Spirit magazine Q2 2018

VOLUME 7 • ISSUE 2 • SPRING 2018

M A G A Z I N E Celebrating the Spirit® Master of Ministry PAGE 2

Residents Continue Ritual of Giving PAGE 4

UCH: Making an Impact PAGE 5

Transforming Aging

2017 Annual Report

A WORD FROM THE CEO Lik e a Tr ee Pl a n ted

By Water: We are into March Madness as I write these words, and a unique story caught my eye. The Loyola men’s basketball team has a “chaplain” for their team. She is a 98-year-old retired nun who has a long association with the university and the team. Her job is to provide spiritual support and scout opponents. Talk about the mix of spiritual and secular purpose!

Her role is to pray before games, support the players and cull through the stats of each opponent, analyzing their strengths and vulnerabilities. She is loving life and court sidelines!

Our vision at United Church Homes is to create experiences of abundant life in community.

We celebrate the spirit of so many who stay vital and engaged well into their later years.

A 98-year-old nun who has been mentor, coach and colleague over so many years surely has made a tremendous and continuing impact on all the people she meets. We honor people such as this who experience an abundance of purpose, community and meaning.

We also celebrate the progress toward achieving our vision through the accomplishments of 2017. United Church Homes’ Board, staff and residents have been busy moving forward and navigating many challenges but keeping sight on our vision and mission. Like a tree planted by a stream, UCH’s roots tap deeper sources of sustaining energy that enable us to grow the impact of our mission.

Rev. Kenneth Daniel President and CEO

Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.

They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream.

It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; In the year of drought, it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.

(Jeremiah 17:7-8)

In 2017 we celebrated the following accomplishments: • Raised our quality performance with our skilled communities achieving 4-star quality or better through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; • Harmar Place and Patriot Ridge Community earned the national Silver Quality Award from the American Health Care Association, joining Chapel Hill Community and SEM Haven in this elite circle. In addition, Four Winds Community earned state recognition for its effort to improve certain clinical quality benchmarks; • E xpanded affordable housing portfolio with acquisitions of three communities in Minnesota and Mississippi; • Broke ground on new independent living cottages at Parkvue Community and completed major capital projects at Parkvue Health Care Center, Friendship Village Columbus and SEM Haven Health Care Center; • Began the repositioning of Pilgrim Manor with renovation and expansion of its assisted living apartments; • Completed the three-year, $7.2 million remodeling of our oldest campus, Fairhaven Community; and • Launched a new management affiliation with UCC-related Uplands Village in Pleasant Hill, Tennessee.

A 98-year-old nun cheering on her team to victory is the spirit we celebrate with all of our residents and staff. Our successes of 2017 reflect the passionate coordination of resources and support among our teams, executives and Board members. There is no age limit to pursue our vision of creating abundant life for those we serve.

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VOLUME 7 • ISSUE 2 • SPRING 2018

M A G A Z I N E Celebrating the Spirit® Master of Ministry

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Residents Continue Ritual of Giving PAGE 4

UCH: Making an Impact PAGE 5

Transforming Aging

2017 Annual Report

M A G A Z I N E

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FEATURES

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Master of Ministry

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Residents Continue Ritual of Giving

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United Church Homes: Making an Impact

Rev. Greta Wagner retires after building foundational CPE program

More than $20,000 donated from chapel services

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Communities benefit from UCH time, talents

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE 2018 Annual Symposium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2017: A Year of Opportunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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2017 Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Pillar Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2017 Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 UCH Board Sees End of Legacy, Welcomes New Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Housing Residents Receive Needed Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Two Find UCH Amid Homelessness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Community Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Tyson Whistler Brings Passion to Ice Sculpting . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Rev. Greta Wagner retired in April as director of pastoral care and Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at United Church Homes’ Trinity Community. Her innovative spirit lives on in the vibrant life of Trinity Community in Beavercreek, Ohio.

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ev. Greta is among 600 pastoral educators certified by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE). She was brought on board with UCH in September 2013 to implement the vision of Rev. Kenneth Daniel, United Church Homes president and CEO, for CPE in Trinity’s life plan community.

Experiencing Trinity’s wise residents, the organizational vision of creating abundant life for those served and the collaborative Trinity team led by Laura Farrell, LHNA, she knew that Trinity was poised to nurture a robust CPE program in a nontraditional CPE setting.

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Rev. Greta received a President’s Award of Distinction for her leadership and innovation from Rev. Daniel during a retirement celebration April 5.

“Greta Wagner was the right person at the right time to develop and launch our Clinical Pastoral Education program,” Rev. Daniel said. “She has the dedication and passion for the mission of CPE. Many of our students have stated that this program literally changed the direction of their lives personally and professionally.”

Under Rev. Greta’s leadership, in December 2013, ACPE granted Trinity CPE status as a satellite of the Sisters of Charity Health System.

Trinity attained status as an ACPE Center in its own right in May 2016.

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As CPE director and certified educator of eight CPE units at Trinity, Rev. Greta supervised 33 CPE graduates. A creative CPE curriculum to develop pastoral identity and authority included each student’s enactment of a pastoral image project. Rev. Greta identified her own pastoral image of a “midwife” as a CPE educator and instrumental presence with her students.

“ As a midwife, I am aware it is up to the student and God to decide what will be birthed,” Rev. Greta said.

CPE students serve as chaplain interns who learn to provide effective, empathic pastoral care. They learn the art of pastoral preaching and leading worship services attuned to spiritual needs of older adults.

Rev. Dale Brown, a boardcertified chaplain, serves in the program to provide pastoral mentoring for CPE students.

Rev. Greta’s education, professional experience and call to ordained ministry have been creatively wrought.

She observed excellent long-term care for older adults during her childhood. Her Aunt Tats, a registered nurse, owned and directed the Healy Nursing Home in a Victorian home in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, suburbs. A welcoming, immaculate environment reflected the exquisite care provided each resident. Her Aunt Tats’ hospitality and inclusion extended to fair employment of women who served as nurses, aides, housekeepers and cooks.

Rev. Greta earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 1970, actively serving as a registered nurse for 17 years. In 1986, she earned a master’s degree in religious studies in Philadelphia.

She received her Master of Divinity degree in 1991 from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 1990, she was called as the first female associate pastor of First Baptist in Lima, Ohio, where she was ordained March 10, 1991. Upon completion of four units of CPE, Rev. Greta was endorsed for specialized ministry as a professional chaplain in 1997.

She served as an ICU and openheart chaplain at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, and regional director of spirituality, ACPE supervisory education student and ACPE-certified associate supervisor for Geisinger Health System. Greta was granted full status as an ACPE-certified supervisor/educator in May 2014.

When Rev. Greta began her position at Trinity, her goals — all of which were accomplished — were ambitious. Her aspirations were to: • Establish creative CPE programs in an innovative, nontraditional setting; • Offer seminary students, pastors and those discerning the call to ministry opportunities to develop pastoral competence in long-term pastoral relationships (rarely possible in CPE hospital-based programs); • Prepare CPE students to wholeheartedly and vulnerably engage others in ways meaningful to the recipient of pastoral care; • Be an advocate for the spiritual care of older adults, an increasingly marginalized population within and beyond the church; • Invite students to rigorously participate in self-reflective learning, equipping for their futures within and beyond congregations; and • Support United Church Homes’ commitment to foster ministry in the church.

Rev. Greta has seen her ministries make a difference, reflecting on the impact of Council for Health and Human Service Ministries (CHHSM) of the United Church of Christ.

Introduced to CHHSM in 2015, Greta was inspired by President and CEO Mike Readinger’s inaugural address, which led her to seek and receive UCC recognition of her ordained ministry.

Rev. Greta’s greatest joys are her daughters and their families: Beth (Bob) Sokolowski, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and their daughter, Ana, 17; and Jacqui (Brad) Schlachter, of Findlay, Ohio, and their children, Blake, 6, and Macie, 4. She loves being known to her family as “Muzzy,” an Irish grandmother.

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UCH Welcomes Linda Grant United Church Homes and the Trinity Community ACPE Center welcome Rev. Linda C. Grant, MDiv, a board-certified chaplain and ACPE-certified educator who has been hired to fill the role of director of pastoral care and CPE ACPEcertified educator. Rev. Linda comes from Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania, where she served as departmental liaison and preceptor at Penn State Children’s Hospital. Previously, she served in various roles related to chaplaincy and ACPE education at St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Northeast Health System, Beverly, Massachusetts; and Beacon Hospital, Charleston, Massachusetts.

Rev. Greta concludes her tenure with Trinity’s well-organized CPE program with deep fulfillment for the opportunity to collaboratively establish a solid foundation for Clinical Pastoral Education. During the 2017-18 CPE extended unit graduation ceremony, Rev. Greta was recognized by UCH Vice President of Advancement and Communications Gloria T. Hurwitz, chair of the Professional Advisory Group, for her “cascading excellence.”

Rev. Greta is looking forward to pursuing her lifelong love of learning in a Doctor of Ministry program at Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit. Pastorally, Rev. Greta is anxious to see the new ways transformative learning will evolve in Trinity’s CPE program as an accredited Center of ACPE, the gold standard for spiritual care and education.

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or residents of United Church Homes communities, giving is a way of life and a ritual to which they are deeply committed.

Residents of Chapel Hill, Fairhaven, Parkvue and Trinity communities collectively gave more than $20,300 to local, national and international charities in 2017 through worship service collections.

This practice has deep meaning for many people who choose to live at United Church Homes.

“The residents love to give,” said Rev. Dr. Becky King, chaplain at Fairhaven Community in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and dean of chaplains at UCH. “One hundred percent of their gifts are given to charities of their choice. Some people bring coins; some people bring bills. Some are able to offer prayers as their gift.”

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Many residents of Trinity Community of Beavercreek, Ohio, have a long history in the United Church of Christ, of which UCH is an affiliate.

Rev. Dale Brown, chaplain at Trinity Community, said residents often advocate for contributions to the United Church of Christ’s Global Ministries to spread the word and cause of Christ to the world.

Other times, residents elect to give their contributions to local charities or nonprofit organizations, such as food banks, homeless and domestic violence ministries and organizations like the Alzheimer’s Association.

The faithful also help their peers by giving to the community’s Life Enrichment Fund. This fund provides resources for life enrichment, group outings and other resident needs.

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“People will bring their bingo money. Even if they only can give four quarters, it’s extremely important to them,” said Rev. Cathy Lawrence, chaplain of Parkvue Community in Sandusky, Ohio.

Recently, at Chapel Hill Community in Canal Fulton, Ohio, residents made their gifts go further with a donor match for the local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity, said Rev. Erin McCreight, chaplain at Chapel Hill. Each year, they also sponsor a child for $500 through Family Village Farm in India’s childelders sponsorship program.

Many of the chaplains share details about the giving from the organizations receiving the funding during mission moments in worship services.

Emily Howard, a chaplain intern at Fairhaven, said she was touched by the energy that giving sparks in residents.

“We’re each called as people living in a faith community to share what we have and give of ourselves, and we’re connected in that way.

It’s part of our faith,” she said.

Results from 2017: 230,239 people benefited from UCH involvement, engagement, education and direct support 14,666 employee hours:

230,239 People Benefited

–8 ,278 of these included staff time in teaching, supervision, mentoring and facilitating conversations, classes and events with students

14,666 Employee Hours $67,819 in Sponsorships

– An estimated 2,078 students had contact with UCH staff members

$42,686 Donated

– This includes the 10 graduates of the summer intensive and extended Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) students who graduated in 2017 Expenses equaling $67,819 for support of programs and organizations that align with UCH’s vision, mission and values

As part of its core value of transparency, UCH has begun documenting community benefits in three areas: Creating Abundant Life in Community

Investment in Transforming Aging

$42,686 were donated to sponsor partner organizations and events

Building a Culture of Community, Wholeness and Peace

UCH donated an estimated $20,352 in-kind donations

Staff members track data related to the mission, vision and values by answering questions such as: “ How can we help to build influence in the larger culture and nurture their understanding of Abundant Life?”

