Faith in Caring March 18

A Concordia Lutheran Ministries Publication

www.concordialm.org | March 2018

4 CVN Celebrates 20 Years

Concordia Visiting Nurses CEO talks with Faith In Caring about its 20th anniversary.

8 Extraordinary People of Concordia

A Concordia at Cabot resident recalls his days as a championship-winning high school football coach.

The President’s Thoughts Dear Friends, Concordia’s Board of Directors has a few unique catch phrases that they use frequently to remind the executive staff of the desires of the Board. One of those messages follows: For profit companies grow to pay dividends to shareholders, but non-profit companies grow by expanding their mission. Mission expansion and mission excellence have long been the priorities of Concordia Lutheran Ministries.

Concordia’s Mission: To serve our aging community with a continuum of high quality caregiving options, provided in a Christian environment, and to serve those with limited funds to the best of our ability.

Concordia’s Vision: Serving the Triune God by providing for the needs of His people.

Well, here we go again. We are blessed to have signed agreements to acquire two different long-term Christian ministries. Subject to final regulatory approvals, both will be adopted into the Concordia mission.

These two organizations are distinctly Christian health care organizations with decades of outstanding service to God’s people. We feel blessed to soon add them to the family.

Collectively, these two organizations serve nearly 600 people with about 600 employees.

The actual closing dates are subject to change due to regulatory uncertainties, but we are hopeful that they will both be officially closed and part of our family by May 1, 2018.

Watch for our next issue. We plan to have many photos and stories about our two new mission locations.

In His Service,

Keith E. Frndak President and Chief Executive Officer

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Contents A Concordia Lutheran Ministries Publication

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MISSION STATEMENT To serve our aging community with a continuum of high quality caregiving options, provided in a Christian environment, and to serve those with limited funds to the best of our ability.

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Shirley Freyer Director of Public Relations 134 Marwood Road Cabot, PA 16023 724-352-1571 ext. 8266 Toll-Free: 1-888-352-1571

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Extraordinary People of Concordia

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The series continues with stories from personal care resident Coach Al Mauro, who touched the lives of hundreds of high school football players in western Pennsylvania.

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CVN CEO Martin Trettel discusses two decades of serving thousands of people in their homes - from the organization's humble beginnings to its plans for the future.

VISION STATEMENT Serving the Triune God by providing for the needs of His people.

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Concordia Visiting Nurses Celebrates 20 Years

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In Loving Tribute

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In Loving Memory

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News and Notes

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Non-Discrimination Policy Concordia Lutheran Ministries complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude people, or treat them differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. Refer to the footer on Concordia’s website for the full notices of non-discrimination (www.concordialm.org).

Concordia Visiting N Celebrates 2 Concordia Visiting Nurses CEO Martin Trettel sits down with Faith in Caring to talk about the organization's growth, history and future May 2018 marks Concordia Visiting Nurses’ 20-year anniversary, a milestone for reflecting on just how much the home and community services arm of Concordia Lutheran Ministries has grown and developed since its founding.

After a restructuring in July 2015, Concordia Visiting Nurses (CVN) now operates within a Concordia management company known as Concordia Community Support Services (CCSS), but the CEO of Concordia’s home healthcare division has been with the company since the beginning. Martin Trettel sat down to talk about his journey with CVN and how the company has adapted to its ever-changing environment.

Faith in Caring: What were your first impressions of Concordia?

Martin Trettel: When I arrived, I was intrigued by the mission and values instilled here. Since I was coming from a for-profit organization, I looked forward to helping with Concordia’s mission: “To serve our aging community with a continuum of high quality caregiving options, provided in a Christian environment, and to 4 - Faith in Caring

serve those with limited funds to the best of our ability.”

Faith in Caring: What was the beginning of CVN like?

Martin: I can still remember my first day at Concordia.

Paul Brand, the Chief Financial Officer at the time, was at the copier with me, and he looked at me and said, “I’d hate to be in your shoes.” I said, “Why’s that?” And he said, “Because you have to start something from nothing.” I realized then what a big job I had ahead of me. Many people have been part of growing home healthcare at Concordia Visiting Nurses, and it’s been a tremendous blessing.

Faith in Caring: What were the expectations for CVN when it began?

Martin: I remember sitting down with Concordia’s President and CEO Keith Frndak, and Keith saying to me, “Martin, if we get to a census of about 100 patients, we’ll have a very nice-sized agency.” Today we have over 2,500 patients on any given day on our census.

Faith in Caring: How have our country’s politics played a role at CVN throughout the years?

Martin: Politics have actually played a part in home healthcare here at Concordia since our inception. In 1997, we applied to become a licensed, CMS-approved home health agency. However, then-president Bill Clinton had put a moratorium on new home health agencies because of rampant abuse and fraud in the industry.

We had to wait until 1998 when that moratorium was

Nurses 20 Years lifted to apply for our licensure, which meant meeting new requirements and regulations. Over the years, politics have been involved in home health just like throughout all of healthcare, with new rules, regulations and reimbursement changes.

Faith in Caring: Are there any employees who started with you at CVN who are still here?

Martin: There are about 20 employees who started Concordia Visiting Nurses with me who still work for the organization. Many of them continue to serve clinically in the field or in the office in support/administrative roles. It’s very rewarding to have these people with me and as a part of the success of the agency.

CVN Baden Office Faith in Caring: Why did CVN partner with Butler Health System, Heritage Valley Health System, St. Clair Hospital and Washington Health System?

Martin: Our hospital partners all became members of CVN in 2015. They realized that healthcare delivery is changing, and they wanted to be part of that change – to be part of care in the community. This was a very exciting time, not just for the growth opportunity, but

also for the collaboration – working with multiple health systems on their initiatives, outcomes, quality and needs to serve their communities.

Faith in Caring: What circumstances made you want to add hospice to CVN’s service lines?

Martin: Strategically, we always thought that Concordia should provide hospice services. In 2004 we had the opportunity to look at Good Samaritan Hospice and potentially embrace its mission at Concordia. With CVN offering palliative services to our patients, it was a natural link for Concordia to have a hospice agency. That’s why it was very important strategically for Concordia to engage in hospice services. Within the last year, we’ve also partnered with Washington Health System, creating a hospice called Concordia Hospice of Washington.

This will enable us to bridge that gap from palliative services to hospice in Washington, Greene and part of Fayette Counties.

Faith in Caring: CVN started as a small part of Concordia Lutheran Ministries as a whole, but about what percentage of Concordia’s revenue today is from CVN? Martin: It’s hard for me to fathom that on any given day, community services serve more individuals than Concordia serves in its buildings with retirement living, personal care and skilled nursing care. However, Concordia continues to grow, and at times the, what I call, “bricks & mortar” will serve more than home and community-based services, and then we seem to catch up.

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Faith in Caring: To what do you attribute that growth?

Martin: Our employees are the foundation of our progress, especially the field staff who are out there every single day in homes serving people and representing us as an organization in expanding Concordia’s mission.

Faith in Caring: Why have you stayed with Concordia?

Martin: I’ve enjoyed working for Concordia for the last 21 years. Every day is a new challenge that’s full of exciting new opportunities. But ultimately, no matter what, the mission never changes.

Faith in Caring: What differentiates CVN from other like agencies?

Martin: CVN is different in many aspects, but two things come to mind. One is Concordia’s mission, and the other is our spiritual care program. It’s very exciting that we have the opportunity to have a pastor or dea-

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coness go to an individual’s home to help him/her connect back to a church or community support program.

Our spiritual care staff will be involved with individuals on a daily basis and help them with their spiritual walks. This kind of care helps tie in home healthcare, our palliative services and, of course, hospice care.

Faith in Caring: What are your plans for the future of CVN? Martin: I’m really excited about the future of CVN and all of Concordia’s home and community services.

I believe that Concordia will be offering these types of services not just here in western Pennsylvania, but in selected strategic areas here in the United States and maybe even beyond. I’m very hopeful that in the next 135 years those individuals who are tasked with continuing to carry on Concordia’s mission will look back at the inception of CVN and realize how powerful and important it was to be part of Concordia’s mission.

As we continue to look back on two decades of homecare at Concordia this year, keep an eye out for special events that CVN will hold to help celebrate this momentous anniversary. If you would like to know more about the high quality skilled nursing care and variety of therapy services CVN offers, call 1-877-3526200 or visit www.ConcordiaVN.org.

CVN: A History of Success

Professional Home Health Services licensed, now known as Concordia Visiting Nurses.

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2002 Concordia Visiting Nurses formed Concordia HomeHelp with Presbyterian SeniorCare; Concordia acquired Good Samaritan Hospice in Wexford.

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Alliance Visiting Nurses re-formed through a partnership between Concordia Visiting Nurses, St. Paul Homes in Greenville and Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community in Meadville.

Good Samaritan Hospice and Heritage Valley Health System opened 10 inpatient hospice beds at Medical Center Beaver.

Concordia Community Support Services is established as the management company for Concordia Visiting Nurses, VNA Alliance, Concordia Private Care and Good Samaritan Hospice; Concordia Visiting Nurses partnered with Heritage Valley Health System, Butler Health System, St. Clair Hospital and Washington Health System; also established a separate company for Private Care; Good Samaritan Hospice partners with Butler Health System.

Concordia Visiting Nurses, Presbyterian SeniorCare, and Asbury Heights of Mt. Lebanon formed Alliance Visiting Nurses.

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Heritage Valley Health System became a partner of Good Samaritan Hospice.

Concordia Visiting Nurses opened Baden Branch Office.

Alliance Visiting Nurses changed its name to VNA Alliance when Meadville Medical Center joined the partnership.

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VNA Alliance added Grove City Medical Center to the partnership to further serve northwest PA.

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Concordia Visiting Nurses opened a New Castle office.

Concordia Visiting Nurses opened a South Hills office; Concordia Community Support Services and Washington Health System partnered to form a new company, Concordia Hospice of Washington (CHOW).

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Part 4 of a series

Concordia at Cabot Resident Reflects on Coaching Career Every Christmas season at Concordia Lutheran Ministries’ personal care and skilled nursing locations, residents take part in our Adopt-A-Resident program.

