Foundations: Spring 2023

SPRING 2023

PIONEERCARE

FOUNDATIONS ANNUAL REPORT EDITION

Spreading the Light

This Little Light of Mine When students from the Fergus Falls School of Dance engaged with residents at PioneerCare Center in January, they performed an especially jazzy version of This Little Light of Mine recorded by the Steeles, with dazzling choreography by Mary Pettit.

Spectators including residents and family members, staff, and a few dance parents lined up in the Celebration Center and along the bridge railing above to watch and listen.

The piece started with five young dancers in white, holding position, and slowly one dancer came to life. She gestured to each of the four and then in turn, each joined the dance.

The dancers’ movements matched the growing energy of the music. The second verse brought five more dancers in whirling white gowns to fill the room. The whole thing was an uplifting sight to behold. It presented an inspiring interpretation of that familiar song.

It started with one person.

She seemed to pass energy on to the next, and then the next, and it went on to multiply until it filled the room with light.

You couldn’t have watched it without smiling, and maybe even

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clapping along. It all ended with grateful applause.

Over the years, This Little Light of Mine was recorded by popular musicians such as Ray Charles, The Everly Brothers, The Kingston Trio, and Odetta Holmes.

The song was adopted as an anthem for civil rights in the 1950s and 60s to express a message of unity, and most recently for that purpose in the face of white supremacists at Charlottsville, Virginia, in 2018.

The song is part of my earliest memories of singing at Sunday School in the Children’s Chapel at First Lutheran Church.

It may spark a memory for you, too. I understood the message to express my commitment to spread the light of Christ everywhere I go.

Each of us plays a part in lighting the world.

This Little Light of Mine combats the voice in our heads telling us our little light doesn’t matter, saying, “Oh, I don’t have much of anything to give.”

Because you do. Your little light makes a difference. And when you give to others, you are sharing and spreading the light.

In this annual report edition of FOUNDATIONS, four retired nurses residing at Pioneer share stories

Steve Guttormson of their careers. They shared their light in a big way through their professional lives.

Additionally, we feature a list of those who generously donated in 2022. And we name those whose memory was honored with memorial donations this past year. We thank each one of them for helping light up PioneerCare.

I encourage you to make a gift to the Foundation this spring to share your light. That is how it is with generosity. While none of us can change the world by ourselves, together we can light up anything. Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!

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See you soon!

Nathan Johnson, CEO

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FOUNDATIONS You may find yourself softly humming This Little Light of Mine after reading the story by the same title in this edition of FOUNDATIONS. I was struck

by Steve Guttormson’s words, “Your little light makes a difference. And when you give to others, you are sharing and spreading the light.” That rang so true as I visited with four PioneerCare residents you are about to meet in the following paragraphs.

Once again, I was given the opportunity for an afternoon visit with some of PioneerCare’s most delightful residents. Let me introduce you to four extraordinary women whose “little lights” shone so brightly over the years as they lovingly cared for

Recalling Bright Care countless others in their careers in nursing.

These brave ladies overcame many obstacles to follow their various paths to caring for others. War, families, and household expenses were just some of those hurdles and they handled each with the strength and determination to see their dream realized.

Dorothy Porter, now 95, remembered her early days in nursing. “I began by doing six months of nursing with public health,” she said, “and then I decided it was time for a move.”

That move was to a more than 20-year career as School Nurse. “They were so cute,” she remembered, “and there were a lot of them! Connie Rostad was

Dotty Boerhave, Dorothy Porter, Barbara Bjorgo, and Ardelle Holte share a common bond as retired nurses.

