| What is Lincoln Park Village?
Lincoln Park Village is part of a national movement that is empowering people to take charge of their lives by choosing to age in their homes, with enjoyment and confidence. More than 50 such villages currently operate in cities across the country, with another 100 in formation. With one phone call, Lincoln Park Village provides members with access to a full range of vetted services, programs, and customized attention to make their life at home easier. A unique and extensive calendar of Village educational and social programs, created and led by volunteers, builds community and ensures strong neighbor to neighbor connections and friendships. The Member-Plus Program ensures that residents of modest means can join the Village and have funds for services.
Call us! Join us! 773.248.8700 Call Lincoln Park Village 2502 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60614 p. 773.248.8700 f. 773.248.8181 www.lincolnparkvillage.org info@lincolnparkvillage.org
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| We Welcome New Members
Mary
Ann Schwartz & Richard Brewer Bobbe
Wolf & Hugh Brodkey Beryl
Byman Margaret
Coates Donald
Curda Sally
& Paul Edelsberg Sophia
Sieczkowski & Joel Krauss Carolyn
A. Moore Mary C.
Pappas Greta & Richard Salem Esther
Saks Dian
Weddle
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AUGUST CALENDAR
For complete details, visit our website: www.lincolnparkvillage.org Register by calling 773.248.8700 or email us. celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org
Let the Village office know if you need a ride!
NIA CLASSES
Thursdays through September 9. Beginning
again Sept. 16. 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Church of the Three Crosses, 333 W.
Wisconsin. Members $40/non-members $15 per session. Mind-body-spirit practice that explores movement with balance, ease, and
precision. Adaptable to age and fitness. Led by Anne Pringle Burnell.
MILLENNIUM PARK PRE-CONCERT
VILLAGE GATHERING Wednesday, August 4, Gathering: 5:45 p.m.
Concert 6:30 p.m. Members $10. Guests $15. Only two seats left, but there is plenty of lawn space for everyone! Dvorak's
Violin concerto and Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony. Seats in "Yellow" section
(Rows R through EE). Call the Village
office for complete information.
ZAGAT SAYS "JUST LIKE
CUBA"
Cafe 28, 1800 W. Irving Park Rd., Tuesday, August 10, 6:30 p.m. Members $25. Guests $30. Beverages
self-hosted. Reservation deadline
Monday, August 9. Our restaurant
exploration continues at this family owned spot with samplings of appetizers,
entrees, and desserts.
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
AN EXPLORATION OF
HEARING PROBLEMS
Wednesday, August 11, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Registration
requested. Rush University Medical Center, Searle Conference Center,
Professional Building, 1725 W. Harrison. Rush experts discuss causes, diagnosis,
and treatment of hearing problems. Parking and refreshments provided. Call the Village office for details.
TOUR PILSEN MURALS
WITH ARTIST JOSE GUERRERO
Saturday, August 14, 9:45 a.m. Members $15. Guests $20. Registration deadline August
10. Limit 20 people. Meet at National
Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 W. 19th St. One-hour walking tour with
this cutting edge Latino artist. Optional self-hosted lunch to follow.
FLOWER ARRANGING
Saturday, August 21, 10:30 a.m.-noon at a private home. Members
$30. Guests $35. Blossoms and materials
provided. Registration deadline August 13. Learn flower arranging secrets from
pro Brian Baddy, owner of event company Lilium.
CECC BENEFIT
RECEPTION AND PERFORMANCE OF "DEEP LISTENING"
Saturday, August 28, 6:00 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. performance.
Tickets $25.00. Greenhouse Theater, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Celebrating 10th
anniversary of Chicago End-of-Life Care Coalition. A vivid, moving one-woman show
with music. Appetizers, cocktails included. COMING IN SEPTEMBER Register early - don't miss out!
NOTE: All
three exercise classes start with a FREE introductory session during the week
of September 13. NIA CLASSES
Classes begin again Sept. 16. 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Church of the
Three Crosses, 333 W. Wisconsin. Members $40/non-members $15 per
session. Mind-body-spirit practice that explores movement with balance,
ease, and precision. Adaptable to age and fitness. Led by Anne Pringle Burnell.
T'AI CHI CLASSES
Starts Monday September 13, 10 - 11 a.m., Whole Foods, 1550
N. Kingsbury. $40 for 8-week session; $15/class. Breathing and gentle movement increase your energy,
flexibility, and muscle strength.
QI GONG CLASSES