First, residents provide the activities staff with a wish list. Then, employees, community members, churches, businesses and even retirement living residents “adopt” a resident (or in some cases many residents) to make sure everyone has a gift to open for Christmas.

When community member Bea Thomas, Development Director at Pittsburgh Urban Christian School, volunteered for the program and got Concordia at Cabot resident Al Mauro’s Christmas list, however, she found a surprising request: to be reunited with the football players he coached to WPIAL championships.

Coach Mauro, it turned out, had an impressive 40year career of wins, losses and changing hundreds of lives for the better.

Born on September 7, 1943, Albert “Al” “Abby” Mauro Jr. remembers being interested in sports since he was very young, playing baseball, basketball and football. He grew up in Verona and went to Verona High School, where he was a running back/half back on the football team.

“I got 17 touchdowns, a record for Verona High that I’m sure will never be broken – mostly because there is no more Verona High,” Al joked.

Al attended North Carolina State University on a football scholarship and received his degree in 1965 in education with a major in mathematics. Following

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his graduation, he agreed to coach football at Dunedin High School in Florida with a friend for two years.

He returned to the Pittsburgh area and worked as a math teacher and coach (either as a head coach or assistant coach) for Wilkinsburg High School, Plum High School, Burrell High School, Valley High School, Franklin Regional High School and Central Catholic High School over the rest of his career.

“I always moved schools for a reason,” Al said.

“God wanted me to be where I was. Anytime there was a new opportunity at another school, I asked Him for help. Looking back, He helped me make the right decisions.”

Al focused on teaching his players as much as he could on the field, but many of the lessons he taught

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“One of the things I did was to always try to relate football to life in my talks to the kids,” Al said. “Like making a commitment – you make a commitment to your team, to the school, to your girlfriend, to your wife, to your kids – it just goes right down the line.”

In between the more serious moments, Al was known to joke with his players. Before games, and sometimes on the nights leading up to them, he was also known to bring his boombox.

“I played music before the game during my talks, and they still remember the songs, which is amazing to me,” Al said. “I’d play the Steeler fight song, college fight songs and other songs that were popular – like ‘Young Turks’ by Rod Stewart. That was a favorite.”

Al’s coaching, humor and positivity helped his players have some fantastic seasons. Over the course of his career at different schools, his teams had many 10-win seasons and long-running win streaks, not to mention two WPIAL championship titles – at Plum in 1983 and Burrell in 1986.

“We went to Three Rivers Stadium to play those games, and to

watch the kids there was great,” Al said. “It was a thrill for them to play on that field.”

In addition to Al’s teams winning, he also won awards himself. Among them are a Pennsylvania Coaches Association Coach of the Year Award, Gateway Publications Coach of the Year Award and induction into the AK Valley Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.

The success of any football team, of course, is not just dependent on one person.

“I get credit for us winning, but I didn’t do it by myself,” Al said. “I don’t want all the credit for everything, because I had great assistant coaches and players.”

Sharing the major wins as a team also meant weathering major losses as a team. Al remembered one particularly tough championship game loss that was ultimately decided over two fumbles by his team.

“I didn’t blame anyone,” Al said. “My reasoning is that, first of all, I don’t do that. Second of all, if it wasn’t for the kid that dropped the ball, we wouldn’t have been in the championship in the first place.”

Throughout his coaching career, Al had the support of his family: his wife, Lois, and children Jon and Lindsay. Al and Lois both went to St. Joseph’s elementary school in Tarentum growing up and started their teaching careers at Wilkinsburg around the same time.

“To make life interesting, I sort of decided that it would be nice if I went out with him,” Lois said with a smile. “So I planted myself a few places where I knew he would be, like the school building and the mass he went to. That’s how we started dating.”

“I got trapped,” Al joked. “Oh boy, it was fun.”

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“Coach Mauro was tough love,” Dave said. “He’s a man of integrity and class with a high level of expectation. He basically taught me how to be a man – how to be accountable. He had a lot of humility. Looking back at it, playing for him was the best experience in the world. I didn’t completely understand it at 15 – none of us did – but we were blessed and honored.”

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David Beal, who was coached by Al at Burrell from 1986-88, also learned a lot from his coach.

“Coach Mauro was like a second father to me,” David said. “He inspired me to do more than I ever thought I could. He’s just a great man, and he always understood how different his players were – their different attitudes, abilities and difficulties – so that he could joke with them and also get the most out of them as players. No one, outside of my parents, touched my life more than Coach Mauro.”

It was a group of five former Burrell students from the 1986 WPIAL championship team, including Dave Bellinotti, that Bea Thomas and the eighth-grade class from Pittsburgh Urban Christian School (PUCS) were able to bring together to visit Al for Christmas on December 15. Bea and David Moore, Executive Director at PUCS, were also able to attend.

“The connection between him and his players was so strong,” Bea said. “It was very moving for me, and it’s just amazing that this all came together.”

Bea showed Al a scrapbook/football book that the PUCS eighth-graders had put together with help from three school districts (Plum, Burrell and Wilkinsburg), the Wilkinsburg Historical Society, the Wilkinsburg Chamber of Commerce and plenty of community members and former players that included notes from players, pictures, team rosters, pictures of signed yearbooks, hall of fame induction programs and much more.

The group of players from Burrell presented their coach with the WPIAL trophy and gameball from 1986.

“They reminisced and I reminisced,” Al said. “We told a lot of stories.”

Al has been living at Concordia at Cabot since October 2017, and his personality has been a blessing to those who serve him.

“I think Concordia is a good place,” Al said. “I like to laugh and have a good time, and the nurses and aides who work here are very nice. Everyone laughs and joins in.”

Concordia is honored to serve Al, a coach, mentor and father who gave so much back to his players and his community.

For more information about Concordia’s locations and services, visit us online at www.concordialm.org.

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The two were married on July 12, 1969. Their son, Jon, also grew up to be an avid football player. Coincidentally, Jon was a free safety at Central Catholic when Al was coaching at Franklin Regional, and there were a few games when the two teams played against each other.

“He played well; I was proud of him,” Al said. “I enjoyed watching him play, and we’d talk about the game when it was over.”

Throughout his long career, Al was able to mentor and help many of his players. He retired from coaching in 2006, ending his 40-year career.

“Forty years sounds like a long time – but it went awful fast,” Al said. “The thing I cherish the most is that many of the kids I coached went on to college and have good jobs today. Not to boast, but they often thank me for doing what I did for them. Sometimes they call me to say thank you, and I never really know what I did or said to make that impression.”

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HIGHPOINTE AT REBECCA A Concordia Community

One of Highpointe at Rebecca's Early Bird Discounts Decreases by One Percent One of the biggest concerns for those looking into retirement living communities is the price, and many find that Concordia’s brand of quality, security and value is often comparable or even less expensive than staying in their own homes.

Highpointe at Rebecca, Concordia’s new retirement community in Allison Park, opened in September 2017 to rave reviews – as well as with some deep discounts that have saved residents thousands of dollars.

One notable promotion was a 6 percent discount on the Entrance Fee, Monthly Fee and Second Person Fee. Effective March 1, that discount dropped to 5 percent, then continues to decrease by one percent on the first of every month until the discount ends on July 1.

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tageous discounts. If you are a qualifying veteran or the spouse of a veteran, we are offering a 3 percent veteran’s discount on your Entrance Fee. The other limited-time offer is a 10 percent discount on health services at Concordia at Rebecca Residence, which will also save you money if you ever need personal care or skilled nursing in the future.

Consider making the move to Highpointe while these discounts are still available. Highpointe staff members are always happy to have a no-pressure, noobligation meeting with you to help you better understand the specific pricing models and discounts or to answer any other questions you have. Call 724-4441521 to schedule an appointment for a personal tour, join us at one of our Open House events (see page 26) or visit www.HighpointeRebecca.org.

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Open House Events Sunday, March 11, 1-3 p.m.

Monday, March 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Friday, March 16, 2-5 p.m.

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Retirement Living residents speak about their lifestyle at Concordia For those of you who live in western Pennsylvania, Concordia has been airing a Retirement Living TV commercial on our major networks (KDKA, WPXI and WTAE) since late December through March. The 30-second video features residents who live at Concordia Havens, Concordia of the South Hills and Highpointe at Rebecca. In the commercial, four of them give their unscripted, unrehearsed testimonials on why they chose Concordia, what they love about us and more. Meet our stars – Ginny Haiges is the first in the commercial to describe her joy in being a resident founder at Highpointe. “Of course I love being here. We all do,” she exclaims. A widow of 11 years, she was ready for a change. Having lived in a condo in the Robinson Township area, she was familiar with the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh as a member of Ingomar Methodist Church. She moved into

her two-bedroom apartment on the third floor two weeks before the Grand Opening at Concordia’s

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newest retirement community in Allison Park. She is excited to start a new adventure and quickly made new friends in a new neighborhood. Best of all she doesn’t have to cook, and she even felt a sense of freedom during the downsizing process.

“It feels like home,” she said, “and I did my homework.” The retired teacher and school administrator spent five years researching before choosing Concordia... and she has stayed overnight in all 50 states!

“You don’t have to worry about anything,” said Phyllis Madden, who has lived at Concordia of the South Hills for nearly five years. She and her husband moved from the Dorchester Apartments in Bethel Park. “My husband had health issues, and we knew we could get the best care for him here,” Phyllis explained. Bill has since passed away.

For Phyllis it was a godsend to be here. “It’s like having a big family around you at all times, feeling safe and knowing there is always someone to help you in times of need,” she said. The Maddens were part of a large group of residents from Bower

Hill Community Church who chose Concordia of the South Hills. Phyllis keeps busy volunteering in the community. Their sons, William and Robert, live in the South Hills area, so they are always close by.

