Jefferson City Magazine- november december 2017

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Gift of Giving

A Business Times Company Publication

Holiday Traditions

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njoy today, prepare for tomorrow. That is the driving force behind the quality of life and care at Heisinger Bluffs & St. Joseph’s Bluffs. Both locations work together to create an atmosphere that makes you feel at home. This collaboration also results in the best care around.

It’s all there in their mission: Older adults living life to the fullest.

When choosing where to spend your golden years, it’s nice to know you have options. This is an important element at Heisinger Bluffs & St. Joseph’s Bluffs. No matter your needs or stage in life, there is something for you.

Choose from Independent Living (spacious apartment residences with multiple floorplans and outstanding

amenities), Assisted Living (includes 24-hour staffing for personal and medical needs), Memory Care Assisted Living (with specially trained staff and specifically designed living spaces), Long Term Skilled Nursing Care (for those who require 24-hour nursing care from licensed nurses), Respite Care (for planned or emergency temporary care), REACH Short Stay Rehabilitation (for those recovering from a hospital stay), and Outpatient Therapy (for physical, occupational, or speech therapy).

Also available to every resident are services from entertainment, dining, a chapel with a variety of religious services, salon, wellness center, and more. All these services are individualized and provided by specially trained professionals.

Heisinger & St. Joseph’s Bluffs take pride in their quality of care and always strive to make your stay, whether temporary or long-term, as comfortable, successful, and respectful as possible.

“We take pride in the care we provide,” says Peyton Weekly, Social Services Coordinator at St. Joseph’s Bluffs. “Our nursing staff is amazing. The relationship they have with our residents is great, and they take pride in what they do, not just in the company, but in caring for their residents. They love what they do and the people they work with.”

Heisinger & St. Joseph’s Bluffs staff want you to feel at home. In addition to the already individualized care, recent renovations to St. Joseph’s Bluffs Skilled Nursing Care Center have made this goal more of a reality. A newly designed community dining room fosters growth and support. Each wing also has comfortable living spaces for relaxation or activities. The staff is also very excited to announce the addition of eight private Riverview Deluxe rooms.

“We have wonderful skilled nursing at both communities,” says Dianne Lowry, Senior Living Counselor. “Our skilled nursing is different in a couple of ways. That’s the size of the rooms, the views, the location, and, most of all, the care. “We are one community. We are a life plan community, the only one in Jefferson City. When people think about moving here, they know they can have whatever level of living they need for the rest of their lives and not ever have to move. Whether they choose Heisinger Bluffs or St. Joseph’s Bluffs, it’s one family.”

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PUBLISHER'S LETTER EDITORIAL Tami Turner, PUBLISHER Megan Whitehead, EDITOR MWhitehead@BusinessTimesCompany.com Matt Patston, COPY EDITOR

I hope you’re excited to open this issue of City Magazine, wrapped up with a pretty red bow just for you!

We have all kinds of holiday traditions to share with you, from the Hendersons’ Home Tour to new holiday recipes for you to make into family traditions. But the real gift we would like to share with you is the incredible “Gift of Giving” you will repeatedly read about in this November/December issue.

Jefferson City is a community that sticks together, and we’re even better when we have a common cause we can all come together around. We are a community that makes an impact on peoples’ lives by helping those in need. We’ve dedicated this issue of City to the nonprofit organizations in Jefferson City and the amazing volunteers making an impact on the most vulnerable people in need in our community. These volunteers who share their stories are the hands-on people feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, mentoring young athletes, encouraging the handicapped to be champions, fostering children, and providing security through pet therapy. We also have volunteers who are contributing their skills and talents through their professional and personal experiences in marketing, accounting, sewing quilts, stocking shelves, stuffing backpacks, and providing maintenance work. All these individuals are impacting lives by giving of their time and talents. I know you have talents that can make an impact in another person’s life; do you have time? Sometimes it’s as simple as a friendly hello and a kind smile.

As you read about these giving volunteers, I hope you will feel inspired to search for how you can make an impact with people in our beautiful hometown.

I would like to see IMPACT Jefferson City become a movement throughout our community with one common goal — help improve the lives of those who can benefit from your time, talents, and life experiences. Make a difference! If you need direction on how to get involved, City Magazine will publish a Nonprofit Directory in every issue. City Magazine will also house the 2018 IMPACT nonprofit calendar of events on our website at jeffersoncitymagazine.com.

This way, you can stay involved and be aware of the upcoming events and how you can help.

Thank you to everyone who is impacting lives. I wish you and your families a happy and healthy holiday!

DESIGN Cassidy Shearrer, EDITORIAL DESIGNER Keith Borgmeyer, ART DIRECTOR

MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES Tami Turner, MARKETING CONSULTANT Tami@JeffersonCityMag.com Janelle Wilbers Haley, MARKETING CONSULTANT Janelle@BusinessTimesCompany.com Deb Valvo, MARKETING CONSULTANT Deb@BusinessTimesCompany.com

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PHOTOGRAPHY Keith Borgmeyer, Amber Brondel, Becki Collier, Cole County Historical Society, Jayne Dunkmann, Julie Hauser, Carrie Tergin, Nancy Waggoner, Megan Whitehead

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Laura Bennett-Smith, Heather Feeler, Nicole Flood, Lauren Sable Freiman, Abigail Jones, Carrie Tergin, Danielle Tobar, Megan Whitehead

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Jefferson City Magazine is published by The Business Times Co., 122 E. High St., Jefferson City MO, 65101, 573-635-9395. Copyright The Business Times Co., 2012.

All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of any editorial or graphic content without express written permission of the publisher is prohibited.

Tami Turner, publisher Jefferson City Magazine | 17

EDITOR’S LETTER Thank You

From the shelves of Missouri River Regional Library:

THREE TITLES TO PICK UP NOW

I’ve been the editor of City Magazine for a little over a year now, and I am very grateful to be where I am. My biggest takeaway so far? Jefferson City knows how to give back. The more I learn about this city I grew up in, the more I love it.

Every event I go to is created to benefit a cause. Every new person I meet has a project or charity they’re passionate about. Everywhere I turn, people and businesses are giving back to the

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community in which they live and work.

I want to thank you, Jefferson City, for showing me how lucky I am to have grown up, gone to school, and now work in this community. Thank you for representing almost any cause I can think of in some way. Whether it’s health, homelessness, abuse, diabetes, foster children, etc., there is an advocate here.

Recently, I was asked to speak about my job to the Jefferson City Cosmopolitan Club.

When I showed up, I saw so many familiar and unfamiliar faces, all there in support of diabetes care and research. It was exciting and humbling to say the least.

In this issue, along with preparing you for the holiday season with a beautifully decorated home (pg. 28) and fun recipes (pg. 87), you’ll learn about the needs we face in our community (pg. 55). You’ll also get to know a few volunteers who will hopefully inspire you to follow their example (pg. 61).

THE 100-YARD JOURNEY: A LIFE IN COACHING AND BATTLING FOR THE WIN

by Gary Pinkel with Dave Matter

It takes a village. It’s an old saying that’s just as poignant today as it has ever been. As a country, we are facing hard times in the wake of natural and man-made disasters. If we continue to band together as a community and set a standard for friends, family, neighbors, and future generations, we can truly make a positive impact.

All my best,

SETTING FREE THE KITES Megan Whitehead, editor

by Alex George

Selections made by Madeline Matson, reference and adult programming librarian.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 17 PUBLISHER’S WELCOME 19 EDITOR’S NOTE 23 DATEBOOK 27 #JCITYMAG 109 ABOUT TOWN

AT HOME 28 HOME TOUR There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays 40 DESIGNER PALETTE Season’s Greetings

AT WORK 47 TOWN TALK A Word from the Mayor 49 BUSINESS BRIEFS 52 CURRENTS 55 FEATURE Finding the Need 60 FEATURE Volunteer Impact 75 BUSINESS PROFILE Jefferson Bank 82 CITY CHARACTER United Way of Central Missouri

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AT WORK 75

AT EASE 87

AT EASE 87 GOURMET Homemade Christmas Treats 95 HEALTH & WELLNESS

The Small Triumphs 99 INTERESTS Sewing for a Cause 103 STILL KICKIN’ IT

Touched by a Smile 106 PAST TIMES Jefferson City Cantorum Jefferson City Magazine | 21

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Downtown Jefferson City

Downtown Jefferson A Treasured Holiday TraditionCity *A Treasured Holiday Tradition*

Saturday, November 4th – All Day: Downtown Holiday Open House Downtown retailers put on their best and open their doorsSaturday, to shoppers to kick off10:00 the a.m. holiday season.

November 9th, to 3:00 p.m.

Downtown Holiday Open House Many retailers will have specials running Friday Downtown put For on their best and open through theretailers weekend. more details visittheir doors to shoppers to kick off the holiday season. www.DowntownJeffersonCity.com (Free)

Saturday, November 30th, All Day Saturday, November 18th – 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.: Small Business Saturday Downtown Holiday Enjoy holidayTraditions shopping theon wayKWOS it used Open to be. Air KWOS Open Air will livebusinesses from Samuel’s Tuxedos Shop friendly, localbe small throughout the and GiftsJefferson in Downtown City. bysales! or tune City area.Jefferson Don’t miss theStop special in to hear Sam Bushman and others discuss Downtown Saturday, 30th, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. holiday historyNovember and traditions.

For more details visit Santa at Central Bank (Free) www.DowntownJeffersonCity.com Santa has been visiting Downtown JCMO since the 1950s.

KeepNovember the tradition25th alive–and Saturday, Allvisit Day:Santa in Central Bank. Don’t forget to make your Small Business Saturday list and check it twice!

Enjoy holiday shopping the way it used to be. Shop friendly, local small businesses throughout the Jefferson Thursday, December 5th, 6:00 p.m.

City area. FreeMayor’s Trolley Rides.

Register win a $500, $250 Christmas TreetoLighting or $100Rotary gift card businesses.

An extra Parkatonparticipating Bolivar Street: Join the Mayor of holiday treat – City hop as onhea lights free trolley and ride across Tree. town Jefferson the Mayor’s Christmas will be entertainment, refreshments to shop the There participating businesses. For more details visit and a visit from Santa Claus.(Free) www.DowntownJeffersonCity.com Friday, December 6th,30th 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 Thursday, November – 5:30 p.m.:p.m.

Downtown Living Windows Mayor’s Tree Lighting A Jefferson City tradition for almost 20 years, Rotary Park on Bolivar – Join the Mayor of Living Windows takesStreet place throughout Downtown Jefferson CityCity. as she lights the Mayor’s Christmas Jefferson Storefronts and windows come aliveTree. with Theresingers, will beactors, entertainment, and a visit dancers andrefreshments more. Come experience from Forand more visit thisSanta holidayClaus. tradition youdetails are guaranteed to get in the holiday spirit! www.VisitJeffersonCity.com (Free)

Friday, December 1st – 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.: Downtown Living Windows A Jefferson City tradition for over 20 years, Living Windows place6th, downtown and Friday, takes December 6:30 p.m. where to 9:00 storefronts p.m. windows come alive with singers, religious Candlelight Tours of dancers, the Mansion and holiday themes. wind Mansion their wayis through Each Holiday Season Hayrides the Governor’s the streetsdécorated. and SantaDuring Claus this makes his special yearly visit to beautifully annual Hawthorn Bank. More than 50 groups participate and tradition, the Governor and his wife personally fill High Street from Jefferson to Adams for more than greet all of those who come to tour the three blocks of entertainment. Enjoy refreshments, Mansion. See the Mansion in its listen to carolers and watch performances sharing the nighttime holiday elegance! holiday spirit. For more details visit www.DowntownJeffersonCity.com (Free) Friday, December 6th, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Santa at Hawthorn Bank Friday, December – 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 Santa has been visiting 1st Downtown JCMO since p.m.: Santa Hawthorn Bank the 1950s.

Keepatthe tradition alive and Santa hasvisit been visiting Downtown Santa in Hawthorn Bank.JCMO since the

1950s. Keep the tradition alive and visit Santa in Saturday, December 7th, 10:00 3:00your p.m. list and Hawthorn Bank. Don’t forgeta.m. to to make Santa on the Trolley - 100 E. High check it twice.