Beginning Monday, September 13, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Church of
the Three Crosses. $40 for 8-week session; $15/class. Increase vital life force energy through breath and
movement.
BALANCE AND FALL
PREVENTION
Wednesday, September 1, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Rush University
Medical Center, 1725 W. Harrison. Free. Learn how to improve your balance and prevent
falls.
THE NIGHT CLUB ACT
DAVENPORT'S CABARET
ROOM

Thursday, September 2,
8 p.m., 1383 N. Milwaukee. $20.00 plus two
drink minimum. Dessert bar included. John
Vincent Mahady sings songs of Nat Cole, Tony Bennett, and more.
NEW VILLAGE WALKING GROUP

Mondays and Wednesdays beginning
September 1, 9 a.m. A 45-minute walk
around North Pond, coordinated by member and inveterate walker Myrna Knepler. Your
speed is strictly up to you. Wear
a pedometer and track your daily progress or walk the path at a slower pace
and enjoy the ducks and wildflowers. A
lovely place in which to start a friendly, "just keep moving" routine. Optional gathering for coffee at Starbucks after. Other walking locations may also be
planned.
VEGETARIAN COOKING
DEMO AND DINNER
Tuesday, September 14, 6:00 p.m. at a private home. Members - $25. Guests- $30. Conducted by award winning chef Abe Conlon.
MAKING SENSE OF
STRESS AND BLUES
Wednesday, September 22, 1:30-3:000 p.m. Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W.
Harrison. Free.
Experts discuss ways to cope with depression and anxiety in
older adults.
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Village Sponsors
  
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658 W. Belden Ave.

