Foundations: Spring 2021

SPRING 2021

PIONEERCARE

FOUNDATIONS ANNUAL REPORT EDITION

Sustained Gratitude

Remembering Who We Are In this annual report edition of FOUNDATIONS, Mary Dolan writes about three women who resided at PioneerCare. While we extend our sympathies to their families and all who loved and cared for them, the intention of this feature story is to learn more about them as individuals and celebrate their lives.

If you are an employee or volunteer and have wondered if your work is important, this story is for you. If you are a board member or congregation delegate and wondered what your leadership means, this story is for you. If you have supported PioneerCare Foundation through donations and wondered if your gift made a difference, this story is for you. What we each do is all about our loved ones, friends, and neighbors. It is why the organization exists, and why the PioneerCare Foundation supports it.

LeadingAge is the professional association representing not-forprofit care providers nationwide, including PioneerCare. LeadingAge Board Chairperson Carol Silver Elliott recently captured the sentiment we feel as individuals involved in PioneerCare’s mission, especially in the context of the past year: “Moving forward requires us to step back, to remember who we are and why we do what we

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do. We must take a long look at what life is like for our elders.

We must see ourselves in them, remembering that these are not diagnoses or room numbers. These are individuals who have lived meaningful lives and now need our help and support to continue to find purpose and meaning.

We do this work because it matters. We do it because we care.

We do it because we truly do want aging to be an enriching and fulfilling experience for all. Time to remember who we are and why we do what we do.”

Thanks to grant funding and generous donors who recognized the need and the urgency, PioneerCare residents last spring gained access to technology to help communicate with loved ones as visitation was restricted. Portable, specialized computer carts and iPads offer easier viewing for virtual visits.

Responding to the challenges of physical distancing, donations to the Foundation funded new video equipment connected to Pioneer’s cable television system, providing access to worship services and other programming from care center resident rooms. Employees experiencing economic hardship, especially due to the pandemic, can seek help from PioneerCare

Steve Guttormson Foundation’s Employee Emergency Assistance Fund. As soon as contractors regain access to the care center building, residents will see the completion of a new gift shop operated by our Auxiliary.

By most accounts now, the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be loosening its hold. Still, and as it always has been, our number one priority is the safety and well-being of the people who reside and work at PioneerCare Center, Pioneer Cottages, and Pioneer Pointe. As we move forward, we trust you will walk alongside us as you have before.

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FOUNDATIONS

Gratitude is Good

“She loved pizza!”

“She was a hard worker. So kind and cared for a lot of people all of her life.

She loved her kids and adored her grandchildren!”

“People talked about her warm smile, her interest in others, the twinkle in her eye for sure!”

“She decorated for every holiday. She loved to garden and be out in the woods.

Most of all, she loved having her family around!”

Here are four loving reflections from children of three PioneerCare residents who passed away due to complications from Covid-19 this past year. For many, the past 12 months have brought many types of difficulties our way. Some of us struggled with joblessness. Others had to teach their children at home. And some endured a more difficult experience of losing someone to the pandemic. These are stories of three Pioneer families who did their best to stay connected with their loved ones amidst strict Covid restrictions. Three families who experienced frustration and sadness, yet a measure of joy they never expected.

Donna Johnson “I remember my mom as a kind and vibrant person who deeply loved her family and friends,” recalled Everett Johnson of his mother, Donna Johnson, “and she so enjoyed having her grandkids visit her. We all remember walking from her home to the pizza place. She loved pizza!”

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Everett recalled the days when his mother began to need more help. “That’s when my sister, Karen Pixley, found Pioneer Senior Cottages for Mom,” said Everett, “which was a perfect fit for her.”

“I remember visiting the Pioneer Cottages when we were looking for more care for my mom,” said Karen Pixley, “and when I met the staff and found they had been there for many years, I knew these were the people we wanted to care for Mom.” Donna had been a resident of the Cottages for about six years, after a stroke took away her short-term memory. “Once the pandemic came and visiting restrictions had to be in place, I saw my mom begin to decline,” said Karen, “and she began to sleep most of the day. I was fortunate to become her Essential Caregiver, which gave me short bits of time with her twice each week.”