ForBlock moreofdetails visitSt. Step aboard one of our historic trolleys to visit(Free) with www.DowntownJeffersonCity.com Old Saint Nick in Downtown Jefferson City.

Friday, December 1st – 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m and

Saturday, 7th, 2:00 4:00top.m.

Saturday,December December 2nd – p.m.

2:00 to p.m.

4:00 p.m.: Candlelight Tours of the Candlelight Tours of Mansion the Mansion *See description above.

Missouri Governor’s Mansion: Each Holiday Season the Governor’s Mansion is beautifully decorated. During Saturday, December 7th, 4:30 p.m. this annual special tradition the Governor Jefferson City Christmas Parade and his wife greetinallcelebrating of those who come season to tour the Joinpersonally Jefferson City the holiday Mansion. the Christmas Mansion inparade. its nighttime holiday with thisSee year’s See dozens of elegance!

For more visitinwww.VisitJeffersonCity.com (Free) floats details decorated holiday themes, bands playing Christmas carols and more.

Saturday, December 2nd – 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.: at Central Bank Tuesday,Santa December 10th, 7:00 p.m.

Santa has been visiting Downtown JCMO since Capitol Caroling Missouri State (Rotunda): the 1950s.

Keep theCapitol tradition alive and visit Santa The annual Bank.

Jefferson City forget Public Schools in Central Don’t to makeCapitol your list and Caroling event holiday numbers checkincludes it twice.traditional For more details visit and special selections by the symphonic band, (Free) high www.DowntownJeffersonCity.com school orchestra and high school choirs.

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Saturday, December 2nd – 4:30 p.m.: Jefferson City Christmas Parade Join****************************** Jefferson City in celebrating the holiday season with this year’s Christmas parade. See dozens of floats decorated in holiday themes, bands playing Christmas carols and more. for more information visit For more information visit www.DowntownJeffersonCity. com or www.jeffcityjaycees.org (Free) www.DowntownJeffersonCity.com

Saturday, December 8th – 7:00 p.m.: Holiday Cantorum Concert At the Miller Performing Arts Center, the Jefferson City Cantorum will14th, present 2017 Christmas Saturday, December 10:00its a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Program at 7:00 Hear- Samuel’s a wonderful mixture of Christmas and Santa on thep.m.

Trolley Tuxedos & Gifts Step aboard one of tunes. our historic trolleys to visit with holiday For more ticket information visit Old Saint Nick inwww.JeffersonCityCantorum.com Downtown Jefferson City. Don’t forget to make your list and check it twice!

Saturday, December 9th – 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.:

Saturday, December 14th, 7:00 p.m.

Santa in Downtown Holiday Cantorum Concert Santa has visiting JCMO since the The Jefferson Citybeen Cantorum willDowntown present its 2013 1950s. Keep thewith tradition alive and don’t forget to make Christmas Program a wonderful mixture your list and check it twice.

Santa’s of Christmas and holiday tunes at theWorkshop located at 226 Miller East High St at Tolson’s Pharmacy. For more details Performing Arts Center.

visit www.DowntownJeffersonCity.com (Free)

Saturday December 21st, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Santa at December Southbank 12th Gift Co. Tuesday, – 7:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m.: Visit with Old Saint Nick in Downtown Capitol Caroling Jefferson City.

Don’t forget to Missouri State Capitol: Themake Capitol Rotunda: Few your list and check it twice!

traditions are as joyous as the Jefferson City Public Schools Capitol Caroling event held each year at the Capitol Rotunda. Performances include traditional holiday numbers and special selections by the symphonic band, high school orchestra and high school choirs. For more information visit www.VisitJeffersonCity.com (Free)

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Watch Saturday, December 16th for – 9:00this a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Santa in Downtown Jumbo Elf Around Santa has been visiting Downtown JCMO since the 1950s. Keep the tradition aliveJCMO and don’t forget to make Downtown your list and twice. Santa’s Workshop located at Thischeck year,itDowntown JCMO 226 East High St at Tolson’s Pharmacy. For more details will be visited by a very special visit www.DowntownJeffersonCity.com (Free) Elf, named Jefferson! He will ride on the Trolley during the Unwrap Savings Parade on December 7, and Downtown JCMO will reward Holiday between December 8 and Shoppers that direct a portion of their Christmas, Jefferson will shopping budget to the Downtown “ “move” each night and community. appear The first 50 shoppers that in a different spend $250 atDowntown participating businesses will Business receive a $25 gift certificate. during the day.

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DATEBOOK

November 2017

NOVEMBER 2 Ninth Annual Forget Me Not Gala, Capital Plaza Hotel, 415 W. McCarty St., 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $40 per person or $70 per couple. Contact Deanna Alonso at 573-298-0258 or deanna@ mofosteradopt.com for tickets and more info.

NOVEMBER 4 Red Dog 100 Bike Race, 400 W. Main St., 8 to 11 a.m. Entry is $55.

Contact Nick Smith at 573-280-0518 or redwheelbike@embarqmail. com for tickets and more info. See Facebook page for updates.

MSHSAA State Cross Country Championships, Oak Hills Golf Center, 932 Ellis Blvd., 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Admission is $7 or free for children under 5. Visit mshsaa. org/activities for more info.

Downtown Jefferson City’s Holiday Open House, downtown Jefferson City, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. Visit downtownjeffersoncity.com for more info.

CAM NOW Wonder Woman Trivia Night, Bones in the Alley, 210 Commercial Ave., 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person or $200 for a table of eight. Visit camnowtrivia2017. eventbrite.com or email capitalareamonow@gmail.com for tickets and more info.

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Capital Mall Trade Days, Capital Mall, 3600 Country Club Dr., 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission. Call 573-893-5437 or visit capitalmall.com for more info.

Small Business Saturday, small businesses throughout Jefferson City, all day. No admission cost. Visit shopsmalljc.com for participating locations and more info.

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Strut Your Style, Capitol Plaza Hotel, 415 W. McCarty St., 10:30 a.m. $35. Contact Jodi at 573-418-0457 or Dawn at 573-896-5500 by November 20 for reservations or for more info.

Edgar Allen Poe, portrayed by Clint Winn, Missouri River Regional Library, 214 Adams St., 7 to 8 p.m.

Contact Claudia Schoonover at 573634-6064 ext. 245 or schoonoverc@ mrrl.org for more info.

Missouri State Archives: Hands on Records Conservation Workshop, Missouri River Regional Library, 214 Adams St., 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free. Contact Brian Rogers at 573-526-1981 for more info.

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Millbottom Holiday Mart, The Millbottom, 400 W. Main St., 4:30 to 8 p.m. Admission is $5. Email simplyinspiredjc@ gmail.com or visit their Facebook (MillbottomHolidayMart) for more info.

Missouri State Archives Presents: The Resurgence of Osage Culture and Language, Missouri State Archives, 600 W. Main St., 7 to 8 p.m. Free. Contact Emily Luker at 573-526-5296 or emily. luker@sos.mo.gov for more info.

Family Movie Night, Missouri River Regional Library, 214 Adams St., 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Contact Eric Lyon at 573-634-6064 ext. 229 or lyone@mrrl.org for more info.

NOVEMBER 18 Third Annual Sensationblu Party, Capital Plaza Hotel, 415 W. McCarty St., 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

General admission tickets are $15 and VIP tickets are $80. Visit sensationblu.com for tickets and more info.

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NOVEMBER 30 Mayor’s Tree Lighting Ceremony, Rotary Centennial Park, 5:30 p.m. Free. Visit jeffersoncitymo.gov for more info.

NOVEMBER 30 – DECEMBER 16 Stained Glass Theatre presents “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” Stained Glass Theatre of Mid-Missouri, 830 E. High St., Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $9. Call 573-634-5313, email admin@sgtmidmo.org, or visit sgtmidmo.org for tickets and more info.

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DECEMBER 1 Downtown Living Windows, High Street from Jefferson to Adams, downtown Jefferson City, 6 to 9 p.m. Free. Visit downtownjeffersoncity.com for more info.

Capital City Speed Skating Meet, Washington Park Ice Arena, 711 Kansas St., 9 a.m. Free. Visit jeffersoncitymo.gov for more info.

$38 for dinner and show. Visit capitalcityproductions.org for tickets and more info.

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Cantorum’s 50th Annual Holiday Concert, Miller Performing Arts Center, 501 Madison St., 7 p.m. $10 for adults, $5 for youth, $8 for seniors, or $25 for a family of three to five in advance; $2 more for each at the door. Call 573-230-2715 or visit jeffersoncitycantorum.com for tickets and more info.

Candlelight Tours at the Missouri Governor’s Mansion, 100 Madison St., Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Free.

Visit missourimansion.org for more info.

Jefferson City Festival of Lights: A Winter Wonderland, Binder Park, 5840 Rainbow Dr., Tuesday through Wednesday from 5:30 to 9 p.m. and Friday through Sunday from 5:30 to 10 p.m. $20 per vehicle, $35 for buses and 15-passenger vans. Contact Jefferson City Parks, Recreation and Forestry at 573-634-6482 for more info.

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DECEMBER 1-2

Jefferson City Jaycees Christmas Parade, downtown Jefferson City, 4:30 p.m. Free.

Visit jeffcityjaycees.org for parade registration and more info.

Link Union Christmas Music Special, downtown Jefferson City, 3 p.m. Free. Visit jeffcityconcerts. org for more info.

Capital City Productions presents “A Christmas Carol,” Shikles Auditorium, 1200 Linden Dr.; evening performances with dessert and show start at 7 p.m.; evening performances with dinner and show start at 6 p.m.; matinee performances with dessert and show start at 1:30 p.m. $23 for dessert and show,

DECEMBER 9

Santa in Downtown JCMO, 215 E. High St. next to J. Pfenny’s, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free, donations welcome. Visit downtownjeffersoncity.com for more info.

DECEMBER 9-10 Capital Mall Trade Days, Capital Mall, 3600 Country Club Dr., 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission. Call 573-893-5437 or visit capitalmall. com for more info.

DECEMBER 16 Skate with Santa, Washington Park Ice Arena, 711 Kansas St., 1 to 4 p.m. $5 for adults, $4 for children. Visit jeffersoncitymo.gov for more info.

Winter Ice Recital, Washington Park Ice Arena, 711 Kansas St., 6 p.m. Free, donations welcome.

Visit jeffersoncitymo.gov for more info.

DECEMBER 21-22 Guaranteed White Christmas, winner’s home, winner announced at 6 p.m. on Thursday the 21.

Visit jeffersoncitymo.gov for registration details and more info.

DECEMBER 26-31 Christmas Tree Recycling, Washington Park at the Vivion Field entrance, 711 Kansas St. Visit jeffersoncitymo.gov for more info.

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holidays The Henderson family decorates their home with memories for Christmas.

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No one knows better than the Henderson family. When December rolls around, they fill their home with family heirlooms and other pieces that hold special meanings or memories.

Joni Henderson is the third generation of her family to live in this home, which was originally built in 1927; Joni and her husband, Mike, moved in in 2006. Much of the décor, including the 1940s Polish ornaments on the German feather trees, were found in their attic — relics from previous generations.

“Everything I take out fills me with joy and is so special,” Joni says. This statement is obvious as you walk through her home.

On her daughter Brette’s sled sits a 1920s original Montgomery Ward “Rudolph” book.

Brette’s handprints oversee this vignette, adding another of many personal touches to the holiday décor.

On their mantel sits one Santa for each year Joni and Mike have been married. The stockings hanging from the mantel have a story too. “That fabric was in the attic,” Joni says. “When my grandma passed away, my neighbor, Annie Mullholland, bought the fabric in the auction we had. For Christmas that year, she made us those stockings from that fabric. I remember seeing my grandma in her suits of that fabric at church. It was probably one of the most special gifts I’ve ever received. Every year I get them out, and they just make me happy.” Adding more personal value, the embroidery on the stockings was done by Joni’s friend and former Moreau Heights teacher Patty Morrow in her own handwriting. Also on the mantel is Brette’s violin, restored by Joni’s grandfather.

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The decorative windowpanes were originally upstairs. The toys under the living room tree came from the home’s original nursery (including a pair of old-fashioned ice skates from a former Moreau Heights student). The toys under the office tree came from Moreau Heights. The keys on the countdown tree are all from doors in the house. The sewing machine and accessories were Joni’s great grandmother’s. The list goes on and on.