“You really get to rest after all those years,” claimed Judy Eshelman, a “legacy” resident who has lived at Haven I for almost 10 years. Her father chose to make his retirement home at Concordia prior to her move. She had lived alone in a big house in Leechburg for 15 years. “I wanted to come to enjoy the offerings before I was too old,” Judy said. “I never had any sisters or daughters, so I loved the aspect of doing hobbies with others who shared my interests.” She also said she believes hobbies are more fun when there’s a place and people to gather together. She is a quilter and now belongs to the coloring group. Judy had

great fun with the commercial. “People called me who I haven’t talked to in ages, and everyone in the building is still asking me for my autograph,” she said with a laugh.

Retired engineer Wally Klein is passionate about the staff at Concordia of the South Hills (CSH) and finds no words other than “Ah” compelling enough to describe their worth. He and his wife Raenelle came to Concordia from Peters Township in 2015. He became familiar with CSH through the Bible Study that his pastor conducted on site, and he continues to encourage fellow

church members to visit his “new” home. “This is the kind of living everyone should have,” he un-

abashedly declared. A bona fide sports fan, Wally never misses the opportunity to watch the Pens and the Steelers. He loves to golf and has a new athletic interest – Wii bowling. He and his wife have four children, 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Concordia serves more than 650 seniors in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio in our apartments and villas (villas are exclusively in Ohio). Retirement living offers every convenience of home. Amenities like routine maintenance, scheduled transportation, daily events/activities and much more are included.

If you are interested in the Concordia brand of worry-free living and would like to learn more, we invite you to schedule a visit to any of our retirement communities, where you can have the opportunity to talk with our staff and residents to get answers to all your questions.

For more information on Concordia's worryfree retirement communities in Pittsburgh, Cabot, Allison Park or Copley, Ohio, visit www.ConcordiaRetirement.org. You can also call 1-833-4695532 for general retirement living questions.

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In Loving Tribute

Gifts from October 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017

Gratitude is our expression of thanks to the Lord for all His blessings. Our donors show their gratitude to God for His abundant blessings through their tribute to those they love. These gifts of gratitude touch so many lives and help us to fulfill our mission to serve God by providing for the needs of His people. Thank you for thinking of Concordia and all those who we serve.

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Charles Burns Kelly Kassab Wilard Butler Gary and Carol Hines Lynne Niggel-Conroe Frank C. Byers Jessica M. Sipes Marian Campbell Robert Campbell Barbara Sue Carman RPM Industries LLC Edward Chmill Allison Walz David Christie Norma Christie Joan L. Ciccozzi Acusis Thomas Alexander AllianceBernstein Mary M. Anderson William and Nancy Bauer Mary Catanzarite Naomi Corsi Pauline Deluca Sandra Dougherty Susan Duncan John and Barbara Hanna William and Diane Harrison Glenn and Susan Hughes Linda K. Hulme Doris Kern Marilyn Kryder John and Catherine Lesjack Liberty Hills Caring Committee Carol K. Metz Norma Muck Stephen and Julie O'Callaghan Robin J. Oneil Eva Orr Sharon Pegher John and Janice Pickens Raymond and Virginia Rinkus Dr. Emma Rocco Joan E. Sawester Judith L. Schoen Maureen E. Schuette Helen M. Schultz Mike and Sophia Siget James and Gayle Steck Elizabeth J. Sutton Judith Whitehouse Brian Wodar Dorina Ciciarelli Michael and Theresa Stitt Frances G. Clark Agnes Gray Gary Rettig Robert E. Claus Janet E. Beik Donna Corless Anonymous

Joseph Cosentino Joanne Cosentino Martha A. Cotabish Robert N. Cotabish Theodore A. Covert Marilyn Covert David Coyle Mary Lou Coyle Ira Ted B. Cranmer John B. Cranmer Jr. Berness Cribbs Beth Ramsey Beatrice Crooks Bernie and Mary Noble Melanie Crumrine Russell Piper Ruby A. Culver Bill Culver Florence Curci Tina Kahilainen Jennie Lynn Davidson Edwin Davidson William Davie Carole Davie Lawrence Deblaso Cathy M. Deblaso Donald A. Deets Ronald Croushore Berkshire Hathaway Donald Delaney Erma Delaney Helene Deluzio George C. Wentzel Jr. Charlotte R. Demme Gene and Charlotte Ewald John Devenney Jeffrey L. Cox Richard Diesel Joann Diesel Paula Dindinger David L. Dindinger Maurice Dispennett UPMC Passavant Emergency Department Fred L. Disque Lisa O. Miller Anna Doerr Mr. and Mrs. Allen D. Montag Patricia A. Downer Linda M. Gallo Edmond J. Downey Kathleen Downey Gladys C. Drum Diane Drum George Duvé Denise Duvé Mary D. Duvé Denise Duvé Frank T. Duzicky Maxine Duzicky Michael Ecola Thomas and Kay Patterson Ethel Evans Raymond Kasperski Francis J. Faber

Janet Sivak Kirk and Sally Thompson Lucy Fabry Stephen and Carole Zagst Jack Fagen Carolyn Fagen Forrest Orthodontics P.C Wayne Felter Christine Felter Jean Christie Fennell Leighton Fennell Mary Ferrari Joann Diesel Michael Ferrari Joann Diesel Grace W. Ferrero Margaret Stouffer Elsie Filler Mr. Clyde Filler Mary Anne Finley John and Patricia Stuchell Maxine Fisher Donald Fisher Bernard Fleissner Eileen Fleissner Harry Floyd Edward Floyd Charles Flynn Pat and Cindy Franceschelli Constance P. Frazier Jean Grogan Susan Newhart Dutch Frazier Laura and Flub LaBella Laura Perri Eleanor Freas Margaret Stouffer Angeline Fronko Mr. and Mrs. Robert Melchiorre Carl Reina Marc Fry Scott Drab Ellen G. Galante Donna M. Balmert Jason Bundick William and Marie Ferris Perry and Janet O'Malley Mary Beth Green Jeffrey Shannon Ralph Seriana Matt and Terri Sulecki Alfred and Marion Voelkl Darlene A. Ward, from friends and family of Orchard and North Ave Joseph and Linda Ward Gerald West Mary Gall Andrew D. Gall Nicholas Gamer Marlene Paulick Joanne Gaul Jack and Emogene Blair Clarke and Ann Hamilton

Robert Gepert Anonymous Louis F. Gessner David and Cecelia McKibben Ivis Getchel Nel Getchel Toni Geyer Ronald Geyer James Glaser Richard and Catherine Hollein Louis C. Glasso Betty Lou Glasso Sandra Glenn Anonymous Sandra Glenn Jeannette Goll Christopher and Tammy Goll Raymond P. Gorney Leonard Gorney Jean M. Grabow Margaret Stouffer Gerald M. Gray Patricia Gray Philomenia Greenawalt Allegheny Hills Retirement Council Stephen A. Hellrung John and Mary Kelly Barbara Gregg Denise G. McDaniel Blair Gregg Carole J. Taylor Charles Handlovic Cherylann Handlovic Edith T. Hanlon Al Hanlon Thelma J. Hapke Mr. and Mrs. Regis B. Ward Clifford Hardt Paulina Hardt Henry Hart Kathryn J. Hart Thomas Jackman John Hatfield Elaine Hatfield Harlan K. Hau Sabra Magestro Raymond E. Hausele Virginia Hausele Margaret Hawk Barbara Hawk Bronwyn Hawley Haven I Ladies Card Club John “Jack” A. Helm Marilyn Helm George Hendrickson George and Kimberly Hendrickson Hans Henning Barbara Remp Maryellen Henning Barbara Remp

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Melvin R. Henning Kathy Krummert Leroy Henry Mrs. Helen Henry Katherine E. Herlinger David Herlinger Ernest and Jean Hesse Judy Bridges Paul and Cara Hesse Frances Hewitt Samuel and Constance Oesterling Patricia Hicks Janet Hicks Irene Hilliard Betty Ann Alfonsi Carl Beck Richard and Janet Bryson Nick and Susan Fallieras Peoples Natural Gas Kiski Flower Fund Brian Hilliard John Hilliard Mary Beth Hilliard Harvey Hindin John and Amy Correll Anna Hindin Claire Hindley Janet Hindley Nellie Hines Mrs. Coletta Hines-Newell Ruth Hoare Laura Schepis Gerald Hoehn George and Darlene Keck Marie Hoffman A.W. Faber-Castell USA, Inc. Linda Bradley Robert Bradley David and Mary Anne Dille Mr. and Mrs. and Richard Funovits Gerald L. Hoffman Amy L. Johnson Dorothy M. Martin Anonymous Barbara Hohman Dean and Laurie McFarlin Kathleen A. Rehbein Standard Air Joe Hollern Albert Panza Edwin Homburg Beth Willard Father Thomas Hopko Anne Hopko J. Ray Houser Mark E. Weis Marilyn Huber Dawn Armstrong Marylou Hughes William C. Hughes Nelson W. Hughes

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Phyllis Hughes James Humenny David and Nancy Derkacz Mary Humenny Diana Hunt Robert Hunt Mary Infantino Harold and Ethel Double Shirley J. Inglefield Deedra Bumgarner EAG Services Robert M. Himmel Ms. Marjorie McHenry James W. Jacobs Ethel Jacobs Gayle M. Jeffries Gary and Marianne Jeffries Glenn A. Jeffries Carol Jodikinos Jeffrey and Amy Yanyecic Charles Johnson Patricia Johnson Sandra E. Johnson Melissa C. Brannon Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Colombo Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff Johnson Betty Leckie Mr. and Mrs. James Leckie Ada Jones Lucinda Baker Toni Swartling Mecca Thayer Polly Yanko Marian Jones Dan Jones Tracie Jones Stacee Leutholt Bruce C. Junker Bruce Junker Florence Karnofsky Margaret Stouffer Lois Kasperski Raymond Kasperski Doris Kayser Gerald and Maxine Kayser Clara Kearney Ruth K. Gallaway Violet Keefer Lynn E. Frank Norma Kennedy George and Rosann Brodie Kerrie C. Brodie Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hanes Ronald D. Kennedy Joseph E. Stevens Mary and Duffy Winek Louis and Evelyn Zahradnik Eveline Kent Nicola Hazelton