“ How does our mission lead us into the larger community to help transform aging there?”

“ What are the things we do in our communities that contribute to building the culture of community, wholeness and peace, thanks to the philanthropic support of others?”

Total uncompensated care: $11.8 million Cost of providing full-time chaplains at all UCH communities: $630,963

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018 Join United Church Homes’ Ruth Frost Parker Center for Abundant Aging for an interdisciplinary conversation about Abundant Aging through the end of life.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Dr. Ira Byock,

AFTERNOON PANELISTS: will share the role of faith for end-of-life decisions

Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Institute for Human Caring, Providence of Health and Services, California Ira Byock, MD, FAAHPM, is a leading palliative care physician, author and public advocate for improving care through the end of life.

Presenting: Surprising Opportunities for Well-Being Through the End of Life and What Mortality Has to Teach Us About Living

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Marriott Columbus University Area 3100 Olentangy River Road Columbus, Ohio 43202

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Rev. David T. Ball, JD, PhD Partner, Rosenberg & Ball Co., LPA

Rabbi Wendy Ungar, MaHL, BCC, ACP Advanced Chaplain Practitioner, Palliative Care Team, Riverside Methodist Hospital

Lama Kathy Wesley Resident Teacher, Columbus Karma Thegsum Chöling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center

Asma MobinUddin, MD, FAAP Lead Physician, Clinical Bioethics Consultation Service, The Ohio State University Center for Bioethics

Professional development is essential to fulfill the mission and vision of United Church Homes, so we continue to invest in our greatest resource — our people. Certified and highly trained staff members provide the best in services and supports for the people we serve.

A YEAR OF OPPORTUNITY Chairman, United Church Homes Board of Directors 2017 Board of Directors:

Rev. Kathryn Anadein Dr. Trevor Bates Rev. Geoffrey A. Black Rev. Daniel L. Busch Rev. John Cramton Mrs. Suzanne S. Ellis Rev. John Gantt Ms. Cathy Green Mr. James L. Henry Mr. Robert P. Lee* Ms. Sandy Lindahl Mr. Philip E. Mallott Dr. Alan B. Mikesell Mr. Phil Moots Ms. Diane Moreno Zerby Mrs. Susan Sheidler Rev. David V. Schwab Mrs. Jean Szilagyi Rev. Robert Tussing Mr. Karl Ulrich *Deceased

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ast year was one full of opportunities and challenges for United Church Homes.

In 2017, we expanded our capacity to serve older adults in 14 states and two Native American nations, extending our mission to new territory. We also are committed to seeking out and creating ways to enrich the lives of people living in our communities. We continue to expand memory care life enrichment programs like Comfort Matters, Opening Minds through Art and Music & Memory while identifying new ways to make a difference in the lives of the people we serve.

Providing quality care is a focus for UCH. One measure that we use is the 5-Star Quality Measure from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). I’m pleased to report that UCH has demonstrated excellence as a leader in quality in the state of Ohio and beyond. All 12 United Church Homes owned and managed communities that offer nursing care have earned five stars on quality! That is a remarkable example of the hard work and dedication of our team members who serve older adults every day. unitedchurchhomes.org

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In 2017, United Church Homes also invested in other ways: an expansion of Parkvue Community in Sandusky, Ohio, where 10 state-of-the-art cottages are being constructed; a renovation and expansion of the assisted living center at Pilgrim Manor in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and major renovations at two managed communities, SEM Haven in Milford, Ohio, and Friendship Village Columbus. Additionally, we welcomed Harmony Apartments in Pleasant Hill, Minnesota, into the family of affordable housing properties in 14 states across the U.S. The year also saw the completion of a three-year renovation at United Church Homes’ flagship campus, Fairhaven Community in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. We rededicated the campus while simultaneously kicking off the comprehensive Campaign for Abundant Life, a historic five-year effort to raise $20 million so United Church Homes can continue providing abundant life in community well into the future.

The UCH Board regularly evaluates itself and looks for ways to improve.

During 2017, we completed a selfassessment and approved bylaw changes for a more compact board of 12-15 members. We also implemented a new committee structure, which we believe will enhance governance.

We look forward to continuing our work to be servant leaders throughout United Church Homes communities and outside of our doors in 2018!

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Financial Overview – 2017 Annual Report For the 12 months ending December 31, 2017

Financial data relating to United Church Homes, Inc., and affiliates has been combined with data of several affiliates including the long-term care (LTC) communities, affiliated housing entities, central office, advancement, Ruth Parker Center for Abundant Aging, United Church Homes Management, Inc., and Pilgrim Manor Foundation. (all numbers are shown in thousands)

Management Services $1,569

Revenue

$101,303

LTC Government Service Revenues

45,459

LTC Resident Service Revenues

35,240

Affordable Housing

16,442

Management Services

1,569

Other Revenues

2,592

Other Revenues $2,592

Affordable Housing $16,442

LTC Government Service Revenues $45,459

LTC Resident Service Revenues $35,240

Expenses

Depreciation $8,823

$104,583

Personnel

53,235

Facilities

15,464

General Operations

13,008

Administrative Support

12,194

Interest

1,860

Depreciation

8,823

Interest $1,860 Administrative Support $12,194

Personnel $53,235 General Operations $13,008

Facilities $15,464

Other Income Specific Purpose Contributions, Temporarily Restricted

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Bequests and Contributions

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Investment Income

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Endowment Contributions, Permanently Restricted

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Other Gains and Losses, net

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Investment Income $4,969

Bequests and Contributions $1,744

$200,047 $169,449

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$160,000

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Uncompensated Care – 2017 Annual Report For the 12 months ending December 31, 2017

United Church Homes has been “Celebrating the Spirit” of seniors for more than a century. The nonprofit, faith-based organization is one of the nation’s largest providers of senior living services, with more than 1,800 dedicated staff serving nearly 5,000 residents of all faiths in 72 senior living communities in 14 states and two Native American nations. UCH is in covenant with the United Church of Christ and welcomes residents of all faiths. Through our residential services, in 2017, we provided over $11.8 million of uncompensated charity care that was not reimbursed by user fees or government funding.

Uncompensated Charity Care

$11,882

Medicaid Provider Deficit - Long-term Healthcare

9,400

Medicaid Provider Deficit - Assisted Living

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United Church Homes Affordable Housing

977

Community Education and Spiritual Care Programs

658

Benevolent Care Benefits Independent/Assisted Living

281

Uncompensated Care Affordable Housing

1,312 2,158

Four Winds Community

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Medicaid Provider Deficit - Assisted Living $566 Medicaid Provider Deficit Long-term Healthcare $9,400

UCH Sponsored Affordable Housing $977 Pilgrim Manor Community $552

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Harmar Place

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Parkvue Community

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Patriot Ridge Community

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Trinity Community

United Church Homes Affordable Housing $977

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Fairhaven Community

Pilgrim Manor Community

Community Education and Spiritual Care Programs $658

$11,882

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Glenwood Community

Benevolent Care Benefits - Independent/Assisted Living $281

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Trinity Community $1,192 Chapel Hill Community $1,312

Patriot Ridge Community $1,197 Fairhaven Community $2,158 Parkvue Community $1,565

Harmar Place $1,361

Four Winds Community $1,395

Glenwood Community $174

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PILLAR SOCIETY The Pillar Society recognizes those who have remembered our communities through the use of a planned gift. These gifts include bequests, trusts, charitable gift annuities, active named endowments and other estate-planning vehicles.

Anonymous Ms. Grace Amy Anders* Mr. & Mrs. Bruce J. Angell Verna M. Armitage* Mrs. Betty W. Bailey Rev. & Mrs. Paul E. Baumer Mr. Bernard E.* & Mrs. Dorothy A. Beaston Rev. Robert F. Beck* Mrs. Rosanna M. Becker Mr. Harold A. Behnken Mrs. Jean W. Bender* Ms. Linda E. Bilick* Mr. Thomas N. Blandford Mrs. Corinne Boryczka* Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Bowman* Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Bradford Ms. Suzanne M. Braun Mr. Jerrus M. Bryant* Mr. & Mrs. Randall L. Buchman Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Donald R. Buckthal Mrs. Jane Buehrer Mr. & Mrs. Bruce R. Burgan* Ms. Vera V. Burge Mrs. Elsa J. Chadwick* Miss Pauline Choate* Mr. Larry W. Clausing Ms. Ellen Louise Collins Mr. Thomas A. Coons* Miss Amy Diller Ms. Margaret D. Dorman* Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Duckson Mr. Roscoe T. Dyke* Robert & Wendy Dykema Ms. Marie Eberhard* Mrs. Suzanne S. Ellis Ms. Adelle B. Elshoff* Miss Joan K. Ernst* Mrs. Judy Evans Mr. William O. Fahrenbruck* Ms. Lida M. Ferguson* Mrs. Grace V. Finney* Dr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Fishel* Mrs. Betty J. Frederiksen*

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Friends of Chapel Hill Community Auxiliary Mr. Herbert M. Fuldner* & Mrs. Marjorie L. Fuldner Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Calvin O. Gerber Mr. William H. Gluesenkamp* & Mrs. Wilma Gluesenkamp John & Cathy Green Zola Graves Mr. Merle & Mrs. Peg Hamilton* Miss Caroline I. Hart* Mrs. Catharine J. Hartzell* Mrs. Ardythe M. Hatchett Doris B. Heartwell* Miss Freda K. Heid* Mrs. Virginia L. Heidt Miss Emily E. Hensley* Mrs. Margaret A. Holfinger Ms. Harriet Homer* Mr. William B. Huff* Mr. & Mrs. Roy C. Humrighouse* Mr. Fred E. Huntley* Gloria T. Hurwitz Mr. & Mrs. Delmar W. Indorf* Mrs. Grace E. Johnson* Miss Mariesther Johnson* Kevin & Karen Johnston Dorothy L. Jones Rev. Anne D. Kear Mrs. Margaret A. Keener Mr. John T. Kelsey* & Mrs. Charlene Kelsey Ms. Madolyn L. Key* Mr. & Mrs. William R. Kiesel Rev. Dr. Paul B. Kiewit Rev. & Mrs. Erwin R. Koch Mrs. Evangeline K. Kohler* Miss Helen H. Kottlowski* Mr. & Mrs. William A. Kroft Rev. & Mrs. John Krueger Mr. William J. Lange* Mrs. Martha L. Lebold* Mrs. Brinley R. Lewis Mrs. Anne K. Liston

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Mrs. Mary Ann Luecke Mr. Gary M. Mahaffey Margaret D. Dorman* Mrs. Darlene K. Marrs Mrs. Naomi R. Martin* Mr. & Mrs. Philip & Mary Maurer* Mr. & Mrs. James E. Minehart, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David S. Nice Mrs. Ruth F. Parker* Rev. & Mrs. Erling W. Peterson* Mrs. Ada May Pfiester* Mrs. Anna M. Phipps* Miss Mary E. Pieper* Mrs. Anna L. Prentice* Dr. Wayne H. Pressler* & Mrs. Patricia Pressler Rev. Dr. Ralph C. Quellhorst & Mrs. Sue Quellhorst* Rev. John Rainey & Rev. Eugene P. Finnegan Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Rainger Mr. Joe L. Randles* Lucille A. Read John & Barbara Renner Miss Virginia C. Rensch* Mr. & Mrs. Clinton E. Retzsch* Mrs. Kathryn Sanders Rieder* Mrs. Marian E. Rohrbaugh* Dr. Carl Rothe* & Mrs. Mary Lou Rothe Miss Maryalice Roush Rev. Glenn J. Royer* & Mrs. Mildred “Millie” Royer* Ms. Carolyn F. Ryan* Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Rynard, Sr. Mr. Arthur Sams Mr. William Sams Rev. Russell C. Sawmiller, Jr. Miss Marvis Schaaf* Mr. George H. Schmitz* Miss Ruth J. Schnier Rev. & Mrs. Victor H. Schoen Estate* Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Scholl*