Christmas is a time for tradition. It’s also a time for family and remembrance. Stockings from your childhood, your grandmother’s cookies, your child’s first ornament — they all come together to evoke warmth and delight.

So take a walk down memory lane this holiday season. Let the joy of tradition make the season bright.

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DESIGNER PALETTE

Season’s Greetings It’s time to decorate­— starting with your front door.

You may already have your ornaments, stockings, and lights picked out to make your home ready for the holidays, but have you planned beyond a wreath or bow for your front door?

Aside from the Christmas lights, your front door is the first thing your friends and family look at when they come to visit. At Christmastime, you want to impress and inspire from the moment they arrive.

Devan Netcott, interior consultant and designer, shares how impressive a front door can be with some holiday flair.

To have Devan decorate your home, contact him at 573-819-1200 or dznrdvn@yahoo.com.

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Did you know River Region Credit Union was founded in 1954 as Missouri National Guard Credit Union? Though the name changed in 1999, our mission to support guardsmen and their families remains. Because of our heritage, we proudly give back to Missouri heroes who risk their lives for us every day.

Major General Stephen L. Danner has been a key part of our ongoing relationship with the Missouri National Guard. His tireless work to improve the lives of soldiers and airmen inspires us to do all we can to give back.

One crucial program, the Family Readiness Group, prepares spouses and families for the upheaval of deployment. Our role in this effort is to keep their financial house in order before and during activation. This frees the deployed member to fully concentrate on their duty with the confidence that everything is stable back at home.

Another need of the Guard is to have a proper place to honor and support returning soldiers and airmen. In 2009, we helped the National Guard Foundation raise almost 2 million dollars to build a chapel and resiliency center at the Ike Skelton Training Site. Now, whether the need is spiritual, mental, financial, or otherwise, the Guard is fully equipped to honor and help our heroes.

We also raise money for the Family Assistance Fund in order to assist Missouri military families who are in need. Families can apply for funding up to $3,000 for things such as extended illness or the loss of a home. The funding allows the family to get through a few months of bills so they can get back on their feet.

Though we are a financial institution on the surface, at our core—we are truly a philanthropic organization. The Missouri National Guard is a big family, and we are proud and honored to be among their ranks. We look forward to many more years serving those who have so bravely served us.

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s more and more buyers search for and preview properties online, the myth has grown that they can find every property they may be interested in on their own. However, not all available properties are advertised online. Some sellers pick and choose which websites they will allow their home to be featured on.

The local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is the most accurate and up-to-date listing database. While REALTORS are the only people with access to the MLS, the system does allow a buyer portal to access properties matching their criteria. This will ensure they receive “real time” market updates rather than the delay from third party listing websites.

Do not underestimate the power of word of mouth. We are aware of upcoming listings, expired listings, and off market properties that may be exactly what you are looking for!

Here’s a recent story about how a REALTOR will help your odds of finding the perfect home better than third-party sites.

I listed a home recently and it went “live” in our MLS (multiple listing service) at 9 a.m. on a Tuesday. A local REALTOR scheduled to show at 5:30 that evening. By 7:30, I received a very strong contract from the agent that showed it. Sellers were out of town so they utilized our online signature feature. My email inbox had received the “all parties have signed/finalized this contract” at 8 a.m. At 9 a.m., I received an email stating “your listing has been posted to Zillow.” Any buyers relying solely on those third-party sites for their new listing search just missed out big time. It is very important to have an agent aware of your home search needs and be on the lookout. These stories are more common as our market is heating up and inventory is shrinking.

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here is a light at the end of the escape tunnel. Since the historic prison opened in 1836, there has been a fascination of what happened behind the walls of the Missouri State Penitentiary. What a story our community has to tell!

The area surrounding MSP was once thriving with grand homes and industry, but over time, the area became blighted and undesirable, and many of the private homes were showing years of disrepair. But drive down Capitol Avenue today and you will see a renaissance of redevelopment starting to happen. New sidewalks, period lighting, streetscape trees — and those homes will soon be subject to requirements complying with code regulations to allow for revitalization.

Each home has a story and a place in Jefferson City’s unique history. So what is going on with prison redevelopment?

The Prison Redevelopment Bill passed the Senate and House, and SB 486 was signed by Governor Eric Greitens in July on the prison grounds. This bill allows the state to convey a portion of the property (approximately 31 acres out of 128 total acres on the site) to the city for redevelopment, using the state’s master plan as a guide. This plan includes a parkway, civic space, and hotel, all with a historic setting and a view of the river.

When browsing the master plan, you can feel the excitement, the potential for such a unique site, summed up by a quote cited in the plan: “Someday this will be a cool place to go!”

Well, it already is! Now, the land conveyance expected in the master plan is not just a dream; it’s coming true.

It’s in the numbers of visitors to the site, with tour members growing from 3,000 in

2009 to 33,000 in 2016, and attendance at

and creativity and arts and entertainment and

the new MSP Museum, which grew from

parks and trails and storytelling and learning.

752 to almost 7,000 over four years. That

This site has it all. It borders Riverside Park,

historic area will remain mostly untouched

the Missouri River, historic Capitol Avenue,

by development and will continue to host

and the new Lafayette Interchange. Everything

tours and events, including the very successful

is aligning for success. Next steps include the

Concert Inside the Walls, which has featured

city, county, state, chamber of commerce, and

Travis Tritt and Wynonna Judd. Mark your

convention and visitors bureau joining forces

calendars for June 30 for the third annual

to work toward selecting a developer so the

Concert Inside The Walls!

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If only those walls could talk, right?

future. We don’t have to reinvent our city —

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we just have to reinvigorate what we already

conversations blending the natural with the

have, embrace our history as our future, and

supernatural, the past and the future, history

enjoy the “escape” to Jefferson City!

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BUSINESS BRIEFS

Business Briefs Pro m ote d, h ired, reco g n i zed

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SEARCH

RATHMANN

RENTSCHLER

PIERCE

HATFIELD

FRANK

GEORGIE

DOERHOFF

MASSIE

DEEKEN

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Hawthorn Bank announced the promotion of CHRIS BUSCHJOST to commercial loan officer. Buschjost joined the bank in 2014 as a credit analyst and previously worked at Oak Star Bank. Buschjost is a Jefferson City native and a graduate of Helias High School. He has a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Central Missouri. He’s a board member of the Jefferson City Young Professionals and on the United Way campaign leadership team.

Central Trust Company, an affiliate of Central Bank, announced that KYLE SEARCH has been promoted to vice president and operations manager. Search most recently served as assistant vice president and compliance officer.

Search has a Bachelor of Science in agribusiness management from MU and is also a certified fiduciary and investment risk specialist.

Central Trust Company announced the recent hiring of SAM RATHMANN as vice president and portfolio manager at the Jefferson City location. Rathmann began his career in the financial services industry in 2014 when he joined Central Trust’s parent company, Central Bancompany, as an assistant vice president and financial advisor. Rathmann earned his Bachelor of Science in agriculture business from Missouri State University.

The Association for Certified AntiMoney Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) has presented Central Bancompany’s Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officer ANNA RENTSCHLER with its Career Leadership Award. This commendation is given on the basis of a career long dedication to leading, advising, and counseling the global antimoney laundering profession.

DENISE PIERCE has been promoted to director of business services for Jefferson City Public Schools after 11 years as the district’s controller. Pierce looks forward to the opportunity to build on the improvements the business office has made since she started.

CARLA GEORGIE joined JCPS as their newest accountant. Georgie comes to JCPS from the Washington School District, where she was lead bookkeeper.

DANA DOERHOFF joined Jefferson City Public Schools as director of nutrition services. Doerhoff has past experience as the district’s director of school nutrition programs at the department of elementary and secondary education.

PETRA MASSIE joined Jefferson City Public Schools as executive assistant for secondary education. Massie brings over two years of office assistant experience to JCPS.

BRENDA HATFIELD joins Jefferson City Public Schools as director of quality improvement. Hatfield’s experience includes more than 16 years of quality improvement work in the private sector.

JIM DEEKEN joined Jefferson City Public Schools as hearing officer. Deeken’s role is to assist in the disciplinary processes to help students overcome undesirable disciplinary situations so they can be successful.

BRIDGET FRANK joined Jefferson City Public Schools as director of special services.

Frank brings 12 years of experience as a school psychologist, including seven years with JCPS at South, Moreau Heights, West, and Cedar Hill Elementary Schools.

LORIE ROST has been promoted to assistant to the superintendent of elementary education for Jefferson City Public Schools.

Rost previously taught in the district for 23 years at Thorpe Gordon and Cedar Hill elementary schools.

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SCARBROUGH

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BLACKMAN

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SHELBY SCARBROUGH joined Jefferson City Public Schools as human resources director. Scarbrough comes to JCPS with administrative experience from Knob Noster and Maryville middle schools.

BRIAN SHINDORF has been named chief of learning for Jefferson City Public Schools.

He was previously the director of elementary education.

GARY VERSLUES joined Jefferson City Public Schools as assistant to the superintendent for secondary education.

Verslues spent the past 11 years as the principal of Blair Oaks High School.

MORGAN WERDEHAUSEN has changed positions within the Jefferson City Public Schools, from JCPS executive assistant of secondary education to associate director of the JCPS Foundation.

GABRIELLE WITTENBERGER has been promoted to technical manager of the Miller Performing Arts Center.

Wittenberger previously worked for Jefferson City Public Schools as the secretary at Cedar Hill Elementary.

VERSLUES

WERDEHAUSEN

NAGEL Capital Region Medical Center welcomed JALYN NORTH to Capital Region Physicians Integrative Medicine. North received her Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Missouri–St. Louis and her Master of Science in nursing from Maryville University. She is board-certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Capital Region Medical Center welcomed DR. ANN BLACKMAN to the Capital Region Physicians group. Blackman received her medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine, and she completed her family practice residency at Cedar Rapids Medical Education Foundation. She is board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and Missouri Academy of Family Physicians.

Capital Region Medical Center welcomed IZZIE KUNZ to Capital Region Physicians Urgent Care and Capital Region Quick Care.

Kunz received her Bachelor of Science in nursing from MU and her Master of Science in nursing from Maryville University. She is board-certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

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REHAGEN

NORTH

WILSON

Capital Region Medical Center announced that STACI NAGEL has accepted the position of director of health informatics. Staci has served Capital Region for the last 13 years, beginning as manager of case management.

Since 2006, she has worked in IT as a clinical analyst in the Health Informatics Department. Prior to her work at Capital Region, Staci held positions as a registered nurse on the medical unit and lead case manager at St. Mary’s Health Center.

Brydon, Swearengen & England P.C. announced that STEPHEN A. REHAGEN is now associated with the firm. Stephen is a graduate of Helias, the University of Notre Dame, and, most recently, the St. Louis University School of Law. He will initially have a general civil practice with an emphasis on estate planning.

NICOLE WILSON was recently recognized for achieving 10 years of service with C&S Business, Inc. In her role, Nicole assists the accountant with processing and managing the many aspects of the C&S payroll. She was presented a plaque by C&S President Paula S. Benne for her service.

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CURRENTS

Small Business Saturday

Cole County Mobile Pantry The one-year anniversary of the Food Bank’s mobile pantry is approaching! Several times a month, the pantry arrives at Little Explorers Discovery Center (formerly Jefferson City Day Care), Trinity Lutheran Church, Firley YMCA, Capital West Christian Church, and St. Martin’s Catholic Church to provide free food to those in need. Contact United Way at 573-636-4100 if you’re interested in volunteering or donating to the Cole County Mobile Pantry.

Holiday shopping the way it used to be. On November 25, shop local small businesses all throughout Jefferson City. As a special treat, free trolley rides will be available to participating locations. While you shop, register to win a $500, $250, or $100 gift card to be used at any of the participating businesses.

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Christmas Home Decorating Contest Jefferson City Parks, Recreation and Forestry wants you to register your home for the 2017 Christmas Home Tour. With contest categories like Charlie Brown, Norman Rockwell, Clark Griswold, and more, the possibilities for your home are endless — so show your Christmas decoration creativity and light up the city! For a non-competitive option, sign up to be part of the city-wide Christmas Lights Tour. Watch for news from the News Tribune and Parks and Rec throughout November to find the registration form and contest rules.

