Jewish Senior Living Newsletter | December 2014

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Jewish Senior Living Newsletter December 2014 - Volume 2, Issue 9

Keeping you connected to our communities.

The 2014 Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation Annual Dinner

In This Issue The 2014 Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation Annual Dinner

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Marvelous Month of Mitzvahs

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Winter Wellness Tips

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Upcoming Events

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Honoring the Adult Day Center and ReCharge! Programs Plugging Into Possibilities

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ormer Governor Martin Schreiber kicked off the JHCC Foundation’s Annual Dinner with a video introduction to the evening, a fun-filled event of Plugging Into Possibilities. The Annual Dinner was a warm and eye-opening event with 165 community members in attendance to honor the Adult Day Center and ReCharge! program. Using video interviews and live speakers, the evening highlighted the programs and created connections with community members to our organization’s future visions for the continued expansion of services to those people who will need them. As an organization, we are extremely proud to have celebrated the innovative programs, professional and compassionate staff, and delightful participants involved. A video, created by Debra Zarne, was the highlight of the evening, showcasing the Adult Day Center and the ReCharge! program with their benefits to both participants and caregivers. Governor Schreiber, whose wife attends the Adult Day Center, closed the evening with another heartfelt video speech in which he shared what being a caregiver meant for him, personally, and he empathized

by Liza Holle, Donor Stewardship Coordinator

Dawn Adler, Director of Adult Day Programs, talks about the importance of building a capable and compassionate tomorrow.

with those who would not have his personal and financial resources to help them cope. The governor credited the Adult Day Center and ReCharge! programs with giving the caregiver not just a respite, but also knowing that, for a few hours, their loved one was getting the best in attention, “care, affection, variety of opportunity, given the best that there could ever be.”

More photos from the JHCC Foundation Annual Dinner can be found on page 4.


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