Alice V. Kesterson Lorraine Kesterson Stella Kingas Penny Peters Gary S. Kiraly Donald and Diane Dipiero Fred and Faith Gallo Walter and Henrietta Kitzky Dale Kitzky Louise Klapach Janet A. Klapach Jomarie Klapach George and Minnie Klebingot Eugene P. Klebingot Bernard Klein Carrie K. Andreas Eileen K. Brekovsky Marianne Brekovsky Tracy Dailey Florence Dibiasi Suzette Foody John and Viola Guercione Marion Henry Janice B. Hockenberry Cynthia A. Kelly Walter Kopycinski Kathy Liberatore NADBP, Executive Board North Allegheny District Band Patrons Loretta Rankin Patty Walker John and Marlene Yasinsky Marcella Klem Sue Ellen Bailey Jonathan Capezzuto Janet A. Hoegel Ann Klukaszewski Frank Klukaszewski Matthew C. Klutka Kathleen Klutka Jean Knauer Terrence and Shirley Zimmermann Evelyn Kniss Thomas Kniss Cleo Knoch Bruce and Marjorie Brewer Edna Mae Rodgers William Knoch William and Eloise Hess Betsy L. Kohlmann Andrew J. Golubic Anthony F. Kolek William and Judith Coll Jacquelyn Haller Joel and Julie Sher Lewis and Patricia Snizik Mrs. Marilyn M. Zupanovich Teddie E. Krajewski Matthew and Nina Northrop

Aileen Kropf Frederick Kropf Ralph E. Krueger Mr. Gene E. Krueger Mr. Jim Krueger Otto W. Kunst Anonymous Denise Kunz Jocelyn Wrzosek Ida Lang Eleanor Hitchak Donald Larrick Samuel and Sandy Samangy Ronald L. Lassinger Daniel and Karen Brose Francis Laube Darlene R. Laube Connie Leich Alice Leich Carole Leipertz Frank J. Leipertz Jr. Frank Leisie Marjory D. Leisie Anthony Len Edward and Cindy Dzubak Margaret Leuenberger Robert H. Leuenberger Ruth A. Levato Debbie Alexander Helen Budkey Henry and Deborah Camp Linda Elder Betty L. Forrester Dawn Getty Cheryl Greiner IPEG Josie L. Karas Keystone Lending Alliance LLC Ruth Levato Lee E. Miller Sandra L. Stuart David and Anna Marie Tabinowski Malzina Vandora Dean and Rosemarie Zuppe Joseph Lhota Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mander Jr. Rhonda Liggett James Liggett Isabell Lindley Ms. Carol Lindley Harry Ling Virginia Ling Antoinette R. Linn James and Karen Limbaugh Susan T. Livermore Bonnie Livermore Evelyn K. Lloyd Carol Mayer

Arlene E. Long Jeffrey A. Long Bernard Losco Heritage Valley Health System Dr. Zvonar, Heritage Valley Health System Hilda Lucas Calvin and Alma Eggers Mary R. Lucas Aurea M. Lucas Lucy Lukaszewicz Samuel and Deb McAllister Victor Lukaszewicz Samuel and Deb McAllister Edmund and Ethel Luther Joyce Folkens Frank Lutinski Jane Lutinski Jeffrey H. Lyle Jay Lyle Jean Lynch Familylinks Diana D. Holton Robert and Marlis Kiser Mary Lysick Loreta Mascioli Robert C. MacDonald Janet Preteroti Anita Maffei Stacee Leutholt Ronald Mages Valerie Byrne Larry and Kathleen Mackins Constance O'Lare Mr. and Mrs. Mark Pietrzyk Steven S. Sarver Universal Federal Credit Union Evelyn Williams Shirley Mahan Gary and Carol Hines Carole Maier Richard Maier Alfred Marks FMRW Diane E. Gerber Judith K. Harvey Nicole Marks Marie Marree Edward Marree Anna Mae Martin Michael and Linda Dudzinsky Dorothy J. Martinez Dennis G. Martinez Francene Martino Carmene Duchene Zanita Mattison Kenneth and Catherine Mattison William Maug David and Mary Ann

Rusbarsky Anna Mazur Ralph and Kathleen Lemmon Carole Mazzenga Teresa Farls Viola Mazzotta Josephine A. Mazzotta Jonetta McClure Anthony McClure Harold McElhattan Michele Langham John McGahan Shirley McGahan Harry McGovern Ansys, Inc. Becker Family Michael J. Brunner Clista Electric, Inc. #1 Cochran The Choura Family The Collins Family Mr. and Mrs. John Cuoco Dana Divecchio David and Mary Dumont Ferry Electric Company LaFace & McGovern Associates, Inc. Mary LaFace Marshall Dennehey Neal Merhaut Robert M. Smith Toni J. Sulowski The Hite Company Edward and Jean McGrath Susan Petrovich Edwin B. McKinney William and Patricia Benton William McKnee Helen McKee Anna Mae McLaughlin Ms. Bernadette Domenic Keith McMonigal John and Janet Staud Raymond Wickline James C. McPeake Margaret M. Bealafeld William Means Olive M. Reese Edwin Meister Geraldine E. Meister Charles and Mary Meyers Marianne Meyers Penny L. Mickail Sean Mickail Anthony Mihalic Maxine Duzicky Janet Miklos Thomas and Jenifer Donnelly Francine T. Miklos William P. Miklos Thomas Warchol Robert D. Miller

Leo and Mary Ann Krantz Rose Marie Miller Leo and Mary Ann Krantz Sara Miller Richard and Barbra Carr Paul Minder Ruth Blume and family Jack Minich Thomas and Nancy Dewees Patricia S. McCafferty Mary J. Minnici Pamela Bellas- Karrer John Molitoris Anonymous LeRoy Moll Joann Moll Roland Montag Stephen and Gail Healy Joseph Montarti Dana DiMenno Trudie Moore Clare and Marilyn Lias Roberta Morgan Wilbur Morgan Betty Morris Michael and Marsha Samuels Kathryn Morrison Laura Thompson Florence E. Mosholder Loren F. Mosholder Harry O. Mottern Nadine M. Mottern Joseph Mottiqua Shirley Mottiqua Bertha Mozeik Arthur and Helen Mozeik William and Eva Mozeik Arthur and Helen Mozeik James Mulvaney Elizabeth A. Mulvaney and Christopher K. Ramsey J. Warren and Isabell Myers Thomas and Julie Myers Joyce M. Nagy Gayle Pukavina Edward Napoletan Ann Napoletan Fred Neff Ed and Sue Neff Rev. Herb and Gertrude Neitzel Anita Neitzel Robert Nixon Cynthia O. Nixon Marjorie O. Oesterling Samuel and Constance Oesterling Roger Oliver Robert and Marlene Weissert Naomi Ruth Painter Nancy Wiggins

Richard Palmer Crossroads Christian Church of Largo, FL Susan D. Mason Matthew Pangersis Janice Sardo William E. Parker Marion Parker William F. Parker Flo Parker Paul And Barbara Parobek Raymond and Susan Parobek Dennis Partridge Deb Partridge Dennis Partridge Alice May Pasquarelli Margaret Stouffer James M. Patterson Patrick Bier Thomas Patterson Thomas and Kay Patterson John & Pauline Paulenda Jo-Ann Paulenda Thomas Perkins Michael and Gretchen Vollmer William Peterson Barbara Peterson Wanda Petrilla Kimberly A. Mangus Ronald H. Petronio Helen K. Shantz Helen Petruccelli Anonymous Lee R. Petticord Janine L. Polky Adolph H. Pflueger Rev. Irvin and Clara Pflueger Frances Philips Keith and Sandy Barrow Michelle Kretzler Beverly A. Trybus Robert Pierce Charlotte Pierce Anthony Piotrowski Nancy Piotrowski Dorothy J. Pityk Steve Pityk Anthony Pocetti Elizabeth Pocetti George Postupac Barbara Anderson Richard and Cindy Caputo Lou Cisar Mark and Donna Cozad Mike and Helen Cozad Beverly Davis Ellwood Specialty Steel Company Joe and Antoinette Gottuso Dan Jones Mr. and Mrs. Chris Mangin Jon McCarter

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Bob and Nanette Mckay Sam and Tarla Strohm Merry B. Sylvester Gen Taormina Nancy Toomey Robert and Trudy Uhriniak Leona Potoski Michael D. Potoski Valerie L. Poust Christine Felter Helen M. Powell Maureen A. Kowall Randy Powell, also from friends and family Jeffrey and Patrice Trettel Ralph Progar Catherine Progar Lawrence Prosper R.A Prosper Margaret Pursh Barbara Pursh Joan Raffaele Patrick Raffaele Doris J. Rankin Loretta Rankin Elsie Thompson Edward Reese Lois Reese Lillian Reesman Sally Reesman Vernon Rieger Patricia A. Coxwell Kathleen Duddy Sara English and Jim Mr. and Mrs. David Miles Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Paterson Mark Rieger Stonebrook Village Social Committee Raymond Wickline Helen Rising Robert and Lois Pogyor Jay and Peg Rising Robert and Lois Pogyor Zenta Robson Josi Smith John Roland Veronica Roland Catherine Romano Anita Stoy Charles Z. Rosenberg Doris Rosenberg Fred L. Ross Regina Davin, from Patient Care Services Management Jane Rummel Beverly Carnathan Cecelia Rzewnicki Daniel and Sheila Shotzberger Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wells Thomas E. Samuels Michael and Marsha Samuels James J. Scala

