vision for the dress. Everything has to come back to an organic theme for me. In truth, it sort of appeared to me in a flash once I realized the concept that I was going for. The hardest part was finding the right materials in the right way to put them together to effectuate the vision that I had. Ashley has proven time and time again that it is her ability to stay true to her own creative instincts that has led to her greatest successes. To see more of Ashley’s work you can check out her corset line in Coastal Fashion Week coming in January 2015. Like Coastal Fashion Week on Facebook and visit www.coastalfashionweek.com to learn more.

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Holiday Dresses F Apple

The “Mesh Corset Dress” ($80) by Victoria’s Secret fits the apple shape because of the corset top which will accentuate the upper half of your body, and the high waist cinch helps to reduce the weight that may be carried in the abdomen. Again if you just feel like the belly area is irritating you wear a pair of control top sheer Spanx.

Pear The “Metallic V Neck Dress” ($169) by Maggy London is a perfect dress for a pear shape as it has a low-cut neck which will naturally emphasize the minimal bust (if you want, add a great push-up bra). It will reduce the hips enough that the body will look proportional.

Apple- Apple shaped women have broad(er) shoulders compared to their (narrower) hips. Apple shaped women tend to have slim legs/thighs

Pear- The hip measurement is greater than the bust measurement.The distribution of fat varies, with fat tending to deposit first in the buttocks, hips, and thighs

For All Body Shapes Hourglass The “Sven Sleeveless Pleated Tulle Dress” ($100 on sale) by BCBG is Hourglass appropriate as it has a deep V neck to make to accentuate the neckline and collar bones as to make the bust look lovely and not “heavy.” The ruffles toward the upper waist and pencil style skirt causes the hips to look beautifully full but the waist tiny. Again add a pair of Spanx to accentuate the behind and hold any “wobbly bits” in. Dont be afraid to go “commando (no underwear)” or a seamless thong as the panty lines will show.

Rectangle

Hourglass- The hip and bust are almost of equal size with a narrow waist

Rectangle- The waist measurement is less than 9 inches smaller than the hips or bust measurement.

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The Paige dress (on sale for $68) by Andrew Marc is absolutely gorgeous and defies the traditional colours for the holidays. It is has a silver blue fade and is great for a Rectangle Shape as it has an empire waist to create “hips” for a straight shape.