Aberdeen Heights
JANUARY 2020
Adventures abound when a penguin gets cold feet
Bruce Shogren, PMMA president and CEO, left, and Bill Taylor, PMMA COO, right, present Rick Cumberland, executive director, with a certificate of recognition at the Emerald Award banquet Nov. 13.
If the idea of a penguin getting cold feet doesn’t make sense to you, then you haven’t read the children’s book written by Carole Beere and illustrated by Pat Neilson. The duo visited Aberdeen Heights to share their collaboration, “The Penguin Had Cold Feet.” The story “The Penguin Had Cold Feet” follows the adventures of Markus, a baby emperor penguin. Moments after hatching, Markus announces his feet are cold. He sets out to find a solution on his own when no one in Antarctica knows how to help. “I often get asked how did I come up with the idea, and I don’t know,” said Carole. “This has been five years in the making. The toughest part was we couldn’t come up with a solution. That took the better part of a year of talking with my grandkids to come up with an answer.” Carole published several books and journal articles during her career as an academic, but writing a children’s book used a different skillset. “I have written quite a few books, but not for this audience,” Carole said. “My grandchildren who live in Germany would ask me to tell them a story, so I’ve always made up stories. I used to make up stories when I was a kid, and I would pretend they were true, though it was clear they were not.” What is a true story is the friendship that developed between Carole and Pat as they collaborated on the book. Pat, who worked as an art teacher for more than 20 years, lives in the PENGUIN - continued on page 2
Aberdeen Heights honored for achievements Aberdeen Heights received a certificate of recognition from PMMA (Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America) for reaching goals in fiscal year 2019, covering the months of July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, during a banquet November 13 in Wichita, Kan.
The recognition came through PMMA’s Emerald Awards Program, designed to encourage its 16 campuses and two hospices to achieve high levels of resident and employee satisfaction, meet financial goals, build philanthropic support for the organization’s HONOR - continued on page 2
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