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Rev. Theodore L. Schory, III Rev. Alfred W. Schroeder & Mrs. Catherine A. Sprague Mr. & Mrs. Bernard L. Schroer The Seider Memorial* Mrs. Ruth Shelton* Rev. Dr. Roger L. Shinn* & Mrs. Katharine C. Shinn* Mrs. Helen N. Smith Mrs. Priscilla W. Smythe Alta Sorrell* Roy D. Speigle* Rev. Louis C. Speller* & Mrs. Mary Anna Speller Dr. & Mrs. John C. Stahler* Mrs. Hazel Steinmetz* Mrs. Ruth A. Stonebrook* Mrs. Elizabeth M. Stricker* Miss Charline Thornburg* Ms. Mary T. Tymeson Mr. Michael Uberta Mrs. Elizabeth Van* Mrs. Martha Van Sickle* Mrs. E. Kathryn Wadsworth* Rev. Greta Wagner Mr. Robert J. & Mrs. Betty Walker* Mrs. Ruth E. Webster* Mr. & Mrs. Ford R. Weyrick* Judith Whitwer Cheryl & Steve Wickersham Mr. Alfred A. Wilhelm* Ms. Barbara Willardo Jan Williams Mrs. Mary D. Winningham* Mr. C. William Witte* Mr. Frederick A. Wolfram* Mrs. Amy C. Wolsdorf Joanne W. Woods* Rev. Arden Yakimow Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Young Rev. & Mrs. Lowell E. Zechiel *Deceased

2017 DONORS We are grateful for the generosity of our donors. The list includes all cash gifts (of $100 or more) received during 2017 for all programs.

Ruth F. Parker Circle ($10,000+)

Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Betz Karl & Patricia Betz Rev. Kenneth V. Daniel Disciples Uniting in the Quad Cities, Davenport, IA Max H. Doering Margaret D. Dorman Trust Ms. Adelle B. Elshoff* Glenwood Residents Association Gordon Food Service Harriet Homer Irrevocable Trust Doris B. Heartwell Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County MLM Charitable Foundation Plante Moran Roy D. Speigle Trust Thomas & Marker Construction Joanne W. Woods*

The President’s Circle ($5,000+)

Verna M. Armitage* Baker Financial Services, LLC James & Shirley Balk Rev. & Mrs. Richard F. Beck Lynn & Stella Bowers Rev. John Cramton Dr. E. Anne Eddowes Mrs. Suzanne S. Ellis Mr. William T. Flickinger Rev. & Mrs. Mark W. Frey Friends of Chapel Hill Community Auxiliary Rev. John M. Gantt Charles J. Gilbert John & Cathy Green Hamilton Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hanseman Mr. & Mrs. James L. Henry Heritage Healthcare Gloria T. Hurwitz L.R. Webber & Associates, Inc. Lake Michigan Credit Union Meijer, Inc. Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management Rev. John Rainey & Rev. Eugene P. Finnegan Mr. John K. Renner Rev. David V. Schwab Scripps Gerontology Center Rev. Louis C. Speller* & Mrs. Mary Anna Speller Mr. Robert L. Spruance

Therapy Management Inc. (TMI) Trinity Home Fellowship, Dayton, OH Western Reserve Association United Church of Christ, Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Robert & Eleanor Diller Inaugural Circle ($2,500+) Rev. Daniel L. Busch Jim & Betts Casey Fairhaven Community Volunteer Service Group First (Park) Congregational UCC, Grand Rapids, MI First Congregational UCC of Rockford, Rockford, MI Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Kutschbach Mr. Daniel LaMore & Mrs. Laura LaMore Ms. Mary Loupee Mercy Health Mr. Ashley G. Miller Noelker and Hull Associates, Inc. Northwest Ohio Association - Ohio Conference UCC, Tiffin, Ohio Mrs. Verna Reber* Mrs. Susan B. Sheidler Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Roger L. Shinn* Kathleen M. Sneden Robert Partridge & Gretchen Tellman-Partridge We Care Medical Cheryl & Steve Wickersham

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Anonymous 668 Xenia Elks Lodge Ali Industries, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce J. Angell Mr. Robert & Valerie Baker Philip & Laurel Balkema Mrs. Dorothy A. Beaston Mr. Harold A. Behnken Ms. Sharayu Bell Mr. Victor T. Berry Rev. Geoffrey A. Black Blue Sky Therapy Management Mr. Robert E. Bowman* Mrs. Jane Buehrer Dr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Cannone CareLinc Medical Equipment & Supply Mr. Suresh Chandra Mr. Larry W. Clausing & Mrs. Donna L. Overholt

David’s United Church of Christ, Kettering, OH Gail O. De Young & Jay Schoeltley East Congregational UCC, Grand Rapids, MI Emanuel United Church of Christ, Upper Sandusky, OH Erhardt Construction Mr. & Mrs. George W. Eyestone Fairhaven Community Country Store Ms. Laura M. Farrell Ms. Lida M. Ferguson* Trust First Church Congregational, Painesville, OH Grand West Association of the Michigan Conference of United Church of Christ, Fruitport, MI Mr. & Mrs. Paul Grassmann J.D., FCEP Mr. & Mrs. Jack Guy HD Supply Facilities Maintenance Mr. Lee D. Hieronymus & Mrs. Cathy Heironymous Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hines The Hylant Group JDH Engineering Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth K. Keller Gordon & Susan Kelly Mr. Paul Kotterman Mr. Scott Kuentz Ms. Sandy Lindahl Mrs. Anne K. Liston Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Lucas Mr. & Mrs. William Lyle Philip E. & Rebecca S. Mallot Dr. Alan & Rev. Elaine Mikesell Rev. & Mrs. John T. Miller MMS Advancement Associates LLC Mr. Charles R. Mooney Mt. Zion Church, Xenia, OH Dr. Khan & Mrs. Liza Nedd Mr. & Mrs. Shaun Nicholson Mr. Vernon Pack Mr. & Mrs. James F. Parker Pilgrim United Church of Christ, Cuyahoga Falls, OH The Pittsburgh Foundation Plymouth United Church of Christ, Grand Rapids, MI Mr. Don Pogoda PPA Graphics, Inc. Rev. Ralph C. Quellhorst River City Flooring Mark & Becky Romich Dietrich & Betty Roth John Scalabrino Second Congregational UCC, Grand Rapids, MI

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St. John’s United Church of Christ, Fostoria, OH Dr. & Mrs. John C. Stahler* Rev. & Mrs. Mark P. Steiner Mr. & Mrs. Herbert W. Steininger The Architectural Group, Inc. Trinity Community of Beavercreek Residents Chapel Fund, Dayton, OH Trinity United Church of Christ, Wooster, OH Rev. Robert Tussing Ms. Mary T. Tymeson United Church of Christ Congregational, Medina, OH Ms. Shirley Vankoevering Mr. & Mrs. Russell J. Visner Walmart Foundation WellCare Health Plans, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Ford R. Weyrick* Loyd & Suzanne Winer Yizumi-HPM Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Young Mr. David C. Zack Ellen Zahed

Matthew & Jane Smith Founders Circle ($250+) Access Advantage Ms. Lisa A. Allen Ms. Melissa Allen Mrs. Sarah A. Allen Mrs. Carla Anderson & Mr. Matthew Todd Anderson Mrs. Cindy L. Arthur Mrs. Betty W. Bailey Ms. Rachel S. Bakies Mr. & Mrs. Bob Baltzer Dr. & Mrs. Trevor M. Bates The Bath United Church of Christ, Akron, OH Ms. Amanda B. Baxter Beavercreek Women’s League Ms. Susan Benson Howard John & Micki Benz Mr. John T. Bertsch Bethany United Church of Christ, Cuyahoga Falls, OH Kenneth Betz Mr. & Mrs. Scott Biller Thomas Blandford Mrs. Rebecca J. Blocksom Ms. Yvonne A. Bobbert Ms. Tracy L. Bohrer Mrs. Marjorie BonDurant Bostwick Lake Congregational UCC, Rockford, MI Ms. Susan Boulton

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2017 DONORS Ms. Dawn N. Boyd Mr. & Mrs. James S. Brady Rev. Dale E. Brown Ms. Tamra Brubaker Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Buell Ms. Carissa M. Burchett Ms. Teresa D. Butler Ms. Mary M. Casey Central Georgia EMC Foundation Ms. Chiew L. Chou Ms. Diane Clift Ms. Alissa Clouse Columbus Outdoor Pursuits Commercial Bank & Trust Company The Community at Parkvue Residents Council on Senior Services Ms. Elizabeth E. Craig Ms. Marsha A. Crewe Ms. Patricia A. Crookston David’s United Church of Christ, Canal Winchester, OH Ms. Emily K. Davis Rev. Gary & Sandra Davis Robert J. DeBoer Donald & Irene Decker Ms. Jamie L. Desiato Ms. Lingling Diao Mr. Richard D. Dible Mr. & Mrs. Leon Diebler Diversified Medical Staffing Ms. Maria R. Dixon Rev. & Mrs. Louis Dorsch Mr. & Mrs. Scott Durbin Ms. Jennifer Dye

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East Congregational UCC, Grand Rapids, MI Mrs. Dorothy E. Eckert Ms. Kathyrn J. Ely Emanuel United Church of Christ Evangelical Reformed, Doylestown, OH Mrs. Wilma L. Farmer Farmersville United Church of Christ, Farmersville, OH Ms. Deborah L. Fedele Mr. & Mrs. Steve J. Ferenczi David & Gloria Figg First Citizens National Bank First Commercial Bank First Congregational Church of Ada, Ada, MI First Congregational United Church of Christ, Sandusky, OH First United Church of Christ, Galion, OH First United Church of Christ, Marion, OH Rev. Ruth Fitzgerald Ms. Erin N. Foos Mr. & Mrs. Forrest O. Frank Ms. Connie S. Frater Mrs. Tonya M. Frederick Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Fredritz Ms. Melanie L. Freeman Mr. & Mrs. Jamie L. Fryberger Ms. Angela A. Galbreath Ms. Sarah Gallagher Ms. Bertha Garrett-Frazier

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Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Gault Ms. Lora Gisondi Ms. Christina Golden Mrs. Carol Gordon Grace United Church of Christ, Lancaster, OH Grace United Church of Christ, Fostoria, OH Ms. Shannon Graver Mr. Brian C. Gregg William & Terril Gregor Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Grieshop Ms. Lizzie Hall Mrs. Amy Harkins Miss Caroline I. Hart* Ms. Jenny R. Heiser Ms. Lori M. Hill Greg & Jeri Hinkle Holbrook & Manter Mrs. Kathryn L. Howell Hudsonville Congregational UCC, Hudsonville, MI Huntington National Bank Rev. Sandra L. Hutchinson & Rev. Kenneth E. Hutchinson Mrs. Alyson L. Issler Ms. Chelsie M. Jaques Mrs. Kelly S. Jerew Ms. Elizabeth M. Jewett Mr. & Mrs. Mark Johnson Ms. Anna Johnson-Winegar Ms. Candace M. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Krishan K. Joshi Kasai North America. Inc. Kearney & Associates W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mr. Ryan L. Kempf Kennari Consulting Kent United Church of Christ, Kent, OH Mrs. Karen S. Kessler Ms. Ashley N. Kincaid Sandy & Diana Kingsland Ms. Airica A. Klepinger Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey J. Klingel Ms. Sheryl L. Koehler Ms. Amy L. Kotterman Mrs. Eileen Kriner Kroft Commons Resident Council Mr. & Mrs. John W. Kropf Rev. & Mrs. John Krueger Ms. Paula K. Kummer L & T Danner Enterprises, Inc. Lake City Bank Ms. Shermane Lawson Mr. Robert P. Lee* & Mrs. Sharon Lee Mrs. Shirley A. Long Rev. Elizabeth Long-Higgins & Rev. David M. Long-Higgins Mrs. Sharon Loomis Mr. Abel S. Lozano Ms. Joeann D. Lozano