Donna passed away January 11, 2021, with daughter

Medicine

By Mary Dolan

Karen by her side. “As I look back, I remember holding my mom’s hand while talking on the phone with Mom’s sister, Luella,” remembered Karen. “As I was telling Mom we were visiting with Luella on the phone, I realized my mom had taken her last breath.

Of course it was sad, but yet just so peaceful and beautiful. A bit of joy in the end of Mom’s difficult journey these past months.”

Donna will be remembered for a life of service to others, and deep love of family.

“She was a hard worker,” said Karen. “She cared for a lot of people all of her life. She grew up with 12 brothers and sisters. She loved her kids and adored her grandchildren. She Marian loved playing bingo and Sandahl solitaire. She was also a very good cook! She could just fry a steak in a pan, and it was the most delicious thing. Not one lump could ever be found her gravy.”

After Donna’s passing, Karen began going through things in her mother’s apartment. “I found the sweetest surprise,” she said, “when I found that mom had labeled each dress with the occasion where she had worn it. One was the dress she had worn to my brother’s wedding. Another was from their 25th anniversary. She even included the date she had worn each dress!” Karen intends to feature all the dresses and the attached notes at the service they are planning for Donna. “I’m looking forward to this being a great way for us to smile as we remember such a wonderful mom, grandma, and friend,” said Karen.

Next, we remember Marian Sandahl, a resident of PioneerCare for 18 months. Marian’s daughter, Marcia Rose, remembers when at first, they were able to take their mom out to her children’s homes to spend the afternoon or a holiday. “Mom even got an electric wheelchair,” said Marcia, “but then the Covid restrictions came into place and she wasn’t able to use it too much. She did get to sit by the waterfall at Pioneer a few times in her new wheelchair, and she really enjoyed that!”

When Pioneer was forced to close its doors to visitors, Marian’s family was so happy to have her room on the first floor and be able to sit in lawn chairs outside her window for visits. “Once summer came,” recalled Marcia, “we got to visit mom outside.

My two brothers and one sister all got to visit in this way and we were so grateful for that. I became Mom’s Essential Caregiver and one day each week, I got to spend three hours with her. We looked at pictures and did puzzles and three hours went by so quickly! The highlight each week, however, was how Mom looked forward to me getting to fix her hair. Each week, I would find her sitting on the end of her bed with a big smile, just anticipating our visit and a fresh hairstyle! As I look back, I’m so grateful for those three uninterrupted hours with my mom each week.” Marian passed away December 9. continued on the next page

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“While we were sad to say goodbye,” said Marcia, “we were there with her when she entered Heaven and we were rejoicing she wouldn’t have to be alone for Christmas. She would be celebrating with her Lord and Savior in Heaven!”

Marian will be remembered for her decorating and baking at Christmas. She loved having everyone together and reading the Christmas story before the gifts were opened. She will be remembered for her strong faith. “She would definitely want me to tell people about her deep faith in Jesus Christ as her personal savior, and how important that was to her,” said Marcia.

“My parents were very active in church. She was a piano layer, singer, and Sunday school teacher.” Marian and her husband would have bible study in their home each Wednesday for years and she would always treat her guests to something special she had baked.

“People talked about her warm smile, her interest in others, and the twinkle in her eye for sure,” said Marcia, “and she had a great sense of humor. I remember one April Fool’s Day when she sewed the sleeves of our coats shut. I’m not sure we thought it was funny then, but we all laugh about it often now that she’s gone.”

Perhaps one of the most precious memories of Marian were the camping trips she planned for their family. “As kids, those camping trips as a family were the highlight,” remembered Marcia, “with four kids, I can’t believe all the meal planning and preparation it took to carry out those vacations. They did so many extra things to make those camping trips the highlight of our lives.”

Marcia also recalled one of her favorite memories of her mom and her annual Christmas card. “She would always get her cards all ready to send while Dad was

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on one of his fall hunting trips,” said Marcia, “and I won’t forget preparing for her very last Christmas card. It was a bright, sunny day, so I took mom’s picture to use on her card. She chose the card design that said, ‘God is so good. Merry Christmas. Love Marian.’ She sent those cards not long before she died.

People got her card after she was gone, but I know how she would’ve loved that; one more surprise for her family and friends.”

