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MEET THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY HOST COMMITTEE
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Doris & Harvey Adelstein
Susanne & David Baker
Ellen Stone Belic
Dianne & Tom Campbell
Chicago End-of-Life Care Coalition
Charlotte & Larry Damron
Betty Dayron
Sally & Paul Edelsberg
Marjorie & Harvey Freed
Cathleen Grady
Dorothy & Bob Hernquist
Anne & Bruce Hunt
Hyde Park Village
Carolyn & Walker Johnson
Dar Johnson
Sheila King
Lisa & Michael Kornick
Angie & Marc Levenstein
North Shore Village
Kerry Peck
Anna Nessy Perlberg
Liane Pruchnik
Laurie Regenbogen & Bruce Fleisher
Carol Rosofsky & Bud Lifton
Rush University Medical Center
Mary Ann Schwartz &
Richard Brewer
Skyline Village Chicago
Emily & Bob Spoerri
Susan Tennant
The Transition Network
Peggy Walker
Pam & Mel Washburn
Ruth Ann & Tom Watkins
Gary & Leslie Wood
Katherine & Jim Zartman
in formation as of May 31
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
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Dr. Henry & Monika Betts
Ron Mark & Connie Stuetzer-Mark
Lucille LaPaglia
Susan Tennant
Ben & Cynthia Weese
Pauline Zanetakos
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COMING IN JUNE
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Register for these programs by calling 773.248.8700 or e-mail
celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org
Payment is due in advance.
Let the Village office know if you need a ride!
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FITNESS
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T'ai Chi
Mondays
10-11 AM
Whole Foods, 1550 N. Kingsbury
Nia
Thursdays
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Church of the Three Crosses
333 W. Wisconsin St.
Members - $40 for the
series of 8 sessions or $7 per session
Non-Members - $15 per session
Series continues; join anytime.
To register for events, e-mail celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org.
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BASIC MEDITATION
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Saturday, June 4 & 11
9:15 AM
Hosted by Ellen Stone Belic
Members and Guests - Free
Join this group to learn and practice basic meditation techniques. This is a great opportunity to start or renew your meditation practice--and to experience its multitude of benefits. Participants will discuss and apply passages from Eckhart Tolle's Practicing the Power of Now.
To register for events, e-mail celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org.
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TEA LOVER'S TIMEOUT
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Saturday, June 4
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Hosted by Char Damron
Members - Free, Guests - $5
Tea enthusiasts will sample a variety of unusual teas along with assorted sweets. Each guest may bring a treasured tea artifact and/or chat about a favorite tea experience with other Villagers and guests. The Conservatory and gardens just across the way will be perfect for a stroll before or after the program. For women only. The office will notify registrants of the address. To register for events, e-mail celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org. |
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GREAT CONVERSATIONS: DISCUSSING GREAT BOOKS
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 Monday, June 4
6:30 - 8:00 PM
This month's reading is
Thorstein Veblen's
The Theory of the Leisure Class.
Location:
The Emersons
will meet at the Zartmans' home.
The Ibsens
will meet at Donna Renn's home.
Members Only - Full
(Let the office know if you are interested in subsequent offerings.)
To register for events, e-mail celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org.
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DISCOVERING CHICAGO'S TINY THEATRES:
THE FRONT PAGE
AT TIMELINE THEATRE
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 Thursday, June 9, 7:30 PM
TimeLine Theatre
615 W. Wellington
Members - $23, Guests - $28
Self-hosted dinner at
Wilde Restaurant
3130 N. Broadway, 5:45 PM.
Join our forays to some marvelous but often off-the-radar, small Equity theaters. Our fair city has a deserved reputation as host to some very special stagings, and we'll lead you right to them. (TimeLine theater is not handicapped accessible, and climbing 17 stairs is necessary.) Call the office by June 4 to reserve your place.
To register for events, e-mail celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org.
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"DROP BY" LINCOLN PARK ZOO'S HORTICULTURE TOURS
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 Saturdays each month.
June 11, July 9, August 13
& September 10
10:00 AM
Members and Guests - Free
Different areas of the Zoo's gardens will be highlighted to coordinate with blossom time. Meet at the information kiosk in Café Brauer.
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GROCERY STORE TRANSPORTATION
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Wednesday, June 15
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Members Only - Free
Here's a great opportunity to stock up on those bulky, hard-to-transport staples and more. Participants will choose the stores, and we'll divide into small groups with a driver for each. Reservations are a must!
To register for events, e-mail celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org.