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Management & Network Services, LLC Bob and Marilyn Schafer Family Fund of the Marietta Community Foundation Mrs. Darlene K. Marrs Ms. Lori L. Marsh Jerry L. Martin & Tara L. Martin Tanya McCarty Mrs. Janet M. McDaniel Mr. W.C. McFadden Ms. Charlene McGrath McKesson Medical-Surgical Middleburg Heights Community Church, Middleburg Heights, OH Miller Johnson Mrs. Teresita S. Miller Ms. Toni Montgomery Ms. Angela F. Moore Mr. Philip Moots Ms. Diane Moreno Zerby Mr. & Mrs. Steve Moshier Mt. Olivet United Church of Christ, North Lima, OH Kurt Myers New Matamoras United Methodist Church, New Matamoras, OH Ms. Michele I. Newnam Ms. Amy J. Nickelson Rev. Hannah L. Niday North Congregational United Church of Christ, Columbus, OH Ms. Chelsea L. Oliver Mr. & Mrs. Shane Orians Ms. Patty A. Owens Ms. Carol Parsaca Dick & Valerie Peacock Ms. Sonya Phelps Ms. Lisa A. Pinnelas Plattsburg United Church of Christ, South Charleston, OH Point Place United Church of Christ, Toledo, OH Ms. Jacqueline D. Porter Dr. John & Sandra Quick Ms. Teresa L. Quinn Ms. Holliann F. Rapp Ms. Jennifer Raymond Ms. Sue Ann Robert Mr. Richard Roberts Ms. Whitney D. Robinson Ms. Margaret C. Rohrbacher Rolf, Goffman, Martin, Lang Co., L.P.A. Ms. Stephanie L. Roy Ms. Judy G. Rudat Mr. Raymond Rusnak Mr. & Mrs. Monte D. Saam Mr. Cale Sandridge Ms. Kim M. Sanford Ms. Laura M. Sarringhausen Mr. & Mrs. Brian Scalabrino Ms. Tammy S. Schippel

Ms. Debra Schmit Peters Mr. Christopher L. Schneider Mrs. Patty H. Schock Rev. Alfred W. Schroeder & Mrs. Catherine A. Sprague Rev. Joyce Schroer & Mr. Steven A. Schroer Ms. Ramona F. Scott Second Congregational United Church of Christ, Grand Rapids, MI Ms. Sherry Shaver Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Sheets Ms. Shondra S. Shelton Mr. Scott W. Slutz Mr. & Mrs. Dale W. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Smith Mrs. Kaye F. Smith Ms. Rebecca Snodgrass Mr. & Mrs. Dan Spaulding Spencerville United Church of Christ, Spencerville, OH Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Srode St. John’s Evangelical Church, Kenton, OH St. John’s United Church of Christ, Bucyrus, OH St. Paul United Church of Christ, Oak Harbor, OH St. Stephen’s United Church of Christ, Sandusky, OH Miss Susanne M. Starner Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Stephan Mr. Roger Stewart Stratus Innovations Group, LLC Ms. Judy Strickler Miss Crystal L. Swayne Mrs. Brenda Swiger Mrs. S. Jean Szilagyi & Rev. Stephen T. Szilagyi Ms. Kimberly A. Thorp-Sweitzer Mr. & Mrs. Robert Timmons Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Toft Ms. Mary Townsend Ms. Jessica R. Trimbach Trinity United Church of Christ, Canal Fulton, OH Trinity United Church of Christ, Canton, OH Trinity United Church of Christ, Fairborn, OH Trinity United Church of Christ, Tiffin, OH Truist Mr. & Mrs. Karl R. Ulrich United Church Homes Central Office Employees Ms. Corrye A. Vaughan Mr. Richard A. Vaughan Vos Glass, LLC Rev. Greta Wagner Mrs. Heather Walker

Ms. Angela M. Ward Ms. Stacie A. Ward & Mr. Terry Ward Rev. & Mrs. Steven E. Wardwell Mrs. Karen S. Webb Ms. Jessica M. Webley Virginia Weidenfeller Ms. Julie E. Wenzinger Westerville Community United Church of Christ, Westerville, OH Ms. Barbara Wetzel Ms. Carol K. Wheeler Ms. Renee D. Wilburn Ms. Barbara Willardo Mrs. Kathleen M. Wojcehowicz Ms. Trudy J. Wolford Ms. Kandi S. Wormsley Mr. Eugene W. Woy Ms. Kathleen S. Yeager Ms. Kimberly K. Yingling Janet Zahn Ms. Mary K. Ziomkowski Zion United Church of Christ, North Canton, OH Zion United Church of Christ, Decatur, IN Zion United Church of Christ (Lytton), Delta, OH

Society of Stephen Circle ($100 +)

Anonymous Alabama Planned Giving Council Mr. & Ms. Donald Adams Mr. Robert L. Adams Mrs. Ruth M. Adams Ms. Tori L. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Dave Adkinson Mr. & Mrs. Neil D. Allen Ms. Sonya M. Allomong Ms. Lillian O. Amon Melissa J. Anderson Carl Apple Ms. Pamela S. Arnold Ms. Cassi L. Babcock Ms. Pamela Bailey Ms. Donna L. Baker Ms. Sandra L. Bash Mr. & Mrs. Brad Batton Mr. & Mrs. Duane Bayman Wayne E. Beehler Ms. Brandy L. Berlin Ms. Linda K. Berry Ms. Linda R. Bethke Mrs. Norma B. Blair Ms. Alisa R. Blake Bloomville United Church of Christ, Bloomville, OH Dianne Boozer Mr. & Mrs. William H. Borgen Ms. Alicia Borghese

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis A. Boulis Mr. & Mrs. Greg Bowen Mrs. Susan E. Bowling Branch Banking & Trust Company Ms. Suzanne M. Braun Mr. Michael D. Bricker Ms. Halley A. Brittingham Ms. Eileen M. Britton Mrs. Aurelia R. Brombacher Ms. Beth C. Brothers Ms. Nicole L. Brown Ms. Trisha R. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Brownfield Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Buchanan Douglas Burd Ms. Taylor L. Burger Hon. Sara Smolenski & Ms. Linda Burpee Ms. Rachel R. Butcher Ms. Catharine L. Caldwell Ms. Lynne M. Calton Ms. Cassandra M. Camp The Caref Family Mr. & Mrs. David L. Carnell Mr. Edward J. Casey Mr. & Mrs. Joel W. Castanien Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence C. Cattran Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Caudy Ms. Sadie R. Chamberlain Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Channell Ms. Jessica S. Chapman Ms. Janet V. Chase Ms. Gracie E. Chilcote Christ United Church of Christ, Orrville, OH Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Cirigliano Ms. Rachel L. Clark Ms. Karen S. Clinger Mrs. Carla J. Comer Mr. Charles B. Cork The Council for Health and Human Service Ministries Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Courtad Ms. Martha I. Cox Ms. Teresa A. Crabtree Ms. Toni E. Crabtree Ms. Maxine Cramton Mr. Peter L. Crema Ms. Derella R. Crews Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Crooks Ms. Cathy A. Croy Ms. Kathleen T. Cruse Ms. Angela M. Curtin Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Daris Ms. Christy L. Davis Ms. Katie L. Davis Ms. Magdalena N. Davis Ms. Elizabeth C. Debay Mr. Reuben DeBolt Ms. Nicole M. Decker Ms. Elise M. Deer

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Ms. Stephanie Dennis Rev. Paul E. Deppen Ms. Mary L. Dickman Mrs. Mary Louise Diebler Ms. Amanda DiFilippo Mrs. Linda P. Ditzler & Mr. James A. Ditzler Mrs. Diane S. Downing Mr. & Mrs. Harry Drury Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Duckson Mr. & Mrs. Carl L. Dufford Ms. Charmain E. Edwards Ms. Tonya R. Edwards Mrs. Freda M. Eldridge Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Bluffton, OH Ms. Gina M. Erhardt Mr. & Mrs. Richard Eyestone Mr. Mathew J. Fahrenkrug Jan and Joan Fair Mr. William W. Farrar Mr. Richard Farrell Mr. Joe M. Farren Ms. Melissa A. Faught Mr. Frederick P. Feicht Ms. Judith I. Field First Congregational Church of Ravenna, Ohio, UCC, Ravenna, OH First Congregational United Church of Christ, Fremont, OH First Congregational United Church of Christ, Columbus, OH Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Flanagan Ms. Jessica M. Florence Ms. Tiffany D. Forsythe Ms. Brieanna S. Fought Ms. Elizabeth A. Fox Mr. Thomas A. Fox Mrs. Gloria Fraley Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Frederick Dr. Donald L. Freidenberg, D.O. Mrs. Mary M. Frericks Mrs. Sharon Frisch Ms. Belinda L. Gaspard Ms. Jill Gebben Mr. Larry Geissler Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Calvin O. Gerber Ms. Desiree S. Gerdes Carolyn Gessner Ms. Brittany L. Gibson Ms. Pamela L. Gill Dr. Kenyon M. Glor & Dr. Elizabeth A. Glor Rev. Eugene Golas Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Grafmiller Mr. Gary R. Gravette Ms. Theresa M. Greathouse Ms. Denise Green Ms. Kristine M. Greenfield Mrs. Tilly Gresh Ms. Myrtle V. Griffin

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2017 DONORS Ms. Christina J. Gurule Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Gutman Dr. & Mrs. Russell H. Hackett Ms. Connie L. Hagen Mr. Richard A. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Joe Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Jon W. Hampshire Mr. & Mrs. Manfred Hanke Ms. Colleen M. Harbin Mr. Mark W. Harris Mrs. Leslie J. Harrison Harlan Mr. Matthew B. Hatten Ms. Erin L. Havens Ms. Amy L. Henson Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Herold Robert Herr Dr. Cynthia J. Hess Ms. Eunice F. Higginbotham Highlands United Church of Christ, Springfield, OH Ms. Margaret R. Hill Mr. Tony Hitchcock Ms. Carol B. Hoffman Mr. Jerrold Hoffman Mr. Shawn A. Hoffner Ms. Stephanie L. Hofmann Mr. & Mrs. Dennis D. Hofstetter Ms. Kay Holbrook Peggy Holdcraft Ms. Karla M. Hollenbaugh Ms. Marcia P. Holschuh Ms. Rhonda L. Holstein Ms. Marilyn J. Homeister Mrs. Bertha M. Honner Ms. Melinda Hooper Mr. Michael A. Horton Dr. & Mrs. Brian L. Hotchkiss Bette Houle Ms. Katie M. House Ms. Pamela K. House Jeff & Mary Howard Ms. Heather R. Hutchins Ms. Julie D. Hutchins Mr. Austin T. Ide Mrs. Megan J. James Ms. Kylie S. Jefferis Ms. Jamie Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Johnson Lee M. Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Barry G. Karlson Rev. Rebecca S. King Mr. Brian D. Klein Ms. Kathy M. Knappenburger Ms. Lori A. Knick Ms. Lauri K. Knight Mrs. Brenda K. Koehler Ms. Jennifer Koon Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kornbau Ms. Mary K. Kottyan David and Susanne Krebs Ms. Angela J. Kulling

