Commun ty Matters Lawrence Presbyterian Manor
July 2015
New giving option now available Your old vehicle could help “drive” the Good Samaritan Program at a Presbyterian Manor senior living community of your choice. You can donate your car, truck, boat or other unneeded vehicle through PMMA’s new vehicle donation program. When you call the toll-free number, we’ll arrange to pick up the vehicle, even if it’s not running.You will need to provide your vehicle’s title with the vehicle. Its sale price is then tax deductible.You can consult IRS Publication 526 to help you figure its current value. To make your vehicle donation or for more information, call toll free, seven days a week, at 844-490-GIVE (4483), or go to LawrencePresbManorCarDonations.org and choose “Donate Now” to access the online form. Vehicles need to be intact and in towable condition. Exceptions to the program are vehicles whose value would not offset the cost of towing. The PMMA Good Samaritan Program provides financial assistance to residents at any of the 18 communities, who exhaust their CARS, continued on page 2
Traveling in our Airstream
Couple recalls fond memories of home-away-from-home By Henry and Kerstin Roberts
We had no plans of buying an Airstream trailer as we approached our retirement years. Henry saw one in a yard in the country with a “For Sale” sign, stopped to ask about it, and then asked me to go and look at it with him. We thought it might be an adventure to go off and see places in the United States and take a “home” right along behind us. In our home-away-from-home, we have a refrigerator/freezer, 3 burner stove top, microwave/convection oven, double sink, water heater, air conditioning and heating, queen size bed, TV and living/dining area, and bathroom with shower. Our own pillows! Kerstin enjoys the economy of seeing the USA without the cost of motels. We do eat some meals out, but also Henry always loves grilling outdoors and does lots of our cooking. Henry writes, “We purchased our first Airstream trailer in 1998, and are now in our third trailer. I pull it with a half-ton Chevy pickup truck that has a towing 6-speed transmission and a 6.2 liter engine. TRAVEL, continued on page 2