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Finding the perfect Christmas gift for your loved ones isn’t always easy.

Fortunately, The Millbottom wants to help. On November 9, head over to 400 W. Main for a new, exciting holiday shopping experience — for a $5 donation benefitting The Special Learning Center and iServe Global, you can browse through potential gifts from more than 30 local vendors. Get your shopping done early while supporting local businesses and nonprofits!

Strut Your Style On November 29 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel, be inspired by survivors of breast cancer as they walk the runway for the Community Breast Care Project. For $35 (reserve your seat by November 20), enjoy a silent auction, lunch, and fashion show, all in support of breast cancer survivors and patients. Call Jodi at 573-418-0457 or Dawn at 573-896-5500 to make your reservation.

Capital City Festival of Lights Beginning December 2, Binder Park will be lit up with extravagant Christmas dĂŠcor. Drive a mile-long stretch of choreographed light displays synced to holiday music. Bring the whole family for the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit!

Give the Gift of Art Favor a more handmade gift option? Capital Arts wants to help. From November 3 to January 2, stop by 1203 Missouri Blvd. to browse and purchase creations by local artists.

Shop local, support local.

National Adoption Awareness Month Thinking about volunteering?

Consider Central Missouri Foster Care & Adoption Association.

Holidays can be the most difficult for those without stable homes or families, so give back this season by spending time with children in need. Find out more about volunteering at CMFCAA and what level best suits you at ccfosteradopt.com/volunteer.

Library Time Missouri River Regional Library has a full schedule of events for you and your family to start off winter. On Wednesday mornings, enjoy stories and crafts. On the first Friday of the month, bring your babies to Rhyme Time for music, movement, and socialization. On the third Friday of the month, bring a comfy seat for Family Movie Night. Check out the entire list of events at mrrl.org.

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hrough our interactions with the community, the City Magazine team collaborates with many organizations meeting a need for Jefferson City. From businesses to individuals to nonprofits to volunteer groups, there are an abundance of ways to give dollars, time, and more.

But what exactly are the problems we’re trying to address? What issues are we donating time or money to? We want to explore the landscape of our city’s needs.

90.2% Missouri high school graduation rate in 2015

84.8% Cole County high school graduation rate in 2015

Children from the poorest backgrounds showed greater diminishment of gray matter on their MRI brain scan and scored lower on standardized tests.

THRIVING VS. POVERTY A thriving community depends on its economic assets and the ability of our neighbors to meet their basic needs such as housing, adequate nutrition, health care resources, education, transportation, family, and economic security.

In a study titled “The Neuroscience of Poverty,” Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, of the University of Southern California, found that children from the poorest backgrounds showed greater diminishment of gray matter on their MRI brain scan and scored lower on standardized tests. The study’s findings seem to indicate that poverty is one of the root problems of the other crises that can hamper an entire community.

However, Yang adds, “Many things can buffer against these bad effects, high quality schools and relationships with teachers who are teaching kids how to feel about the world, make meaning of their own lives, how to be purposeful and hardworking.

The way in which families are supporting one another and teaching their children how to be

12.4% of Missourians had no high school diploma in 2015

16.4% 8.55%

of Missourians had a Bachelor’s degree in 2015

of Cole County residents had no high school diploma in 2015

resilient and how to change the world for the better and to feel compassion for people. These kinds of values really support and help people over time to be resilient. These studies are telling us to focus on supporting children and families in living in safe and healthy circumstances.

Having community and societal supports are changing their biological and physical health, ability to learn and brain development.”

The fact is any one of us can be one step away from having an unmet need: one health care crisis, lost wages, an unexpected

“The drop in markets has impacted Jefferson City and employers significantly, and it’s a slow road to recovery that, in many ways, is still in process. I think the generosity of our community expands on the economic development front. Community business leaders, Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce, and Missouri economic development teams have rallied to attract business prospects and quality employers to the area.”

—SENATOR MIKE KEHOE

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catastrophe, the loss of a family member, or even a natural disaster.

Nearly a decade ago, the idea of “pinching pennies” was a reality. Average living expenses rose during the recession and changed the landscape of our community.

In 2008, an average one-bedroom apartment in the area could be rented for $423 a month, a gallon of milk sold for $3.87, and it cost about $34 to fill up a Ford Escort. A service or retail position could earn a full-time minimum wage income of $13,832 annually.

According the Missouri Department of Economic Development, in 2009 alone, the state’s economy lost $4.8 billion, and it lost another $3.2 billion in 2011. Missouri’s unemployment peaked in January of 2010 at nearly 10 percent. Since 2012, the economy has averaged a two percent growth rate annually.

In 2012, there were 36,978 jobs in Cole County, and the unemployment rate was 5.2 percent. State government was the largest employer in the county, at 26.1 percent, with retail, trade, health care and social assistance, and construction following.

Today, the labor force is 37,592, and the unemployment rate is 5 percent.

Despite economic growth (albeit slow growth), 13.3 percent of our neighbors residing in Cole County live at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level. In 2016, over 40.6 million of our nationwide neighbors struggled with poverty, and of those, 908,628 were Missourians and 71,581 resided in Cole County. 28.3 percent of jobs in Missouri are in occupations paying wages below the federal poverty line of $24,250 for a family of four, leaving many families feeling like obtaining a decent home is out of reach.

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tephanie Johnson, executive director, Boys and Girls Club of Jefferson City, is one of Jefferson City’s champions for local children. She describes the BGCJC’s journey moving into their new home as a true Cinderella fairy tale: “We knew we had something special here and wanted to expand our footprint in the community. Boys and Girls Club came from a gas station converted into a home for children; it has always been a special place where children could find a family within its walls.

“In addition to helping children academically, we help many of them meet their basic needs — safety, security, clothing, food, and hygiene items, just to name a few. At the Boys & Girls Club, our mission is to ensure every child, especially those who need us most, reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible adults.

“Our program focuses on our three core areas: academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles. We also believe that children need the opportunity to play and express themselves creatively. The new Boys and Girls Club facility in Jeff City gives us the space to execute a well-rounded program.

“Thanks to a $1.5 million grant funded through Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Center fund, we will be focusing on a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) program for elementary children at the new Railton Center. This grant will also fund an after-school program at Callaway Hills Elementary School. Callaway Hills has one of the highest free- and reduced- lunch rates in the district. The DESE grant will also help provide transportation to take kids home. This will make a huge difference in the rural community Callaway Hills serves.

“Our services are critical. We couldn’t provide them without the generosity of the community. If not for community donations and the United Way, Boys & Girls Club would need to charge every child $750 per school year to cover the gap. The vast majority of families we serve could not afford that cost. We’re blessed to live in a community that understands the value of helping others.”

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12,704 bed nights at Salvation Army Center of Hope and homeless shelter.

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OUR CHALLENGES “The top challenges for Cole County start with income,” says Darin Pries, executive director of Central Missouri Community Action. “When we compare the unemployment rate with the increasing number in poverty and free and reduced [price] lunches, it’s a real issue. It seems that everyone who wants to work is working but too many of them don’t earn enough to meet their basic needs. Second is affordability of quality housing. There are some economical but substandard rent options. Many rental properties do not pass quality standards to release a Section 8 voucher. Third is transportation consistency, which means you can’t get to where you need when you need to be there. You may be okay for a little while, but unreliable or inconsistent transportation creates the crisis of poverty.”

According to the 2017 CMCA Report, the high school dropout rate is decreasing, yet fewer students are attending four-year colleges after graduation. Access to education is limited by transportation availability to and from school as well as the high cost of child care for parent learners. (For more information on CMCA’s programs, visit showmeaction.org.)

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mobile food pantries in Cole County. The Senior Nutrition Council served 292 people by delivering 53,513 homebound meals to seniors in Cole and Osage Counties in 2016.

11.9% Cole County residents do not have health insurance.

are significant barriers that exist for lowincome students. In 2016, four schools in Jefferson City Public Schools increased their free- and reduced- lunch percentage to 100 percent: Callaway Hills Elementary, Cedar Hill Elementary, South Elementary, and Thorpe J. Gordon Elementary.

Children living in homes without adequate income to meet their basic living needs face additional challenges such as poor health, inadequate diets, and poor achievement results. According to the 2016 State of the State Poverty in Missouri report, published

by Missourians to End Poverty, 11.7 percent of Missourians and 11.9 percent of Cole County residents do not have health insurance. This creates a system in which low-income families often pay out of pocket for health care. A lack of access to medical professionals and financial resources is

THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI

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United Way of Central Missouri rally promises to generate an incredible amount of enthusiasm, as well as emotionally moving testimonials. Ryan Freeman, United Way of Central Missouri 2017 Campaign Co-Chair, brings to the position a true spirit of compassion: “There are challenges and circumstances that some people can’t control, which lead to being homeless, having food insecurities, lacking clothing, and other basic needs. It’s difficult for some to realize that one out of five people in our community have food insecurities.

“My greatest relationship is with a young man I’ve been privileged to mentor.

We met just six months prior to his high school graduation at JCAC, where he overcame the loss of a family member, no transportation, and other things I’ve never had to face. He simply wanted to do better. We visited weekly, discussed his goals, and celebrated the milestone of graduation. Today, he is productive and earning an income for his family for the first time. He was so proud when he was able to open his first bank account because of his new job.

“Everyone should have a chance — to be lifted up, to feel the support of our community, and to be encouraged that they’re able to overcome their challenges.”

a continued obstacle to regular physical, mental, and oral health services.

Food security — having consistent access to enough food for active, healthy living — also continues to be a problem for Missouri families. According to the USDA, Missouri has the seventh highest food insecurity rate in the country, with 16.8 percent of its population classified as food insecure.

And the state was also no exception to a nationwide drug epidemic. In 2016, approximately 64,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, with 49,000 of those deaths related to fentanyl, heroin, and prescription opioids. In Missouri, overall overdose deaths were up 28 percent from 2015, with the greatest impact in rural communities.

“THE RESOLUTION The most remarkable asset of our community is collaboration — the ability to rally together to achieve impossible missions. It takes everyone to attract resources and create innovative solutions to tackle the issues facing some of our most vulnerable neighbors. And their success is the community’s success; Jefferson City can’t thrive if those in need are ignored.

Scholastic Inc. works to better our community with a paid volunteer program.

Lori Massman, community development manager, shares, “Employees contributed over 1,400 hours in 2016. It’s rewarding for them to see where their efforts make a difference.”

As we look across our community, it includes a vibrant cast of heroes and supporting characters that support the most critical needs in our community: Boys and Girls Club of Jefferson City, Special Olympics, Special Learning Center, HALO, Common Ground, Relay for Life, United Way of Central Missouri, and all the other volunteer groups and nonprofit service organizations in our community. Their work is a worthy and rewarding responsibility.

Now, how can you get involved to impact the lives of those who need it most?

For a list of resources, visit jeffersoncitymag.com/2017/finding-need

26.1 The Community Health Center of Central Missouri served 11,929 people in 2016. They provide medical, dental, and mental health services to residents of Cole, Moniteau, Callaway, and Osage Counties. They strive hard to put as many services in one location so that the patient can get all of their health care needs met by coming to one location.

The number of births to teenage mothers was 26.1 per 1,000 girls, compared to 32.2 statewide.

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VOLUNTEER IMPACT How volunteers make Jefferson City an incredible community.

by M E G A N W H I T E H E A D | photos by K E I T H B O R G M E Y E R

I’m going to be honest with you. Until recently, I was completely ignorant about the depth of our community.

Jefferson City was a wonderful place in which to grow up and go to school, but I didn’t understand what makes our city — the capital city — special. The capacity of giving here is, without question, truly remarkable. Without really thinking about it, we structure our social events, sporting events, professional lives, and more around giving back to those in need. And as we’ve shown, there is need here. Thankfully,

we’re a community of philanthropic warriors, each and every one displaying a passion for what they do.

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SUPPORT Coming from a family of educators, I know the patience it takes to be a teacher — but it takes more than that. To be a good teacher for decades, it takes a passion (a word I’ll use a lot here) for what you’re doing. This is true of Elaine Foster. Elaine taught for over 30 years, most of that time as the music teacher at Callaway Hills. Talk to any of her former students today and they’ll tell you about her kindness and infectious smile. After retirement, she knew she needed to apply her passion elsewhere.

