Gifts of Love

IN HONOR OF… DONATED BY…

Allie Cole Ms. Susan Recine Amy George & Carole Velsaris Dr. Andrew Reish Mr. Ernest M. Dome Annette Mr. Toufy A. Haddad Brigid Gallagher Ms. Kathleen A. Manziano Mrs. Susan A. Verbalis

Caitlin

George & Carole Velsaris Chris-Blandon Ms. Kathy Evans Christine, Pattie & Tracy Mr. Michael E. Hartman Rev. Corrine R. Dautrich Ms. Nancy E. Krody Dave Blum Barry L. Buchman Dea Halteman Ms. C. Mergelsberg Deanna Mr. Toufy A. Haddad Doctors & All Staff Ms. Nicole Panfile Donna L. Andrews Mr. & Mrs D.H. Price Edwin J. Zajac, Jr. Mr. & Mrs Edwin J. Zajac, Sr. Elizabeth McDonald Paul & Karen Tetor George Stevens Ms. Stephanie Dodson Good Shepherd Bethlehem Nursing, Therapy & Residents Ms. Alice Myers Good Shepherd Macungie PT Ms. Susan G. Hillegass Good Shepherd Staff Ms. Anne L. King Mr. Frank G. Petak, Jr. Ms. Linda A. Wagner Ms. Nicole Panfile Rev. & Mrs. Sterling R. Geiger, Ret.

Good Shepherd Nursing Staff Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Schopf

Good Shepherd Raker 4 Staff Ms. Carol L. Maurer

IN HONOR OF… DONATED BY…

Good Shepherd Staff & Residents Mr. Frank G. Petak, Jr. Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Bryce Good Shepherd Therapy Dept. Mrs. Shirley A. Mittl Good Shepherd Third Floor Staff Mrs. Shirley A. Mittl Heather Mr. Toufy A. Haddad Heidi Kieffer Mr. & Mrs. Richard Eick Hazel Surinder Rai Jaclyn Olszewski Mr. Clair D. Miller Jamie George & Carole Velsaris Jenn & Jess at Blandon Ms. Kathy Evans Jill, Jim Ryan & All Therapists Rev. Ernest F. Holst Jill Linette Bruce Miller Ms. Carol Anne Kalmar Mr. John R. Hudders Mrs. John Raker Hudders Judy Christman Barry L. Buchamn Dr. Kyle Klitsch Mr. & Mrs. D.H. Price Mrs. Maria C. Ault Dr. Korba Rev. Ernest F. Holst Lorrie A. Sheets Olympus Corporation of the Americas Life Mr. Jason Heck Lindsey Fisher Ms. Susan Recine Liz Cook and Hannah Jim & Jill Miller Mike Mr. Donald S. Young Mike Palermo Mrs. Charlotte M. Fuhry Natalie at Cedar Pointe Ms. Carol L. Klement Pam Mr. Donald S. Young People who struggle with severe disabilities

We thank the generous families and friends who honor their dear ones with memorial gifts and living gifts of honor. These gifts help support Good Shepherd’s mission of service to people with disabilities, many who otherwise could not afford the therapies or long-term care they need.

IN HONOR OF… DONATED BY…

Randy Bahnck Carl & Kathleen Bahnck Ryan Macalintal Bill & Jane Townsend Ms. Susan Recine Sadie & Pauline Constance Rampulla Sherri Mr. Donald S. Young Stacy Werley Mrs. Sara Werley Sue Golden Ms. Susan Recine Tina Mr. Donald S. Young The Amazing Staff Ms. Linda Wagner The life-changing care provided by the GS Nursing Staff Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schrempf

IN CELEBRATION OF… DONATED BY…

Laura Kocsis C. Mergelsberg

IN MEMORY OF 46TH BIRTHDAY… DONATED BY…

Bruce Kohler Dorothy & Ernest Kohler

IN MEMORY OF... DONATED BY…

Adam Swift Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Almas & Family Al Dougal Mr. Alvin Dougal

Anna Schum

Mr. & Mrs. Ray Dennis Andrew High Ms. Annette Davis Ms. Deborah Donoghue Mr. & Mrs. Donald P. Matthews Ms. Fay High Mr. & Mrs. Len Noble Mr. Lester B. High Stephen & Aileen Kundera Waterloo Boys 2 Cylinder Club of SE PA Inc Anne Frock Olson John & Carole Frock

