This year’s annual Guignard Society Dinner was held on May 26, with over 150 guests in attendance. A recent article in the Columbia Star features highlights of this year’s big event, and can be read by clicking here.
For more information on the Guignard Society, or making donations, please visit the Development section of our web site.
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Still Hopes Residents Did you attend Family Day at Still Hopes? Just under 1000 family and friends joined us for a very special annual family event that involves everyone who lives at Still Hopes. Barbecue, games for the children, peach ice cream, train rides and the music calliope all added to the fun filled day.
Check out our 2011 Family Day Photo Album on Facebook to get a glimpse of this year’s festivities.
Rebecca Calcott and her sister Nancy Self (both residents of Still Hopes) were featured in the Winter 2011 Carolina’s Future magazine. Carolina’s Future is a magazine published by the Office of Gift Planning at the University of South Carolina. The article is entitled “Rebecca Calcott Enjoys Long Life Blessed by Family, Strong Carolina Ties” and can be read in its entirety by clicking here.
Still Hopes is currently being featured on RetirementHomes.com, a website where seniors and their families can search for retirement communities based on their specific needs. Information provided by the site includes community description, services and amenities available, pictures, and much more. Click here to check out Still Hopes on RetirementHomes.com.
One of the many wellness opportunities available to both Still Hopes residents and those from the surrounding community is participation in our brain fitness classes featuring the “Posit Science” program.
Starting this week, PBS Television will be airing the special, “Brain Fitness – Peak Performance” featuring the creator of the Posit Science Program, Dr. Michael Merzenich. The special focuses on the neurological basis of expertise and highlights three types of experts—master musicians, pro baseball players, and simultaneous translators—and shows how their brains have specialized to their amazing skills. Check your local PBS listing for air times in your area.
For more information on brain fitness training at Still Hopes, contact Denise Heimlich at 803-739-5044, or dheimlich@stillhopes.org.
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. this Thursday
Over 5,000 items are on display and are for sale in the Garden Room at Still Hopes. The hours are this Thursday, October 28, from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Every item must be sold! Proceeds benefit the Resident Assistance Fund at Still Hopes
Who? Our caring employees!
What? The Employee Appreciation Fund!
Why? Because we do not tip them for all they do for us!
When? September 27, 2010 until November 30, 2010
We are in the middle of our Annual Drive for the Employee Appreciation Fund to brighten Christmas for our employees.
As residents of Still Hopes we have much to appreciate: Comfortable living, a beautiful, well tended campus, good food and excellent service in the Bistro and the Palmetto Room, security, house-keeping, and much more that contributes to our well being.
Approximately 290 employees are dedicated to our comfort, security, and happiness day in and day out. Some are quite visible while others are behind the scenes taking care of the things that we take for granted. The only way for us to demonstrate gratitude for their daily efforts to enhance the quality of our lives is to give a substantial gift to the Employee Appreciation Fund.
Checks should be made out to the Employee Appreciation Fund. These and designated cash may be placed in the door of the Business Office. They are deposited daily in the Fund’s account at NBSC. The Committee receives balance reports only. If you are off campus, you may mail your giving to the office at P. O. Box 2959, West Columbia, SC 29171.
To spread your contribution throughout the year to avoid the Christmas rush, you can arrange with the Business Office to have a contribution added to your monthly statement. These donations are not tax deductable. With a resident committee handling the Fund, one hundred percent of the givings go to the employees without social security or income tax deducted.
The goals of the committee for 2010 are bursting the thermometer at $65,000 and 100% resident participation.
How thankful we should be to have so many wonderful people taking care of us!
Thank you for your generosity,
Anne Beazley
Resident Council Chair
Fitz Beazley, Frances Case, Jean Doster, Martha Lever, Bert Sullivan
Employee Appreciation Fund Committee
Still Hopes is now accepting reservations for our brand new Concierge Suites for Catered Living. See stillhopes.org/concierge for more details or call
803-739-5040.
This is the first in a series of interesting interviews conducted by our very own Jon Keith (Director of Marketing at Still Hopes). From time-to-time Jon will share his Interviews & Insights that will include audio recordings of his broadcasts on Public Radio.
There are a lot of books out now to help baby boomers deal with how to slow the physical aging process or how to have a financially secure retirement. However, Dr. Gene Cohen chooses a unique direction: he shows how to be a creative individual well into old age. Replete with anecdotes of famous and not-so-famous people doing incredibly creative things (e.g., architect I.M. Pei designing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum at 79), whether for the good of humanity or simply for their own families, the book The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life is an inspiration as was my interview the author.
At the time of our conversation, Dr. Cohen was director of the Center on Aging, Health and Humanities at George Washington University. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2009, but his wit, humor and intellect still shines through in this interview I had with him. I hope you enjoy it.
(Click here to listen to the Interview Gene Cohen audio track).
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Last Thursday, June 10th, the Garden Room at Still Hopes was filled with residents to celebrate Summer with a beach themed party. Everyone’s toes were tapping to their favorite tunes supplied by volunteers Charles and Katherine Fritz in the DJ booth. Highlights of the evening included the Best Beachwear Contest, won by Madge Major and Blackie Meadows (pictured left to right), and the Still Hopes Line Dancers performing the Electric Slide and the Macarena. Check out the Facebook photo album to see more pictures from this event!