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eers

By Mary Dolan

the only other school nurse and between us, we A new schedule quickly fell into place to keep served more than 4,000 students in seven schools. the dream alive. “When I’d get home from class,” said We just divided the kids, I guess, but I do remember Ardelle, “I’d help my mom make dinner. Then I’d get being very busy.” upstairs and study while Dorothy seemed to they cleaned up from our reflect on those little faces meal. I made sure to save she cared for over the enough time each evening years. “There was so much to spend with my husband respect for us as school and boys. We took our nurses,” said Dorothy, state boards in Minneapolis “and I remember most of on the hottest day of the them being pretty good summer in a building that kids, but you always seem had no air conditioning. to remember a few that I guess all that didn’t really weren’t, too. After I matter, as I found out I retired, I would frequently Capping ceremony for graduates at M State finished the test with the Fergus Falls (then FFCC) see former students on the highest score in the class. street or around town.

Looking back, I think You’d know them in a minute because they always personally and as a family we did just fine and it called me Mrs. Porter, no matter how old they got.” was worth the extra effort on all our parts!”

Ardelle Holte remembers those early days, Next, let me introduce you to Dorothy too, and her determination to become a nurse, Boerhave, who quickly told me I could call her even at age 37. “I was the oldest in my nursing class “Dotty.” My fingers couldn’t keep up on my laptop of 20 women,” she said, “but I think I was always as Dotty began to share how it all began. a caregiver and a giving person and nursing was “I graduated from high school in 1946,” Dotty available at that time, so it just seemed to fit.” said, “and I went to St. Barnabas School of Nursing Classes were held in the basement of the in 1949. The school was located just across from the old library building in Fergus Falls. “You had Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis and it cost $240 for to be interviewed before you got to be in the three years, including our uniforms.” It was war nursing class,” remembered Ardelle, “and I guess time. Things were different, more difficult. “It was a my interview went pretty well. My youngest child time when my future husband and I were apart, as was eight at the time and it was hard to juggle he was in Hawaii and the war was just getting over,” school and a family. Thankfully for us, my explained Dotty, “I had one year of nursing school mom and dad stayed with us that year to be to go and a sister that was planning my wedding. with our boys.” continued on the next page

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Ardelle Holte after graduating from nursing school My now husband finally got a flight out of Hawaii and we were married!” Dotty remembered being on the staff of the first recovery home at Rice Memorial.

“I worked in the operating room there,” she explained, “until my husband, Don, said he thought it was necessary for him to go back to college. We moved to Boulder, Colorado, where he went to Engineering school. I remember about that time President Kennedy was shot and the whole world stopped.

I’ll never forget.”

Dotty and her husband moved to Fergus Falls where she continued her nursing career working, once again, in the operating room. “Then everything changed as we made the decision to adopt; not one child, but eight in total! Don got to buy his station

Fergus Falls nursing graduates in 1979

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wagon and we enjoyed time together traveling across many states.

Shortly after, Don died of a heart attack when our youngest was only nine. My kids and I had to decide: go on welfare or go back to work. I went back to work. I was so grateful for my nursing background. I loved caring for others and it allowed me to care for my family as well.”

And finally, I’d like you to meet Barbara Bjorgo. “I’ll tell you how it all started,” she explained, “I had four kids; my son was ten and my daughter was fourteen. They were the two youngest and I just

decided it was time for me to learn something.

I went to Otter Tail Nursing Home, where they provided me with on-the-job training.” She started as a nursing assistant.

Barb smiled as I asked about her job. “Well, my husband asked me how the first day went,” she said.

“I told him if I make it through the week, I’ll make it all the way!

I graduated in 1979 with my LPN degree at the Fergus Falls Community College. I celebrated my 45th birthday during all of this.”

Barb remembers those days during her education. “I remember my son asking why I went back to school when I didn’t have to,” she said with a smile, “and I also remember driving to Minneapolis for our state board testing. I drove and had three other students with me.

I was much more worried about driving in Minneapolis that I was about taking the test!”

Barb recalled going to every one of her son’s football games and going to the car to study during half time. “There were some wonderful days and some not so wonderful days,” she said, “but I just felt there was no halfway. I had to give it everything I had and I’m so glad I did.” While Barb loved her days as an LPN, it wasn’t always her dream. “I wanted to be a singer in a big band,” she said with a smile, “but I found this career in nursing is who I am. It brings me joy!”