IN MEMORY OF... DONATED BY…

Betty E. Eller Mr. John M. Eller Bruce Becker Ms. Teresa V. Kara Buffy and Sparky Mr. Dennis Wood Charles Sherry Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Almas & Family Charles W. Stopp, Esq. Anonymous Colleen O'Connell Mr. & Mrs. Barry J. O'Connell David M. Donati Mr. Eugene L. Donati, Jr. Dolores A. Golden Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Junglas Mr. Craig Hurst Mrs. Joan Heilman Mr. Thomas Odowd The Alumni Varsity Club of Easton Donald Wieder Mr. & Mrs. John M. McCarty Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mackey Donna J. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Earl E. Jackson Dora Barr Francia Marshall Doris Mergelsberg L. Mergelsberg Dorothy Crokus Mr. Peter J. Crokus Dorothy Hartman Mr. Lloyd I. Hartman Duke Riegel Mr. Lester W. Riegel, Sr. Elizabeth Cook Mr. & Mrs. William J. Wagner Elizabeth R. Stringer Ms. Dorothy Murphy Francis P. Cauley Mrs. Janet M. Cauley Frank Weber III Mrs. Sylvia H. Weber Gary Renner Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Burke Mr. & Mrs. Harry Unger Annie M. Nolf Mr. Harry Unger, Jr. Annie M. Nolf Rev. Howard Weidemoyer Ms. Blanche Fuhrman Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah Trexler Annie M. Nolf Jessie Christman Mr. Kurt Scott Jim Maul From an anonymous friend

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IN MEMORY OF... DONATED BY…

John Baranko Mr. & Mrs. Leslie A. Matthews Rev Dr. John M. Brndjar Mrs. Elizabeth S. Brndjar John Carl Johnson C.R. Hampton John H. Kinnaird, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John O. Kinnaird John Schaum Mr. & Mrs. Ray Dennis John Wood, III Mr. & Mrs. Gus Orphanides Joseph Benzak Mr. David Benzak Karen Morgan Mr. & Mrs. William C. Matten Kimberly A. Orth Mrs. Cynthia A. Lambert Dr. Deborah N. Kimmel Kurt Almasy Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Almasy & Family Lillian F. Goldner Mr. & Mrs. David Weinstein Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Sommer Mr. Kenneth Schurman Ms. Lisa Rosenberg Ms. Nancy Weaver Ms. Patricia Fishler Mr. & Mrs. Walter G. Lieberman Liz Cook & Hannah Jim & Jill Miller McKaide Fenstermacher Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Dignazio Mr. & Mrs. Barry Eck Donna, Jonna, & Danita Moore Mr. & Mrs. Perry L. Wiltrout Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Smith Marilyn Barette Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Alfred E. Douglass, III Marjorie Dent Mr. & Mrs. Alfred E. Douglass, III Maurice James, III Mr. & Mrs. Amos R. Gross Michael J. Milot Kevin & Kathy Baltsar Michael J. Nagle Mrs. Joan Nagle Michael G. Wolf Mrs. Ruth E. Scott Nancy Faust Carl & Janet Lynn Pastor William M. Horn Mr. & Mrs. Alan Shade Ms. Andrea Osman Andrew B. Block

IN MEMORY OF... DONATED BY…

Pastor William M. Horn Mrs. Arlene S. Bentz Mr. Carl D. Ressler Ms. Carol V. Riley Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Goodman Ms. Cheryl Peavyhouse Mr. Christian Vlot Rev. Corrine R. Dautrich Mr. Cory Kreitz Mrs. Cynthia A. Lambert Mrs. Dolores K. Held Mr. & Mrs. Edward Whetstone Ms. Elizabeth Maiatico Mrs. Jane A. Spohn Mrs. Jayne L. Bayer Ms. Jena Rose Mr. John Vandenbosch & Ms. Hettie Campion Mr. & Mrs. Jose G. Guerrero Rev. & Mrs. Kenneth Feinour, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Larry E. Sims Rev. Laura Louise Klick Mr. & Mrs. Laurence G. Horn Mrs. Lorraine S. Horn Ms. Martha H. Hetherington Mrs. Mary Ann Spengler Mrs. Mary Anne Weiss Mickey & Anne McDonough Ms. Nancy L. Anderson Ms. Nancy Rommel Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Kelly Rev. & Mrs. Richard G. Gardner, Ret. Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Patterson Mr. Robert Stevenson Rev. & Mrs. Rodney H. Saylor, Ret. Mr. & Mrs. Roland H. Heck Mr. Vincent M. Reeves Paul Cesspits Mrs. Kathryn Cesspits Pauline, Jim & Lil Mrs. Constance Rampulla Pia L. Rinella Ms. Ann Platoff Mr. & Mrs. James Haig

