Commun ty Matters Emporia Presbyterian Manor
November 2015
Sending ‘Angels’ to the Good Samaritan Program Special angels will soon be adorning Christmas trees and holiday displays at every Presbyterian Manors of MidAmerica (PMMA) senior living community. The “angels” are paper ornaments that will arrive throughout the holiday season along with gifts to the annual Christmas Angel Appeal, which raises funds for the Good Samaritan Program for Benevolent Care. Donors who make gifts are asked to return paper Angel ornaments along with their gifts. The ornaments pay tribute to donors’ family members or friends and are displayed at PMMA communities designated by the donors. During the past two years, donors to the angel appeals have given more than $90,000 to the Good Samaritan Program. The program assists PMMA residents who have out-lived their financial resources through no fault of their own. Since PMMA began 66 years ago, no residents have been asked to leave because they exhausted their financial resources. If you would like to participate in the Angel Appeal, please email development@pmma.org or call 800-336-8511.
Attention area veterans... Free breakfast Nov. 11
Emporia Presbyterian Manor will host its annual breakfast for area veterans on Veterans Day, at 7:15 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. This event is a part of the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce All Veterans Tribute. Michael Focke, a readjustment counseling technician with the Veterans Affairs Administration, will be the featured speaker. This event is free to area veterans, their spouses and widows. Please RSVP by Nov. 9, by calling Ken Hanson at 620-343-2613 or e-mailing him at khanson@pmma.org.
Presbyterian Manor residents and staff enjoyed an open house preview Sept. 18. Residents Joyce Stolfus and Leona Dieker offer a toast to the success of the Soup, Cider and Savings open house. See additional photos on page 4.
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Resident Sandy White and Bill Wayman enjoy the refreshments.
Bravo of the Month
Bravo, Lisa Grundy! Thank you for being flexible. I was a little stressed about the Sunday church service being moved to 9:30 a.m. I worried about residents who would still be eating, and Lisa being able to mop the dining room in preparation for the service. She was accommodating, and we were able to work together to have one side of the dining room ready to go for church on time. Thanks! –Reann
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Soup, Cider and Savings open house Soup supper Sarah Oenning, regional director of marketing and public relations, and Crystal Holly, human resource director at Emporia, discuss the best way to stage the sitting area adjacent to the atrium.
It was all hands on deck as Emporia Presbyterian Manor prepared for the Soup, Cider and Savings Open House Sept. 20. Marketing Director Ken Hanson vacuumed available residences in preparation for tours on Sept. 17.
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to raise funds for Good Samaritan Program
Emporia Presbyterian Manor will host its Annual Christmas Parade Soup Supper prior to the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade from 5 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 1, at the Emporia Granada Theatre, 807 Commercial St. This is a fundraiser for Presbyterian Manor’s Good Samaritan Program. Tickets are $6. Tickets are available from the office at Emporia Presbyterian Manor and from any Presbyterian Manor Advisory Council member. There will be soups, chili, desserts and drinks.
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More than 70 people attended a Soup, Cider and Savings Open House at Emporia Presbyterian Manor Sept. 20.
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Signs welcomed guests to tour one-bedroom and twobedroom deluxe apartments in Trusler Plaza.