“I was out of working daily for about six years, and last year, before Thanksgiving, I thought I’d really like to go back to work,” Elaine says. “I saw an article about the Salvation Army in the newspaper that said they needed help preparing food to hand out. I thought I’d like to do that because I have such a respect and appreciation for the Salvation Army. That’s how I started. It was meeting a need of mine, but I felt like it was a worthy place to serve. It is important to me to serve and to share.”

While Elaine doesn’t deal directly with the Salvation Army’s clients, her job is crucial to day-to-day operations. She’s the support, the energizer. “I work in the back room putting whatever is available into boxes,” she says.

“So, I see my role as a support to the lady who runs the pantry. I’d like to make her job easier on her.”

“Elaine’s energy and enthusiasm is contagious,” says Shelly Herst, social services and Pathway of Hope case manager at the Salvation Army. “She is our behindthe-scenes faithful helper. She has and continues to have a positive impact in our organization, and we’re fortunate to have her as a part of our family…She isn’t one who would expect any type of recognition for her volunteerism, but we feel she exemplifies the true definition of volunteerism.”

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ENTHUSIASM Mike Downey is everywhere. Recently, I saw him at three different philanthropic events in one week, always with a smile or laugh prominent. Not one to give up a chance to help, Mike is involved with several local philanthropies, including United Way of Central Missouri, Jefferson City Day Care Center (now Little Explorers Discovery Center), the Capital City Jazz Fest, and the ABLE Learning Center. As chairman of the United Way’s marketing committee, Mike is involved in planning (and, of course, marketing) events such as Mid-Missouri’s Got Talent. He says he’s been working with the United Way for 20 years or so — he doesn’t know the exact number.

“In church, it was always time, talent, and treasure,” Mike says. “I feel that if you have the ability to give, you need to give. That’s what first drove me. There’s also the idea that it’s so rewarding to do it. You get rewards through people appreciating what you do, but you also get to see the results of your work.

“That’s a little selfish, but that’s okay,” he laughs. “The third reason is that you have to show the way to younger people. This is not only something you should do, but it’s something you can really enjoy doing. At MidMissouri’s Got Talent, there were dozens of volunteers and many of them were very young.

That was such a ‘Yes!’ moment. If you get them to volunteer young, then they are likely going to continue.”

Along with his charitable work, Mike also manages KJLU and teaches the occasional speech or theater course at Lincoln University. Mike is a communicator, he has a business mind, and he’s enthusiastic in everything he does. He uses these talents in his professional life, of course, but he shares them for what he considers a greater purpose as well. Being able to communicate the need — communicating so people will really listen — is vital to any nonprofit or charitable organization. With people like Mike involved, you can be sure everyone will know when and where the next United Way event is, and they’re sure to have a blast.

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DEDICATION There seems to be a trend coming out of Jefferson City of people creating national and international charitable organizations.

HALO is one of them. Someone who saw the potential and importance of this venture from nearly the very beginning was another former JCPS teacher, Betty Sundermeyer.

“I’ve kind of grown up with HALO here in Jefferson City,” Betty says. “In 2007, my husband and I went on a mission trip to Mozambique and worked with orphans.

When I came back, I ran into Joyce Neuenswander [mother of HALO Founder Rebecca Welsh]. I knew immediately I wanted to be part of HALO. I volunteered to help with the art auction first, went to a retreat in Kansas City, met Rebecca, saw her passion and commitment, and fell in love with the mission. My main reason for involvement is my connection with that mission and the fact that, through them, I know I’m part of making a difference in the world one child at a time.”

Betty is a jack-of-all-trades within HALO. Today, most of her work involves supporting HALO in the background by overseeing income, working with donor management, and serving as a resource person for HALO Jefferson City as needed. “My work is important to HALO because anything I can do in this capacity helps to free up the rest of the staff to focus on our kids,” Betty says.

“It is such a privilege to work with an organization like this within a community that is so giving,” she adds. “We have volunteers who come out of the woodwork when we need them, and none of them are looking for recognition. It’s been such a journey and a privilege. I think we realize what an amazing and caring community we have, filled with caring individuals who try to assure that all youth have an opportunity to reach their potential. People give whatever they can give and they give from the heart.”

Betty’s passion for this cause is obvious not only in her dedication to and flexibility within the organization, but also in her eyes when she talks about the children she’s helping.

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COLLABORATION Volunteerism isn’t a one-way street. Six adults with developmental disabilities at the Day Solutions Inc. Day Habilitation Program know this well — Jackie, Chris A., Jocelyn, Caleb, Jean, Chris K., and Heather all give back to Jefferson City while receiving recognition of their own. Their commitment to nonprofits like Jefferson City Animal Shelter, Fresh Start Market, and Buddy Packs have been selected as 2017 candidates for the President’s Volunteer Service Award, a national award for outstanding volunteer service.

And they’re not only helping people in need; they’re gaining job skills for the future. “When Day Solutions opened, the goal was, in part, to integrate the clients into the community,” says Tiffany Burns, support services administrator.

“One of the ways we did that was by setting up volunteer jobs in fields where our clients could potentially work in the future. As word began to spread about what we were doing, many local businesses began contacting us because they wanted to be a part of our clients’ success.”

One client, Jackie, says her dream job is working with animals. “I play with them and clean their dishes,” she says. “I’ve grown up with animals, and they help me feel better.”

Jackie also bakes cookies at the Fresh Start Market for the families waiting to pick up items. “When I was with my biological family, I used to get checks from SSI and disability, so I know how it feels to not have much. I enjoy helping other people. I see homeless people, and it breaks my heart,” she says.

Chris A., another client, performs maintenance work to keep Grace Episcopal

Church beautiful and helps deliver Buddy Packs to West Elementary. “My father would be proud. It helps the community and it’s for a good cause,” he says. “I also help out with fundraisers, events, and deliveries [for Day Solutions]. I like meeting new people and how volunteering makes me feel.”

Jocelyn delights in her volunteer time reading to elementary schoolers at Cedar Hill.

“It makes me feel good about myself because I’m helping other people that need help,” she says. “It’s sweet because the kids read the book to me and I help them sound out the words. I love helping people. It makes me have a better day.”

The collaboration between these volunteers and our community is paving the way for inclusion and showcasing the inherently giving nature of Jefferson City.

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TEAMWORK Sometimes volunteering is a team sport.

Literally.

Gary Wilbers began working with Special Olympics of Missouri in 1994 with the State Outdoor Games. “That’s really what hooked me,” he says. “The athletes loved participating. They were so gracious and humble about what they did. I remember getting goosebumps from the excitement.”

For 23 years, Gary has involved his former and current (Ascend Business Strategies) businesses in Special Olympics. From the Polar Bear Plunge to Over the Ledge and more, he always has participating teams. They even dress up for the occasions — one year, they attended the Polar Bear Plunge as lollipops (a.k.a. “Suckers for SOMO”). “It became a passion, a company event,” he says. “I’ve also always involved my children. We always took them to the games. I felt that was an important part of volunteering.”

In 2008, Gary joined the SOMO board of directors. “They run like a business,” he says.

“The thing that attracted me was that I could involve my family and my business. They created a culture within our business where my employees would constantly be planning for the next event.”

Gary saw the importance of Special Olympics at a fundraiser golf tournament 10 years ago. “Keith Lueckenhoff [a Special Olympics athlete] asked me to be his Unified Golf partner,” he says. “In March of 2014, [Keith’s] dad passed away. He told me, ‘Gary, I want to win a gold medal for my dad.’ We ended up playing that year at State. We didn’t start off very well. On the sixth hole, they called the game due to bad weather. [That afternoon] we won the gold medal. [Keith] stood up and said ‘Dad, this is for you.’ I’ll never forget that.”

Gary was also instrumental in the planning of the Training for Life campus for SOMO athletes. “We are going to have a campus that is nowhere else in the world, and it’s going to be right here in Jefferson City,” he says. “Athletes will come from throughout the state. Not only will they be able to train, but we’ll have leadership training and health screenings.”

His final words of wisdom: “We get more than we give. That’s any volunteer. If you give of yourself, you find out you’re pretty fortunate.”

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INNOVATION What’s one thing Jefferson City loves as much as giving? Sports. Particularly, youth sports.

We’re a community that loves to rally around our kids and teach them the importance of fundamentals. Doesn’t it seem natural to combine these two loves?

“About four years ago, my son and I started a baseball team through [Jefferson City] Parks & Rec,” says Jay Carroll. “I found out how good he really was. He eventually made it onto a competitive team. We were playing about six or seven days a week between practice and games [for both teams]. One day he told me, ‘Dad, it’s too much. I’m just not having fun.’”

That’s when Jay realized something needed to change. His son wanted to play with his friends, but Jay didn’t want his talent to go to waste. And with inflating costs and competition, it’s more difficult for all interested kids to play at the level they want. “I decided we need to do something different,” says Jay. “I’m going to make a movement in this community that it doesn’t matter what family you come from or how much money your family has or doesn’t have — I’m going to figure out a way that friends can stay and play together from tee ball all the way through high school as much as possible. I’m going to find a way to do that and scholarship kids into this organization.”

The Young Wanted, part of the local pro baseball team The Wanted (a nonprofit organization that’s part of the Frontier League), works to teach all young athletes how to play, improve, and be community leaders, all while staying with their friends.

“We instill core values into these children to become better leaders in our community and help our community later on in the work force,” says Jay. “I’ve seen great things happen in this town, but I’ve also seen that it’s growing at a slower rate than a lot of towns. I think that maybe something like this would help.”

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the Special Learning Center and Special Olympics to fundraise and volunteer, and they hope to increase the number of organizations they help in the future. “Not only do we try to win championships, but we also win championships in life,” says Jay.

In The Young Wanted’s four years, they’ve grown from one team to 11 and have also added softball — they plan on adding basketball and soccer teams later.

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HUMANS AREN’T THE ONLY VOLUNTEER SUPERSTARS

Four service dogs tell us about their jobs.

ZINGA – TAIL WAGGIN’ TUTORS

RHAPSODY – JEFFERSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL

I love kids, and kids seem to love me! Once a month, I get to go to the library for little ones to read to me. Sometimes they’re nervous at first, but my soft fur and big eyes help them be comfortable.

I could spend all day just listening to stories from my kids. My favorite part is when a shy reader becomes more confident because they know I never judge them!

I also love to have my paws rubbed. (I’ll admit, the paw and belly rubs are one of the best parts of the day.) If they stop, I remind them with a gentle nudge of my nose.

When I wake up in the morning, I am so excited to see my students.

(They always have smiles and so much petting for me!) Then my real job begins.

Students with special needs get to be “vet assistants” for me. They take me for walks, clean up when they take me potty, play with me, groom me, and give me commands. What more could a girl ask for?

Sometimes, teachers or other students who are having bad days come see me so I can help them calm down. I know my job is very important because I’m a calming influence, but it doesn’t really feel like work.

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MAX – GIBBS CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE

OLIVE – CAPITAL CITY CASA

I never want to leave work, literally. I was trained by Puppies for Parolees after being rescued from the side of the road and taken to Grabb Animal Shelter. Thank goodness my mom found me and knew I’d do a great job helping my work family.

My adults with disabilities are so proud of me, they take me on walks and introduce me to everyone we meet! And everyone knows I don’t like bad words, so keep a civil tongue or I’ll leave the room. Just like Rhapsody, I help my people when they’re having a bad day. When they’re smiling, my tail is wagging!

Judge Beetem has a very important job. He partners with my work family to make sure that children are never abused or neglected or are taken out of bad situations. When one of these kids needs help, I make sure I’m there with unconditional love and nose snuggles to make them feel calmer.

A lot of kids come to us scared or tense, but it’s my job to distract them as much as I can. With my super-soft fur and calming presence, I think I do a pretty good job. I’m never happier than when I see one of my kids smile!

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BUSINESS PROFILE

A Style of their Own

Celebrating 50 years, Jefferson Bank maintains great customer service and ties to their community.

by H EAT H E R F E E L E R | photos by K E I T H B ORG M E Y E R

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any trends have fallen out of favor over the decades. Bell-bottom jeans of the ’70s. Big, curly hair of the ’80s. Grunge bands of the ’90s. However, other things are timeless, never out of style.