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Mr. Jeremy M. Kurtz Ms. Terry S. Kyle Ms. Rebecca L. Lafollette Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lambert Ms. Constance Latham Rev. Barbara M. Laucks Rev. Catherine Lawrence Mr. Dwight P. Leach Mrs. Karen A. LeBlanc Mr. & Mrs. Warren W. Lee Ms. Ashley D. Leightey Mr. Jeremy M. Lemon Mr. Voris E. Leonard Ms. Tammy L. Lewis Liberty Mutual Ms. Angela Lough Mrs. Lisa Posthumus Lyons Dr. Jagdish C. Makkar & Dr. Pushpa L. Makkar Mr. & Mrs. Gerald E. Mallott Ms. Rhonda Maney Mr. & Mrs. James I. Mann Ms. Desirae S. Marks Mrs. Joan S. Mason Mr. Jack J. Matney Mrs. Margaret S. Matyok Mr. Kurt Maurer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Maurer Ms. Diane Mayne Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McClure Ms. Erin R. McCreight Ms. Olivia C. McDaniel Ms. Dana S. McFadden Mr. & Mrs. Clarence J. McGaha Rev. & Mrs. Bradley J. McKibben Ms. Justine N. McMillan Mr. Kenneth R. McPeek Ms. Tina G. McQuistion Lt. Col. & Mrs. Ronald E. Mead Ms. Alisha Meneely Ms. Karen J. Messick Mr. Storm M. Messier Ms. Karen L. Metz Mr. Daniel J. Miller Ms. Nancy E. Misel Mr. Frank J. Moesle Mrs. Beth R. Montgomery Moore & Bruggink, Inc Ms. Rachel Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Jim Morrison Moundsville County Commission Mount Pisgah SDA Church, Kennesaw, GA Mt. Zwingli United Church of Christ, Wadsworth, OH Ms. Judith L. Mullikin Ms. Tiaycia S. Myers Mr. Wayne L. Nash Ms. Michaela J. Navarro Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Neal Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Newell

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Dr. & Mrs. Kip Newell Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Newell Dr. Donald Nichols & Rev. Sharon Nichols Mr. Michael A. Niederkohr North Lewisburg United Methodist Church, North Lewisburg, OH Northeast Citizen Action Association Northwest Ohio Association of United Church of Christ Women’s Board, Tiffin, OH Mr. & Mrs. Anthony O’Brien Ms. Anita J. Offenberger Ms. Mary H. Ohlemacher Mr. & Mrs. Carl S. Okeson Ms. Gloria J. Osborne Ms. Melba E. Osburn Mr. James Owens Ms. Alissa L. Paolella Peace Community United Church of Christ, Waldo, OH Mrs. Nora M. Penn Howard and Robin Perkins Miss Lori A. Perkins Ms. Chelsey M. Perry Dave Petro Ms. Judith Z. Phillips Ms. Lacey Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Peter Poole Mrs. Deborah Popp Dennis Potter Dr. Wayne H. Pressler* & Mrs. Patricia Pressler Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Priser Mr. & Mrs. Duane L. Pump Ms. Kathy J. Pyles Ms. Janet M. Quiroz Ms. Sandy Raffel Cranmer James Rains Ms. Eileen B. Ranney Dr. Kay E. Raymond Ms. Rhonda R. Redman Mrs. Julie Reed Ms. Evalen J. Reynolds Ms. Heather L. Rhodes Ms. Linda S. Richardson Mr. Joshua D. Rinbolt Mrs. Connie Carl E. Rinehammer Mr. Ken Robbins Mr. John F. Roberts Ms. Patricia Robinson Rev. Beth Rodenhouse Ms. Cindy L. Rodriquez Mr. & Mrs. Rudolf H. Roggenkamp Ms. Malinda F. Ross Ms. Hailey E. Sabol Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery W. Sankey Ms. Noralie J. Sarver Mr. & Mrs. Gene R. Schaaf Miss Marvis Schaaf Mr. George H. Schaefer

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Ms. Rebecca A. Schippel Elizabeth Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. John F. Schmitt Ms. Terri Schneider Ms. Mary A. Schwaderer Ms. Rebecca L. Schwanger Mr. Andrew T. Scott Ms. Rachel R. Scott Ms. Amy S. Seckel Ms. Leslie Shanlian Shelby Congregational United Church of Christ Women’s Fellowship, Shelby, MI Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Shepherd Ms. Girtha A. Shine Ms. Tianari M. Simmons Ms. Marjeanina Sink Rev. & Mrs. James G. Skinner Randall & Janice Slotten Small Family Living Trust Ms. Beth A. Smith Ms. Francine K. Smith Ms. Rosella C. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Snodgrass Mr. & Mrs. Milton F. Snyder Ms. Tabitha J. Snyder Ms. April E. Soals Dr. & Mrs. K. K. Solacoff Ms. Bonnie L. Spring Dr. Roger & Yvonne Spring St. John’s United Church of Christ, Grand Rapids, MI St. John’s United Church of Christ, South Amherst, OH St. John’s United Church of Christ, Troy, OH St. John’s United Church of Christ, Newark, OH St. Paul United Church of Christ (N. College Hill), Cincinnati, OH Ms. Hanah R. Stansbery Ms. Whitney R. Steele Ms. Jennifer N. Steinbeck Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan M. Steingass Miss Virginia A. Stepler Steven Reed Insurance Agency Inc. Arthur R. Stevens Mr. Walter N. Stinson Ms. Amanda Stotts Rev. & Mrs. Robert Strobel William H. Stroh Mr. Robert P. Strong Mr. & Mrs. Gregory K. Stukenborg Kirk & Sandra Swayman Ms. Sophia L. Sweitzer Ms. Melody R. Szewczyk Ms. Mindy L. Tavanello Mr. & Mrs. Bradley L. Taylor Mr. Jerry Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Larry L. Teeple Ms. Denise D. Thacker

Ms. Bridget H. Thibodaux Mr. Carey D. Thomas Ms. Tracy R. Thompson Ms. Bradi A. Thompson-Hart Mrs. Michelle J. Tillman Ms. Sharon Tipton Mary Ann Tock Ms. Esther Toland Ms. Katherine R. Tooley Trinity United Church of Christ, Akron, OH Trinity United Church of Christ, Lewisville, OH United Church Homes-Advancement & Communications Department USI Alliance/Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation Rev. Doug & Colleen Van Doren Ms. Angela N. VanDyke Verne Hart Insurance Agency Ms. Amber J. Viertlbeck Jean Vomvas Ms. Frances A. Wagner Ms. Ruth A. Wagner Ms. Alicia D. Walker Wallin Congregational Church, Grand Rapids, MI Mr. & Mrs. Norman Walton Ms. Robin A. Warrens Mrs. Carol B. Washburn Ms. Rose Weatherspoon Ms. Kara L. Webster Wheeler Upham Mr. Tyson Whistler Ms. Nelda White Ms. Jill M. Whitt Ms. Kayla D. Wickline Ms. Andrea C. Williams Ms. Lindsay A. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Wilson Ms. Kathi E. Wirt Ms. Corina K. Wise

Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Wiser Ms. Lindsey D. Witter Mr. & Mrs. John H. Wittmann Woodforest National Bank Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Woods Mr. Mark A. Woolf Mr. Dale J. Young Mr. & Mrs. Tom R. Young Zaagman Memorial Chapel Inc., Grand Rapids, MI Ms. Lois E. Zawada Shirley Zeitter Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Zellers Ms. Alexandra Zilovic

Bequests

Verna M. Armitage* Mrs. Suzanne S. Ellis Ms. Adelle B. Elshoff* John & Cathy Green Doris B. Heartwell* Mr. William Heffelfinger* Gloria T. Hurwitz Rev. John Rainey & Rev. Gene Finnegan John & Barbara Renner Roy D. Speigle* Miss Marvis Schaaf* Mr. George Schmidt* Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Roger L. Shinn* Dr. & Mrs. John C. Stahler* Mr. Robert J. & Mrs. Betty M. Walker* Virginia Weidenfeller* Mr. & Mrs. Ford R. Weyrick* Cheryl & Steve Wickersham Joanne W. Woods* Kenneth & Patricia Young

Ms. Theresa Fitzgerald Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Fouss Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Holt Mr. & Mrs. William D. Jacoby Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Kudley Ms. Susan K. Maidens Ms. Charlene McGrath Ms. Karen L. Metz New Matamoras United Methodist Church, New Matamoras, OH Ms. Myra J. Petty Ms. Judith Z. Phillips Ms. Ren’ee V. Rector Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery W. Sankey Rev. Linda N. Steelman Ms. Martha J. Taylor Ms. Mary Ann Troyanovich Ms. Kathy A. Walters Ms. Marty Wright Dale Renner Mr. & Mrs. Michael Malorni Maurine Renner Mr. & Mrs. Michael Malorni Pauline Smith Mr. & Mrs. Dave Adkinson Mrs. Helen Stalter Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence C. Cattran Daniel Steininger Mr. & Mrs. Herbert W. Steininger Mrs. Mary Tymeson Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Grieshop The Welsh Families Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Caudy

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Lyle Angene Mr. Gale Ruth Rev. Joseph Betsch Mr. & Mrs. James I. Mann Rev. Gary Burdick Jan and Joan Fair Dr. Roger and Yvonne Spring Jackie Burdick Jan and Joan Fair Larry W. Clausing Mrs. Donna L. Overholt Rev. John Cramton Ms. Maxine Cramton Rev. Kenneth V. Daniel Anonymous Philip E. and Rebecca S. Mallot Phyllis Diederich Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Diederich Miss Virginia Duff Mrs. Margaret Morris Rev. Virginia A. Duffy Ms. Carol A. Roth Harley Duncan Ms. Esther Toland Fairhaven Community Volunteer Service Group Mr. & Mrs. Gene R. Schaaf Tammy Gault Mr. Armando Kho Gloria T. Hurwitz United Church Homes-Advancement & Communications Department Clarence (Mac) McGaha Mrs. Dorothy M. McGaha Karen Messick John and Micki Benz Alissa Paolella Mrs. Beverly Paolella Penny Passavant Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Boothby Ms. Janet V. Chase

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Janet Acker Carolyn Gessner Mr. Richard Adams Mr. & Mrs. Donald Adams Mr. Gilbert C. Adams Mr. Robert L. Adams Mr. & Mrs. William H. Borgen Mr. Larry W. Clausing & Mrs. Donna L. Overholt Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Phil Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Kris Dunn Kurt & Susie Dunn Mr. & Mrs. James W. Ferner Friedman Village at St. Francis Bible Study Group, Tiffin, OH Ms. Lulu I. Gearhart Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Heminger Ms. Mary Lou Hohman Mr. & Mrs. Daniel L. Johnson Mrs. Anita Koons Ms. Shirley Minsterman Mr. Doug Newlove Ms. Janice D. Nord

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2017 DONORS Northwest Ohio Association - Ohio Conference UCC, Tiffin, OH Mr. Gase Otto Ms. Kathy Palmerchuck Ms. Carolyn R. Pennington Mr. James L. Post Mr. & Mrs. David H. Powell Ms. Patricia A. Powers Mr. & Mrs. Duane L. Pump Mr. Marvin W. Rettig Mr. & Mrs. William F. Ripple Mr. Robert J. Adler Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bernardo Carl Allen Mr. & Mrs. David A. Merrelli Mr. Frank Armentrout Mr. & Mrs. Russell C. Lewis Mrs. V. Eileen Armentrout Mr. & Mrs. Russell C. Lewis Donald Attala Zola D. Graves Mrs. Phyllis Baltzer Mr. & Mrs. Bob Baltzer Eloise Barrows St. John’s United Church of Christ, Bucyrus, OH Gifts received in memory of Julia M. Bartz Shirley Zeitter Robert Batton Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Young Shirley Bauwin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hanseman Mr. Bernard Beaston Mrs. Dorothy A. Beaston Mrs. Helen K. Beaston Mrs. Dorothy A. Beaston Elizabeth H. Beck Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan M. Steingass Miss Kathryn J. Beck Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan M. Steingass Rev. Robert Beck Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan M. Steingass Mrs. Jeanette Bertsch Mr. John T. Bertsch Mrs. F. T. Bierman Mrs. Jean B. Davis Mildred A. Bogush Mr. Raymond S. Bogush Helen J. Botma Mr. & Mrs. Wendy Bitely Ms. Karen Boluyt Judith & Allen Byam Ms. Rose M. Prince Beverly Bowen Mr. & Mrs. Greg Bowen Lester Boyd Kroft Commons Resident Council Dr. Burlin B. Brombaugh Mr. & Mrs. John H. Wittmann

