Community Matters The Glen at Aberdeen Heights
June 2019
ABERDEEN HEIGHTS A PMMA COMMUNITY
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Examples of the new PMMA logos. Did you know Aberdeen Heights is home to one of the best bow-makers in the world? Well maybe not officially, but Bethany Holohan thinks so. After noticing her Cardinals wreath, Bethany has asked Independent living resident Bea Wolshock to tie bows on decor and packages. The purple bows were just perfect. Thanks, Bea!
Volunteer appreciation
April 10 was the Volunteer Appreciation Brunch, with 23 residents in attendance. Volunteers received truffles from The Sweet Shop and dined on an eggs benedict brunch made by our own Shepherd Center Chef War Championship Erik’s team! Rick Cumberland, executive director, thanked volunteers for their dedication and service to our community.
PMMA unveils new logo, brand identity As an organization evolves and grows, so should brand awareness. In the past year, Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America has embarked on a journey to create a brand image that could represent all its communities and provide greater brand awareness for the entire PMMA system. The challenges were great. The new mark had to reflect PMMA’s core values, mission and beliefs. It needed to be simple, but sophisticated enough to convey the high quality of care and service found in PMMA communities. It also needed to be practical, and demonstrate reliability and integrity. At its board meeting March 5, the PMMA Board of Trustees approved a new logo set for the PMMA system. The new logo captures the spirit of our heritage and commitment to the future. The simplicity of the mark pays tribute to the original request from Alice Kalb to the Presbyterian Church. The upward “V” elements serve to remind us that our core purpose is to provide compassionate and caring services to better the lives of seniors. The elements of the logo represent the three levels of living (independent, assisted and health care) or outstretched arms that protect and serve our residents. These elements are blue to suggest energy and action because it empowers residents to remain healthy, active and engaged. It also underscores respect and understanding that seniors, as citizens and
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Cardinals cheering section
Aberdeen Heights was certainly a Cardinals cheering section for opening day! Residents and staff of The Glen celebrated opening day with old time baseball music from accordion player Jessica Agnew, who played in skilled care and assisted living. They enjoyed popcorn, cookies, chicken wings, and of course...watched the game! The following week, residents and staff got a visit from Fred Bird!
Volunteers Pat Cunningham, who helps out with Bridge as one of the “Bridge Lifeguards” among other things; Mike Murphy, who serves communion in The Glen; and Cindy Mitchell, who has started a successful SIT and KNIT with Cindy.
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Fred Bird went room to room in assisted living and found Virginia Binzel, who always has a hug and a smile for everyone!
Allison Kelly, lifestyle assistant, was in the Cardinal spirit with a ballpark favorite snack, popcorn!
is published monthly for residents and friends of Aberdeen Heights by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at: PresbyterianManors.org. Lily Landy, health care administrator Rick Cumberland, executive director To submit or suggest articles for this publication, contact Bethany Holohan, life enrichment director, bholohan@pmma.org. Telephone: 314-909-6010 Address: 505 Couch Ave., Kirkwood, MO 63122 Our mission: We provide quality senior services guided by Christian values.
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Resident Betty Spence, who friends say has always been the life of the party, cozied up to Fred Bird.
Resident Don Otto, who wears his hat for every game, attended the opening day party and enjoyed listening to “Take Me out to the Ballgame” by accordion player Jessica Agnew. Like us on Facebook
Marianne’s birthday celebration Resident Marianne Spiegelhalter celebrated her birthday in The Glen with friends. When family from Illinois could not be in town, they arranged for flowers and cake to be delivered, and friends joined Marianne. It just happened to be happy hour that day, so it was a real party! Pictured with Marianne are friends Marian Senger, Joan Brust and Jean Lange.
Hilde Messer was visited by her sister Maryanne, who came all the way from Germany and stayed 10 days! Maryanne only speaks German. Allison Kelly, lifestyle assistant, took German for six years and had a chance to practice her German. Doing so made Allison remember why she loved the language so much. Maryanne joined Hilde and her husband Nick at happy hour in The Glen, listening to cellist Ranya Iqbual.
Family visits It is always especially nice to see residents of The Glen have family visit! We can tell our residents are well loved and so special when family is visiting from far and wide.