Like, say, customer service and community involvement. Just ask Jefferson Bank.

Jefferson Bank is turning the big five-oh this year. The bank officially opened its doors on November 2, 1967, with a brand new brick building at the corner of Southwest Boulevard and Highway 50 in Jefferson City, which was far west of town at the time with no other buildings around it. It was the perfect location to meet the needs of a growing city.

“Jefferson Bank was founded on the idea of being a true community bank,” says Ken Theroff, CEO and president. “To us, a community bank is an involved, corporate citizen that gives back to the community and is an asset to the Jefferson City area.”

Over the last 50 years, Jefferson Bank has continued to give back to the community, including donations to hundreds of community organizations in Jefferson City and the surrounding areas each year. They also strongly encourage their 100 employees to volunteer their personal time and money to serve the community.

Jayne Dunkmann, director of marketing at Jefferson Bank, lives and breathes community involvement as an ambassador of the bank.

She recently co-chaired the citywide United Way campaign.

“It is a huge part of our culture to be involved in the community, and we are really proud of that,” Dunkmann says. “By giving back to the community, we’re showing who we really are. Ultimately, what’s good for the community is also good for us.”

The bank’s facilities stand out from other buildings in Jefferson City. The first Jefferson Bank building, on Southwest, was designed, built, and decorated in the Colonial style, inspired by buildings in Williamsburg, Virginia. Every detail was meticulously picked out and approved by the Williamsburg Foundation to ensure it was authentic to the 18th century style. This included the crushed seashells in the mortar of the building, the color paint used on the walls, and distinctive oil paintings of presidents.

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BUSINESS PROFILE Donna Westhues, who was instrumental in the interior design of the Jefferson Bank buildings, took many trips to Williamsburg, Virginia to visit museums and other buildings to truly understand the Colonial style. She then incorporated those into the design and seasonal traditions of the bank, including Christmas wreaths with real fruit and popcorn strung on the Christmas tree in the lobby.

“For the first Christmas tree at the bank, I remember we popped popcorn and the tellers helped us string it between helping customers, then their families came in later to help us decorate the tree,” Westhues says.

The bank’s family culture has been a constant through the last 50 years, including the tradition of keeping the grounds of Jefferson Bank beautifully maintained year round. Walter Ittner started this tradition when the bank opened in 1967, and he passed the torch to his son, Donnie, who is the head of maintenance today. The crew works hard to make sure the facilities shine, including planting more than 5,000 bulbs in the fall that bloom in the spring. It’s not only a tradition carried on from father to son, but also part of the bank’s vision from the very beginning.

“Our facilities are our billboards. Rather than go out and buy billboards, we’re making an impression with our buildings,” says Dunkmann. “The maintenance crew takes pride in what they do and provides a welcoming environment for our customers.”

Theroff, who is the third president in the bank’s history, has also grown up in the Jefferson

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October 31, 1967 ribbon cutting with Alex Vetter; Wade Hampton; Harold Westhues, President; Mayor John G. Christy; John McHenry; John Grant; and Forrest Whaley Bank family (including his years on the Jefferson Bank Little League team). Many of the young leadership team currently at the helm, including Theroff, have had the privilege of learning from the founding fathers of the bank as they’ve progressed in their career. The collaboration and mentoring even continue today.

“As president of the bank, it’s great for me that the first president of the bank, Harold Westhues, continues to serve as chairman of the board, and I can talk to him anytime,” Theroff says.

Even as Jefferson Bank pauses to celebrate 50 years this November, the team continues to look ahead to the future: balancing new banking regulations, adapting to emerging trends in technology, and always keeping relationships and the community at the heart of what they do.

“We want people to feel like they’re having the best banking experience, whether in their recliner at midnight or in our lobby at noon,” says Theroff. “Just like the pride we take in our buildings and grounds, we strive to treat people like we want to be treated. That never goes out of style.”

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CITY CHARACTER

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United Way of Central Missouri makes dreams come true.

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by H EAT H E R F E E L E R photo by K E I T H B ORG M E Y E R alt Disney built a magical kingdom, but he always knew it wasn’t the castle that made it shine. It was the people. He said, “You can design and create

and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it takes people to make the dream a reality.” He believed in happy endings. So does the United Way of Central Missouri.

The United Way partners with 28 nonprofit health and human services organizations to tackle our community’s toughest needs — health care, education, and financial stability. By coming together and finding solutions, the

United Way and its partner agencies are ensuring those most vulnerable in our community are given the help they need.

“We help people live their best possible lives. It’s really about taking care of each other right here in our community,” says Ann Bax, president and chief professional officer of the United Way. “People in our community have their own personal disasters happening, and you never know when you’re going to need the help of one of our partner agencies.”

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CITY CHARACTER

United Way Partner Agencies • • • • • • • • •

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4-H Youth Program ABLE Learning Center American Red Cross Big Brothers Big Sisters Boy Scouts Boys & Girls Club Capital City CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Capitol Projects Central Missouri Foster Care & Adoption Association Community Health Center Council for Drug Free Youth Dental, Eye, and Shoe Program Dreams to Reality Early Childhood Initiative Familywize Prescription Drug Program Girl Scouts Homemaker Health Care Jefferson City Area YMCA Child Development Center Little Explorers Discovery Center (formerly Jefferson City Day Care Center) Osage County Community Living Pathways Community Health Rape and Abuse Crisis Service Salvation Army Senior Nutrition Council Special Learning Center The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri Tri-County YMCA United Way Missouri 2-1-1

Last year, United Way agencies helped more than 80,000 people in central Missouri.

It’s a big impact, but one that takes serious dollars. The United Way serves as the lead fundraiser for 28 organizations during its annual fundraising campaign, which kicks off in August and runs through October.

The United Way campaign goal is set by the ongoing needs of the agencies — $1.875 million for 2017 — and a new theme is picked each year to keep it fresh and fun.

“The serious component of the campaign is working hard to reach the goal so we can help thousands of people in our community who are touched by the United Way, but we’ve found our community loves a fun component as well, such as the Disney theme and slogan for this year: ‘If you can dream it, you can do it’,” says Bax. United Way staff and volunteers work together with area businesses to brainstorm fun, campaignthemed fundraising ideas for their internal United Way workplace campaigns. This year, employees kissed frogs, decorated their cubicles with Disney décor, held “Frozen”-inspired ice cream socials, and encouraged employee giving with a magical vacation getaway. While the details vary by each business, the heart of the giving is all the same: to help raise the bar on generous giving in our community.

The United Way also hosted creative community events during the campaign, including the third annual Mid-Missouri’s Got Talent event, which was held in September.

Community members submitted a video of their talent online to be voted on by the public, and the top six finalists performed at the live show in front of judges dressed as Disney characters. In addition, the United Way partner agencies also shined with their own

talented performances for the audience. But the night’s show-stealers were the kids and adults personally helped by those programs, who came out on stage for recognition.

“We always want our supporters to see the faces of the lives they are personally touching,” Bax says. “We have them present at all our events so the community can really understand what we’re doing to change lives.”

As Walt Disney knew, changing lives takes great people. The United Way has 600 volunteers that make this magic happen every year, including dedicated campaign co-chairs that attend hundreds of events during the campaign and more than 100 volunteers that review every agency’s funding request on an annual basis to ensure each dollar is spent wisely. In addition, each of the partner agencies has dedicated executive directors and staff who make incredible contributions with their time and fundraising efforts.

The end of the campaign is celebrated with a victory celebration breakfast, held on November 2 this year at Missouri Farm Bureau, where the final campaign totals are revealed. It’s an exciting moment for agencies, volunteers, and community members to see the results of their hard work. Bax finds the event both inspirational and emotional.

“It makes your heart so very full. It’s indescribable how this community gets behind the United Way,” Bax reflects. “Every year, I think it can’t get any better, but it does.

This community continues to be generous and selfless in their giving.”

It is a happy ending perhaps even Walt Disney, the impossible dreamer and magic maker, would be proud to see: one where a community comes together and changes lives by being united and dreaming big.

“It makes your heart so very full. It’s indescribable how this community gets behind the United Way.”

—Ann Bax

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GOURMET

Cherry Crumbles Recipe for 8 8-ounce ramekins

TOP P I N G : • • • • •

8 ounces cold butter cut into cubes 8 ounces brown sugar 2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

ST E P S: 1. Mix butter, sugar, flour, and cinnamon until crumbly. Add vanilla and mix slightly. Chill in freezer for 30 minutes.

F IL L I N G : • • • •

4 cups tart red cherries, frozen 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons corn starch 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

ST E P S: 1. Mix sugar, starch, and cinnamon in a bowl. Toss over cherries and let sit for 15 minutes at room temperature.

2. Place in ramekins, top with handful of crumble topping. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, turn, and then bake 10 to 18 minutes more or until firm to the touch and brown.

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GOURMET

Chocolate and Peppermint Bark • • • •

Gingerbread Cookies • • • • • • • • • • • •

6 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 tablespoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 cup shortening, melted and cooled slightly 1 cup molasses 1 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup water 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Large baking sheet lined with foil, shiny side up 1 pound chocolate 1/2 cup crunchy chopped toppings (nuts, candy, etc.)

1/2 cup chewy chopped toppings (dried fruits, mini marshmallows, candied citrus)

S TE PS : 1. If using a block of chocolate, make sure to chop into half-inch pieces with a large knife.

2. Reserve one cup of chocolate.

3. Place the rest of chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave 30 seconds, stir, and continue to microwave in intervals of 30 seconds.

Stirring until all the chocolate is melted.

4. Immediately add the reserved one cup of chocolate to the melted chocolate. Stir quickly to melt the chocolate and temper the chocolate for shine.

5. Pour the chocolate on the foil-lined baking sheet. Spread evenly, about a quarter-inch thick.

6. Sprinkle on preferred toppings.

7. Allow the bark to harden at room temperature for about one hour. If your kitchen is warm, it may not set right away. Place in freezer for a few minutes until set.

8. Break into little chunks and pieces. Store in airtight container at room temp for one to two weeks.

ST E P S: 1. Sift together flour, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon. Set aside.

2. In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the shortening, molasses, brown sugar, water, egg, and vanilla until smooth. Gradually stir in the dry ingredients until they are completely absorbed. Divide dough into three pieces, pat down to one-and-a-half-inch thickness, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least three hours.

3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to quarter-inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies one inch apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.

4. Egg wash the cookies before baking (if using sprinkles, this will help to stick).

5. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. When the cookies are done, they will look dry but still be soft to the touch. Remove from the baking sheet to cool on wire racks. When cool, you can decorate cookies with icing of your choice, or you can use sprinkles to coat the cookies before baking.

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Peppermint Cake C AK E : • 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature (plus more for the pans) • 2 cups sifted white flour — sift first, then measure (plus more for dusting) • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder • 3/4 teaspoon salt • 3/4 cup whole milk at room temperature • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract • 1 1/2 cups sugar • 3 large egg whites at room temperature

S T EPS : 1. Position cake racks in the middle and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Lightly butter three 8-inch round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper. Butter the parchment and dust with flour, tapping out the excess. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl. Combine the milk and the vanilla and peppermint extracts in a small bowl. Set aside.

2. Beat the butter in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until smooth (about one minute). Gradually beat in one cup of

sugar, then increase mixer speed to high and continue beating until light and fluffy (about five minutes).

3. Reduce mixer speed to low and alternate adding flour mixture and milk mixture in three additions (beginning and ending with the flour mixture) until just combined.

Scrape down the side of the bowl, increase the mixer speed to medium, and beat until smooth (about five more minutes).

4. In a separate large bowl (using clean beaters), beat egg whites with mixer on high speed until foamy. Gradually add the remaining half-cup of sugar and continue beating until stiff, shiny peaks form (about six minutes). Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the whites into the batter in three additions until combined.

5. Divide the batter evenly among the prepared pans. Bake, switching the position of the pans about halfway through, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean (about 15 to 20 minutes). Let the cakes cool 10 minutes in the pans, then run a knife around the edges and invert onto racks to cool completely.

Peel off the parchment. Wrap in plastic and store at room temperature. The cakes can be made up to one day ahead.