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"DROP IN" FOR COFFEE AND ... AT CAFE FLORIOLE
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Saturday, June 18
10:00 AM
1220 W. Webster Ave.
Members and Guests
Self-hosted
No reservations needed, just drop by and ask for the Village table.
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CHICAGO'S ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND PRESERVATION
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Thursday, June 23, 6:15 PM
Hosted by Ann Weisman
and Bob Szurgot
Members - Free, Guests - $5
Jonathan Fine, executive director and founder of Preservation Chicago, is a dynamic, vigilant preservation advocate. He'll include a fascinating PowerPoint, and we're bound to enrich our knowledge of our favorite city. Light snacks will be served. (There is a short flight of stairs at the entrance of the home.)
Reservation deadline: Monday, June 20. The office will notify registrants of the address.
To register for events, e-mail celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org.
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SKIN HEALTH
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Wednesday, June 29
1:30 - 3:00 PM
Searle Conference Center
Rush Professional Building
1725 W. Harrison St., 5th Floor
Members and Guests - Free
Did you know that skin is the largest organ of the human body? Our skin plays many protective functions and even eliminates toxins from the body. Come hear an expert from Rush's Dermatology department discuss various types of skin cancers, the importance of keeping skin healthy and tips on how best to care for skin as we age.
To register for events, e-mail celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org.
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COMING IN JULY
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Register for these programs by calling 773.248.8700 or e-mail
celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org
Payment is due in advance.
Let the Village office know if you need a ride!
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WALKS WITH MYRNA KNEPLER
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Wednesdays and Fridays
July 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29
9:00 AM
Meet at the North Pond Cafe
2610 N. Cannon Dr.
Members and Guests - Free
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SEASONABLE SUMMER DELIGHTS
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Tuesday, July 12, 6:30 PM
Whole Foods, 1550 N. Kingsbury
Members - $25, Guests - $30
all-inclusive
To register for events, e-mail celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org. |
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DIABETES: PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT
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Thursday, July 14
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Searle Conference Center
Rush Professional Building
1725 W. Harrison St., 5th Floor
Members and Guests - Free;
includes valet parking
Diabetes is a growing concern:
20 percent of adults over 60 years of age have it, and another 10 percent are pre-diabetic. Come learn more about the latest treatment approaches for diabetes, including medications, blood glucose monitoring, healthy eating and exercise recommendations. Rush's experts will also discuss risk factors and prevention strategies for yourself and your loved ones. Free blood pressure, blood glucose, and cholesterol screening will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
To register for events, e-mail celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org.
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"DROP IN" FOR COFFEE AND ... AT CAFE FLORIOLE
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Saturday, July 16
10:00 AM
1220 W. Webster Ave.
Members and Guests
Self-hosted
No reservations needed, just drop by and ask for the Village table.
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Spotlight on Services
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The Village provided a range of services to members last month, from simple housekeeping tasks to support through major life changes. What is so interesting about the services rendered is that, as we planned from the beginning, half of them were fulfilled by Village volunteers.
Our volunteers:
- helped with a garden terrace
- accompanied members to medical appointments
- paid friendly visits
- helped clean out closets
- stand ready to help a member choose new home and mobile phones (note: has not happened yet)
- provide in-home companion care
- provided rides, rides and more rides.
This is our give help/get help idea working--and working well! You can be on either side of that equation: Volunteers are always welcome, especially drivers. And requests for help are equally welcome--that's why we're here.
If you don't ask, we can't help.
So ask! No matter what.
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How to Shop on Amazon and Help Support the Village
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Shop for Lincoln Park Village on Amazon!
The Lincoln Park Village Store gives you access to practically everything you can buy on Amazon, which isn't just about books and music. Amazon is a huge online department/grocery/drug store with products in categories such as Jewelry, Kitchen and Housewares, Apparel and Accessories, Tools and Hardware--and much more. It has printer ink cartridges, vitamins, soup, hair brushes--you name it, Amazon's probably got it. To help you shop smarter, Amazon also provides very useful customer reviews of many of the products. (You might learn, for instance, that this particular humidifier has a tendency to break down, or that those towels are not as fluffy as they ought to be.)
Best of all, when you do your shopping via the Village link to the Amazon marketplace, a portion of what you spend will go to support the Village! Not only that--most orders of $25.00 or more ship free!
Tell your friends and family, too. It's easy!
Just log on to Amazon via our website, www.lincolnparkvillage.org
and from the menu at the top of the home page, select "Store."
Click here to log onto Amazon via our website.
