Summer 2016
SHOLOM FOUNDATION Our mission is to raise sufficient endowment and annual funds to generate financial support for Sholom services and facilities; and to promote excellence in care to those served by Sholom for generations to come. SHOLOM For over 100 years, providing a broad continuum of residential, social, and health care services primarily for older adults and within a Jewish environment. SHOLOM AUXILIARY For added comfort and care of those served by Sholom.
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Sholom Announces New CEO!
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holom is pleased to announce, by unanimous vote of the Sholom Board of Directors, the selection of Barbara Klick as the new Chief Executive Officer of Sholom.
A highly motivated healthcare professional, Ms. Klick has served for the last nine years as the Chief Operating Officer for Fairview Physicians Associates managing a network of over 2500 physicians. “Barbara has an extensive background in executive management in health care environments. Additionally, her time as a registered nurse and managing trauma and ambulatory centers have given her a deep understanding of clinical care delivery pathways. This was an added bonus, we didn’t expect to find,” says Chuck Selcer, Sholom Board President. continued on page 2
Recipe for Making Every Life a Story Worth Telling.... • What do twenty seniors composing words and music for a song to welcome newcomers to the Shaller Family Sholom East Campus have in common with residents of Hodroff Memory Care on the Ackerberg Family Sholom West Campus making small collages of their life experiences that will fill a recipe box with memories of their lives? • How do we measure the impact of several adorable preschoolers learning songs to sing with Sholom elders, most of whom are at least 90 years older than the youngsters?
“Joyful Drummers” on the Shaller Family Sholom East Campus in the MacPhail drumming program funded by the Firefly grant.
• What happens when tenants at Knollwood Place request a “Drumming” class and find themselves “channeling” Gene Krupa with their new found talent on the drums? For a listing of all donations, see pages 10-15
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