IN MEMORY OF... DONATED BY…

Pia L. Rinella Ms. Janice Block Ms. Marie Winnetka Pat & Judy Connors R. Richard Schall Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Agnew Dr. Ralph Henry Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Aten Richard E. Koch Mr. & Mrs. Marshall E. Stahl Robert A. Kline Mr. & Mrs. Mark Smith Robert Sipko Mr. John J. Sipko Robert S. Spengler Mrs. Ann T. Spengler Rose Baranko Mr. & Mrs. Leslie A. Matthews Rose Swift Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Almasy & Family Royal Mergelsberg L. Mergelsberg Ruth Benzak Mr. David Benzak Ruth Sherry Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Almasy & Family Scott G. Sandler Mr. & Mrs. Dharmareddi D. Reddy Ms. Jerri Rogers Sharon Bates Mr. Christopher Myers Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Belledin Mr. & Mrs. Harold W. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. John F. Kegley Mr. & Mrs. John Sedovy Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Klicker Mr. & Mrs. Michael Eberle Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Renert Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Civic Wally & Joanne Lundstrom Mr. & Mrs. William J. Fatzinger Dr. Yehia Mishriki Sheila Hansler Ms. Barbara J. Lutte-Romig Mr. & Mrs. Corey Lehigh Mr. & Mrs. David M. Bilger Fred & Charlotte Pfenninger Mr. & Mrs. Jay R. Miller Mrs. Kathleen I. Augustine Ms. Kayla Piiwan

IN MEMORY OF... DONATED BY…

Sheila Hansler Ms. Laura J. Partridge Mr. & Mrs. Lee Sebastionelli Ms. Lucy Steifel Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Verholy Theresa Dougal Mr. Alvin Dougal Theresa Renner Mr. Thomas Burke William D. George, II Ms. Carolyn George William F. Mosser, III Carl & Janet Lynn Gifts were received from January 16 through April 9, 2021.

WAYS TO GIVE

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The Road to God Shepherd

Turning to the National MS Society, Bill and Linda were given a list of 10 facilities in the country. Good Shepherd was on that list and checked off all the boxes. Bill applied and was accepted, but there was a waiting list. In 2012, Bill, Linda and Linda’s dad moved from Washington to the Lehigh Valley. Bill entered a local skilled nursing facility temporarily, and Linda and her dad bought a house in Hellertown. Six months later, in January 2013, Bill was admitted to Good Shepherd. Life for Bill has been good. He attends concerts and other outings, and the resident art group lets Bill continue to pursue his passion for painting. Bill’s MS has led to medical complexities—he has a tracheostomy, uses a ventilator at night and relies on a tube feed —but he is getting the expert and compassionate care he needs. “It’s been wonderful here,” says Bill. “The staff at Raker has been spectacular. Good Shepherd is a great place for people with disabilities to thrive. It uses leading-edge technologies and innovative solutions to meet the needs of the residents. With collaboration between Good Shepherd, the Veterans Administration, and technology companies along with private donations and other funding sources, I have access to advanced therapies and equipment.” Grateful for the care Bill gets every day and wanting to support Good Shepherd’s mission, Linda has included a gift for Good Shepherd in her estate plans. “I always thought people had to be wealthy to make this kind of decision, but that is not the case,” says Linda. “This is a wonderful and satisfying way to support Good Shepherd’s legacy of care for people with disabilities.” n

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Bil at the Raker Resident Art Group

“It’s been wonderful here,” says Bill. “The staff at Raker has been spectacular. Good Shepherd is a great place for people with disabilities to thrive."