All the convenience of Amazon and support for the Village, to boot--this is a win-win if there ever was one!
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LEADERSHIP
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Board of Directors
Ruth Ann Watkins, President
Melville W. Washburn,
Vice President
Charlotte Damron, Vice President
Mary Ann Schwartz, Secretary
Robert Spoerri, Treasurer
Katherine Zartman,
Immediate Past President
Harvey Adelstein
Jane Curry
Larry Elkins
Marjorie Freed
Jack Hartray
John Hobbs
Christopher Horsch
Laurie Regenbogen
Marcia Opp
Ed Rose
Carol Rosofsky
Richard Stuckey
Dian Weddle
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
Michael Spock
Dianne S. Campbell
Founding Executive Director
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Ten Reasons Why We've Got a Lot to Celebrate on
Our 2nd Anniversary
June marks the Village's 2nd anniversary and start of its third year as a pioneering force in our community. As we look forward to continuing--together--to reinvent how we age and build vibrant communities, it's worthwhile to recognize what this community has accomplished--also together--since opening two years ago. Here are my top ten: Vigorous growth: - Membership: The Village has more than doubled its membership from 68 households to 155 households, which represents 220 members. "Coffees" in members' homes to introduce neighbors to the Village are providing new momentum to build our membership, volunteer ranks and resources.
- Services: Through our "give help, get help" activities, plus the resources of our trusted partners - Rush University Medical Center, Mather LifeWays and CJE SeniorLife--and the skilled hands of more than 80 vetted service providers, the Village is meeting all requests for service--each with customized attention. At the same time, we're building a "knowledge bank" that shares resources and what we're learning with the community.
- Programs and events: Not only has the Village's Program Committee delivered some 600 programs since opening, but continues to plan innovative, intrinsically interesting programs that harness the skills, interests and assets of our members and community.
- Volunteers: A dedicated force of some 75 volunteers provides the talents, skills, heart and hands to enable the Village to truly be a "volunteer first" organization. Not only are they helping our members, but they are also giving back to our community. Collectively, in April alone, these volunteers "clocked" more than 400 hours of service.
Diversifying and expanding - Technology: A new partnership with Serality, a high tech entrepreneur, holds great promise for harnessing technology to further member-to-member connections and is helping us put web tools to work to more efficiently allocate time and resources in our work with members.
- Expansion: Dropping Lincoln Park Village's original boundaries and merging with LakeView Village has resulted in big dividends: new members, community assets, talents and resources--all brought to bear on our goal of supporting our neighbors to age well in place.
- New partners: DePaul University and Loyola University Chicago's Graduate School of Social Work--are providing talented students on a regular basis who are enriching the resources we have for members while they grow with and learn from the Village.
Recognition - In addition to our leadership locally and in the Midwest, Lincoln Park Village is emerging as a national leader in the village movement, as featured in the current issue of AARP The Magazine.
- We have been heartened by the community's response to the Village's $100,0000 campaign to be topped off with a $20,000 challenge grant from the M.R. Bauer Foundation if the balance is raised by 6/30. We are well on our way to meeting the challenge and seeding the Village's sustainability in the coming year and beyond.
Member endorsement - There is no doubt a correlation between the members' sky high renewal rate (more than 85%) and the overwhelming positive members' feedback (with a response rate of more than 70%) from the Village's first survey in fall 2010. Together they confirm that we are on the right track.
So, happy anniversary to us all and onward!
Dianne S. Campbell
Founding Executive Director
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Second Anniversary Benefit
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LINCOLN PARK VILLAGE SECOND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND BENEFIT!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Meet-the-Author Reception at 6:00 PM
Program at 7:00 PM
Chicago History Museum
We are honored and excited to celebrate our second anniversary at the Chicago History Museum with noted author Jane Gross.
 JANE GROSS, GUEST SPEAKER
Award-winning journalist, 29 years a reporter for the New York Times, founder of the blog "The New Old Age," and author of the new book A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents--and Ourselves.
BILL KURTIS, MODERATOR
Acclaimed documentary host and producer, author and entrepreneur, 40 years a local and network broadcaster and currently co-anchor of the WBBM-TV 6 o'clock news.
A panel discussion will follow and include retired multi-Emmy award-winning broadcaster and Village member Warner Saunders, Rush University's Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences Dr. Neelum Aggarwal, and Dr. John Hobbs, pastor at Church of the Three Crosses and teaching fellow at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
"THE CONVERSATION":
TALKING LIFE ISSUES WITH THOSE WE LOVE
For everyone who has ever wanted to discuss the facts of life--the end of life--with a loved one but didn't know how to begin, this special event allows you to bring your family and friends to an evening of wisdom and personal insight.