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Mrs. Vera K. Brombaugh Mr. & Mrs. John H. Wittmann Helen Buchanan Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Buchanan Mr. John B. Buchanan Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Buchanan Louise Buckingham Ms. Melissa Scott Marcus S. Buehrer Dr. Kenyon M. Glor & Dr. Elizabeth A. Glor Mr. Thomas K. Capper Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Buckland Mrs. Ruth L. Carnell Mr. & Mrs. David L. Carnell Lenore Cartwright Dr. John and Sandra Quick Ms. Patricia Steinhauer Margaret Chadwick Ms. Carol Watson Barbara E. Clady St. John’s United Church of Christ, Bucyrus, OH Lucile Clark Dr. Frank & Lois Duiven Judith Crombez Ms. Audrey J. Gezon Mr. & Mrs. Ron Knapp Victor E. “Vic” Cummins Mrs. Joan D. Raine Dale M. Decker Ms. Claire Lodenstein Wheeler Upham Wanda F. Deubner David & Diane Comfort Shanti Devi Mr. Suresh Chandra Mr. & Mrs. Manoj R. Desai Mr. & Mrs. Krishan K. Joshi Dr. Jagdish C. Makkar & Dr. Pushpa L. Makkar Pauline DiNuoscio Kroft Commons Resident Council Mrs. Evelyn Dorsch Rev. & Mrs. Louis Dorsch Patricia Duck Mr. Peter L. Crema Mr. Kenneth E. Dufford Mr. & Mrs. Carl L. Dufford Mrs. Ruth Dufford Mr. & Mrs. Carl L. Dufford Rev. Ruben and Bertha Elliker Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Elliker Rev. & Mrs. Gerson S. Engelmann Dr. Kay E. Raymond Don and Virginia Fanoni Mr. & Mrs. Steve J. Ferenczi Rev. James D. Farinet Christ United Church of Christ, Orrville, OH Mr. Jay Campbell

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Adena Health System Mr. & Mrs. John W. Kropf Ms. Mary T. Tymeson James Tom Farmer Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bockey Ms. K. Deneise Jones Mr. & Mrs. James B. Mason Ms. Carolyn L. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Randal A. Stubbs Marilyn Farrell Mr. Richard Farrell Mr. Marion Joseph Farren Mr. Joe M. Farren John Ferenczi Mr. & Mrs. Steve J. Ferenczi Virginia Ferenczi Mr. & Mrs. Steve J. Ferenczi Sharon Flickinger Mr. & Mrs. P. Richard Axline Rev. & Mrs. Clifford W. Bollenbacher Ms. Anna S. Bomas Mr. & Mrs. James L. Bowman, Sr. Ms. Tamra Brubaker Mrs. Dorothy E. Eckert Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Ellinwood Mr. & Mrs. John V. Fark First United Church of Christ, Marion, OH Ms. Marsha J. Gray Mr. & Mrs. Joe Hamilton Ms. Colleen M. Harbin Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hines Holbrook & Manter Rev. & Mrs. Frank C. Isaacs Mr. & Mrs. Scott Joehlin Mr. & Mrs. Ted J. Kavanagh Mr. & Mrs. James D. Kincaid Ms. Madalane Kirkman Ms. Amy L. Kotterman Ms. Paula K. Kummer Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Lawrence Ms. Gilda S. Lemons Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Long Mr. & Mrs. Douglas A. Masters Ms. Constance Mattern Mr. & Mrs. John Meddles Ms. Judy Metz Mr. Scott Metz Mr. Daniel J. Miller Rev. & Mrs. John T. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Terry L. Mullen Ms. Karen Nance Northwest Ohio Association Ohio Conference UCC, Tiffin, OH Mr. & Mrs. Virgil Ravencraft Ms. Ethel Shroats Ms. Connie S. Slob Verne Hart Insurance Agency Yizumi-HPM Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Young

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Vicki Fry Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Betz Kenneth Betz Alva Gantt Rev. John M. Gantt Ms. Myrtle Gantt Rev. John M. Gantt Olga Geissler Mr. Larry Geissler Ms. Diane Mayne Ms. Karen Nance Ms. Gratia Gikling Mr. Robert P. Lee* & Mrs. Sharon Lee Marjorie Gilbert Jacquline Badersnider Ms. Marta L. Carmichael Mr. William Dormont Zola D. Graves Ms. Elizabeth D. Hamel Ms. Catherine Hansen Mr. Mark W. Harris Ms. Sharla Hicks Bette Houle Ms. Karlene Johnson Lee M. Kaplan Ms. Irene Kiedrowski Mr. Aaron Maney Mr. Kyle Maney Ms. Rhonda Maney Ms. Sherrie A. Maney Mr. William J. McDaniels Robert Mehney Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mockler Ms. Evelyn M. Moncion Dick & Valerie Peacock Ms. Janet M. Quiroz Ms. Eileen B. Ranney Mr. & Mrs. Roger Sakowski Ms. Molly Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Michael M. Simmons Ms. Andrea Swartz Mr. & Mrs. Bradley L. Taylor Mr. Miles W. Truesdell III Ms. Alexandra Zilovic Fran Gottfried Mr. Reuben DeBolt Kathyrn Gottfried Kemerley Family Mr. John Krock Lewis Gottfried Mr. Reuben DeBolt Nelson Price Family Mr. & Mrs. Howard Rossington Mrs. Carole Gravette Mr. Gary R. Gravette Caroline Grummet Zola D. Graves Kathleen D. Guy Mr. & Mrs. Jack Guy Ralph and Juanita Hall Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Srode

Irene Hampshire Mrs. Joan S. Mason Rev. Dr. Ben M. Herbster Dr. Kenyon M. Glor & Dr. Elizabeth A. Glor Mrs. Anne K. Liston Mrs. Carol B. Washburn Mrs. Elizabeth Herbster Dr. Kenyon M. Glor & Dr. Elizabeth A. Glor Mrs. Anne K. Liston Mrs. Carol B. Washburn Barbara Highfill Ms. Kay Parks Jean Hoekstra Dennis Potter Franklin Hoernemann Ms. Mary T. Tymeson Marjorie Hoffman Ms. Carol B. Hoffman Rev. William O. Homeister Ms. Marilyn J. Homeister Hon. John Greer Hunter Ms. Lynn A. Altvater Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bricely Mr. & Mrs. David Herring Mr. & Mrs. Mike Kennedy Mr. Robert P. Lee* & Mrs. Sharon Lee Mrs. Jean S. Moon Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Newell Mr. & Mrs. Melford Swihart Felicia Leah Hurst Dr. & Mrs. Trevor M. Bates

Catherine James St. John’s United Church of Christ, Bucyrus, OH Malissa Johnson Douglas Burd Toddy Johnston James Rains Patricia F. Kent Daniel Vaughn Ms. Judy Strickler Alice Kersher Kroft Commons Resident Council Bette King Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Andrews Ms. Cathy A. Croy Mr. Mark Hensley Ms. Dixie L. Howard Mr. & Mrs. Randall W. King Ms. Linda L. Klum Ms. Sandy Raffel Cranmer Mr. & Mrs. John R. Schleppi Andrew Koehler Mr. Robert P. Lee* & Mrs. Sharon Lee Sandra Kotterman Mrs. Charlene Beeler Rev. Daniel L. Busch Mr. Dean R. Clausing Emanuel United Church of Christ, Upper Sandusky, OH Ms. Laurie Felchlin First Citizens National Bank Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hafer Ms. Evelyn P. Hall-Case Mrs. Jane Hunter

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth K. Keller Mrs. Brenda K. Koehler Mrs. Janet M. McDaniel Mr. Daniel J. Miller Mr. John Morris Ms. Kerri Newell Ms. Lesley Ozier Mr. John Pugh Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Rose Mr. & Mrs. Scott Smith Mr. & Mrs. Melford Swihart Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Young Mr. & Mrs. Tom R. Young Mr. John C. Kuentz Mr. Scott Kuentz Hanson “Hank” Latham Mr. Robert P. Lee* & Mrs. Sharon Lee Rev. C. Philip Laucks The Council for Health and Human Service Ministries Rev. & Mrs. Erwin R. Koch Rev. Barbara M. Laucks Martha Leach Mr. Dwight P. Leach Arnold Lee Mr. Robert P. Lee* & Mrs. Sharon Lee Robert Lee Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Amos Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Amos Mr. & Mrs. Neil R. Bair Mr. & Mrs. Chad S. Baker Mr. & Mrs. Dave Bastel Mr. & Mrs. Brad Batton

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Mrs. Charlene Beeler Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Bell Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Biro Ms. Melissa J. Bowersock Mr. & Mrs. Kyle R. Bowman Rev. Daniel L. Busch Mr. & Mrs. Clayton C. Calvin Mr. & Mrs. Joel W. Castanien Mr. Dean R. Clausing The Council for Health and Human Service Ministries Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Courtad Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Crooks Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Daris Mr. Reuben DeBolt Roger J. Dick & Donna J. Durst Mr. & Mrs. Scott T. Elchert Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Emerine Mrs. Sandra K. Fox Mr. & Mrs. Gene Frederick Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Frederick Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Douglas Ms. Marcia J. Frisch Mr. & Mrs. Stanley R. Geiser Mr. & Mrs. David Gottfried Mr. & Mrs. John E. Grafmiller Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Grafmiller Mr. & Mrs. Jon Grundtisch Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Gutman Ms. Evelyn P. Hall-Case Ms. Laura L. Harrell Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Heimrick Mr. & Mrs. Jim Herring Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Hofstad

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2017 DONORS Mrs. Jane Hunter Mr. & Mrs. Mark Johnson Mr. Irven E. Kieffer Mrs. Brenda K. Koehler Ms. Amy L. Kotterman L. Mark Dann, CPA Mr. Russell J. Lee Ms. Sandy Lindahl Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas C. Long Mr. & Mrs. Mike Lucas Ms. Lori L. Marsh Ms. A. L. McAllister Mr. & Mrs. Pete Miller Mr. & Mrs. James E. Minehart, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Morris Mrs. Georgeann Morrison Dr. & Mrs. Kip Newell Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Newell Mr. & Mrs. Mike Orians Mr. & Mrs. Shane Orians Mr. & Mrs. Rick Packer Mr. & Mrs. Gary A. Parsell Mr. & Mrs. D. C. Plott Mr. & Mrs. Stepen Rhoden Roth & Bacon Mr. & Mrs. James Schilling Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Jim Shull Mr. & Mrs. Lucas J. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Snodgrass Mr. & Mrs. Milton F. Snyder Dr. & Mrs. K. K. Solacoff Mr. & Mrs. Randy L. Sorg Mr. & Mrs. Frank B. Stecker Mr. John J. Strasser Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Szakovits Mr. Jerry Taylor Upper Sandusky Middle School Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Vent Mr. & Mrs. Michael Wolfe Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Young Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Young Mr. & Mrs. Tom R. Young Sybil B. Lee Mr. Robert P. Lee* & Mrs. Sharon Lee Dessa Leonard Mr. Voris E. Leonard Carol Catherine Logsdon Mr. Maurice F. Logsdon Glenda Lohri Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kornbau Harold Lohri Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kornbau Dale F. Louck Carol Helms Ms. Betty Martin Ms. Anne D. Peabody Lewis Paul Matyok Mrs. Margaret S. Matyok