Barb came to PioneerCare after Brain surgery. “I knew the good Lord had given me a second chance and I feel safe and comfortable here at Pioneer. I’m just grateful for all I have and all I have been lucky enough to experience over the years.”

These four amazing women made a difference to so many people. They lovingly gave their time and care to people who needed them. Now it’s time for the favor to be repaid and the greatest of care is being shown to them as residents of PioneerCare. So what could these ladies offer to other young people who would consider a career in healthcare?

They each had a piece of advice.

Dorothy said you must be a good listener and have a kind heart.

Ardelle wanted to say how important it is to have the support of your family. Barb wants potential nursing students to know it’s a great field. It’s wide open and the need is great…so go for it! And Dottie gave advice not to hesitate, saying she’d do it all over again.

Our heartfelt thanks to these four amazing women who were willing to shine their light to help others.

When you give to others, you are sharing and spreading the light.

Barbara Bjorgo at graduation

On the cover: Ardelle Holte with her graduation photo

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ANNUAL REPORT ADMISSIONS

ADMISSIONS 300

2022 2021

250

2020 2019

200

257 255

245 217 195

2018 166

150

147

160

132

100 50

DISCHARGES 61

300

2022

64

58

2021

250

0

69

54

50

39

2020

38 23 221

229

228

213

2019

200

44

261

31

2018

Short Stay150

Long Term Care

Housing with Services

144

109

100

92 71 72

92 71

78

50

55 52

43

39 37 20

0

Pioneer Link

108

Death

Home

Other LTC

5

21 16 13 19

Hospital

Disconnects

DISCHARGES

DISCHARGES

Hospital

3%

Other Long Term Care

300

2022

Home

25%

2022

2021

250

2020

Death

45%

261 228

27%

213

2019

200

221

229

2018

150

144 109

100

92 71 72

108 92

71

50

78 55 52

43

39 37 20

0

Death

Home

Other LTC

5

21 16 13 19

Hospital

8

3%

Hospital

Disconnects

2019

MILLIONS

8

2018

6 4

*

2

*

0

Care Center

Cottages

Pointe

REVENUE

Link

*

Otter Tail Power *Provider Relief/Misc.

REVENUE

12

*2022 2% 7%

10

*2021

Provider Relief/Misc Otter Tail Power

20%

8 MILLIONS

1%

*2020

Link Pointe

2022

2019

Cottages

70%

Care Center

2018

PAYER MIX

6 8

4

7 6 MILLIONS

2

5

2022 2021 2020 2019

*

2018

4 3

0

*

2

Care Center

1 0

Cottages

Pointe

Medicare

Medicaid

Link Private Pay

*

Otter Tail Power *Provider Relief/Misc.

PAYER MIX

PAYER MIX 12%

Private Pay Medicaid Medicare

42%

2% 8

2022

7

2021

MILLIONS

6 5

2022

1%

46%

7%

Provider Relief/Misc Otter Tail Power

2020 2019

Link

20%

Pointe

2018

4

Cottages

70%

Care Center

3 2 1 0

Medicare

Medicaid

Private Pay

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Volunteers Welcome April is a time to recognize those who give their time, talent, and energy to serve others.

The following people logged more than 100 hours each in 2022: Barb Lorsung, Joyce Nerdahl, Marian Quamme, Lois Stinogel, and Norma Worden.

While the pandemic halted most volunteer opportunities at PioneerCare, we are excited to invite individuals back into our settings to enhance life here.

PioneerCare by the Numbers Here is a quick look at some key statistics regarding activity at PioneerCare in 2022. The accompanying Annual Report charts provide additional data about people served in each setting.

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

Discover volunteering at PioneerCare:

11 = Corporate board members

• Become a PioneerCare Auxiliary board member.

11 = Auxiliary board members 11 = Foundation board members

• Take a turn at organizing and restocking Dragonfly Gift Shop operated by the PioneerCare Auxiliary.