Click here to register for the event or to join the host committee.
Or call the Village office at 773.248.8700.
Ticket Prices:
RECEPTION/PROGRAM TICKETS (6:00 p.m.)
Includes preferred seating at the program
Member ticket(s) @ $100/each $_______
Non-member ticket(s) @ $125/each $_______
PROGRAM TICKETS (7:00 p.m.)
Member ticket(s) @ $15/each $_______
Non-member ticket(s) @ $20/each $_______
HOST COMMITTEE MEMBER
Host Committee members contribute $250 and receive two (2) tickets to the reception/program and four (4) preferred seating tickets to the program. Members of the Host Committee are listed on selected event announcements and in the program book.
Click here to register for the event or to join the host committee.
Or call the Village office at 773.248.8700.
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AN EXCERPT FROM JANE GROSS'S
A BITTERSWEET SEASON
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Here is an excerpt from the prologue of Jane Gross's new book, A Bittersweet Season: Caring for our Aging Parents--and Ourselves. We hope this will inspire you to explore these ideas at our upcoming event and to share Jane's complete story in her book.
My family's story began at a moment of crisis, when my mother's routine medical problems ceased to be routine, her relatively independent life was threatened, and all three of us were reeling at the time when a clear head mattered the most. This is the way it often happens, a before-and-after event, the day when everything changes.
Like so many in her generation, and legions more to come in ours, my mother had lived into her eighties without succumbing to cancer, a sudden heart attack, a disabling stroke, pulmonary disease, severe diabetic complications, or other diseases that once killed people, often swiftly, and generally before the long, slow ravages of dementia or frailty. That is not to say there wasn't plenty wrong with her: arthritis, obesity, high blood pressure, an inner ear disturbance that caused extreme vertigo, mild diabetes, hearing loss, cataracts, and lifelong depression. All of it was unpleasant but not life-threatening.
Widowed at fifty-eight and justifiably proud of her self-sufficiency, she asked little of her two adult children and mostly took matters into her own hands.
She told us when it was time for her to stop driving, sell the house on Long Island, and move to a more supported environment. She figured out which of many Florida retirement communities suited her best, what size apartment she wanted, and which furniture to take and which to leave behind. The proceeds from the sale of her house would cover the rent in Florida for years to come. Taking no chances, she hired a financial planner once she got there to guide the process. She had a living will, a health care proxy, a durable power of attorney--all without any prodding. My mother was a realist. She neither expected to live forever nor wanted to.
During the seven years in Florida, when she declined but not dramatically, my mother was glad for the emergency call button in her apartment, the meals she didn't have to prepare, the grass that somebody else cut. My brother and I were glad we could call the front desk if she didn't answer the telephone and someone would check on her. Her cane gave way to a walker, but she continued to ride a van to the grocery store and shop for herself, bringing home a few small bags after each trip. She enjoyed a regular bridge game, occasional dinners out with her sister-in-law who lived nearby, and several visits a year from her two children and daughter-in-law. Michael and I were not terribly attentive, except for weekly phone calls. That was fine with her. Our lives were still mostly our own, as was hers. Then came the bombshell from her Florida internist. Our mother, we were told, had a benign tumor sitting on the outer surface of her spine. Without surgery she would wind up paralyzed from the waist down and incontinent.
Was this the "after" moment?
Now, nearly a decade later, I see all the mistakes we made. I had never even met her Florida doctor or talked to him on the phone until this diagnosis. What had prompted him to give my mother an MRI? Had she complained to him of some new symptom she had kept from us? I would have known all this if I'd bothered to develop a relationship with the doctor, joined my mother at appointments when I was there, and talked to him on the phone when I wasn't. My mother wouldn't have welcomed my intrusion, but I should have been pushier. I should have paid more attention. But I liked our family's rules of (dis)engagement because they made my life easier.
Thus the diagnosis left me totally unprepared. My heart raced. My stomach was an elevator falling down the shaft . My head was noisy with static. I made fast decisions rather than good decisions, partly because the sooner we could take care of everything, the sooner we'd be done and back to normal. This was just another to-do list, and I'd work my way from top to bottom, as would my brother.