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Mrs. Mary Maurer John & Cathy Green Mr. Philip Maurer John & Cathy Green James McClain Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Amos Mr. & Mrs. John V. Arnold Ms. Dana C. Biederman Mr. Phillip W. Biederman Mr. & Mrs. Bob Houf Mr. & Mrs. Mark Johnson Mr. James F. Koehler Mr. Robert P. Lee* & Mrs. Sharon Lee Mr. & Mrs. Joel O. Liles Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Reidenbaugh Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Romich Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Schilling Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Young Mr. & Mrs. Tom R. Young Dale McDaniel Ms. Etta F. Cook Mr. & Mrs. David Delahunty Emanuel United Church of Christ, Upper Sandusky, OH Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Grafmiller Mr. & Mrs. Leo R. Hahl Mr. & Mrs. Ron Heckathorn Mr. & Mrs. Roger Heft Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. John L. Spiegel Mr. & Mrs. Gene Zimmer Charles and Hazel McPeek Mr. Kenneth R. McPeek Ms. Florence McWilliams Mr. & Mrs. Warren W. Lee Gerald and Pearl Millard Jeff & Mary Howard Mrs. Mary R. Minick Mr. & Mrs. John D. Wood Evelyn A Moesle Mr. Frank J. Moesle Barbara Mohn Mr. & Mrs. Tim Buck Mr. Henry Buehler Mr. & Mrs. Ron Clarke Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kliebert-Wise Mr. & Mrs. Dick Stidham Donna Montague Mr. & Mrs. Dwight A. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Care The Caref Family Mr. Patrick M. Courtney Mr. & Mrs. William L. DeGroot Ms. M. Dekruif Ms. Deanna E. Dutton Mr. & Mrs. David M. Erspamer Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence W. Goff Ms. Renee F. Lorenz Mr. Wayne L. Nash Ms. Darlene A. Pinder

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Pinder Dietrich & Betty Roth Mr. & Mrs. James L. Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Ronald K. Woods Mrs. Pauline Moon Rev. & Mrs. Robert Strobel Dr. Robert H. Myers Kroft Commons Resident Council Phyllis L. Neal Mr. & Mrs. Dwight A. Hartschuh Lois J. Norris Kroft Commons Resident Council Janet O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Buell Betty Ostema Zaagman Memorial Chapel Inc., Grand Rapids, MI Mrs. Ruth F. Parker Mr. & Mrs. James F. Parker Sue Patrick Mr. & Mrs. John L. Allen Ms. Melissa Allen Mr. & Mrs. Neil D. Allen Dr. Jann G. Glann Ms. Joan M. Gorant Hastings Middle School Mr. Barry E. Kopetz Ms. Judith A. Miller Mr. Richard Roberts Ms. Joann T. Spore Mr. Melvyn J. Stauffer* & Mrs. Mary P. Stauffer Ms. Norma K. Wible Mr. & Mrs. Rick Young Hildegarde Pierce Tanya McCarty Mr. Marian Pogoda Mr. Don Pogoda Mrs. Sheila Pogoda Mr. Don Pogoda Louise Powers Ms. Diane K. Belcher Thomas Reber Mr. & Mrs. Mark Johnson Verna Reber Mr. & Mrs. Mark Johnson Mary H. Rector Dr. & Mrs. Russell H. Hackett Ms. Mary E. Richards Ms. Rebecca R. Wells Ms. Faye Rickenbacher Ms. Judy F. Houser Maria Riedel Kroft Commons Resident Council Mr. Robert Robertson Ms. Lisa A. Pinnelas Josephine A. Roskiewicz John J. Ross Norma Sarver Franklin Heights High School Ms. Noralie J. Sarver

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Ms. Judy Straeffer Mr. John Schaible Mrs. Jean B. Davis Vincent & Martina Schneider Mrs. Janet R. Rhodes Janet Schwitzgable Mr. & Mrs. David L. Carnell Trinity United Church of Christ, Canton, OH Trinity United Church of Christ, Wooster, OH Karen Sebring Mr. John F. Roberts Irene Sheeran Mr. James Owens Dr. Carrie Shinn Ms. Carol K. Wheeler Roger L. Shinn Ms. Carol K. Wheeler Charles Skinn Mrs. Andrea Jackson Jack Smith Mr. Dean R. Clausing Ms. Carol Daiber Mr. & Mrs. Mark Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Herold Mr. & Mrs. Richard Szydlyk Margaret D. Sneden Kathleen M. Sneden Robert Sneden Kathleen M. Sneden Mr. Byron Snyder Ms. Diane Basiger Ms. Karon Dellinger Mr. & Mrs. Roger Snyder Mrs. Elsie Spoon Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Kiesel Dena Sproat Gordon & Susan Kelly Daniel Steininger Mr. & Mrs. Herbert W. Steininger John and Ione Steininger Mr. & Mrs. Herbert W. Steininger Ms. Joan Stephan Mr. James W. Duncan Robert E. Strank Jean Vomvas Patricia Strong Mr. Robert P. Strong Susan Strong Mr. Robert P. Strong Shirley Stuckey B. C. McPhillamy Ms. Inez G. Renner Mr. & Mrs. R.C. Wuertz Sally Stutz Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. O’Reilly Cullen Sutton Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hammat Marcelline Symes James & Nancy Walters

Ms. Edna B. Teeple Mr. & Mrs. Larry L. Teeple Ms. Michiko Teets St. John’s United Church of Christ, Bucyrus, OH Mrs. Catherine Tucker Ms. Judith Fink Delbert V. Tucker Ms. Judith Fink Ms. Evelyn Vance Mr. & Mrs. William H. Borgen Maxine Vanderwoude Mr. & Mrs. Terrence E. Brennan Ladies Casino Club Auxiliary Mrs. Nellie Vick Mr. & Mrs. James L. Gaston Mrs. Helen Wagoner Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Neal Mrs. Virginia Weidenfeller James E. Parker Mr. & Mrs. Nikolas Sorvari Mrs. & Mr. Sheryl E. Zalud Mr. Kenneth E. Wetzel Ms. Barbara Wetzel Mrs. Mary Ellen Wetzel Ms. Barbara Wetzel Marie Widman Ms. Jan Thiel De Ett Wiley Mr. & Mrs. Terry L. Andres Mr. & Mrs. Dennis A. Boulis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Loris Mrs. Margaret S. Matyok Mr. & Mrs. John R. Morefield Ms. Lois T. Szabrak Mr. & Mrs. Roland J. Unckrich William Wilkins Mr. Roger Stewart John Willardo Ms. Barbara Willardo Ms. Rosella V. Wood Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. King

Patricia York Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Condon Mrs. Bee De Angelo Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Jeffrey Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Merk Mr. & Mrs. R.C. Wuertz

Gifts In Kind

4imprint Inc. 9 Flags Pizza Mr. Bryan Adler Mr. Gary Andrews Ms. Shirley Bash Mr. & Mrs. Steve Bassler The Bath United Church of Christ, Akron, OH Ms. Shelley Beidelschies Ms. Dana Benkovic Mr. Tom Blandford Bostwick Lake Congregational UCC, Rockford, MI Mr. & Mrs. Dennis A. Boulis Ms. Debra Carr Michelle Cerajewski Champion Wine & Beverage Christ United Church of Christ, Orrville, OH Circle Theatre Comstock Park Congregational UCC, Comstock Park, MI Coon’s Homemade Candies Travis Cooper Mr. & Ms. Marc Craig Ms. Angie Edgington Emanuel United Church of Christ Evangelical Reformed, Doylestown, OH Fairborn Music Club Mr. Norman First Mr. & Mrs. Paul First Mr. Phillip L. First

First Congregational Church, UCC, Belding, MI First Congregational UCC of Rockford, Rockford, MI First Grace United Church of Christ, Akron, OH Flowers by Dick & Son, Inc. Mr. Curt Gottfried Grand Rapids Ballet Company Grand Rapids Symphony Mr. & Ms. John Graver Mr. Jeff Hall Mr. Bruce Hesselbart Hollon Flowers Hope Glass Ms. Bonnie Howard Huntington National Bank Dodie Kleisma Ms. Joan Klingler Mrs. Kathyrn Koehler Koehler Drug Company, Inc. Ms. Linda Krino Mr. Robert P. Lee* Mr. Chet Leser Ms. Rochelle Lessick Ms. Mary Lichtle Ms. Kathleen Linz Mr. & Mrs. Dale Marks Mr. & Mrs. Chris Maurer Ms. Diane Mayne Meijer, Inc. Mirabella Boutique New Vision United Church of Christ, Canton, OH

Ms. Nancy Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Brian Scalabrino Mr. & Mrs. David L. Smith St. John’s Evangelical Church, Kenton, OH St. Michael’s United Church of Christ, Baltimore, OH St. Stephen’s United Church of Christ, Sandusky, OH Mr. & Mrs. Jose F. Suarez Trinity Home Fellowship, Dayton, OH Trinity United Church of Christ, Canal Fulton, OH Trinity United Church of Christ, Canton, OH Trinity United Church of Christ, Akron, OH Trinity United Church of Christ, Wadsworth, OH Walmart Foundation Mr. & Ms. Frank Webb Mr. Eric Wehner Ms. Teresa White Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Young Zion United Church of Christ, North Canton, OH

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We wish to thank those who make our work possible. Every effort has been made to ensure that this list is accurate. However, if errors or omissions are discovered, please contact Carol Gordon, Database Manager, United Church Homes Advancement at 740-2232032 or cgordon@uchinc.org

Ohio Spirited Hands Care Wear Volunteers Pageworks Mr. & Mrs. James M. Phillips Posh Petals Mrs. Sandy Preston Riverside Homemade Ice Cream

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fter 11 years on the United Church Homes Board of Directors, Sue Ellis attended her final Board meetings in May, leaving a legacy that extends three generations.

Sue joined the Board in February 2007 as UCH faced an uncertain future, due to the recession that took a financial toll on the organization.

The Board needed to make tough decisions to guide the organization through those difficult times and prepare for a stronger future, she said.

Sue’s relationship with United Church Homes started with her United Church of Christ roots and experiences at Fairhaven Community in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Her grandfather, George Schoedinger, gave to Fairhaven for years, and her father, Robert Schoedinger, continued the tradition, helping to fund an expansion at Fairhaven that included the Gathering Place. Sue has extended her family’s legacy of giving with her generous donations over many years.

Sue is a strategic donor who challenges Board members to contribute to UCH each year to reach their goal of 100 percent participation by sponsoring an incentive for a matching gift to increase their total giving. She was a lead donor in 2011 to support

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Fairhaven’s Capital Campaign and in 2016 signed on to be a founding funder of United Church Homes’ innovative Ruth Frost Parker Center for Abundant Aging. Most recently, she led the charge of an aggressive Board goal for United Church Homes’ $20 million comprehensive Campaign for Abundant Life by making another generous gift.

In 2017, Sue was recognized with the exclusive President’s Award of Distinction for her generosity, leadership and vision for the organization.

In 2013, Sue was recognized as the honoree for the Ben M. Herbster Award for Fairhaven Community, again following in her father’s footsteps. He was recognized with the distinguished honor in 1999.

A lifelong educator who taught every grade from pre-kindergarten through college, Sue brought her passion to the Board with a special interest in benevolent care. Her late father was a former president of the Ohio Masonic Home, and her family has a long history of helping older adults.

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Sue enjoyed her time on United Church Homes’ former Resident Services Committee, which combined Housing and Healthcare Services. She was Board vice chair from 2010-13 and served on the housing, advancement, governance, staff relations and advancement performance committees throughout her tenure.