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Jamie Trzcinski Guendolyn Schmidt Larry and Olivia Schmidt Mary Ann Schrim Douglas Novak Ralph Schuetz David Schuetz Horst Schwalm Mike and Diane Freeman Ada Scott Ruth Ann Scott Alice Scott Joann Neimeyer Betty E. Scott Joann Neimeyer Milton Scott David and Martha Alsing Donald and Sylvia Altman Tom Bankin Concordia Visiting Nurses Joan Gerace and the Beaver County Aging Office Staff Tom Henderson Lori S. Kalmeyer Jodi Kelsey Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC Robert Scott Ruth Ann Scott George Russell Sebolt Audrey Smith Walter Byron Scott Arlene S. Thomas Gloria M. Sefton Dennis Coo Cobiltz Family Hunt Family David and Laura Hunt O'Keefe Family Paul Family Price Family Kimberly Spencer Spurk Family Thomson Family Vigus Family Edward and Deborah Waleski Mary Ellen Seyler Mr. and Mrs. James Beck Henry and Marion Karbowski Mr. and Mrs. Paul Molter Melissa Pardee Robert and Judy Pardee David L. Seyler Kim Ann Seyler William Seyler Walter Wilczynski John Wiczynski Audrey Shakley Ruth Rhein Ina Shannon Gloria McConville Patti L. Shee Charles Shee

Marjorie Shields Marsha D. Shields Francis Silbach Flo Silbach Dundee A. Simoni Dundee Simioni Rudy Simonini Lynna Messersmith Frances Sinclair Pamela Campbell Marjorie Sipes I. Glenn Sipes Varity Sipes-Veitch Jessica M. Sipes Robert Slicker Mary Jane Slicker Charles W. Smith Shirley M. Smith Hilbert P. Smith Patricia Blackburn James G. Smith Gilio Lazzaretti Mr. and Mrs. Stan Philips Dorothy Reader Russ Reader Bruce Roby Glenda Yount Larry K. Smith Betty Smith Steve Solonickne Gene Gilmore Mr. and Mrs. Eric Vogel Mary Ann Sontag Ameriprise Financial Urbano Soster Fay Soster Susan Spak Michol Berrigan Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cole John and Sandra Contis Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Gloria Gorby Mr. Eugene Klaber Robert and Margaret Miller Joe Wagner Margaret Stark Robert Stark Suzanne B. Start Joann Moll Mildred “Mid� States William and Susan States Joseph Stehle Christine J. Stehle Joy Stephens George Stephens Mary Ann Stickles John and Mary Anne Chastain David and Darla Earnest Sheila Wozniak Dorothy I. Stoops Robert and Marlene Weissert Clarence W. Strabel

George Strabel Marlene and Clarence Strabel Wanda V. Streitman Virginia Nestor Bill and Marie Strouss Shirley Torris Hilda Sundermann Anonymous Henry Sundermann Iva Sutter Ms. Marjorie McHenry Isabell A. Swanson Ms. Carol Lindley Delores Miller Julia R. Tackas Accutrex Products, Inc. Miriam Temchulla Sally Karamarkovich Brenda Temple Timothy Temple Grace Thomas David Thomas Michael & Helen Thomas Michael Stranko Allen Thompson Anonymous James Thompson Gus and Connie Angelou Joseph and Jessica Balestrino Howard and Marilyn Boleky Patrick E. Connell Mr. and Mrs. Leon Downlin Virginia M. Dunst Norman E. Ellsworth Tom and EIleen Erich Sal and Terri Greco Phoebe Herrington Barbara F. Holding David and Judith Klein Sue B. Lansdowne Barbara J. Mallen Elizabeth D. Perlman James and Colleen Pfeifer Erica L. Russo Lori Smith Michael and Terri Steve Joan Triglia Betty R. Weiss James Thompson Mary and Duffy Winek Violet J. Tress Myrna Crawford Gloria C. Scott Flora Trettel Loretta M. Golembiesky Sally Turnbull Richard and Linda Hager John Valley Sharon Brechel Geroge Veres Sharlene Veres John Visnesky

Lucille Visnesky Josephine Vitari Anna Vitari Ruth Walchesky Stan and Carol Walchesky Aleene Walker Beth Morgan Richard Walker Fran Wallace Ondrea Barnes Christina C. Bello Rachelle Day Mary Jean Devengencie Carol A. Jones Susan D. Jozefczyk Edith Klebacha Mark Onderko Florence Prentice and Family Ray and Peg Washburn Wilbert and Meri Rieseck Henry and Arbutus Watson Sharon K. Lemon Allen C. Watts Jay Murphy Gene Wayman John Weagraff David Weagraff Dorothy Weaver Citizens Bank Lyle Evelsizer Players Club Family Meadow Casino G. Robert Thompson Reinhold Weber Mr. Richard K. Weber James Q. Wess Karen Wess

Lois J. Whitlinger Susan Wisneski William E. Wicks Autumn Wicks Marjorie Wilhelm Ms. Judy Gerace Rose Wilkes Barbara Arensberg Winona M. Williams Iredell County Robert Winder Kathy A. Winder Mary L. Wunderlich David and Sherri Wunderlich Peter Yacko Jack and Emogene Blair Benjamin Zanolli Ida Zanolli James Zeidler Guardian WFO Phyllis Zeigler Judith Whitehouse Robert Zeigler Judith Whitehouse William Ziccardi Denise Dispaldo Cynthia Lewis Linda Weaver Sharyn R. Zidow Kevin and Debra McElwain Edward Zidow Edward Ziolkowski Joan Doolan Peg Norris Kathleen Pasquarelli The Margaret Norris Charitable Foundation

Elizabeth Zivic Donald Bauerle Jr. James Zoppelt Mr. and Mrs. John Bickerton Kathleen Courtney First Energy Generation Celeste Fodor Cheryl Greggo Land & Heir Solutions Teresa Ludewig Sally Maybray Ryan Vitek Charles Zaperach

IN HONOR OF Heather Beachler Jennifer L. Phillips Dolly Beatie Violeta Rodrigues Frederick Ross Beatie Violeta Rodrigues Frederick Sandi Beatie Violeta Rodrigues Frederick Emily J. Bollinger Betty Berg Stephen Bulazo Haven II Residents Cullen and Jackie Duke Rev. and Mrs. Roger D. Nuerge Mary Lou Frock Wendell and Kim Weeks

Glenda Giesler Karen Eurich Anna M. Hindin John and Amy Correll Mark Hindin Stephen W. Johnson John and Amy Correll Mark Hindin Dolores M. King Randy and Lisa King Andrew Magoc Robert and Marsha Adams Jane McKrell Donna Kohley Haven III Staff William and Martha Champion Homer L. Otterman Donna Saurers Kathleen Rhodes Richard and Janet Bryson Helen Rogerson Peter and Kathy Rogerson Rege Scheibel Mr. and Mrs. James Tackett Ina Silver Elaine Wertheim Peggy S. Trettel Mr. and Mrs. David A. Currence Elizabeth B. Utchel Raymond J. Schnaubelt Great care has been taken to include all tributes throughout this period of benevolence. Please contact the CLM Foundation Office at 724-352-1571, ext. 8363 if your name has been inadvertently omitted from this list.

He is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

As the seasons change, soon it will be time to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and embrace new beginnings in the rebirth of spring.

Please remember Concordia Lutheran Ministries during this blessed Easter season. Any gift you make to the fund of your choice will continue to enhance the high-quality, Christian-based care we provide to the 40,000 patients, residents and families each year.

Watch for a special message in your mailbox about giving during this blessed time of year. To receive more information, or to be included in our Easter Campaign mailing, please contact the Concordia Lutheran Ministries Foundation at 724-352-1571, ext. 8363 or giving@concordialm.org.

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Will the new tax law affect your charitable giving?

“He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock.

And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.” - Luke 6:48 With the recently approved tax reform bill affecting charitable giving, we would like to offer you, as a member of the Concordia family, information and perspective as you think about giving to any organization in 2018 and beyond.

With the doubling of the standard deduction under the tax bill, the number of Americans who itemize their taxes will drop significantly, accounting for a large amount in itemized charitable gifts, according to the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. Since more Americans will do better on their taxes by taking the increased standard deduction, as opposed to itemizing their deductions, the tax incentive for those Americans to make charitable gifts disappears.

Although the tax situation has changed for most Americans regarding charitable giving – the need has not. Concordia continues to serve over 220 residents every day who do not have the financial ability to pay the full cost of their care. That amounts to over $6,500,000 in benevolent care every year. That has not disappeared.

Our goal is to continue to provide the highest quality Christian care in all of our facilities, assist residents and patients in financial hardship, expand our reach of home and community offerings and respond to Christ’s teachings through our Angel Tear Ministries program. Charitable gifts to Concordia will continue to make a very real difference in the lives of those we serve.

With the standard deduction doubled for 2018 and the charitable deduction gone for most taxpayers, here are some of the smartest ways to give:

• Gift appreciated investments, such as shares of stock, mutual funds or other securities. You are able to take a deduction for the full market value (with some limitations), while not having to pay a capital-gains tax on the appreciations.

• Contribute through an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). Donors age 70½ or older can contribute up to $100,000 of IRA assets directly to one or more charities and have the gift count toward their annual required distributions from the IRA and removed from their taxable income.

• Life Insurance policies that are no longer needed may also be used to make special gifts. Tax benefits can be available for gifts of life insurance policies, depending on the current cash value of a policy and other factors.

• Make a larger gift during the year to take advantage of the charitable deduction. The limitation for the deductibility of contributions to charities increases from 50 percent to 60 percent of adjusted gross income in the new tax reform bill.

Although the tax situation has changed for most Americans regarding charitable giving – the need has not.

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No matter the gift, small or large, contributions help to ensure that Concordia continues our mission of high-quality, Christian-based care to those in our care for many generations to come.

If you have any questions or would like to speak with a member of Concordia’s Development Team about making a gift, please contact us at 724-3521571, ext. 8363.

Concordia Adds Chaplain Rev. Ronald Cox was installed on January 28 at a special worship service in the Haven II Chapel on the Cabot campus. Rev. Dan Strussenberg, third vice president of the Eastern District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod and also a Concordia chaplain, conducted the installation, and Director of Chaplaincy Services Rev. Jack Hartman preached the message. Chaplain Cox is

ministering to Concordia of the South Hills and home and community-based service patients in our southern locations. Originally from Michigan, he graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri in 1988. In 1994, he entered the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps and served most recently as Command Chaplain, Naval Air Facility in California. He has been highly decorated with many commendation medals.