Maybe this was the moment for my mother's inevitable reverse migration, back to the embrace of her children. Perhaps this was the time to shut down her Florida apartment and move all her worldy goods to another residence near us, I said to myself, time to close bank accounts at one end and open new ones at the other. Go-visit-Mom weekends would be replaced with quick visits on the way to work. And Michael and I had the skill and metabolism to make it all happen quickly, which was better for us. I didn't stop to think that the pace would be dizzying, exhausting, and ultimately traumatic for her.
I sprinted when I should have cautiously watched my step, rushed when I should have ruminated, barked orders when I should have discussed things with my mother. I heard what I wanted to hear, not what doctors or admissions directors of long-term care facilities were actually telling me. Does any of this sound familiar to you? If it does, slow down. Get your bearings. You can't bulldoze your way through this like a work project. Still, you can take comfort in knowing that this precipitating crisis, for many of us, is the hardest part, because you probably still think you can make it right, that you can stop the clock.
It takes a while to learn that some decisions are far more important than others; some things are actually in your hands and some not. What is vital, and well within your control, is being present in a consoling way and respectful enough to bear witness to the inevitable. This, too, is about slowing down. At first it's hard to walk at a snail's pace beside your mother or father when they can no longer keep up, at least without impatiently rolling your eyes. Or to kneel at their level if they're in a wheelchair. But the pace and the vantage become more natural and annoyance softens into tenderness, if you let it.
I keep saying that this experience can become something other than desperate and bleak, if you let it. It really is a choice. We all know grown children who have bolted when the moment arrived. You aren't one of those, or you wouldn't be reading this book. But imagining running away doesn't make you a bad person. I fantasized, usually in the hypnagogic space between sleeping and waking, facing another day of ignorance and exhaustion, about pointing the car west and driving, driving, driving. I'm glad that I didn't, because instead I learned what I was made of; I found my better self. I found my mother. I found my brother. But all of that came later.
"Excerpted from A Bittersweet Season by Jane Gross. Copyright © 2011 by Jane Gross. Excerpted by permission of Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher." |
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Meet the Second Anniversary Co-Chairs:
Dar Johnson and Emily Spoerri
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It seems that more often than not, when you extend a helping hand at the Village, you get something more, something different and something better than you expected to get.
Such was the case for the two co-chairs of the upcoming second anniversary event, "The Conversation: Talking Life Issues with Those We Love," which features Jane Gross, author of the new book A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents--and Ourselves.
Dar Johnson and Emily Spoerri stepped up to take on this major task--and there could not have been two more fitting people to do so. Why? Because both of them are experiencing the "bittersweet season" themselves, providing long-distance caregiving for their mothers.
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The message of Jane Gross's book resonates with both of them, especially the importance of having that difficult "conversation" with family members. Dar says, "As a family we were fortunate to have had 'the conversation' a few years earlier, when everyone was well and in good spirits." For Emily it was different: Her attempts to have the conversation were met with resistance and her parents' belief that when the time came, everyone would know what to do. "This makes it so much more important to me to discuss these things with my children," says Emily, "so they know and don't have to second-guess."
These two dynamic and efficient women have had their work cut out for them. Due to the travel schedules engendered by their caregiving, they have had only five days when they could meet face-to-face about the event. But it works! Dar says "Emily is a great partner! We work together well. I am primarily an e-mail and text person, and Emily is a phone call person. Together with our excellent Planning Committee members, we are working hard to ensure that the event is a great success."
This story so typifies the frequent experience of Village members, who get to know each other by serving on committees, performing volunteer services or attending events. They find that the connections can be very deep and that we are often linked together in profound and enriching ways so that in the simple act of just showing up, we get something more, something different and something better than we could have expected.
Kudos to Emily and Dar for what they are doing--for the Village, for the community and for their families!
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Member-Plus Supporters
Need Volunteers for Their June Festivals.
How About Helping?
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Lincoln Park Village's Member-Plus Program, which allows people of modest means to be Village members, has received generous support this year from two of Lincoln Park's long-established community groups.
Both groups have supported the Village from its beginning--and both could use Lincoln Park Village volunteers for their upcoming annual summer events.
- OLD TOWN TRIANGLE ASSOCIATION, which donated $3,000 to the Village Member-Plus Program, holds its 62nd annual Old Town Art Fair on June 11th and 12th. You may participate in one or both of two ways: Stop by the OTT Triangle Building at 1763 N. North Park and pick up an art fair poster to put in a front window of your home or of a well-traveled business. Or, if you would like to be part of the 2011 Art Fair itself, complete the volunteer Sign Up Sheet here. By the way, participating artists for this year's fair may be previewed online here. And information about purchasing tickets for OTTA's First Sight Friday Night's in-person preview on June 10th is available here.