BU T T E RCR E A M : • • • •

1 pound butter at room temperature 2 pounds powdered sugar 1 teaspoon peppermint extract 2 to 4 tablespoons cold water

S TE PS : 1. In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and powdered sugar until smooth.

Stir and add peppermint extract and mix on medium-high for two minutes. Stir and slowly add water to thin out the cream.

Beat for another two minutes.

2. Split the mixture in half.

3. Split one half between each layer of cake, finish the cake with the rest. Chill in the fridge 30 minutes to three days. Set out at room temperature to serve.

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Yule Log P UMP K I N RO U LADE: • • • • • • • • •

Softened butter for pan 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar (plus more for dusting) • 3 large eggs at room temperature • 1 cup granulated sugar • 2/3 cup pure pumpkin puree (from a 15-ounce can)

F IL L I N G : • • • •

16 ounces soft cream cheese 2 cups powdered sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups mini white chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate

GA N AC HE : • 12 ounces chocolate (dark or semi-sweet, not milk) • 6 ounces heavy cream (heated until scalding) ST E P S: 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a rimmed baking sheet and line with parchment, leaving a slight overhang on short ends.

Butter the parchment and dust with flour.

2. Whisk flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl until thoroughly combined.

Set aside. Lay a clean kitchen towel on a flat surface and dust the mixture with 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar.

3. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream eggs and sugar on medium-high speed until pale, fluffy, and tripled in volume (about 10 minutes). Reduce speed to low and add pumpkin puree. Mix until combined (about two minutes). Turn mixer off and sift half of flour mixture over the top. Gently fold into

the batter, and then repeat with remaining

two to three minutes. Add the vanilla and

dry mixture. Spread evenly onto prepared

white chocolate chips and mix on low until

baking sheet with an offset spatula and bake until the cake springs back in the

incorporated.

5. Unroll the pumpkin cake and spread the

center and begins to pull away from edges

cream mix onto the inner side of cake. Roll

(about 12 minutes). Let cool 10 minutes

back up tightly and wrap in parchment.

then invert onto sugar-dusted towel. Fold

Chill overnight or at least three hours.

the sides of the towel over the cake and

6. Heat up milk in microwave or on stove to

gently roll the cake lengthwise. Let cool

scalding hot, but do not boil. Pour over

completely (about 20 minutes).

chocolate chips, stir once, and cover with

4. In a mixing bowl, cream together the

plastic to melt (about five minutes). Whisk

cream cheese and powdered sugar until

up the melted mix until smooth and shiny.

smooth, and then stir and mix another

Pour over cake and chill.

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Snickerdoodles • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter softened to room temperature • 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar • 1 large egg • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract • 3 cups all-purpose flour • 2 teaspoons cream of tartar • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon • 1/2 teaspoon salt

TOP P I N G : • 1/4 cup granulated sugar • 1 teaspoon cinnamon ST E P S: 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line two large cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.

2. Make the topping. Toss a quarter-cup of granulated sugar with one teaspoon of cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.

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minute on medium speed. Once it’s nice and smooth, add sugar on medium speed until fluffy and light in color.

Mix in egg and vanilla. Scrape down the sides as needed.

4. In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. With the mixer running on low speed, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in three different additions. The dough is quite thick, so you may have to stir the rest by hand.

5. Take one and a half to two tablespoons of dough and roll into a ball. Roll the dough balls into the reserved cinnamon–sugar topping. Sprinkle extra cinnamon­–sugar on top if desired. Bake cookies for 11 to 12 minutes. The cookies will be very puffy and soft. When they are still very warm, lightly press down on them with the back of a spoon or fork to help flatten them out. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Cookies remain soft and fresh for seven days in an airtight container at room temperature.

Mint Krinkle Cookies • 1 3/4 cups sugar • 4 eggs • 4 ounces unsweetened or semi-sweet chocolate, melted and cooled slightly • 1/2 cup shortening • 2 teaspoons baking powder • 1 teaspoon peppermint extract • 2 cups all-purpose flour • 1 cup powdered sugar S TE PS : 1. In a large bowl, combine sugar, eggs, melted chocolate, shortening, baking powder, and peppermint. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed to combine, scraping down sides a few times.

2. Slowly add flour until combined well.

3. Cover and chill until dough is easy to handle (from one hour to overnight).

4. Scoop or roll into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in powdered sugar, place on lined cookie sheet 2 inches apart.

5. Bake at 375 degrees for about nine minutes or until edges are just set.

6. Cool completely and place in airtight container for three to seven days.

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS

The Small Triumphs

Resources for adults with disabilities are on the rise in our community.

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hile programs for children with developmental disabilities are plentiful, those support services become scarce as children graduate from high school and reach adulthood. However, several organizations around Jefferson City are working to provide developmentally disabled adults a safe and enriching environment in which to spend their days.

“The needs of a child with a developmental disability do not go away when that child becomes an adult,” says Tiffany Burns, executive director of Day Solutions Foundation.

“When those young adults graduate from high school, their families are faced with very difficult decisions. Many families want to

keep their adult children at home but need a safe place where they can go during the day.

Additionally, these adults need to be stimulated and encouraged to meet their personal goals.”

That’s where Day Solutions and UCP Gibbs Center for Independence step in to provide much needed services for adults with disabilities and their families.

Day Solutions, a day habilitation program for adults with developmental disabilities, provides a safe and stimulating program where clients learn skills to improve their lives, develop relationships with their peers, and actively participate in the community around them. The team at Day Solutions helps every client reach their goals by teaching skills to

address their individual needs. Skills include everything from buttoning a shirt, doing the dishes, and reading to writing or using money.

Day Solutions has recently expanded their programming to include employment services.

“Most importantly, we provide our clients with a positive and rewarding environment filled with love and respect where they are truly able to flourish,” says Burns. “We strongly believe in lifelong growth and learning. Several of our clients have finally learned to read and advance their writing and math skills while at Day Solutions.”

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS an environment with protective oversight — a service that is hugely important to families of disabled adults.

“For many people with disabilities, if they don’t use their skills, they lose them,” says Gibbs Center director Sarah Judd. “We want to maintain the skills they have and teach new skills.”

Currently, 33 people ranging in age from 18 to 79 participate in the day program at the Gibbs Center with abilities ranging across the spectrum. One registered nurse and two certified nursing assistants round out the staff of 13 who are caring for the adults, meeting their needs and helping them access the community.

Personal choice is a big priority at Gibbs, and the staff works hard to honor clients’ choices.

“If someone comes to us and says I want to be a painter, my job is to make them a painter,” Judd says. “We have a young woman with cerebral palsy who couldn’t hold a paintbrush.

There is really expensive adaptive equipment available, but instead, my staff cut a piece of Styrofoam to fit inside her hand and put a paintbrush through it so she could paint. We had to make it pink, her favorite color, and now she has her own piece of custom-made adaptive equipment.”

The Gibbs Center also began offering employment services this past August. Staff works with clients on an individual basis to develop vocational skills during the day program. The Gibbs Center also provides on-the-job training by partnering with local businesses and pairing them with a Gibbs Center client who is capable of meeting the needs of their company.

Judd says the Gibbs Center also operates two vans that travel around the community each day with the goal of helping clients be as independent as possible.

“Our people benefit the community,” Judd says. “They’re rich and loving and fun people, and the community benefits from getting to know them.”

One of Judd’s favorite success stories is that of a man with cerebral palsy who uses a wheelchair, uses a communication device due to limited speech, and loves coffee. Staff members began taking him to a local coffee shop, where they would order for him. They began

encouraging him to order on his own using his

Her experience at the Gibbs Center has

communication device, then encouraging him

taught her that dignity is important to adults

to make the monetary exchange.

with disabilities, Judd says.

“He learned budgeting and appropriate social

“People want to do things for themselves,

interactions,” Judd says. “It’s hard for adults

and they need skills to do that,” she says.

with disabilities to have these interactions, but

“Adults with disabilities can do more than

our staff was able to facilitate that community

people give them credit for. There is dignity

integration. When he would come in, the locals

in knowledge, and it’s important for us to give

would welcome him like Norm on “Cheers.”

them their dignity and independence, give

For us, that was the best part of everything he

them a choice in what they want to do, and

learned. He was part of his community.”

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INTERESTS

Sewing for a Cause

These ladies use their gifts to give back to their community.

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here’s something special about a hand-sewn quilt or blanket; the craftsmanship and care going into each stitch makes it special for the creator and the receiver alike. The ladies at Heisinger Bluffs get to experience the joy of fellowship and using their talents to help others in their sewing group, Sewing with a Cause.

“A year and half ago, when I started, we decided we wanted to have a sewing group, but it needed to have a purpose. The group started by helping Vera Backman make little pillows for the Special Learning Center here in Jefferson City,” says Sarah March, director of resident services at Heisinger Bluffs.

Heisinger Bluffs is a Lutheran Senior Services Community and is Jefferson City’s only continuing care retirement community.

They offer five levels of service: independent living, REACH short stay, assisted living, memory care assisted living, and skilled nursing. “No matter where a resident lives in the community, we’re all one family at Heisinger Bluffs. That way, when a resident moves to another level of living, the transition is very easy,” says Dianne Lowry, senior living counselor at Heisinger Bluffs.

“We are a faith based community — an organization with heart.”

Sewing with a Cause is led by resident volunteer Vera Backman. “One of the residents here would see me sewing in the craft room and drop in to ask what I was working on,” Vera says. “They would offer to help. Sarah would ask us for clothing protectors and walker bags, and it started and grew from there.”

“Everything we do has a goal: it’s more than just socializing,” Sarah says. “We want them to value their well-being, give back and find their real purpose in the community. Giving back has been rewarding for all of us.”

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Vera Backman The core group is comprised of both independent and assisted living resident volunteers. The group has between 15 to 20 members and meets once a month to decide what projects to work on, and then the ladies work on the projects throughout the month.

They also enlist help from skilled nursing residents for pillow stuffing parties, putting together sewing kits, and general fellowship. The group has also taken projects over to St. Joseph’s Bluffs skilled nursing to help with pillow stuffing and other projects. Most of the materials for the sewing projects are donated by community members or the residents themselves.

“It’s wonderful to see how residents come to take part in the projects and visit. It makes you feel good,” says Leona Mengwasser, resident at Heisinger Bluffs. She says the sewing group creates a community among the residents: “It brings together assisted living and independent living residents. It starts with sewing but leads to other things. It helps people get out and enjoy being with other people, and it’s appreciated.”

What Vera enjoys most about the group is the friends she makes. “You get residents out of their rooms and enjoy getting to know each other,” she says.

Sewing with a Cause makes pillows for the Special Learning Center, Ronald McDonald House, and pediatric patients at SSM Health – St. Mary’s Hospital and Capital Region.

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The residents normally make pillows all year and deliver them around Christmas time; last year, the ladies went to deliver the pillows to the children at the Special Learning Center in December, and one of the residents even dressed up like Mrs. Claus. In 2016, the group made 161 pillows.

One resident used to teach kindergarten at West Elementary and, in fact, taught Debbie Hamler, the current executive director of the Special Learning Center, so it holds a special significance for the sewing group.

“Whenever you take a pillow you made and give it to a child, their face will light up,” Vera says.

“Leona and I both grew up during the depression. When you saw someone in need, you helped them. And it just has carried on the rest of our lives.”

— Vera Backman

“It makes you feel good to see them having something of their own,” adds Leona.

“I have two special-needs grandsons that are grown now, but I know how appreciative they were of the small things like this being done for them.”

Sewing with a Cause also makes bibs and little graduation outfits for the children at the Special Learning Center, pillow cases for the RAC (Rape and Abuse Center), and clothing protectors and walker bags for residents at Heisinger Bluffs and St. Joseph’s Bluffs.

“We get tons of letters from the stuff we deliver. The hospitals and shelters always send us thank yous. Both the residents and the community benefit greatly from these ladies giving back,” Sarah says.

A new project Sewing with a Cause worked on this year was creating 31 sewing kits for Haiti. One of the Jefferson City community members who volunteers at Heisinger Bluffs had recently been on a mission trip to the Caribbean country and noticed several Haitian children were missing buttons on their uniforms. She mentioned this to the ladies from Sewing with a Cause and they decided to put together sewing kits to send to Haiti with her on her next trip. Around 25 ladies helped with this project, and Vera made little bags for the kits. The kits included scissors, straight pins, needles, thread, buttons, and handmade pin cushions.