And finally, we look back at the life of yet another Pioneer resident, Betty Nelson. Betty began calling PioneerCare her home just before the Covid-19 pandemic began. “My dad was mom’s caregiver as she struggled with Parkinson’s Disease for 28 years,” said Betty’s daughter, Sara Hage, “and it simply got to a point where she needed care around the clock.” Betty moved to PioneerCare where her family visited every day until the pandemic forced that to end. “We did our best to stay in touch, using things like Skype,” Sara explained, “but she really didn’t respond.

Communication became very difficult.”

Thankfully, June brought an opportunity for the family to take part in some outdoor visits when positive cases didn’t cause her household wing of the care center to isolate. “We were grateful for any opportunity to see mom,” said Sara, “and when they allowed each resident to have an Essential Caregiver, our family chose me.

I was able to see mom for a couple of hours each week. She loved when I came, and she loved when my sister joined us via FaceTime. I would comb her hair.

We would listen to music and I would jabber the whole time! When I was there, she would eat all her food while I danced around and sang for her. As I curled her hair, I would sing ‘You Are my Sunshine’

and she would hum along. She definitely responded positively to those visits.”

Although Betty’s husband couldn’t visit in person during the visitor restrictions, he always spoke so highly of the care. “My dad just raved about Pioneer,” said Sara, “and he thought they did everything right. While it was difficult to hear she was declining, Dad thought it best to try to protect her from getting sick. Even with the precautions in place, Mom did get a positive Covid-19 test on November 25.

We did a window visit with her and FaceTimed her so Dad could see her face more closely.”

As the next couple of weeks progressed, Betty declined even further.

“We were then allowed to see Mom with full PPE gear, masks, shields, and gloves,” said Sara.

“For some reason, my mom always loved the number 13 and she hung in there until the calendar reached that day. She was always known for her Minnesota Goodbyes. She would follow us to the door, and then to the car, practically walking alongside the car as we left.

That’s kind of how she said her final farewell. Our family was so grateful for the time spent with her for that final Minnesota Goodbye.”

Looking back, Sara remembers her mom for so many reasons. “Mom was a really outdoorsy person,” Sara recalled, “and she loved being out in the woods with my dad. Dad was a big hunter and fisherman, and he was always happy to include Mom in his plans.

Even when my mom had to begin using a wheelchair,

she went salmon fishing. She just loved fishing and hunting. She would even dress out her own deer.

Mom continued to hunt as long as her health and mobility allowed.”

Betty was not only a hunter, but a pretty good decorator! “She decorated for every holiday,” said Sara, “and she loved having her family around. She loved to garden, and she loved to be out in the woods. She was even in on every aspect of building their own log home.

Mom and Dad were such good friends. I remember him saying his buddies used to complain about their wives from time to time. Dad always said he had one darn good woman. He told me he couldn’t have asked for a better woman and could never find another like Betty.”

While the last Betty Nelson year presented a host of difficulties, it also provided a reason to be grateful for things we might otherwise have missed: a mother’s love, a deep faith shared, a well-played joke, an adventurous spirit, and sweet Minnesota Goodbyes.

Just as these three families have shared, many of us have a new respect for time and family, a greater sense of what we can appreciate. We know that gratitude is good medicine. It can heal our hearts and our spirits.

Most important, being grateful attracts more reasons to be grateful.

On the cover: John Quello and his grandson, also John, visited PioneerCare last summer to talk about supporting PioneerCare through charitable giving.