2401 N. Halsted
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Dear Village Member,
We
have exciting news. Following several
months of exploration by a joint committee of members from each organization,
it is with great pleasure that we announce the merger of LakeView Village
and Lincoln Park Village.
This
merger represents a major opportunity for our Village as we join forces with an
organization that shares our vision and brings commitment, talent, and
resources to bear on our goal of supporting our neighbors so they can age well
in place.
There
is something remarkably positive about our mutual commitment to making the
Village community work. This newsletter
highlights one of the most important contributions to our success - the
volunteer culture of giving and getting help.
Strong community and personal relationships are the heart of our
volunteer-first organization.
And
now we have some new relationships upon which to build. We welcome our new
members from Lake
View - many of whom you may
already know. Together we are planning a special festive event that we hope all
of you can attend. Look for information
coming your way soon.
In
celebration,
Dianne
S. Campbell
Founding
Executive Director
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| We Give Help, We Ask for Help: The Culture of Lincoln Park Village
The fabric of our lives. No - not cotton. For
Lincoln Park Village, the fabric that is our security blanket, our safety net,
and our connection to each other is the giving and receiving of help, interest,
concern, and companionship. The fabric of
our lives is our volunteer culture. For most of us, giving
help is second nature. Without thinking,
instinctively, we put out our hand to help another. But asking for help is quite another matter. We are taught to be self-sufficient, to stand
on our own. We value independence above almost everything. One Village member
says: "I am an only child. I have no
children, and I am my husband's caregiver. I have always figured it out
myself. It never occurs to me to ask
for help." The beauty of the Village's volunteer culture is this: It assumes that, over time, we will all be in
a position to both need a little help and at other times to be able to provide
a little help. It's a mutual,
non-judgmental, balanced equation. Here's how it works in real life: - A few months ago, Wally Shah attended a Village event at which he learned some of the
fine points of Chinese cooking from Irv
Miller. Now, Irv has had a leaky
faucet repaired thanks to Wally's know-how and possession of just the right
tool. - Baila Miller is
advancing her Photoshop skills with guidance from volunteers Hollis Hines and Nancy Biederman. Nancy is an
accomplished photographer and responsible for many of the pictures that so often
enhance this newsletter. - Laurel
Baer needed a new fax/copier/printer for her home office - but didn't know
how to choose the right one. Nick Hysell took her shopping, carried
it home, and installed it for her. Laurel
balances the equation by helping with the newsletter and other Village
communications. -
Miriam
Roberts had her mattress turned by a volunteer who isn't even a member, but with the DePaul Alumni Association. And Miriam is part of the team that worked so hard vetting our outside
service providers. Members, non-members,
providers - all part of the volunteer culture of Lincoln Park Village. Not all of our members are in a position to volunteer. For them, the equation is balanced by
providing an opportunity for someone to experience the fulfillment of helping.
Such is the case for a volunteer who escorts a member to Village events. The
volunteer has enjoyed drawing the member out, listening to stories about the
member's very interesting younger days, and experiencing her deep appreciation
for the help and companionship. The volunteer culture of Lincoln Park Village is new to
some. But we hope it will become as
natural as breathing and the impulse to ask for help will be as uninhibited as
the impulse to give help. And finally, for those who have thought -- "I don't need the
Village yet" -- you are only accounting for half of the equation. Become a member and become part of the fabric
of our lives - giving, receiving, participating, belonging.
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| When members ask for help? Three stories, three rave reviews
You've made the decision to join Lincoln Park Village. The next step is to make sure that your
impulse to ask for help is as
uninhibited as your impulse to give help. Here's what the Village has provided for just three of its 180 members. Call us. Get into the "asking" habit.
"I
never thought I'd be calling the Village in an emergency like this. Who does?" Member Joann Ricci was running late for a meeting. She slipped and fell on an El platform stairs, heard a pop, got up, and
hobbled on to the meeting. When she got
home that afternoon, Joann knew she'd done damage. She and her partner Myron Rogers discussed what to do. Go to the
emergency room? But why not call the
Village, which is what Joann decided to do. Long story short, the Village immediately
referred her to a vetted podiatrist right in the neighborhood. X-rays confirmed a clean fracture in the left
foot; the doctor put her in a walking boot, and she was home with her foot up by
dinner-time.

Myron with Joann, sporting her
walking stick and boot,
in front of their home on Maud Avenue. Photo: Jane Curry
"I made one quick phone call and
had a great option. It worked out so
conveniently and well. I didn't spend
hours waiting in an ER. And I really
saved a great deal of money-we figure at least $1,500 at this point." Joann, who also serves on the Village board,
adds this: "It's been an eye-opening
experience for me. I have a view into
what more might lay ahead, but it's O.K., because I have the Village. The gift of help is amazing to receive."
"From this day forward, I am calling the
Village first when I need an expert
for a job." Member
Kay Smith called recently to ask for help with her computer. She previously had been very pleased with the
services of a vetted handyman. So we
sent Howard Kirby ("Kirby the
Computer Guy") to Kay's home. She sent
back a note, saying, in part:

Kay at work in her studio
"Kirby
came on Saturday to set up my computer. This man is a treasure for the
membership. A layer of stress was lifted from my person . . . I hope our
members realize what talented and vetted technicians, professionals, artisans,
and service people we have available to us, and that they are using them . . . thank you, Lincoln Park
Village!" Footnote: Kirby was
first recommended by board member Char
Damron, and he provides Village members with a discount!
"Your staff probably saved my life
a couple
of weeks ago." Those
words were included in a note of thanks sent recently by a member who had
called the Village one morning after feeling very stressed and short of
breath. Office manager Lisa Siciliano took the call and talked to the member. Then she and intern Alainya Bandy both took turns checking in with her. Member volunteer Betty Dayron also came to the office and called and talked to the member at length. As
a result, the member realized she did need medical observation; she was
admitted to the hospital the next day for a brief stay. As she explained: "I called because I needed
to take the Village up on its open offer of being a family to me. Now I'm a new woman. Please pass my thanks all around."
 Lisa
and Alainya in the Village office. Photo: Jane Curry
And who
are the two young women in the office who were
a family to our member that day? Alainya Bandy
is a social work intern who comes to the
Village from Loyola University. Since arriving in June, she has been a mainstay
in the office, helped coordinate various programs and events, and also
presented with the Village on intergenerational relationships at Loyola's
recent conference on creative aging. Alainya says one of her greatest pleasures
is connecting personally with one member with whom she walks three times a
week. "The Village has an amazing member base, with so many skills and
talents." Lisa
Siciliano joined the Village as it was opening; she has been our part-time
office manager for just over a year now. A Yale graduate and now a teacher and
actress - she was involved in theater in Cleveland and New York City before coming to Chicago - Lisa currently is
executive director of the State Theatre on Chicago's north side. She is producing the company's current
production, "Talk Radio," a Pulitzer-prize nominated play by Eric Bogosian (www.statetheatrechicago.com). "My
work with the Village is very important to my
career," Lisa explains. "I've developed all sorts of office skills, leadership
essentials, how to manage relationships, and how to help folks who are in
distress. I truly enjoy getting to know
members and working with volunteers every week." Both
Alainya and Lisa agree that, for them, working and learning alongside Village
Executive Director Dianne Campbell is one of the major job benefits.
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| On Tour: IIT, Transformation, and Mies
 Photo: Bill Lutz
During a July walking tour of the IIT campus, Village member
David Baker, long-time Vice President of External Affairs at IIT, provides members
with an animated description of how the Campus Center came to have an EL tunnel
running right through it. The two-hour
tour combined history, architecture, politics, and great personal insight to
reveal the story of a Southside campus and its transformation. Along the way, members were treated to inside
/ outside looks at buildings by Mies van der Rohe, Rem Koolhaus, and Helmut
Jahn. David has spent the past 17 years
helping to develop and restore the IIT campus.
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| A Summer Evening at the Stuckey's
It was a "just for fun" BBQ in a member's backyard - a garden
party Village-style. Lois and Rick
Stuckey were the hosts and set a bountiful table. Guests added their specialties. And the good spirits and conversation flowed,
as it always does at Village gatherings. 
Chief BBQer and host Rick Stuckey

Host Lois Stuckey with Brenda Sollitt and Honore Kligerman

Baila Miller and, in background, Char Damron, Mike Spock, Sandra Tice, and Madelyn
MacMahon
Photos: Debra Rosenberg
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| S.O.S.! Help the Folks Hurt by the Oil Spill
How
about helping out as Illinois hosts the country's
first S.O.S. (Save Our Shores) Art Exhibition,
showcasing the response of artists to the oil spill
tragedy. Volunteers and attendees are wanted and needed for a benefit event
for the Greater New Orleans Foundation Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund. All
proceeds will go to assist fishermen, their families, and other victims of this
disaster. Friday, September 10, 5:00 to 10:00 p.m.,
Bridgeport Art Center, 1200 W. 35th
St. Contact June Rosner or Sarah Hartman at 312-664-6100.
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| Lincoln Park Village Leadership
Board of Directors
Katherine Zartman, President Jane Curry, Vice President Charlotte Damron, Vice President Ruth Ann Watkins, Secretary Robert Spoerri, Treasurer Harvey Adelstein Larry Elkins Marjorie Freed John Hobbs Christopher Horsch H. Michael Kurzman Harriet NewDelman Laurie Regenbogen Joann M. Ricci Marcia Opp Carol Rosofsky Michael Spock Richard Stuckey Melville W. Washburn
Advisory Council
Neelum T. Aggarwal, MD Henry B. Betts, MD Robyn L. Golden Robert B. Lifton Dawn Clark Netsch Warner Saunders Joanne G. Schwartzberg, MD
Dianne S. Campbell Founding Executive Director
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