Aberdeen Village
JULY 2019
Collections for comfort
Aberdeen Village employee starts ‘Bedding for Fur-Babies’ to help animals in need who reside at local shelter As Terri Schoonover was gathering old linens to donate to the Olathe Animal Shelter for comfortable animal beds, it occurred to her that others could be seeking a good use for used bedding. It was then that Terri, administrative services assistant at Aberdeen Village, decided to start “Bedding for Fur-Babies.” “I put a note in our ‘Friday Flyer’ asking independent living residents for old sheets, blankets and towels they were going to discard during spring cleaning,” she said. “Aberdeen now donates worn linens that are trash-bound, too.”
Terri Schoonover with donated items.
As part of the initiative, Aberdeen Village residents and staff drop their old linens off to Terri at the front desk, and she takes the donations to the animal shelter every other Saturday on behalf of Aberdeen Village.
Within two months, Terri had already collected 10 large bags and three big boxes of linen donations. “That makes for a lot of cozy beds!” she said. “Bedding for Fur-Babies” is a great way to recycle old bedding, Terri said, and support an important community organization. “Olathe Animal Shelter is a no-kill facility that helps so many rescued and -Collections, continued on page 2
Rock legend Buddy Holly.
A night to remember Musical reminds Aberdeen resident of the last time she saw Buddy Holly It was February 3, 1959—the day the music died. It’s a day that is forever imprinted on Berniece Egger’s mind, and memories of it came flooding back recently during a show at the New Theater Restaurant in Overland Park. On that day, Eggers, now an 86-year-old Aberdeen Village resident, was attending a big dance in Clear Lake, Iowa, with her husband, her sister and her sister’s husband. The couples often traveled 90 miles from their homes in Story County to spend the night dancing and listening to music in -Remember, continued on page 5
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