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ANNUAL REPORT ADMISSIONS

ADMISSIONS 350

2020 2019

300

2018

250

257 255 256

2017 2016

200 150

320

195 147

166 160 155 157

DISCHARGES

100 300

50

2020

50 0

61

57

261

23

2017 2016

Short Stay150 100

54

50

2018

200

0

58

2019

250

Long Term Care

92 71

102

92

81

78

44 221

46 249 52

229 229

Housing with Services

144

108

38

Pioneer Link

107 75 74

64

55 52 20

Death

Home

19

Other LTC

21 16 21 10

Hospital

Disconnects

DISCHARGES

DISCHARGES

Hospital

7%

300

2020

21%

2019

250

Other Long Term Care Home

36%

Death

2020

2018

261

36%

221

2017

200

249 229 229

2016

150 100 50 0

144 108 92 71

81

78

92

102

107 75 74

64

55 52 20

Death

Home

Other LTC

19

21 16 21 10

Hospital

8

7%

Hospital

Disconnects

MILLIONS

2017

8

2016

6 4

*

2 0

Care Center

Cottages

Pointe

REVENUE

Link

Otter Tail Power *Provider Relief/Misc

REVENUE

12

*2020

MILLIONS

2018

Link

5%

2020

Pointe

56%

2017

Cottages Care Center

19%

2016

PAYER MIX

6 8

4

2020 2019

7

MILLIONS

2

2017

5

2016

4 3 2

Care Center

*

2018

6

0

Otter Tail Power

1%

8

2019

Provider Relief/Misc

19%

10

1

Cottages

0

Pointe

Medicare

Medicaid

Link Private Pay

Otter Tail Power *Provider Relief/Misc

PAYER MIX

PAYER MIX 11%

Private Pay Medicaid Medicare

45%

8

2020

7

2019

MILLIONS

6 5 4

2020

44%

Provider Relief/Misc

19%

Otter Tail Power

1% 2018 2017 2016

Link

5%

Pointe

56%

Cottages Care Center

19%

3 2 1 0

Medicare

Medicaid

Private Pay

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Pioneer Care PIONEER care March 13, 2020

PioneerCare Center, Pioneer Cottages, and Pioneer Pointe restricted visitors, other than in cases of medical necessity.

PioneerCare by the Numbers Here is a quick look at some key statistics regarding activity at PioneerCare in 2020. The accompanying charts provide additional data about people served in each setting.

Pioneer Care PIONEER care March 2020

Responding to local need and a nationwide shortage, the community sewed hundreds of masks for staff and residents. While regulations later required surgical masks at PioneerCare, the community’s support was felt and appreciated.

Historical

501c3 = Not-for-profit corporation status

10/07/1928 = Date PioneerCare opened its doors

1988 = PioneerCare Foundation was formed

Governance & Volunteerism 5 = Sponsor ELCA congregations

PIONEERcare Pioneer Care April 2020

With visits suspended, families, friends, and staff found creative ways to connect. Virtual and window visits, drive-by parades, parking lot concerts, even visits by horseback visitors engaged residents with the greater community.

11 = Corporate board members

12 = Auxiliary board members

12 = Foundation board members

10 = Delegates from sponsor congregations

Financial $18.6 Million = Total PioneerCare operating revenue in 2020

$89,132 = Total funds received by PioneerCare Foundation in 2020

Operational Pioneer Care PIONEER care May 27, 2020

PioneerCare conducted its first testing of residents and staff for the coronavirus. While the first few rounds detected no cases, later rounds revealed cases. Most were asymptomatic. We continued strict precautions and ongoing testing.

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105 = Beds in PioneerCare Center

52 = Beds at Pioneer Cottages in Fergus Falls

18 = Beds at Pioneer Cottages in Breckenridge

44 = Apartments at Pioneer Pointe

1,024 = People served by PioneerLink in 2020

Auxiliary Update Needless to say, 2020 was an interesting year!

The PioneerCare Auxiliary Board didn’t meet from March to late August. After that, we met once at a picnic shelter and since then, we have been meeting at Grace Methodist Church. Thank you to Honey Anderson for setting this up. We gave $500 scholarships to 4 students studying in the medical field. We bought a specialized, portable computer system for activities to use with the residents when they had to stay in their rooms.

We couldn’t do our fundraising as planned. I am not sure how many years we have had Apple Dumpling Day with the quilt raffle. The quilt is ready for when we have the next one! We did a birdhouse auction block on Facebook. This was a success as well as a learning experience. Thanks to Joyce Nerdahl and her friends for decorating the birdhouses.

Looking forward to 2021 includes the gift shop remodel. Partnering with the Foundation, we met our

goal to fund this project.

Construction was to have started right when Pioneer had to lock the doors and restrict access to the building.

We have an Ole and Lena frozen foods fundraiser set up in May, as well as the Nut Man coming in June and October. We have already Lois Stinogel, President bought six portable DVD players for resident activities and will check with other departments to see what is on their wish lists.

Thank you to all the volunteers who have stayed with us during this crazy time and are willing to continue.

We might not be completely sure how this will work out but let’s be ready to help where needed. We’re in this together!

