Clay Center Presbyterian Manor
JUNE 2021
Employee Spotlight: Olena
Garrett
This month our employee spotlight is on Olena Garrett, one of our fabulous housekeeping services assistants.
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Lena, as she prefers to be called, joined our team in the heat of COVID, but with her calm “just keep working and doing things to make Clay Center Olena “Lena” Garrett makes her job look easy, even in the middle of a pandemic. Presbyterian Manor a better place” mentality and work ethic, you would have never known we were in the midst of a global pandemic.
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Lena is originally from Washington state and has moved around quite a bit with her active-duty military husband, her son, and their cats. Lena said that her favorite place they have lived has been Alaska, where they spent seven years. She said the Kansas winters don’t bother her a bit after experiencing temperatures of 30-40 degrees below zero in Alaska. Lena said her favorite part of working for Clay Center Presbyterian Manor is the residents. She said she feels extremely privileged to work in their home and meet any needs they may have. Thank you, Lena, for your dedication to our residents and for being an amazing team member. We are better because you are here. u
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Meet our new greeter, “Katie” On your next visit to Clay Center Presbyterian Manor, you may notice a new piece of technology at our front door. Meet Katie, our advanced wireless facial recognition and temperature scanning kiosk. This new system provides fast and precise daily screening of our staff, including a temperature reading. This alleviates the need for a designated staff member to screen each employee upon arrival. Employees need only stand in front of the monitor upon entry to the building. Leave your mask on, and let Katie do all the work. u
Meet Katie, an advanced wireless facial recognition and temperature scanning kiosk.
Katie scans employee faces and takes their temperatures on their way into the building each day. No need to remove the mask. Katie knows who you are!
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OUR MISSION: To provide quality senior services guided by Christian values.
Honoring our heritage President and CEO Bruce Shogren sent a heartfelt thank-you note to go along with a gift of appreciation for each staff member during our Founder’s Day celebration.
sacrifice and dedication during the COVID-19 pandemic. We enjoyed a cake and punch reception, gifts from the PMMA senior leadership team, and we individually recommitted to
our mission by signing a “promise board” that will be framed and hung for all entering Clay Center Presbyterian Manor to see. u
Every year, we reflect on our senior living heritage and recommit to our mission of “providing quality senior services guided by Christian values.” Employees and residents enjoyed a cake and punch reception in recognition of PMMA’s Founder’s Day.
This year, the Founder’s Day theme was “Heroes and Heritage,” as a salute to our team’s extraordinary
Michelle Alquist picks up her gifts during the Founder’s Day celebration.
Employees received a coffee mug with the Heroes & Heritage logo and the 2020 Founders Day t-shirts. Founders Day was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Angie Parsell signs the promise board, recommitting to the pillars of the PMMA mission.
Cecil and Evelyne Keen, Marilyn Thomas and Maxine Neill enjoy cake and punch in celebration of PMMA’s Founder’s Day.
Residents and staff enjoyed a socially distanced cake and punch reception for Founder’s Day.
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