He is married and has two teenage sons.

One of his first duties as a new Chaplain was to submit his first Chaplain's Corner! You can read it below.

Lent, Law and Love Submitted by Chaplain Ron Cox

Psalm 119:35 – “Direct me in the paths of your commands, for there I find delight.”

In this season of Lent we focus on being penitent.

We know we sin. We know we need forgiveness.

Reflect on some of the sobering practices of Lent, like prayer, fasting and giving to the poor. When we take a hard look at our lives, often we see they don’t measure up. As Christians we know we often stumble and fail to keep God’s law perfectly. The law shows us our sin. It condemns us.

And yet, the law is not alien to the Christian, because for the Christian the law is nothing other than love in action, the very life of Christ into which we have been grafted. In as much as we are sinners, the law presents for us that which is unattainable, even foreign, and opposed to our fallen nature. But, in our new birth, we are given a new heart and eyes to see things as they are. So it is in Christ we delight in the law, for we see it as nothing else but a description of the life of Christ, which is our life now – the life that will have no end.

Indeed, in Christ, there is nothing more fulfilling, more joyous, than to honor and love the God of

creation as our only God and true Father. In Christ, we sing his name in praise and joy, and in him we find our rest.

So also in Christ, we find joy to love our mother and father, to honor them as God's great gifts. In Christ we uphold life, even as Joseph guarded the baby Jesus.

We cherish wife and love husband. We rejoice in our neighbor's success, having no desire to take from others and knowing that we inherit the earth. This is the life described by Christ in the Beatitudes, the life he lived and the life he gives to us.

Yes, there is another law that is at work within me. This we know. This is the law of sin that must be drowned daily in Baptismal repentance. It’s the me that sticks with me to the grave, the me I nurture but then rightly despise. But the new me, that is the “I” in Christ, sees things differently, has a new vision of what life looks like. That life is not one of restrictions, but of joyful fulfillment – not in grudging servitude, but in the joyful obedience of the Son to his Heavenly Father.

This is the law of liberty and love, against which there is no law. In our work at Concordia Lutheran Ministries this freedom in Christ means all the difference as we practice putting our faith in caring.

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In Loving Memory Rita Abbott 11/15/17 Brenda K. Alexander 11/15/17 Donna M. Alsko 12/7/17 Angelo Amato 12/8/17 Catherine Amery 12/17/17 Ralph E. Amy 11/17/17 Boris R. Angoff 12/14/17 Bernadette Anthony 11/3/17 Ida Archer 12/30/17 Betty L. Asbury 12/5/17 Josephine Ayoob 12/2/17 Abdul Ghani Azhari 1/7/18 Edward Bahney 11/8/17 Donald V. Barker 11/13/17 Peter T. Barness 11/18/17 Anthony Barszcz 11/5/17 June R. Batvinskas 12/1/17 Howard J. Baust 12/16/17 John A. Bell Jr. 12/18/17 Thomas Belz 1/2/18 Joann Z. Billek 11/20/17 John D. Billek 12/23/17 Alice H. Bonura 11/27/17 Gilbert W. Bonnaure 11/5/17 Robert Bowers 11/20/17 Marion L. Bowser 11/21/17 Ann M. Boyer 11/2/17 Norma L. Brandon 11/30/17 Marian Brannan 11/5/17 Doris R. Brenner 12/28/17 Sandra L. Bresuciak 12/16/17 Carl F. Brick 11/11/17 Audrey Brimner 11/30/17 Dr. Phillip Brostoff 1/6/18 Geneva R. Brown 11/3/17 Frances J. Brush 11/11/17 Betty L. Burckure 12/19/17 Charles Burg Sr. 12/2/17 George Burkett 11/6/17 Sylvia M. Burkhart 11/27/17 Merle L. Campbell 12/18/17 Nancy L. Campbell 1/5/18 Regina Carl 11/5/17 Lorraine Carlson 12/3/17 Margaret A. Carver 12/28/17 Valerie J. Casper 12/30/17 Lillian M. Cassidy 12/13/17 Kathleen Castello 12/22/17 Donald R. Castelveter 12/29/17 James C. Cavalero 12/23/17 Lorraine Chandler 11/28/17 Gerald R. Chaney 12/1/17 Virginia F. Chapman 12/12/17 Pauline Chupka 11/2/17 Frances Clark 11/23/17 Carolyn W. Clegg 12/20/17 Lindsay Clever 11/3/17

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Wayne Constantine 11/1/17 Mary A. Cook 12/2/17 Roy J. Cook 11/29/17 Victoria A. Corbin 11/18/17 Frederick Corns 12/23/17 Patricia L. Cramer 12/21/17 Beatrice J. Crooks 11/19/17 Dolores Crummer 11/20/17 Linda A. Cunningham 11/28/17 Barbara A. Cvetich 11/28/17 Nellie C. Dagostino 12/27/17 Gerald W. Dambach 11/4/17 Beverly D’Amico 1/8/18 Patricia A. Davis 12/31/17 John Day 1/8/18 Casper DePaolis 11/11/17 Frank T. DePetro Sr. 11/23/17 Grace Derrero 1/1/18 Victor DeSantis 12/24/17 Donna K. Dishler 11/30/17 James N. Dixon 11/14/17 Frank Dlubak 11/25/17 Charles Docherty 11/24/17 Theresa C. Dorney 12/21/17 Harold E. Dougherty 1/6/18 James L. Duncan 11/5/17 Marian Dvorabic 1/10/18 Barbara L. Eberhardt 11/5/17 Loretta Ensinger 1/3/18 Freida Estermyer 11/24/17 Doris L. Evans 12/26/17 Ethel K. Evans 12/15/17 Evelyn G. Eves 11/8/17 Cloyd Fair 1/7/18 Helen M. Fell 11/12/17 Mary Ellen Finley 11/20/17 Geraldine D. Fink 11/5/17 Steven R. Fink 11/4/17 Michael L. Fischer 11/19/17 Viola Fisher 12/7/17 Robert R. Fleet 11/2/17 Craig B. Foehringer 11/30/17 Charles P. Frank 12/19/17 John C. Frederick 12/30/17 Robert G. Frederick 11/15/17 Marlene Frey 12/27/17 Angeline M. Fronko 11/27/17 Donald J. Fryday 11/25/17 Adelaide M. Fullum 12/4/17 Ruth E. Funkhouser 12/4/17 Clarence R. Galbreath 12/9/17 Patricia J. Gennaro 12/28/17 Donna J. George 12/13/17 Elizabeth Germer 11/13/17 Alice J. Gerstel 11/23/17 Carole M. Gicomino 1/1/18 Richard C. Gill 12/5/17

Concordia Lutheran Ministries wishes to extend its deepest condolences to families who have lost loved ones. Thank you for trusting Concordia with their care. We feel privileged to have served them. May God provide you with His special blessings of comfort and peace.

Aimee Gillen 12/29/17 Dorina Girdano 11/21/17 Kathleen Goodgasell 12/7/17 Raymond P. Gorney 11/25/17 Jean M. Grabow 11/19/17 Priscilla Grden 12/16/17 Mary Gromley 12/9/17 Mary M. Guzyk 11/4/17 Harry Halbrook 1/1/18 Frances Hall 12/2/17 Michael K. Hamlyn 11/3/17 Shirley J. Harn 12/5/17 John Joseph Harpur 12/17/17 Cathryne M. Havrilla 11/12/17 Nancy L. Hazen 12/11/17 Timothy Heffelfinger 12/29/17 Helen Heintzelman 12/5/17 Richard Hemphill 1/10/18 Laura A. Herold 12/28/17 Irene Hilliard 12/6/17 Jonathan Himmelhoch 11/24/17 Darla J. Hineman 11/5/17 Margaret Hoffman 12/5/17 Edna M. Hudak 11/21/17 James P. Huddy 12/25/17 James Huff 12/17/17 Donald D. Hughes 11/30/17 Patricia K. Hurst 1/1/18 Beatrice L. Huth 12/21/17 Betty L. Hyre 11/12/17 Jimmie Jackson 12/20/17 Linda R. Jamison 11/5/17 Carla D. Johns 11/18/17 Suzanne Johns 12/10/17 Fred J. Jones 11/3/17 Richard E. Jones 11/7/17 Dolly C. Kacprowski 12/6/17 Carol Kaiser 11/10/17 Jeffrey Joseph Kalamasz 12/16/17 Florence Karnofsky 11/5/17 Sylvia Kent 12/23/17 Helen Kicko 12/24/17 Jody Kind 12/4/17 Rose King 11/5/17 Louise Klapach 11/14/17 E. Knezevich 12/30/17 James G. Koedel 12/26/17 Frances Evelyn Kolar 11/24/17 Anthony F. Kolek 11/27/17 Jeffrey Koren 12/26/17 Shirley M. Kos 12/21/17 Mary E. Kosinski 12/30/17 Ronald G. Kozlowski

11/26/17 Teddie E. Krajewski 12/1/17 Martha Kuber 11/14/17 Anthony Kuniak 12/19/17 Elizabeth Ann Kernic Kushik 11/30/17 Edward J. Kustra 11/24/17 Stanley Kwitkowski 11/25/17 August R. Lang 11/25/17 Cleo Lawrence 11/24/17 Joan Len 12/18/17 Mary Lindquist 12/1/17 Harry Logan Sr. 12/20/17 Barbara A. Lopez 12/17/17 Clara M. Lorenz 12/6/17 Floyd W. “Bill” Loughman 12/4/17 Paul W. Luehring 11/21/17 Edward Luketich 11/26/17 Mary Rose E. Lulevitch 11/16/17 Jeffrey H. Lyle 12/25/17 O. Carol Lynn 12/1/17 Dolores J. Lyons 11/30/17 John B. Maiorana 12/19/17 Robert C. Malcolm 12/5/17 Rosina K. Maljak 11/13/17 Dolores Mamros 11/4/17 Rita Manson 11/17/17 Mildred Marislio 12/18/17 Samuel D. Markovich 11/22/17 Eileen J. Markel 11/2/17 Theodore Marther 11/8/17 Eleanora K. May-Freas 11/18/17 Glenn McCarrier 12/17/17 Kenneth McCollim 12/16/17 Ruth McConkey 11/2/17 Steven McCracken Sr. 12/13/17 Margaret A. McCullough 11/10/17 David E. McCusker 12/29/17 Mary Ann M. McCutcheon 12/15/17 Harold “Ted” McKindree 1/10/18 Evelyn McMahon 11/10/17 Warren K. McMonigal 12/18/17 Dennis K. McPherson 12/20/17 Mitchell Mencanin 11/2/17 Howard W. Meyer 12/24/17 Wilma A. Meyers 1/3/18 Samuel Mike 11/23/17 Margaret Miller 12/25/17