Lillian Saure Nursing Scholars PioneerCare Auxiliary last fall awarded scholarships to four students pursuing further education in nursing.

Recipients of the Lillian Saure Nursing Scholarship included Gretchen Davis, Levi Preston, Elizabeth Smith, and Ashley Swanson.

Lillian Saure served as the first state-licensed administrator at Pioneer from 1965 to 1975. Lillian’s daughter, Mabeth Gyllstrom, created an invested fund to honor her mother’s memory and to support students pursuing the nursing profession. Each year, the PioneerCare Auxiliary uses earnings from that invested fund to award scholarships to those who are planning a career in nursing.

Carol Pocta, scholarship committee member for the PioneerCare Auxiliary, with Gretchen Davis. Gretchen is pursuing her BSN at Minnesota State University Moorhead.

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Pioneer Care PIONEER care June 2020

Pastor Krehl Stringer joined PioneerCare as Chaplain. “My primary focus, now especially, is time spent with residents and tenants. What a wonderful opportunity to get to know them each so personally,” he said.

Pioneer Care PIONEER care June 2020

It sounds like a new dance and in a way, it is. We all learned to pivot as circumstances change and new scientific data emerges.

Leadership Sponsoring Church Delegates

Marie Tysdal, Housing Director – Pioneer Pointe

Augustana Lutheran – Gordon & Mary Ann Goese

Krehl Stringer, Chaplain

Bethlehem Lutheran – David & Tudy Nycklemoe

Rebecca Wing, Finance Director

First Lutheran – Ron & Teri Spangler Hope Lutheran – Mary Arntson, Lyle Hoxtell Zion Lutheran – JoAnn Berg, Sheila Martinson Sponsoring Church Senior Pastors

Pioneer Care PIONEER care July 4, 2020

Summer passed without PioneerCare’s traditional family picnic. Yet, John Quello and his grandson, also John, visited PioneerCare on Independence Day to record a virtual fundraising event for PioneerCare Foundation.

Augustana Lutheran – David Strom, Interim Bethlehem Lutheran – Susan Tjornehoj, Interim First Lutheran – Gretchen Enoch Hope Lutheran – Ali Haugerud Zion Lutheran – Chris Eldredge Administration & Senior Staff Leadership Ann Boutwell, Housing Director – Pioneer Cottages

Pioneer Care PIONEER care August 2020

The Star Tribune in August interviewed Nathan Johnson about preventing community spread of COVID-19. Johnson later testified before the Minnesota State Legislature’s Aging and Long Term Care Policy Committee on effects of restrictive visitation policies on residents and PioneerCare’s support of reopening safely.

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Brad Bushinger, Environmental Services Director Patti Fandrich, Human Resources Director Steve Guttormson, Marketing & Development Director Nathan Johnson, Chief Executive Officer

Sara Watkins, Care Center Administrator

Department Heads / Key Contacts Kristen Anderson, Staff Development/Infection Preventionist Carla Bjornlie, Social Services Jill Fjestad, Dietitian Katie Gardner, Admissions Sara Hage, Director – PioneerLink Megan Johnson, Nurse Care Coordinator: Pioneer Pointe Brianna Kallroos, Social Services Linda Lee, Health Information Manager Lori Olson, Nurse Care Coordinator – Pioneer Cottages Mary Fry, Director of Nursing Michele Fitzgibbons, Activities Director/Dietary Supervisor

Pioneer Care PIONEER care November 2020

Sandy Cordie Joins 40-Year Club Sandy Cordie joined an elite group of employees who have passed their 40-year career milestone with PioneerCare. She was among fifteen honored for years of service in January. Staff who celebrated career milestone anniversaries for 2020 are as follows:

The number of cases detected in Otter Tail County grew and remained in the red zone for six straight weeks. The county’s highest percent positivity rate from testing was recorded at 17.1 percent. At that point, we saw our first cases among residents.

40 YEARS Sandy Cordie

15 YEARS Julie Erlandson Doug Elliott Kirstin Phillips Bernie Britten

10 YEARS Steve Guttormson Lacey Ness

5 YEARS Kristen Anderson (rehire date) Marlys Schneeberger (rehire date) Dawn Reese (rehire date) Melissa Preston Bonny Morris Tasha Listrom Khila Bahn Christina Johnson

Pioneer Care PIONEER care November 20, 2020

PioneerCare created a new Basic Care Aide position to add staff reinforcements at PioneerCare Center and Pioneer Cottages, providing temporary work for community members experiencing job loss due to the pandemic.