INTERESTS Nearly all the volunteerism at Heisinger Bluffs stems out of the ladies in Sewing with a Cause seeing a need and working to fill it. The group also takes part in Wednesday Walkers, where they walk around the Heisinger Bluffs community for a little exercise and to socialize with residents at all levels of care. “We like to go over to the Care Center and walk and offer a cookie and speak to them. If you can cheer them up and put a smile on their face, it brings a smile to our face,” Vera says.

Dianne adds: “We find these lovely people to be so inspirational to their family, staff and community. People are the happiest when they’re helping others—it’s contagious.”

A few months ago, Vera started a new project by making a beautiful butterfly quilt to place on a bed as remembrance when someone passes. “We’ve used that quilt twice in the Care Center,” she says. “I’m making four more.

When someone passes away, they strip the bed and it’s bare. I came up with the idea to have a bedspread on it as a way of remembrance. To see it on the bed is special,” she says. She plans to make more butterfly quilts and another red, white, and blue quilt with religious tones.

“Vera always feels like there’s more to do,” Sarah says. “She is a great leader for the rest of the ladies who want something to do. The butterfly quilt that she is making now has a unique purpose and special meaning.”

“Leona and I both grew up during the depression,” Vera says. “When you saw someone in need, you helped them. And it just has carried on the rest of our lives.”

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Vera Backman and Leona Mengwasser hold up the butterfly quilt

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STILL KICKIN’ IT

Touched by a Smile In everything she does, Sharon Kirchoff improves peoples’ lives with a smile and her gift of giving.

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I

t’s known as the Happy Car. A familiar sight around town, the white 1972 Volkswagen convertible with a black top dutifully carries Sharon Kirchoff from one volunteer engagement to the next, helping Kirchoff spread happiness and love around Jefferson City.

She has to manually shift the transmission, but Kirchoff handles it easily. She was raised on a farm in the country, three miles outside of Clarksburg. Her family didn’t have running water or indoor plumbing.

They didn’t have electricity until she was 10 years old. But the farm life taught her many lessons that have proven helpful throughout her 75 years — among them, how to drive a stick shift and how good it feels to do things for others.

“My grandmother lived one acre away, so I started helping her,” Kirchoff says. “Then I started going to the neighbors. I was about three or four years old, and they were elderly at the time, so I would run the sweeper for one, do dishes for another. Plus, I did things at home to stay busy. For as long as I can remember, I volunteered doing things for people, and it always made me feel good.”

Her list of volunteer work is both long and varied. She was a charter member of the Jaycees and the president of that organization for three consecutive years. She spent six years as a member of the Heart of Missouri Girl Scout Council Board of Directors and was a member of the United Way of Central Missouri’s governing body. She’s volunteered 104 | November/December 2017

on behalf of Head Start, WIC, Missouri State Children’s Trust Fund, Jefferson City Rape and Abuse Crisis Services, Moniteau County Senior Nutritional Center, the Vitae Foundation, and countless other groups.

She’s on the Senior Nutrition Council, where she serves weekly meals to disabled and homebound people around Cole County.

She’s also spent the past 18 summers volunteering for the Missouri State Fair, most recently as the coordinator of all the stands that collect money. For 21 days, from 8:30 a.m. until 9 p.m., she oversaw several shifts of volunteers selling souvenirs and food. The proceeds go into a scholarship foundation and a fund to preserve the fairgrounds for future generations. No stranger to hard work, Kirchoff found the long days fulfilling. She says she hopes her commitment means that the fair will be in operation for years to come.

“For as long as I can remember, I volunteered doing things for people, and it always made me feel good.”

“I worked myself through my first three years of high school cleaning motel rooms,” Kirchoff says. “We had to make some kind of money for extra stuff we wanted, like paper, pencils and pens for school. It gave me a good work ethic. My dad always said that you want to go beyond the call of duty. You were on time, you were dependable, and you had to be loyal.”

Her penchant for going beyond the call of duty has also earned her several honors and recognitions. She is a twoyear winner of the Outstanding Jaycee Wife Award and she was recognized with the Outstanding Community Service Award by the California Chamber of Commerce.

“I’ve worked with everybody and anybody,” Kirchoff says. “We are all God’s children. When you think of that, you don’t mind helping anyone.

When I serve on a committee, I just wait until everyone takes their choice. When they’re done, I just take whatever is left. I don’t care what I do.”

Kirchoff has also played a key role in the development of several important organizations and resources within Jefferson City. In March 2000, Kirchoff was one of three people who started Dreams to Reality, a nonprofit boutique that helps women transitioning into the workforce by providing appropriate interview and work attire, helping them feel confident and prepared for career and employment opportunities.

“It’s grown abundantly and wouldn’t be possible without a great community to back it,” she says. “It is so wonderful to see someone come in with low selfesteem, get them dressed, and see them walk out with their heads held very high.”

Kirchoff was also one of two people who started Kingdom Klowns for Jesus, and she transforms herself into her alter ego, Happy Clown, on the organization’s behalf.

“As Baptists, we want to reach children at an early age,” says Kirchoff.

“We try to instill how much Jesus loves

them. We also started going to nursing homes and doing parades.”

She also says she’s been blessed to start a couple new churches, which fulfills her love of starting new things. Though she’s been instrumental in many projects and organizations, she’s quick to point out that she’s always been fortunate to work alongside other committed volunteers.

Kirchoff is committed to spreading happiness through her everyday actions. She places a Post-it note with a handwritten message on every bill she pays, every month.

“I sign my name and say have a happy day, or have a good weekend,” Kirchoff says. “I smile all the time because I’m happy, and that smile can just make someone’s day. It will definitely make a difference in your life if you do everything with the right kind of heart.”

While she’s made a living helping other people and spreading happiness, she’s learned that part of the equation includes allowing others to get pleasure out of doing things for her.

“One of the hardest things I’ve learned is to be humble,” she says. “I get pleasure out of doing things for other people, but when someone wants to do a good deed back to me, I don’t want them to. I’m learning to allow others to have that pleasure.”

As she looks forward to celebrating 57 years of marriage to her husband, Bill, in January, she says she’s thankful for the blessings in her life, including her children, Vicki and Bill, her grandchildren, and her great-grandbaby.

“God has been good to me,” Kirchoff says. “That doesn’t mean we have had a bed of roses, but with the Lord’s help, you just handle the rough roads. We’ve been very faithful to Him. The Lord expects us to love one another and be good to people. If I can get one foot in front of me, I’m going to be there. I don’t want to miss an opportunity to bring happiness and encouragement to people. I’m hoping I will have made a difference in people’s lives.”

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PAST TIMES

A-Caroling They Go

The Jefferson City Cantorum has serenaded us for 50 years.

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hat began as a double quartet has since become a legacy — a 50-year legacy passed down by J. Patrick Healey and Grayson Peters — of creating and cultivating a love for music in the Jefferson City community and surrounding areas. This love for music (specifically choral music, or music performed by an ensemble of singers) transformed into what we know today as the Jefferson City Cantorum.

The original eight members that made up the Cantorum shared their passion by singing carols at local hospitals and nursing homes in the Capital City community during the Christmas season in 1967, but, only a year after the first formal concert, the small ensemble quickly grew to a not-so-small group of 30 — and they got bigger plans.

A few decades and a few hundred members later, the Jefferson City Cantorum has up to 75 vocalists performing at any given concert.

These Cantorum members range in age and profession: the group is an eclectic and talented mix that includes retirees, doctors, students, teachers, and more. For most members of this community choir, it’s a hobby, an extracurricular, an opportunity to socialize and sing with friends and, of course, make new ones.

Nancy Waggoner, longtime member and presiding executive director, considers the choral group a secondary family of sorts. “What makes Cantorum special is not only our love of singing, but the care we have for each other,” she says. “We have become our own family.

Long and lasting friendships have developed over these past 50 years and continue today.”

It’s not just about the music for Waggoner and her fellow members — it’s about the music, the people, and the community. Since its inception, thousands of people have contributed to the success of the Cantorum by singing, volunteering, sponsoring, or simply listening.

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“What makes Cantorum special is not only our love of singing, but the care we have for each other.” ­—Nancy Waggoner

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The Cantorum has performed alongside local groups including the Jefferson City Symphony, the Helias Catholic High School Choir, the Westminster Choir, the Jefferson City Jays’ Jazz Band, and the Lincoln University Choir. The Cantorum still performs mini-concerts at nursing homes and hospitals just like the original eight members did 50 years ago. They also sing at dedications, conventions, and annual stage concerts.

The legacy built by J. Patrick Healey and Grayson Peters lives on today through each Cantorum member and through the J. Patrick Healey Scholarship. Since 2005, the scholarship has been awarded to deserving area high school seniors who show an “exceptional interest in choral music.” To continue enriching our community for years to come, the Friends of Cantorum organization was also created in 2005 in an effort to help provide financial support for the sustained success of the Jefferson City Cantorum.

It’s (almost) the most wonderful time of the year, and there’s no better way to get into the spirit of the holidays than with a few cheerful carols sung by this community choir at the annual Cantorum Christmas Concert. This year’s show will be more than the chorus’ classics, since the Cantorum will also be celebrating half a century of performing. Popular Christmas songs spanning the past 50 years, hand-picked and voted on by past and present members of the Cantorum, will be sung under the direction of Principal Conductor Suzanne Barner Kitchen with accompanist Jan Houser.

Additionally, a special encore will be sung by both present and past members of the Cantorum (of which there are over 600). The Cantorum Christmas Concert is December 9 at 7 p.m. at the Miller Performing Arts Center. Tickets may be purchased in advance at Capital Music Company, Central Bank West, Hawthorn Bank East, and Samuel’s Tuxedos and Gifts.

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Part of what makes the Jefferson City Cantorum so different from, say, a solo vocalist is the intricacies that become possible between so many singers performing at one time. A choral performance is complex and harmonious and altogether grand in a way that’s impossible to replicate without the same number of vocalists.

When voices are layered on top of one another and intertwined, the chorus can highlight and showcase notes and tones in a unique way. The performance becomes more than the sum of its parts — transcendent, really.

The joy and love for singing has taken the choral group to venues across Missouri and the world. You may have seen them around town performing patriotic Americana numbers on the capitol steps at a Fourth of July celebration, or you may have caught them accompanying the St. Louis or Kansas City symphonies. In 1983, the Jefferson City Cantorum traveled all the way across the pond to perform at the Cork International Choral and Dance Festival in Cork, Ireland.

(They won the prestigious Heinrich Schütz Memorial Trophy.) The group’s repertoire has changed throughout the years: from classics to pop to country music to show tunes to international songs to everything in between. You might say they have more than a little something for everyone.

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MEMORY LANE

Brick by Brick

Zion Lutheran Church has built a 170-year heritage in Jefferson City.

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he Zion Lutheran Church is a blend of late Victorian Gothic architecture and a German aesthetic — a looming tower and stone buttresses jutting out from the walls make an imposing statement the structure’s inspiration. Of the many buildings that have stood on the grounds at 2346 Zion Rd,, this particular one, built in 1906, has stood the test of time.

The original congregation of Zion Lutheran Church met for the first time in 1843. There were 37 members, most of them German immigrants — after being driven from their homeland due to economic hardship, the

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group found comfort in the familiar customs of the church community, fostering German traditions in their new American town.

Only two days after the first meeting, the congregants began the selection process to find a plot of land for their church. They found one a few miles north of Jefferson City.

Construction of the first church building (mostly made of logs) started promptly after the land purchase. In 1879, to accommodate a quickly growing community, a brick building replaced the little log church, taking on the function of a schoolhouse too. That building served its purpose for 30 years before it began

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to crumble and the need for a safer building came to the forefront of members’ minds. In 1906, the current church, now able to seat 200, opened its doors to the congregation, The old brick was repurposed during the new building’s construction as a memento of the church that came before it. The logs, sadly, didn’t make it.

The Zion Lutheran Church carries the weight of many histories, not only of Jefferson City, but also of the German immigrants that rebuilt their culture an ocean away from home.

Today, when looking on its architecture, you can see its roots in both.

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