 Adult day care is an idea that is relatively new to Minnesota and definitely new to Brainerd. According to today's speaker, Bob Schricker, of Breath of Life Adult Day Care Services, this program has been around for about fifteen years. He and his partner Liz Martinson, an RN and the Program Director, strive to provide an encouraging, caring, Christian Atmosphere designed to support dependent adults and their families or care givers. Their site is located in the Woodland Acres Retirement Homes and provides an alternative for many people who normally would have to be sent to nursing homes. The program is funded through grants and social services and also through fees. The program works with home care services, and hospices and is licensed by the Department of Social Services It is available five days a week from 7:30-5:00 and transportation is available. Participants can be involved for any length of time Bob's face glowed as he described the changes in Anna in the three weeks since she has been coming to their facility. He talked about the crafts, the companionship, the tasty nutritional meals, and the opportunities offered for respite from care giving. He encouraged Sertomans to spread the word about the facility and to visit if possible.
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| Bob Ehrich is again looking for help with vision and hearing screening.
Contact him at 829-8852 if you can help. The first session is Mississippi
Horizons on Dec 13th: 8:10-10:10, 10:15-12:30, and 1:15 to
2:15. If you don't make this one plan on helping after the holidays at the Washington
Middle School on January 3 & 4, 2002. |
| See Tami Webb to sign up if you want to attend the
District Conference in St. Cloud. She needs to know numbers and whether you are staying Friday night or Saturday night. The club is re-imbursing for the cost of the conference. |
| Nov. 17 - SPECIAL INVITATION FROM
CAMP SERTOMA Tanya Merzk- Hoting an interpreter for the deaf will be at the Camp Sertoma Meeting
Saturday November 17 held at Camp Confidence. The meeting is at 10:30 am in the Pine Cabin. FAS 821-1130 Randy Phillips. Tanya will be presenting on the parallels between music in the hearing culture and number and ASL stories in the Deaf culture. There will be a campfire and social following at Camp. Please come and join us. The Board Meeting of Camp Sertoma is at 7:00 on the 16th, the Club will meet Saturday at 10:00 a.m. and the Brainerd Noon Sertomans are invited to join the crew after the meeting for the social activities. |
| Nov. 19 - Make plans to attend the
Distinguished Service Awards Banquet either individually or as a business group. Call the Chamber of Commerce for more Information about tickets and corporate plans. Social hour is 5:30 and dinner is at 6:30. |
Nov. 20 - 6:00-8:00 p.m. -
Family Roller Skating Party--members spouses, kids, and prospective members. Cost $5 with Pizza, Munchies, and Pop for all who attend.
Sign up starting next week.
Skating Follow-up: Dave Clausen sent the sign up sheet for the roller skating around today. He encouraged everyone to consider inviting a potential new member with children to attend this function.
Date is Nov. 20th, time is 6:00-8:00 with $5.00 for rental of skates and Sertoma supplying pizza,
pop, munchies. They are asking you to pay in advance. |
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| Some interesting plans are in the offing from the social committee. Stay tuned for developments. |
| Dec. 13 - Speech and Hearing Screening at Mississippi Horizons Schools. Mark your calendars and let Bob Ehrich know if you can participate. |
| See Karen Owen if you wish to purchase Sertoma shirts and
sweatshirts. She still has several for sale. Mike Boen is spearheading an effort to get a new shirt design for those of us who have had our Sertoma shirts for quite some time and would like a new one. |
| Convention Dates-Note on your Calendar |
| Dec 1, 2001 |
Kelly Inn, St. Cloud District Convention |
| May 2-4, 2002 |
Omaha Safari Regional Convention |
| July 10-13, 2002 |
Toronto National Convention |
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Remember to buy your Camp Sertoma Herbergers Discount
Tickets from any Camp Sertoma member and use them on November 17th for big savings at the storewide sale. Prizes to register for at the day of the sale also.
Tickets Follow-Up: Don't forget if you have purchased coupons from the Camp
Sertoma-Herberger's promotion to redeem them on November 17th. |
| Oct-Nov-Dec - Northern Lakes Sertoma Benefit
Raffle. Tickets are $10 and many prizes including 4 wheeler and a Grand Casino Getaway are included. See Mike Howard or Lori Redmond for tickets. |
| Oct-Nov-Dec - Membership
Drive, Gary Walters will lose and keep off one pound for every new member who joins. Anyone who brings in a prospective new member will receive a license plate holder with the Sertoma Logo and Motto on it. |
| Jan. 12 - Hold this date open for the annual
Brainerd Noon Sertoma Holiday Party. Details will follow. |
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Rory, Damian, and Les all brought their children. FAS 821-1130 Dale Bolt
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Remember: Be there
by 11:45 and call somebody if you can't. Call Jeff Birks @
820-5544 if you can't make it.
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| November 21 |
Paul Gropper, Chris Gross, Steve Rose
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| November 28 |
Cassie Gylland, Allen Hall, Dean Zenner
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| December 5 |
Jinny Haugen Segler, Kim
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Gary Walters is looking for some special people to get us started on what
could be a marvelous new fund raiser next year--The Christmas Lights
display. See Gary if you are willing to serve on the committee!
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 Tired of your old red
Sertoma shirt that you have had a million years? New to the club and wish you had a Sertoma shirt? Poster boys
Dave Clausen and Mike Boen are modeling the new arrivals-dark blue sweatshirt at $19 for Mike on the right and dark blue wind shirt at $28 for Dave on the left. See Mike-he will be ordering soon. Classy design features flags and United We Stand logo.
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Find a Sawbuck Corner:
The FAS Program was designed to encourage people to read the newsletter. Even those who attend the meeting can benefit from reviewing the announcements etc. If you find the letters FAS followed by your name, you must call the number provided and just leave a message that you called and attend the next meeting to collect your money. Simple--however 90% of the people never respond. This weekıs winners were Rory
Coit, and Reed Campbell and Kevin Donnay. This week's winners both collected: Tami Webb and Taylor Torgerson.
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Photos Photos Everywhere Whew, over 70 new photos have been
uploaded to the MSN Community Page where your hard working
photographer is now storing photos. This community is for the
club, easy to join and gives you the opportunity to add edit or
delete any photos that are posted as well as leave messages for
fellow Sertomans. It is a good way to thank someone for doing a
good job or give them some positive feedback for a big event in
their life. If you wish to view the photographs of the Ditch Pick
(subtitled Dave Clausenıs Bachelor Party and including some
photos from the actual wedding dance) either click on this link or
cut and paste this address in the browser window: http://communities.msn.com/BrainerdNoonSertoma/_whatsnew.msnw
If you are looking for a name to match a face, Pam is also trying
to take current head shots of all Sertoma members and providing an
online directory at the same location.
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