• Help escort residents to weekly worship on Sunday morning.

• Share one-on-one visit time with a resident.

• Help residents plant a vegetable garden this spring.

• Be on call for special events like our annual picnic.

• Help serve on Popcorn Day. • Join Cycling Without Age and learn to give bike rides to residents.

10 = Delegates from sponsor congregations 826.5 = Hours donated by volunteers

Financial $14.5 Million = Total PioneerCare operating revenue in 2022 $73,000 = Total funds received by PioneerCare Foundation in 2022

Operational 105 = Beds in PioneerCare Center 52 = Beds at Pioneer Cottages in Fergus Falls

• Create a service opportunity for your organization or church group.

18 = Beds at Pioneer Cottages in Breckenridge

Find out what giving does for you. Enjoy the satisfaction of knowing you make a difference in the lives of others in your community. Learn new skills and make new friends. Join us and contribute to life at Pioneer. Please contact Julie Erlandson, Volunteer Coordinator, at 218-998-1523 for more details.

44 = Apartments at Pioneer Pointe 1,025 = People served by PioneerLink in 2022

Chaplaincy 192 = Scheduled Worship Services 331 = Bible Studies 568 = Visits 523 = Holy Communion

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Auxiliary Update The PioneerCare Auxiliary has ten members; two members retired this year, so we would like to recruit two more members. Looking back on 2022, it was a good year for us, despite the Covid-19 restrictions.

The Auxiliary awarded $2,500 in scholarships; we divided the funds among three recipients going into the healthcare field.

A $1,000 gift was presented to the new PioneerKids onsite child care service to assist with start-up expenses.

The Auxiliary also donated to PioneerCare’s social services department for emergency resident needs.

For Valentine’s Day, we provided ice cream cakes, a welcome treat for residents and staff.

Attendance to the annual picnic on July 15 was limited to residents and staff due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Auxiliary members assisted in decorating and serving food.

We also had a grand opening for the long awaited Dragonfly gift shop at that time. We extend our thanks to Lisa Workman and the Fergus Falls Area Chamber of Commerce for leading the official ribbon cutting ceremony.

Apple dumpling day was for residents and family, following Covid -19 infection prevention protocols. Our only fundraiser involved taking mail orders for the Nut Man, a vendor offering a wide array of nuts, candies, and other packaged snack items.

Joyce Nerdahl, Our partnership with him has Auxiliary President been popular and successful.

December brought resident shopping day. Four vendors from the community came with items for residents and staff to purchase.

While 2023 will have its challenges, working with the gift shop’s responsibilities and finding time to do more fundraisers, we look forward to a busy year. A big thank-you to all Auxiliary members and Pioneer staff; because of everyone, our fundraisers and gift shop are a success!

TO MASK OR NOT TO MASK You are welcome to visit PioneerCare’s living settings any time. Entering PioneerCare Center and Pioneer Cottages, you will see a sign with a big dot. That dot will be red, orange, yellow, or blue, depending on Otter Tail County’s community transmission risk level. This is the measurement PioneerCare follows to comply with today’s infection control standards. It’s different than the three-tier community level measurement some of us hear about.

We review the county’s transmission risk level weekly. If the dot on the sign is red, this means visitors and employees are required to wear masks within the building.

Residents are encouraged to wear masks as well. If it’s one of the other three colors, wearing a mask is optional.

In any case, visitors may choose to remove their mask when alone with the resident they came to visit.

If you’ve had a Covid-positive test result, close contact with someone who’s Covid-positive, or you have symptoms of a respiratory infection, please postpone your visit until you’ve recovered.

We also post this information and more infection prevention details on our website. Thank you for your part in protecting the people we care for and serve.