George Mitchell 11/15/17 Mary Monahan 12/13/17 Doris Moon 1/7/18 Francis Moracca 11/29/17 Debra Morgan 11/28/17 Rose Marie Morgan 11/30/17 Anna M. Morrow 12/3/17 Pamela Jo Mozes 12/5/17 Reda Murdoch 11/22/17 Charlotte Myers 12/25/17 Hertha Oldenburg 12/3/17 Gabriel Olszanski 11/22/17 Cecilia Opalka 12/9/17 Sandra L. Opperman 11/11/17 Lola Organ 1/6/18 Lenora Osso 11/25/17 Naomi Ruth Painter 12/12/17 Constance Panza 11/26/17 Alice M. Pasquarelli 11/27/17 Claire A. Paulin 12/23/17 Daniel Pelecovich 12/1/17 Raymond Peters 12/19/17 Dorothy Piotrowski 11/10/17 Arthur J. Piroli 1/3/18 Anna Polosky 12/14/17 Helen L. Pompe 11/21/17 Vince Prentice 12/4/17 James R. Quinn 11/21/17 David A. Quintanilla 12/13/17

Kenneth C. Rape 12/2/17 Dorothy J. Reese 11/18/17 Federico Reginella 12/31/17 Elizabeth A. Reskey 12/12/17 John E. Rihn Jr. 11/3/17 Ethel J. Roman 12/23/17 Robert J. Rose 12/23/17 Daren J. Rugh 12/31/17 Agnes C. Ryan 12/15/17 Cecelia Rzewnicki 11/18/17 Ann E. Salisbury 12/30/17 Stella B. Santacroce 12/5/17 Dorothy V. Sarver 12/31/17 Donnie Savage 12/15/17 Bobby Schall 12/26/17 George F. Schmetzer 11/19/17 Melissa Schneiderman 12/22/17 Milton J. Scott 11/9/17 Barbara A. Shablesky 12/7/17 Brenda Shaffer 11/16/17 Jeffrey Shore 1/1/18 Josephine Siaus 11/27/17 Jacob Sites 12/4/17 Yvonne R. Sloppy 12/4/17 Dorothy Small 1/5/18 Edward H. Smith 12/29/17 Ethel J. Smith 12/4/17 Harry A. Smith 12/16/17 Helen Smith 11/19/17 Joan B. Smith 11/28/17 Betty J. Snyder 12/20/17

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12/30/17 Patricia A. Sova 11/14/17 Olive M. Stamp 12/16/17 Mary M. Steck 11/10/17 Rosalie A. Steigerwald 12/10/17 Tammy L. Steiner 11/14/17 Robert J. Stockman 11/5/17 Natalie Straus 12/23/17 Wanda Streitman 11/26/17 Mary Ann D. Stickles 12/27/17 Stewart C. Still 12/31/17 Norma J. Stuck 11/19/17 Michael Sudak 11/13/17 Kenneth C. Swogger 11/22/17 Richard J. Taliana 11/1/17 Robert A. Tallarico 11/8/17 Brenda J. Temple 12/8/17 Betty Thompson 1/7/18 Donald Thomas Jr. 12/29/17 Ira L. Thomas 12/31/17 Helen Holzworth Thompson 11/7/17 James Tress 11/11/17 Flora M. Trettel 12/18/17 John A. Valley 11/4/17 Helen Venick 1/2/18 Margaret Veselicky 12/16/17 Richard C. Vogliano 12/29/17

Coe Wadelin 11/25/17 Patricia Wagner 11/2/17 Joyce E. Walls 11/30/17 Dolores A. Ward 12/31/17 Edward S. Waskiewicz 12/26/17 John D. Weagraff 12/6/17 Betty Ann Welcker 11/6/17 Charles A. Welsh 1/9/18 Arthur Wentzel Jr. 12/14/17 Mary J. Wheeler 11/20/17 Michaele L. Wilder 11/28/17 Dorothy May Wilhoit 12/26/17 David Winkworth 12/1/17 Nancy L. Winters 11/11/17 Eugene R. Worst 11/13/17 Mary Yamnitsky 12/4/17 Micahel D. Yazvac 12/29/17 Marion E. Yoho 1/2/18 Edward M. Yorns 12/17/17 Stephen G. Yovanovich 12/12/17 Loretta J. Zarilla 12/7/17 Lorraine Zatko 11/15/17 James F. Zeidler 11/13/17 William P. Ziccardi 11/29/17 Margie Zitzman 11/12/17 Elizabeth A. Zivic 12/9/17

“My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.” – Exodus 33:14

CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIES

2018 CLM Golf Classic Treesdale Golf & Country Club Monday, July 9, 2018 8:30 a.m. - Registration, Breakfast, Gifts & Skill Contests 10:30 a.m. - Shot Gun Start (Scramble) 3:30 p.m. - Reception 4:15 p.m. - Banquet & Program Call the CLM Foundation Office to register or for more information at 724-352-1571, ext. 8363.

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NEWS / NOTES March 2018

Season of Hope Campaign Another Success Donors and friends of Concordia Lutheran Ministries raised more than $177,000 for charitable care and other Concordia programs during November and December. Because of our loyal supporters, Concordia is able to continually strengthen our aging community with high-quality continuum of care options in a Christian environment. Heartfelt thanks to our Concordia family’s amazing outpouring of support.

Your love in action is greatly appreciated. To support Concordia with a charitable gift, please visit Give.ConcordiaLM.org.

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through the Good Samaritan Endowment Fund.

Registration is now open for the big day – and we encourage you to get on the ball (pun intended) as the 2017 Golf Classic was a sellout! To learn more, or sign up as a sponsor or golfer, contact Concordia at 724352-1571, ext. 8363, or head to Give.ConcordiaLM.org and hit “Give Now” to reserve online. Book your foursome before our event sells out again!

Hundreds Brave the Cold to Attend Concordia's Live Nativity Freezing temperatures didn’t stop more than 300 residents, families and community members from seeing Concordia’s Fifth Annual Live Nativity on December 10. The cast included employees who work at the Cabot campus and their families and the narrator, Haven III resident Bob Kaltenhauser. Introduced in the program for the first time were soloists and the Cabot personal care handbell choir. Between each of the three Live Nativity performances, refreshments were available, and musical performances from the St Luke Lutheran School third-graders and fourth-graders, the Haven Alleluia Chorale, Haven III resident Bill Champion and maintenance staff member Sam Scott kept everyone in the Christmas spirit.

SEI leads the charge to the 2018 CLM Golf Classic While many of us equate February with snow, the development team at Concordia sees plenty of green as in tees, fairways and putting surfaces!

Planning is in full swing for the 15th CLM Golf Classic, to benefit Concordia’s Good Samaritan Endowment Fund – our charitable care fund which helps residents and patients with reduced ability to afford their long-term care. This popular event returns to Treesdale Golf & Country Club (Gibsonia, PA) on Monday, July 9 with a 10:30 a.m. shotgun start.

Thankfully, and with gratitude to SEI Investments, we are off to a fast start of reaching our goal of raising $100,000! Michael Kelly and his team at SEI have started this year’s effort with a renewal of its Signature Level sponsorship, as a show of meaningful support for Concordia and those it serves 24 - Faith in Caring

Concordia Havens to Host Several Public Concerts Singer Lisa Rock and a trio from the Close to You Band will perform on Sunday, March 4 at 6 p.m. Since 2010, Rock has been performing to sold-out crowds.

Rock’s amazing four octave range allows her to sing Karen Carpenter hits like “We’ve Only Just Begun” and “Rainy Days and Mondays” in their original key. An

2018 EVENTS GSH Memorial Services Open House will be held prior to the concert from 1 – 3 p.m.

The Pittsburgh Banjo Club is scheduled for Thursday, April 19 at 7 p.m. The Pittsburgh Banjo Club, founded in 1988, includes banjos, trumpets, tubas and bass and plays music from the 1920s and 30s, polkas and Dixieland. The men and women dress in bright, colorful uniforms and have performed at most venues in the greater Pittsburgh area.

The location for both concerts is the Haven I Dining Room, 112 Marwood Road, Cabot, Entrance 2A. Parking is available across the street.

The Mary Gibbons Band will kick off the Haven Summer Concert Series on Sunday, June 3 at 6 p.m. on the Haven II Patio, located at 148 Marwood Road on the Cabot campus. Kevin and Mary Gibbons lead the Gibbons Big Band, which specializes in swing music from the 1930s and 40s. The musicians are mainly music teachers from the area.

According to the Gibbons, listeners enjoy singing along and love the nostalgia that the music creates. Refreshments will be served after the concert.

Registration is preferred but not required for all of the events. For more information please contact Lynn Turner at 724-352-1571, ext. 8518.

Events at Highpointe at Rebecca Open to the Public Sunday, March 11 from 1 – 3 p.m. and Monday, March 12 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Open House events with guided tours in the model apartments as well as the many common areas.

Friday, March 16 from 2 – 5 p.m.: Happy Hour Open House with entertainment Friday, March 23 at 3 p.m.: Senior Safety presentation with Ohio Township police officer Chris Simcoviak.

Thursday, April 5 from 1 – 3 p.m.: “How to Make Your Move Easier” seminar.

Sunday, April 15 from 1 – 3 p.m. and Monday, April 16 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Open House events with guided tours in the model apartments as well as the many common areas.