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Sue said she will miss the comradery of the UCH Board.

David graduated from New York University in 1974 with a degree in sociology and completed graduate work at The Ohio State University. But his passion for working with older adults, which started at a young age, led him to work in development, rehabilitation and management operations for affordable housing communities.

He also assists nonprofits in the development and rehabilitation of affordable housing properties.

“It’s so cliché. I think every person who’s ever retired has said the same thing,” Sue said, “but you hear it so much because it’s true.

I admire and have great respect for everyone on the Board. There is tremendous respect and pride in our organization as a whole.

“The upside is I’ll get to sleep in.” Sue joked. “I think I’ve gained more from the organization than I’ve given to it. Coming from education, I didn’t know much about how a corporation worked. I’ve learned a lot about areas that I probably wouldn’t have gotten to learn about otherwise, and I can apply what I’ve learned to the other boards that I’m serving on now.”

In August, the Board voted to amend the bylaws, reducing its size through attrition as members retire. That works well for United Church Homes, as Sue is an irreplaceable asset.

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David grew up in Detroit, where his mother ran a nursing home, sparking a lifelong interest in David to serve older adults. He followed in her footsteps to become a nursing home administrator before moving into affordable housing.

He brings to the Board a wealth of experience and expertise in senior living services, affordable housing and strategic planning. He also brings a nonprofit perspective, having worked for nonprofits throughout his career.

David was introduced to United Church Homes 25 years ago when he first met Vice President of Housing Services Cheryl Wickersham through LeadingAge Ohio, an advocate for nonprofit organizations serving older adults.

“I’m really excited to be involved as United Church Homes looks to expand its affordable housing services,” David said. “I believe everyone needs housing. With my background in long-term care and the continuum of care, I’m really interested in all facets of the organization.”

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“I tried retiring, but after six months, it wasn’t working out.” He laughed.

“I need to be involved in my field.”

David lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife, Jackie.

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Front row, from left: United Church Homes Board Chair Cathy Green; Gina Erhardt, Salem Manor housing manager ($4,448 for resident transportation); Kathy Tooley, Concord Estates housing manager ($1,964 for renovations to existing pergola); Cheryl Wickersham, vice president of Housing Services; Back row: President and CEO Rev. Kenneth Daniel; Shawn Hoffner, Cherry Arbors and HardinCrest housing manager ($4,986 for Cherry Arbors’ replacement of common area furniture and $6,999 for designated smoking area at HardinCrest); and Gloria T. Hurwitz, vice president of Advancement and Communications.

Housing Residents Receive Needed Support

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y 2030, the number of people 65 and older in the U.S. will reach 71.5 million, an increase of nearly 50 percent, and many will need affordable living options when they retire.

In an Associated Press poll, among families with incomes below $50,000, just 35 percent said they felt financially ready for retirement, while 66 percent of those in higher-income households felt ready. United Church Homes is committed to its mission to provide abundant living for older adults, regardless of their financial situations.

UCH supports lower-income residents who live in its affordable housing communities in a variety of ways through giving programs led by compassionate staff members. UCH staff develop creative ideas with partners who share in the ministry to foster abundant life for people in need.

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Upper Sandusky, Ohio, so they would complement their renovations.

She asked Gordon Food Service (GFS) how best to return the dozens of samples she had ordered during the project. Instead, GFS, a corporate partner for United Church Homes, asked whether the nonprofit organization could find uses for the samples.

“I had all of this beautiful fine dinnerware to disperse to those who needed it most,” Amy said.

“Many of the older adults assisted

by UCH Housing Services have very little of their own. I was thrilled to be able to make someone’s day by offering these sets to our regional housing managers, who distributed it to the residents who needed it.”

Another program encourages staff members who travel to offer their unused disposable hotel bath amenities such as shampoo, conditioner, lotion and body wash as donations to residents who cannot afford to purchase these

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basic needs. This seemingly small act of kindness offers residents who live on very limited fixed incomes important budget relief.

United Church Homes’ Central Office in Marion, Ohio, also supports residents of Housing Services annually through its Jeans Day program. For various months throughout the year on Thursdays, for $2, staff members can wear jeans to the office. In 2017, staff contributed more than $490 to Housing Services to support the UCH Wishing Well grant program.

Wishing Well grants are funds that are awarded annually to Housing Services communities based on a competitive grant process (similar to public and private foundation grants) to support unbudgeted items. These grants support special projects to enhance the lives of the residents at the communities and include projects such as community room enhancements, dog parks, raised gardens, walking paths and outdoor gathering spaces.

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aroline and Sandy have been down similar roads in life, but only one led them to United Church Homes.

Caroline and Sandy experienced homelessness before moving to Brownstone Terrace, a United Church Homes affordable housing community in Marion, Ohio. Sandy had been sleeping overnight in parks for three months, while Caroline had bounced from one house to another.

When Caroline lost her rental apartment due to the landlord selling the house, she packed all her possessions in her car. She reached out to family members, but only her 88-year-old aunt was able to help.

She spent two weeks seeking assistance from local nonprofit organizations to find a home. The Salvation Army helped Caroline find a homeless shelter, where she would stay 30 days.

“For two days, I was really scared,” Caroline said. “I had my Social Security money, and I kept calling different apartment buildings asking how I could get in. I didn’t know about Brownstone at that time. When I moved here (to Marion), I knew where Walmart and Kroger were.

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Eventually, staff members of United Church Homes, including Brownstone Housing Manager Jane Millisor and Senior Staff Accountant Jennifer Ramey, were instrumental in helping secure donations of food and furniture for Caroline’s new apartment. Soon she found a companion in a dog named Willie-Mac, who’s affectionately known as Prince Willie at Brownstone.

“It’s hard to ask for help. I don’t want things given to me, but I was not in a good place,” Caroline said.

Caroline, a recovering alcoholic who has been sober since September, knew she needed to give up alcohol. With Jane’s support, Caroline found a local Alcoholic Anonymous meeting to attend.

“When I first came here I wasn’t real happy,” Caroline said. “I didn’t know Marion. I didn’t know anyone.

I knew vodka, and I leaned on him.

But now I’ve been in an inpatient recovery program. Everyone at Brownstone has been so helpful and supportive. I don’t know what I’d do if I hadn’t found Brownstone.”

Sandy had lived in domestic violence shelters and homeless shelters. “It was really hard for me. I didn’t know if I could make it,” she said.

For Sandy, moving to Brownstone helped her get back on her feet.

Brownstone’s service coordinator has been instrumental in assisting her as she stabilized her life.

“There are good people in the world,” Sandy said. “If you hang in there, God will help you through it.”

With money saved from her Social Security checks and a $100 donation from a local church, Caroline was able to afford the deposit and first month’s rent at Brownstone. It helped that utilities are included in the rent, which is very affordable based on 30 percent of an individual’s income.

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS NEWS AND NOTES FROM OUR NEIGHB ORS Two Graduate from CHHSM’s Nollau Institute Erin Foos, United Church Homes Central Office manager and executive assistant to the president, and Beth Montgomery, Fairhaven Community assisted living director, recently graduated from the yearlong Nollau Institute servant leadership program. The program is part of the Council for Health and Human Service Ministries of the United Church of Christ (CHHSM). Graduates become Diakonal ministers, a special vocation for leaders within CHHSM, of which United Church Homes is a member.

The Nollau Institute is built around three major themes over four retreats: Hearing God’s Call: The Theology of Leadership, Following the Energy: The Practice of Leadership and Forming Faithful Cultures: The Product of Leadership.

“The personal and professional growth I gained from building relationships with other purpose- and mission-driven leaders has been incredible. Between the studying and personal reflection, I have become not just a stronger leader but also a better person,” Beth said.

Erin said the leadership program was challenging and life-changing. The highlight for her was the CHHSM Annual Gathering. “I was in awe to be around so many faithbased leaders,” she said. “Just to be part of that was a blessed experience.” “ A servant leader takes seriously the commandments to love God and love neighbor. It is one who strives to see the world as God intended and joins in service to others to bring about that vision — a vision of hope, justice, love, joy and peace for all.”

– the Rev. Monica Wedlock Kilpatrick

Four Winds Earns Eli Pick Award

Housing Leader Nominated for Prestigious Athena Award

Mary Casey, administrator at Four Winds Community in Jackson, Ohio, recently was nominated for the Eli Pick Leadership Award from the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA).

Cheryl Wickersham, vice president of Housing Services at United Church Homes, was nominated by President and CEO Rev. Kenneth Daniel for the Athena Award of the Marion, Ohio, Women’s Business Council.

The Athena Award is a national award sponsored by organizations to recognize excellence in leadership to a woman of distinction each year. The award is presented to a woman who has demonstrated her passion to help other women reach their goals in business or community leadership.

Only 11 percent or 1,310 communities nationwide receive the distinguished award. The award uses outcomes-driven quality measures to objectively identify high-performing skilled nursing communities and the leaders who make them excel.

Cheryl started with UCH as a staff accountant in 1993 and rose to her current position in 1998. She oversees the development, construction, management and operations of a growing portfolio of subsidized affordable housing properties.

Through her excellent leadership, Cheryl has grown UCH’s affordable housing program to become one of the top 10 nonprofit providers in the U.S.

“Congratulations to Mary Casey and the entire Four Winds team for earning this award,” Chief Operating Officer Chuck Mooney said. “The award demonstrates Four Winds Community’s and United Church Homes’ unwavering commitment to quality and leadership development.”

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“Cheryl is always looking for innovative ideas that provide additional cost-effective home support to our residents to keep them living independently longer,” Rev. Daniel said. “She combines a love of people with a leader’s passion for excellence.”

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Tyson Whistler Brings Passion to Ice Sculpting Ice sculpting begins with freezing the block of ice for three to four days.

Then, Tyson says, he spends about four hours carving each masterpiece using special tools that include a chainsaw, chisels, die and angle grinders and milling machine bits.

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hef Tyson Whistler has surpassed his call as a leader of the Dining Services team at Glenwood Community in Marietta, Ohio.

A graduate of Marietta High School who studied at Marietta’s Washington State Community College, Tyson worked under Executive Chef Dave Rudie for six years, accepting his first executive chef position in 2007 at age 22. He was executive chef at three downtown establishments from 2007-13 and joined United Church Homes’ Glenwood Community in 2013 in what he said was the best decision of his life.

“It was an opportunity not only to get back to fine dining but to cater to a special group of diners,” Chef Tyson said. “We have a fresh menu

at Glenwood every week, so I always have the ability to create something new and different. I think the benefit of cooking for Glenwood Community over a restaurant is, because we’re a nonprofit organization, we have the opportunity to give back more to the residents and be less concerned with daily customer volume.”

Glenwood Community includes 12 village homes, 64 independent living apartments and 48 assisted living apartments. It offers residential and assisted living on a scenic campus with walking trails, restaurant-style dining and health and wellness programs. Glenwood Community’s The Pines Assisted Living won the Marietta Times 2017 Readers’ Choice Award, and the campus earned Holleran’s Highest Honors for resident engagement and satisfaction in 2017.

Tyson is taking culinary science to a new level with his creative presentations that include a talent he has developed over the past decade — ice sculpting. With this unique skill, Tyson is regularly sought in the Marietta community to showcase his talents.

He was nominated for the 2017 Overachiever of the Year Award, a program of Marietta Main Street that recognizes an individual who has gone above and beyond to champion the Main Street mission to bring people together to preserve, enhance and enjoy downtown Marietta.

Tyson’s ice sculpting has been a popular attraction at the Marietta Fire and Ice Festival for the last two years. He creates ice sculptures for area businesses to display at their storefronts. He started carving for themed holidays at Marietta’s Lafayette Hotel, and his passion for the art grew. unitedchurchhomes.org

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