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Leadership Sponsoring Church Delegates Augustana Lutheran – Mary Ann Goese, Dacia Johnson Bethlehem Lutheran – David & Tudy Nycklemoe First Lutheran – Dale & Jody Hanson Hope Lutheran – Janet Freeman, Gretchen Rosentreter Zion Lutheran –Sheila Martinson, Karla Swiontek Sponsoring Church Senior Pastors Augustana Lutheran – Amy Kelly

Administration & Senior Staff Leadership

Department Heads / Key Contacts

Brad Bushinger, Environmental Services Director

Kelsey Anderson, Director of Nursing Services – Pioneer Cottages

Patti Fandrich, Human Resources Director Steve Guttormson, Marketing & Development Director

Jill Fjestad, Registered Dietitian

Sara Hage, Director – PioneerLink

Mary Fry, Director of Nursing

Nathan Johnson, Chief Executive Officer

Mary Gettel, Staff Development

Lori Nelson, Business Office Manager

Bethlehem Lutheran – Loren Mellum

Marie Tysdal, Director – Pioneer Pointe

First Lutheran – Tiffany Sundeen

Krehl Stringer, Chaplain

Hope Lutheran – Ali Haugerud

Sara Watkins, Care Center Administrator

Zion Lutheran – Salim Kaderbhal

Kristen Anderson, Infection Preventionist Director

Karen Wulfekuhle, Assisted Living Director – Pioneer Cottages

Megan Johnson, Nurse Care Coordinator – Pioneer Pointe Linda Lee, Health Information Manager Elizabeth Pederson, Social Services Jamie Rethwisch, Personnel Coordinator – Pioneer Cottages Holly Schmidt, Culinary Services Manager Catherine Walz, Activities Coordinator

45 YEARS Donna Solin

Contact Us 218.998.1500 www.pioneercare.org Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn

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40 YEARS Linda Lee

Wulfekuhle Returns Karen Wulfekuhle joined the PioneerCare leadership team as Assisted Living Director for the Pioneer Cottages in Fergus Falls and Breckenridge in late 2022.

Wulfekuhle is no stranger to PioneerCare or to Fergus Falls. As a Licensed Social Worker, she has served the community in a variety of capacities in healthcare for the past 27 years. In 2010, Wulfekuhle helped PioneerCare launch PioneerLink, which continues to support residents of west central Minnesota with home-based telehealth technology. She was also involved in the startup of PioneerCare Suites, which once resided at the original Pioneer Home site. Since then, Wulfekuhle has worked at the Lake Region Cancer Care and Research Center and Hospice of the Red River Valley.

Wulfekuhle brings a wealth of knowledge about the health care sector, community-based services, and program development. Advocating, connecting,

coordinating care, assisting families with planning, and supporting individuals and their caregivers with placement and transitions in their lives has been a focus of her work.

PioneerCare introduced the community to residential memory care Karen Wulfekuhle by opening its first of Pioneer Cottages in 2000.

Since then, the Pioneer Cottages have continuously served people living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of memory loss in a comfortable homelike setting.

Nursing staff in the Cottages are specially trained in the fundamentals of dementia and its related physical and behavioral changes.

CAREER MILESTONES In January, PioneerCare celebrated individuals who reached notable career milestone anniversaries for 2022 as follows:

45 YEARS

20 YEARS

5 YEARS

Donna Solin

Ahren Enders Joanne Hanson

Halei Anderson Susan Anderson Megan Butler Kayla Doll Patti Fandrich Brianna Gerhardson Justine Hutchins Bobbi Kasper

40 YEARS Linda Lee

10 YEARS Michelle Boyd Linda L. Johnson Susan Robinette Steven Vergiels

Marissa Marudas Jennifer Neese Amanda Norton Rosemarie Olson Karen Pixley Paige Schmidt