- MID-NORTH ASSOCIATION, which donated $2,500 to help expand the Village's Member-Plus Program, holds its Summerfest in Lincoln Park on June 25th and 26th. The annual festival, which features live music, food and craftspeople as well as an expanded area for (grand!)children's activities, is held along Lincoln Park West from Armitage to Dickens. Volunteers are needed at the entrance gates and for the children's area. For more information, call 773-727-8102.
Of Lincoln ParkVillage's 210 members, 25 have joined through Member-Plus. Funds for the program come from other community organizations, including St. Pauls United Church of Christ (the first supporter), as well as from individual Village members and others who believe in the mission of Lincoln Park Village.
In order to qualify as a Member-Plus, an individual must have an income of $45,000 or less; two or more people in the same household must have a combined income of $50,000 or less. Qualified individuals pay dues of $100 a year, while households with two or more pay $150 a year. Member-Plus Village members also receive credit for $200 or $300, respectively, to use on needed services requested through the Village and/or its clearinghouse of vetted workers.
Applicants who qualify are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, contact Dianne S. Campbell, executive director of the Village, at 773-248-8700 or at diannecampbell@lincolnparkvillage.org.
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A Matching Gift in Honor of Our New Alderman
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One of our members has just sent us a Gift in Honor of Michele Smith, committeeman and newly elected alderman of the 43rd Ward. What a nice idea. It's a way to recognize our alderman and wish her well AND, at the same time, to bring in those critical additional dollars for the Village, which Alderman Smith joined and has strongly supported from the very beginning. We know she'll be pleased.
Consider Tribute or Memorial gifts any time but especially now, during the Village's Shoulder to the Wheel fundraising campaign. Every dollar that comes in to the Village before the end of June--through the Jane Gross Benefit June 21, individual gifts and multi-year pledges, new and renewed memberships, and donations from businesses and our friends in the community--every dollar counts in attracting that important $20,000 challenge grant generously being provided by the M.R. Bauer Foundation.
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New Feature on the Member Website:
A Handy Government Directory
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We have gone through all of officialdom and culled out the phone numbers and addresses you probably use most often at the city, county, state and federal levels.
We have also provided you with the phone and fax numbers of all your elected representatives in case you want to make a point, express your views or just get something off your chest. Wards, state and federal Congressional districts and state senate districts are all identified by Zip code so that you can find the right person. Just log onto the member site, go to Directories>Government--and have at them!
Send any updates or other information for the directory to lbaer938@aol.com.
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A Message from Our Trusted Partner,
Mather LifeWays
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Participants Needed:
Please help us understand how you find health information
Health literacy is crucial for making good decisions about your health. As the Internet becomes a more important vehicle for accessing health information, the question arises of which information is reliable. Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging would like to know how you use the Internet for health information. Are there sites you trust? Do you have doubts about what you read online? The questions take most people around 5 minutes to answer, and your responses are both anonymous and private. You can take the survey here.
The information you give us will be used to develop programs through which older adults can improve their health literacy and make informed health decisions. We'll also share some suggestions and further information about online health information in an upcoming newsletter. Our study relies on the participation of Lincoln Park Village members, and we greatly appreciate your time and effort!
-- Mather LifeWays
Speaking of information - how much is enough? Too much?
Click here to read an interesting article on the creation of a tool to assess life expectancy and inform physicians' decisions about patient care and treatments. The question is, should this be made available to all of us? Is this information we want or need, or is it too much information? You be the judge!
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Volunteers needed for Chicago Food Depository
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Please join Village members Rick and Lois Stuckey as volunteers for the Greater Chicago Food Depository to pick up food after the KeHE Holiday Show on Tuesday, June 14. KeHE is a large distributor of natural, organic and specialty food items. Volunteers are also needed to pick up food after the Taste of Chicago on July 4 around 5 PM. For more information and to sign up, click here to e-mail Rick Stuckey or call Rick at 312-543-5236.
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It's Your Birthday!
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"We turn not older with years, but newer every day."
- Emily Dickinson
Please join in celebrating the June birthdays of our members:
- Lois Stack (6/2)
- Bernie Krimm (6/4)
- Lucia Blinn (6/6)
- Suzanne High (6/10)
- Liz Ware (6/11)
- Melaine Stephens (6/13)
- Dian Weddle (6/22)
- Harvey Freed (6/26)
- Debra Rosenberg (6/28)
- Judith Hertzing (6/30)
If we missed you, please call the office and let us know!
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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
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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