Contact Us 218.998.1500 www.pioneercare.org Follow us on Facebook @PioneerCare Instagram @pioneercaremn LinkedIn

Pioneer Care PIONEER care December 2, 2020

Setting aside the Apple Dumpling Day tradition, PioneerCare Auxiliary members launched a virtual event, auctioning whimsical birdhouses online. The event raised funds to enhance life at PioneerCare.

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Pioneer Care PIONEER care December 2020

Community members captured hearts through cards, artwork, flowers, food, and other thoughtful gifts during the past year. At Christmas, Jeanette Enstad-Peterson and Nikki Preston led two projects that together brought gifts for every resident of PioneerCare Center.

2020 Giving Gifts Up to $99

Donna & Mike Pettengill

Bill Adams

David & Janice Spies

Amazon Smile

LaRae Stebe

Duane Bartsch

Jeffrey & Annette Struck

Jean Blondeau

Norma Thom

Stacie Busse-Remme

LaVay Thompson

Kari Carr

Sandra & Hilding Tjaden

Denise DeMartelaere Pioneer Care PIONEER care December 24, 2020

Traditions of Christmas and other holidays helped ground us in uncertain times. PioneerCare’s culinary staff provided such moments through food, such as a Scandinavian dinner of lutefisk, meatballs and lefse.

Kathleen & Fred DeWeese

Kathleen Wold

Pauline Dunn

John Wold

Charles & Mary Beth Ehrenberg

Keleigh Zelek

Sharon Fjestad Judy Glorvigen

Pioneer Pointe and Pioneer Cottages worked with Jesse Thorstad to create online virtual tours as a safe and accessible tool for prospective tenants and their families. The tours are found on PioneerCare’s website at www.pioneercare.org.

Merwin Adams

Duane Hanson Kathryn Haugrud

Honey Anderson

Duwayne Heggen

Carol Andstrom

Everett & Kathryn Jacobson

Richard Baker

Vern & Sharon Johnson Jackie & John Klinnert Dawn Koennicke Vivian Kollar Cindy Leach Angela Leier Loren & Orla Maahs Jack & Judy Mouritsen Paul & Sandy Nelson D. Marlene Noack Lloyd Ouse Wayne & Connie Pastir Virginia Paulson Nancy Pearson Barb Peterson

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$100 to $249 Becky & Dennis Amundson

Robin Johnson

January 2021

Rob & Pat Wikel

Susan Dewey

Norbert Evavold

Pioneer Care PIONEER care

Mark Tysver

Joyce Beck David Bjork Bob & VJ Block Kathleen Bruns David & Mary Brusven Janet Day Rick & Bonnie Denzel Steven & Gayle Fitz Mary Jo Flan Janel Fredericksen Janet Freeman

Mary Ann & Gordon Goese Tom & Diane Greenagel Mark & Catherine Helland Jerry & Donna Hendel Warren & Trudy Hershner Hope Lutheran Church Lyle Hoxtell Arlene Iverson Gene & Sharon Jurgens Ruth Karst Brenda & Pat Kava Arnold & Joy Levsen Gary Link Jeanne Lugert Phil & Peg Mason Jean McKenzie Bud and Linda Mellon Sidney Nelson Elaine Nidever Roy Nell Norby Lucia Orcutt Tom & Cynthia Peterson John & Mary Fran Peterson Mary Pettit Dick & Ginny Portmann Curt & Ann Rotto Sandy & Steve Rufer Vonnie Salzsiedler

Bill Giesen

David & Stephanie Sanderson

Hugh Giesen

Sharon Spencer

Dan Giesen

Cindy Spidahl

David Giesen

Gen Svare

Brad Giesen

Joan Tester

Alan Giesen

Donna Toso

Pioneer Care PIONEER care January 9, 2021

PioneerCare Foundation thanks all who made a difference by donating between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. The Foundation is a non-profit 501c3 organization and donations are tax deductible.