Right: Doris Thomas was visited by her daughter, who lives in Dallas. The two enjoyed happy hour. The cellist played one of her favorite songs, “Oh Danny Boy.”
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individuals, retain their rights to life, standard for providing quality senior liberty and the pursuit of happiness. services; the purple diamond refers to the faith-based mission that is The logo has three different fulfilled daily by the staff members diamond colors, utilizing colors at each PMMA community; the from the previous PMMA logos. Aberdeen green diamond refers to The diamond elements sit atop the commitment to healthy living the “V” elements to signify the through the intentional balance of core purpose of our organization. physical, emotional, social, spiritual The PMMA gold diamond relates to the Presbyterian Manor gold and intellectual components of Like us on Facebook
wellness. Over the next several months, you will begin to see the new logos in our communications, advertising, and signage. We look forward to continuing to provide you with the quality senior services guided by Christian values that you have come to expect. The Glen at Aberdeen Heights
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Son Chuck Moses and daughter Kathy join mom on her 90th birthday.
Birthday Community Matters on the go celebration Don’t forget to take your Community Matters on the go! We don’t have a contest lined up yet, but if we did, the award for “Out with the latest with an issue of Community Matters” would
go to resident Dottie Gray, who took the Community Matters to a music venue that also doubles as a sculpture garden and art house! Pictured with Dottie are daughters Mary and Patty and son-in-law Jim!
Resident Jean Moses celebrated her 90th Birthday April 21. Jean was joined by friends and family at a special birthday party. Family traveled from South Carolina, Tennessee and elsewhere to join our sweet friend Jean. The party was catered by Butler’s Pantry, and daughter-in law Lisa made wonderful centerpieces with vintage records. Daughter Kathy prepared a slideshow chronicling Jean’s life.
Opera theater Thanks to John Rorris, a resident who doubles as Santa Claus at the holidays, for introducing us to Opera Theatre St. Louis.Residents were offered two presentations by docent Sol Guber, Rigoletto and The
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Marriage of Figuro. The programs were interesting! Pictured with Sol are residents Joan Murphy, Jean Fogerty, Dotty Mill, Gerry Grossman, Mary Ellen and John Vogel.
Jean Moses and her birthday cake, both pretty in pink. Like us on Facebook
Resident Jean Fogerty was joined by her grandson Kevin Mulder and family. Her grandson just moved back to St. Louis after coaching baseball at Murray State, and he will now be coaching at Jefferson County College. Welcome back to St. Louis! We bet Grandma Fogerty is happy to have you back!
Above: Front row, from left–Lynn Hamlin, Antonio Vaquero, Mary Ann Hamlin, Alba Vaquero. Back row, from left–Sue Dorsey, Marcos Vaquero (baby), Jim McNeil, Easter bunny and Megan McNeil. Left: Receiving the prize for longest distance traveled was Glen resident MaryAnn Hamlin’s granddaughter and her husband, who traveled all the way from their home in Madrid, Spain! They brought their daughter and new baby.
Annual Easter egg hunt
Thanks so much to Dining Services Latonya Gish, whose daughters Larisha Gill and Zoe Gill helped blow up 50 balloons and helped with arts and crafts.
The weather cooperated and some children even shared their eggs. Residents enjoyed watching from inside and some came outside to see the kids hunt for eggs.
The weather was perfect for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Thank you to Michelle Santel, admissions coordinator, for being such a wonderful Easter Bunny. Residents, family members, staff and their families had Easter donuts, fruit, juice and did crafts. Like us on Facebook
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Stephanie has a passion for volleyball, and of course a chef ’s hat was perfect for Greg.
Going away party
Stephanie Ameis, lifestyle assistant, and Greg Stelzner with dining services had a going away party. Stephanie is pursuing a career in the social work field. Greg is going full-time with his Halloween-related business, The Nightmare Shop. The Halloween industry is one of the fastest growing in the U.S., so we wish Greg luck.
Stephanie and Rita Seiler: Was it a coincidence? Rita wore a sweater to match the balloon bouquet at Stephanie’s going away party.
Honor the people who make our community great. Make a gift to the Employee Scholarship Program today. Stop by the front desk today for more information.
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