A GOOD SHEPHERD PUBLICATION VOL 114 ISSUE 1 • SUMMER 2021

BOARD OF TRUSTEES GOOD SHEPHERD REHABILITATION NETWORK

MICHAEL SPIGEL, PT, MHA,

President, Allentown GARY SCHMIDT, MA,

Chair, Orefield SANDRA L. BODNYK,

Vice Chair, Orefield THE REV. JOHN RICHTER, M.Div., Secretary, Sinking Springs JAN HELLER, MBA,

Treasurer, Bethlehem POLLY BESTE, Wind Gap PAMELA DeCAMPLI, Allentown ALVARO DIAZ, MS, Allentown PAUL D. EMRICK, CIMA® , CFP® , Allentown DAVID FESSLER, Nazareth JAMES GREENFIELD, Center Valley DEBORAH KIMMEL, MD, Allentown THOMAS J. LYNCH, Allentown STEVEN D. MORRISON, MBA, BS, Coopersburg JAAN NAKTIN, MD, FACP, Allentown PETER D. QUINN, DMD, MD, Haverford TINA Q. RICHARDSON, PhD, Bethlehem VICTOR SALICETTI, Bethlehem DONALD W. SNYDER, Esq., Orefield MAURA TOPPER, Philadelphia JONATHAN P. WARNER, CEBS, ISCEBS, Philadelphia Trustee Emeriti JOHN V. COONEY, MS, Allentown NELVIN L. VOS, PhD, Maxatawny Legacy Trustee JILL DOUGLASS, Allentown

BOARD OF TRUSTEES GOOD SHEPHERD SPECIALTY HOSPITAL

FRANK HYLAND, MSPT, Vice Chair JAMES J. DALEY, MD, Center Valley PETER T. ENDER, MD, Center Valley WILLIAM GOULD, MD SUSAN L. LAWRENCE, MS, CPHQ,

Bethlehem

ADMINISTRATION

MICHAEL SPIGEL, PT, MHA, President & CEO CINDY BUCHMAN, MHA, Vice President, Strategic Planning and Operating Services JESSICA COOPER

Executive Director, Good Shepherd

Penn Partners CHERYL FISHER, SPHR Chief Human Resources Officer CHRIS FISTNER, NHA, PCHA

Administrator, Good Shepherd Home –

Raker Center JESSICA FLORKOWSKI, MSN, RN, CWCA, Administrator, Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital CARRY GERBER, Vice President,

Marketing & Communications FRANK HYLAND, MSPT,

Executive Director, and Administrator, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital CARRIE KANE, MS, CCC-SLP/L, ATP,

Administrator, Good Shepherd Home –

Bethlehem KAREN LONG, PTA, BS Vice President, Operations for Outpatient Therapy GEORGINE A. OLEXA, Esq., JD, MBA

Vice President, Legal Affairs TERENCE O’NEIL

Chief Information Officer JENNIFER SILVA, DNP, RNC, NE-BC,

Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer SANDEEP SINGH, MD

Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs, and Chief Medical Officer

FACILITY MEDICAL DIRECTORS

SCOTT K. EPSTEIN, MD

Good Shepherd – Wayne Memorial

Inpatient Rehabilitation Center CLINTON C. HOLUMZER, MD

Good Shepherd Home – Bethlehem PATRICK DOSTAL, MD

Good Shepherd Home – Raker Center

GOOD SHEPHERD SPECIALTY HOSPITAL PROGRAM MEDICAL DIRECTORS

JAMES J. DALEY, MD PETER ENDER, MD WILLIAM GOULD, MD JAAN P. NAKTIN, MD JOSEPH B. SCHELLENBERG, MD

SWEET CHARITY IS A PUBLICATION OF:

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network Good Shepherd Plaza 850 South 5th Street Allentown, PA 18103 1-888-44REHAB GoodShepherdRehab.org

DEVELOPMENT

Gregory Wilson, CAP® , CFRE, Associate Vice President for Development Major & Planned Giving Officers: Jeannette Edwards Kimberly Stolarik Andrew B. Block, MPA

Director of Government Relations & Development Alicia Moyer

Annual Fund & Sponsorships Officer Dianne Spengler Corporate & Foundation Relations Specialist

EDITOR, WRITER Elizabeth McDonald

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Randy Monceaux Photography

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Planting Seeds of Hope

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consider a deferred gift. It won’t a ect your income or assets now, in case you need money for your own expenses later. It will give you the satisfaction of sharing your intentions and celebrating your commitment to improving the lives of our patients and residents.

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