Friday, April 27 from 3 – 5 p.m.: “The Benefits of Retirement Living” seminar followed by happy hour.

Saturday, May 5 at 3 p.m.: Cinco de Highpointe celebration Sunday, May 20 from 1 – 3 p.m. and Monday, May 21 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Open House events with guided tours in the model apartments as well as the many common areas.

Saturday, May 26 at 6:30 p.m.: Summer Courtyard Concert featuring The Allegheny Drifters.

For any of these events, registration is recommended but not required.

To RSVP or for more information, call 724-444-1521.

April 15, 3 p.m.

St. Luke Lutheran Church, Cabot April 22, 3 p.m.

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Freedom

Annual Kid's Fishing Derby May 5, 8 a.m.

Saxony Farm Estate

CLM Spring Fashion Show May 12, 10 a.m.

Butler Country Club

Camp Erin® Pittsburgh

(Bereavement camp for kids & teens ages 6-17) June 8-10 YMCA Camp Kon-O-Kwee Spencer www.camperinpittsburgh.org

Concordia's 15th Annual Golf Classic

July 9, 8:30 a.m. registration Treesdale Golf & Country Club

137th Annual Summer Festival July 29, Noon Cabot Campus

3rd Annual Concordia at Sumner Fall Fashion Show September 8, 10 a.m.

St. George Centre

Concordia Oktoberfest October 6, 4-8 p.m.

Concordia at Cabot

For more information on any of these events, please contact the Public Relations Department at 724-352-1571, ext. 8266 or visit the Events & News page at www.concordialm.org.

NEWS / NOTES Haven Open House Events Scheduled Monthly Concordia Haven Apartments is hosting Open House events on Sundays, March 4, April 8 and May 6 (all from 1 – 3 p.m.) and Mondays, March 5, April 9 and May 7 (all from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.) at Haven I located at 112 Marwood Road, Entrance 2A. Interested persons are invited to learn more about the Concordia Haven Apartments. Tours of the Haven I building and model apartments will be offered, and guests will have the opportunity to ask questions. To register or to schedule a personal tour, call 724-3525378.

Concordia to Host 2018 Free Fishing Derby for Kids Concordia Lutheran Ministries will host a free fishing derby for kids 14 and under on Saturday, May 5 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Saxony Farm Estate in Saxonburg.

Concordia will provide bait, a few fishing rods to borrow (attendees should bring their own if they have one), hot dogs and refreshments, prizes and parking – all free of charge. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

There will be volunteers on hand to help measure fish, detangle fishing lines, teach the basics and more.

A tent will be set up with some tables and chairs for those in need of some shade. Guests should bring their own lawn chairs or blankets, if interested.

Registration is requested to help with planning, but walk-ins will be accepted. To RSVP, visit the Events & News page of the Concordia website, www.ConcordiaLM.org. You can also call Concordia Public Relations at 724-352-1571, ext. 8268 for more information.

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Good Samaritan Hospice to Hold Two Memorial Services Good Samaritan Hospice (GSH) will hold two memorial services in memory of those who spent their final days under hospice care at its Wexford facility, Cabot or Heritage Valley inpatient units or with Good Samaritan Hospice home care. St. Luke Lutheran Church, 26 - Faith in Caring

330 Hannahstown Road in Cabot is the location for the Sunday, April 15 service. Prince of Peace Lutheran Church on Rochester Road in Freedom will host the service on Sunday, April 22. Concordia Chaplain Rev. Duane Voorman will conduct both services beginning at 3 p.m. These memorial services are open to all who are dealing with grief, even if they did not have a loved one in GSH care. A reception will follow both memorial tributes.

Concordia of the South Hills to Hold Two Open Houses The public is invited to learn more about why Concordia is the best retirement value in the area on Monday. March 26 and Tuesday, March 27 from 1 – 3 p.m. at Open House on our South Hills campus located at 1300 Bower Hill Road in Mt. Lebanon near St. Clair Hospital.

Attendees will have the opportunity to tour the building including retirement living apartments as well as personal care and short term rehab/skilled nursing units. Refreshments will be served in the Harmony Room in the common area of the community.

For more information call Director of Marketing Christie Wahlen at 412-278-1300.

Fashion Show Features Styles by Several Vendors Concordia Lutheran Ministries 2018 Fashion Show will be held on Saturday, May 12 at the Butler Country Club. All proceeds benefit the Good Samaritan Endowment Fund, Concordia’s charity care fund.

The event will have a Peaches & Cream theme.

Tickets are $40 and include a hot lunch, valet parking and the fashion show. If a ticket is purchased by April 1 the cost is discounted to $37. The menu features Chicken Romano, twice-baked potatoes, baby glazed carrots and for dessert triple layer lemon cake.

Fashions will be modeled by Concordia staff, residents and board members and presented by several of our loyal vendors including La Perla, LuLaRoe, Diane’s Boutique and Me and My Shadow. Guests can purchase the clothes that will be modeled.

For tickets or more information, contact Concordia Development Office at 724-352-1571, ext. 8363.

Concordia Lutheran Ministries Guide to Services Haven Easter Cantata The Concordia Alleluia Chorale will celebrate the Easter season with the cantata, “Behold the Lamb,” telling the events of Easter through the eyes of a Jewish shopkeeper in Jerusalem.

Haven III resident Carol Oliver, who has directed the semi-annual performances for the last seven years, estimates that the average age of our choir members is 86.

She said, “Our goal is to serve God as a resource for the renewal of faith in ourselves and others.”

Martha France, a Haven I resident, is the accompanist. Haven I resident Rev. Ralph Storm is the narrator.

The Cantata is free and open to the public at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27 at 112 Marwood Rd in Cabot, Entrance 2A. Following the Cantata performance refreshments will be served. For more information on this event, please contact Lynn Turner at 724-352-1571, ext. 8518.

Concordia at Sumner Names Community Relations Coordinator David Lee has recently been appointed Community Relations Coordinator for the Admissions and Marketing Team at Concordia at Sumner.

Lee’s duties will include continuing to create brand awareness, building new community relationships, maintaining and establishing skilled nursing referral sources, assisting in securing skilled nursing as well as assisted living admissions.

*Concordia at Cabot 724-352-1571 134 Marwood Road, Cabot, PA 16023 1-888-352-1571 Corporate Headquarters, Skilled Nursing/Short-Term Rehab, Licensed Personal Care, Independent Retirement Apartments, Adult Day Services, Rehabilitation Services, Child Care Center *Concordia of Cranberry 10 Adams Ridge Boulevard, Mars, PA 16046 Licensed Personal Care *Concordia of Fox Chapel 931 Route 910, Cheswick, PA 15024 Memory Care *Concordia of Franklin Park 1600 Georgetowne Road, Sewickley, PA 15143 Licensed Personal Care

724-779-4300 412-767-5808 724-935-1075

Harmony Physical Rehabilitation 4365 Northern Pike, Monroeville, PA 15146 Short-Term Rehab Concordia Hospice of Washington 10 Leet Street, Washington, PA 15301 Hospice/Respite Care Inpatient Units

412-229-3960

Concordia of Monroeville 4363 Northern Pike, Monroeville, PA 15146 Skilled Nursing, Short-Term Rehab, Licensed Personal Care

412-373-3900

*Concordia at the Orchard 104 Concordia Way, Butler, PA 16001 Licensed Personal Care

724-285-4490

724-250-4500

*Concordia at Rebecca Residence 724-444-0600 3746 Cedar Ridge Road, Allison Park, PA 15101 Skilled Nursing, Short-Term Rehab, Licensed Personal Care, Highpointe Retirement Apartments *Concordia at Ridgewood Place 1460 Renton Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15239 Licensed Personal Care

412-798-1855

*Concordia of the South Hills 1300 Bower Hill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15243

412-278-1300 1-877-220-7906

Independent Retirement Apartments, Skilled Nursing/Short-Term Rehab, Licensed Personal Care, Memory Care, Respite Care *Concordia at Sumner 330-664-1000 970 Sumner Parkway, Copley, OH 44321 Assisted Living, Retirement Apartments/Villas, Skilled Nursing/Short-term Rehab *Concordia of Wexford 125 Brown Road, Wexford, PA 15090 Licensed Personal Care

724-935-1266

*Good Samaritan Hospice 116 Browns Hill Road, Suite 100, Valencia, PA 16059 Administrative Offices, Home-Based Hospice Care

1-800-720-2557 724-940-9120 724-352-6018 724-933-9161

146 Neely School Road, Wexford, PA 15090 134 Marwood Road, Cabot, PA 16023 1000 Dutch Ridge Road, Beaver, PA 15009 Hospice/Respite Care Inpatient Units

*Concordia Visiting Nurses 1-877-352-6200 Main Office - 613 N. Pike Road, Cabot, PA 16023 1-866-869-8669 Beaver County Branch - 1525 Beaver Road, Baden, PA 15005 1-844-641-1613 New Castle Office - 121 Enclave Dr., New Castle, PA 16105 1-844-942-9700 South Office - 1082 Bower Hill Rd., Ste 145, Pittsburgh, PA 15243 Professional Home Care Nursing, Rehabilitation Services, Private Duty Services *Concordia Medical Equipment, Inc. 724-352-1100 615 N. Pike Road, Cabot, PA 16023 1-866-432-1961 Home Medical Equipment and Supplies, Bathroom Safety, Oxygen/Respiratory, Mobility Products

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*CARF-accredited Aging Services Network participating provider

Concordia Lutheran Ministries 134 Marwood Road Cabot, PA 16023

CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIES 2018 FASHION SHOW

Saturday, May 12, 2018 Butler Country Club

310 Country Club Lane, Butler, PA 16002

10 a.m. $40

$37 if paid before April 1

Please call 724-352-1571, ext. 8355 to make your reservation or go online at Give.ConcordiaLM.org, click GIVE NOW and select “Events.”

All proceeds benefit the Concordia Lutheran Ministries Good Samaritan Endowment Fund, providing charitable care to residents and patients in need.