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2022 Giving Gifts Up to $99 Mae Aasen Jack Amdal Jane Amdal Carol Andstrom Charles Angus Megan Beckler Nathan & Janelle Berseth David & Kathy Bjork Kendal & Kristi Boe Norma Bradow Pam Brethorst Lee Bungert F. Dale Campbell Mollie Crawford Gloria Dohman Jane Dunn Lauri Durow Matthew & Kay Eckman Carolyn Ellingson Jane Gerdes Terrance Goerger Judy Glorvigen Janice Gudmondson Sheila Hanson Ona Hanstad Kathryn Haugrud Ellen Hexum James & Linda Hilley Marian & Mary Jo Igelstad Everett & Kathryn Jacobson Tom & Deb Jennen Gary & Kay Jennen Lyn Johnson Gene & Sharon Jurgens Leah Kenyon Diane Klepetka Rodney & Doreen Kluge Mary Koenke Vivian Kollar Linda Krantz Shawn Krause-Roberts Wendy Kremeier

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PioneerCare Foundation thanks all who made a difference by giving generously between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Together, we contributed over $93,000 in support.

The Foundation is a non-profit 501c3 organization and donations are tax deductible.

Sandy Krueger Tracy Lee Michael Levsen Mark Levsen Arnold Levsen Lori Lien Mary Lundeen Darlene Lysne Gregory Maack Patricia Norby Angela Novak Rebecca Odden Susan Olson Carol Opp Paul Overgaard Donald Overgaard Barbara Pankow Wayne & Connie Pastir Virginia Paulson Irene Petersen Gerald & Mary Peterson Ann Porter Ardis Rieken Denise Roehl Linda Roehl Gloria Ronning Fern Schmidt Paul & Diane Schmidt Darlene Sigurdson David & Janice Spies David & Debbie Stock Cornell & Arlys Svaren Dean & Ann Swanson Steven Tollerson Brad & Kari Tollerson Vernice Vrtiska Tom & Barb Welle Carolyn Westergard Bob Westfall Rob & Pat Wikel Kathleen Wold Linda Wolfe Arlene Worner

$100 to $249 Renae Aarfor Merwin Adams Hazel A. Anderson Philip and Joyce Aune Bethlehem Lutheran Church V.J. Block Le & Barbara Boyer Lowell & Loree Brenna Kathleen Bruns Gary Buth Linnea Clifford First Lutheran WELCA Janet Freeman Bill Giesen Dan Giesen Don & Carolyn Glesne Mary Ann Goese M. Elizabeth Gyllstrom Yvonne Hanley Duwayne Heggen Jane Holm Hope Lutheran Lyle Hoxtell Arlene Iversen Pamela Johnson David & Dolly Johnson Verna Johnson Jackie & John Klinnert Marcia Kraut Renee Larsen Philip E. & Peg Mason, Jr. Bud & Linda Mellon Nycklemoe & Ellig, PA Harry & Mary Lou Olson Lucia Orcutt Carol Pengal Tom & Cynthia Peterson Dorothy Porter Richard & Virginia Portmann Marie Prochnow Larry Roehl Curt and Ann Rotto

Vonnie Salzsieder Allen & Betty Schroeder Scott & Joeline Schroeder Brandi & Dave Sillerud David & Laurie Strom Joan Tester Mark Tysver Georgianna Waasdorp Anna Wasescha Patti Weisz Rebecca Wing $250 to $499 Richard & Brooke Barsness Eldon “Tex” & Karen Larson Steve & Sandy Rufer David & Shawn Schneeberger Lowell & Nancy Tollerson $500 to $999 Dean & Beth Monke Paul & Mary Beth Lundeen Eide Bailly, LLC Audrey Emmen Patti & Cletus Fandrich Steven & Gayle Fitz Margaret Gettel Mark & Catherine Helland Warren & Trudy Hershner Dorene Kvam Patricia & John Lindholm Amy Marfell Marsh McLennan Agency Garnet Muehlhausen Guy & Pam Olson Park Region Jack & Sandy Pearson Pickett & Demuth, LTD David & Mary Quello Margie Rasmussen Hans & Rachel Ronnevik Darrell & Linda Strand Ben & Peggy Underwood Sara Watkins