Nancy Voss Georgianna Waasdorp Anna Wasescha Rebecca Wing Loren Woolson $250 to $499 LaVonne Baker Patti Fandrich Lavinia Gangl Cynthia Hanson Jerry & Verna Johnson Paul & Mary Beth Lundeen Bill & Amy Marfell Duane & Carol Pocta Dorothy Porter David & Shawn Schneeberger Don & Ardis Searles Brandi & Dave Sillerud Alan & Karen Thompson Brad & Kari Tollerson $500 to $999 Richard & Brooke Barsness Steve Guttormson & Nancy Swenson

Eldon “Tex” & Karen Larson John & Eunice MacFarlane Dean & Beth Monke Garnet Muehlhausen Jill Nelson Harlan & Inga Nelson Guy & Pam Olson Arlene Palmer

Charles & Judy Klaers Rosalie Knapp Buzz & Ann Lundeen George & Ann Mathison David & Tudy Nycklemoe Mildred Peterson PioneerCare Auxiliary Stanley & Donna Quam

Jack & Sandy Pearson

Donavan & Renae Rasmusson

David & Mary Quello

Beverly Richter

Hans & Rachel Ronnevik

Robert & Susanne Ronning

David & Laurie Strom Steve Thompson Thrivent Choice Ben & Peggy Underwood Barbara Underwood

The first doses of the Moderna vaccine went into the arms of residents and staff at PioneerCare.

By February, nearly all PioneerCare residents and most staff had received both their first and second shot. Getting vaccinated protects residents from infection and helps end this pandemic.

Security State Bank Gary & Sharon Spies

Pioneer Care PIONEER care March 2021

The Daily Journal honored healthcare employees as Citizens of the Year for their dedication and sacrifices during the pandemic. Interviewed by the Journal, both Karen Pixley and Raymond Ludwig of PioneerCare cited their devotion to residents as their primary motivation.

David & Sara Thronsedt Rud & Timmy Wasson Zion Lutheran Church

Sara Watkins $5,000 or More $1,000 to $4,999

Renee Korda

American Federal Bank

The Lundeen Foundation

Richard & Mary Beck

Minnesota DHS

Susan Clambey Larry & Jeanette Dorn First Lutheran Church Robert Goldenstein

Yvonne Hanley

Nathan & Valerie Johnson

Marcia Kraut

Tom & Pat Kingston

Thrivent Choice Makes a Difference

Through Thrivent Choice, eligible members may direct where Thrivent Financial distributes some of its charitable contributions to the community.

Thanks to Susan Anderson and Tedd Steenbock, PioneerCare Foundation received $586 in Thrivent Choice funds in 2020.

Pioneer Care PIONEER care April 2020

With rising vaccination rates and continued precautions, we’re hoping against hope to keep local infection rates down. While we would prefer it, the pandemic isn’t yet over. What happens in the community directly affects people who live and work at PioneerCare. By controlling virus spread in the greater community, we can welcome our families and friends into our buildings to visit residents again.

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PIONEERcare Corporate Board Suzanne Demuth Bonnie Denzel, Vice Chairperson Joe Ellig Janet Freeman Lyle Hoxtell, Secretary Dean Monke John Sethre Brandi Sillerud, Treasurer Brad Tollerson, Chairperson Peggy Underwood

Foundation Board Leslie Flugstad Janel Fredericksen Bruce Gerhardson Lorri Holt, Vice Chairperson Tom Kingston Paul Lundeen George Mathison, Chairperson Paul Nelson Pamela Olson, Secretary Josh Overgaard Renae Rasmusson Hans Ronnevik, Treasurer

Auxiliary Board Honey Anderson Jean Blondeau Elle Habberstad Jackie Klinnert Barb Lorsung Joyce Nerdahl Carol Pocta, Secretary Pamela Schroeder Ardis Searles Lois Stinogel, President Donna Toso, Treasurer Norma Worden Julie Erlandson, Staff Auxiliary Liaison

Foundations is a publication of the Pioneer Foundation to inform friends, supporters and stakeholders of PioneerCare.

For questions, comments, or address corrections, please contact Steve Guttormson, Foundation Director, at 218.998.1501 or email steveg@pioneercare.org. Mary Dolan and Steve Guttormson, Editors; and Beth Hagemeister, Graphic Design.

PioneerCare is an equal opportunity employer and provider.