$1,000 to $4,999 Mark & Michelle Krogh Jennifer & Troy Frank Marilyn & Tom Breckenridge Larry & Jeanette Dorn Dorn & Company, Inc. Robert Goldenstein Steve Guttormson & Nancy Swenson Marilyn Haarstad Nathan & Valerie Johnson Tom & Patricia Kingston Rosalie Knapp George & Ann Mathison David & Tudy Nycklemoe John & Eileen Quello Donavan & Renae Rasmusson Ardis Searles Rud & Timmy Wasson Richard & Judy Werner Renee Korda Donna Quam Beverly Richter Zion Lutheran

$5,000 or More Lundeen Family Foundation Patricia Pederson Frank W. Veden Charitable Trust In Memory Of With gifts to the Foundation in 2022, we honored the memory of the following family members, loved ones, and friends of PioneerCare who have gone before us: Bert Norman Aasen Virginia Adams Andy Anderson Beverly Aune Phyliss Balken Darlene Boeder Don Budke Betty Cook Dennis Emmen Loretta Giesen Gordon Goese Mabeth Gyllstrom

Ordean Haarstad Leon Hanstad Morris Heggen Marlene Hockeborn Sheldon Holm David Johnson Valdine Johnson Johnson & Ranstad Families Sylvia Jurgens Joy Levsen David F. Lundeen Edward D. Lundeen Ione I. Lundeen Victor G. Lundeen Clarice Mittelstadt Thelma Monke David L. Mobraten Florence Mobraten Dean Newton Helen Pederson Richard Prochnow Stanley Quam J.A. Quello June Richards

Valdine Roehl Wayne Ronning Lorane C. Royce Lillian Saure Mildred Sethre Elvina E. Smith Anne Stenerson Katie Stinar Bea Swenson Barbara Underwood Evelyn Van Loon Larry Waasdorp Jordan F. Watson Shirley Williams Rita Woolson Cathy Young In Honor Of Dedicated Staff “Bless Them All” Marian Igelstad Jamie Swenson

How to Donate We appreciate those who are standing with us to serve our cherished loved ones, friends, and neighbors.

Together, we engage in the mission of PioneerCare through monetary support.

PioneerCare Foundation is a non-profit 501c3 organization welcoming outright contributions, planned gifts, memorial or honorary donations, and legacy gifts to support and enhance life at PioneerCare.

You are invited to designate your gift towards the PioneerCare Foundation’s Greatest Need Fund, Chaplaincy Program Fund, Resident Activities and Programming Fund, Pioneer Cottages Memory Care Fund, Pioneer Pointe Fund, or Childcare Fund.

Or visit with us about a specific vision you would like to support.

Donate by Mail to: PioneerCare Foundation Attention: Steve Guttormson 1131 Mabelle Avenue S Fergus Falls, MN 56537 Donate Online: Go to www.pioneercare.org/donate or scan this code with your smartphone.

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PioneerCare Pioneer Home, Inc. 1131 Mabelle Avenue South Fergus Falls, MN 56537

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PIONEERcare Corporate Board

Foundation Board

Auxiliary Board

Jeff Ackerson

Leslie Flugstad

Honey Anderson

Lowell Brenna

Jennifer Frank

Jean Blondeau

Suzanne Demuth

Janel Fredericksen

Elle Habberstad

Bonnie Denzel, Vice Chairperson

Bruce Gerhardson

Jackie Klinnert

Joe Ellig

Lorri Holt, Vice Chairperson

Barb Lorsung

Janet Freeman

Tom Kingston, Treasurer

Joyce Nerdahl, President

Dean Monke, Secretary

Patricia Lindholm

Carol Pocta, Co-Secretary

John Sethre

Renae Rasmusson

Ardis Searles

Brandi Sillerud, Treasurer

Hans Ronnevik, Chairperson

Lois Stinogel, Co-Secretary

Brad Tollerson, Chairperson

J.P. Stender

Norma Worden

Peggy Underwood

David Strom, Secretary

Julie Erlandson, Staff Auxiliary Liaison

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

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