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NEWS FROM YOUR
COUNCILS & COMMITTEES

Health and Wellness Resident Advisory
Committee Dining Committee Council

Mark Schwartz | Chair Suzanne Chapple | Chair John Clum | RAC President

T he Health and Wellness Committee T he Dining Committee serves as T he Resident Advisory Council
has instituted a program for the the channel between Dining Ser- and its committees continue to meet
exchange of Durable Medical Equipment vices and residents. Our membership during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(DME), meant to help residents with ranges from long-time to brand-new While the RAC still meets via Zoom,
a need and those with the right Clare residents, all ready to support some committees have held socially
device to connect. Items requested the community. We are exploring distanced in-person meetings. I am
in the exchange include 4-wheeled, ways to enliven dining in these days happy to say that under their current
3-wheeled and 2-wheeled walkers; of pickup and delivery by improving leadership, the committees are more
motorized scooters; wheelchairs; menu choices, variety, responsive- actively seeking feedback from
transfer chairs; and adjustable canes.
ness, healthfulness and, of course, residents and are working on new
Our committee, together with the deliciousness. We place dining notes initiatives. Please remember that the
Dining Committee, is also beginning in The Clarion and Clarity newsletters RAC and all committees welcome
interviews with Independent Living to provide news and information and resident input, so feel free to offer
Residents who have spent time in to elicit input. Our ongoing effort to comments, questions or suggestions
The Terraces. We plan to organize improve offerings in the Marketplace to committee chairs, RAC Secretary
comments and present them to is underway! As always, we are listen- Dorothy Pirovano or myself.
Terraces management. ing, so don’t hesitate to provide your The best way to keep up-to-date
feedback! with RAC activities is to tune into the
monthly meeting held on the first
Marketing and
Communications Tuesday at 3pm via Zoom.
Committee
Harlean Barth | Chair

T he Marketing and Communica- Hospitality The Clare
Committee
tions Committee is excited about Gail Margolis | Chair Charitable
the innovative efforts of Sales and Foundation
Marketing Director Lynne Lukas and Dave Andersen | President
her team. In a resident testimonial vid- T he Hospitality Committee contin-
eo, Betsy Kennedy relays her wonder- ues to provide personal mentoring of
ful experiences at The Clare, present- new residents and develop activities T he Clare Charitable Foundation
ing a personal view of her experience to increase interaction among neigh- provides grants for employees and
living here in recent months. In another bors. During the current COVID-19 their children for educational costs.
video, resident Adina Sella tells of her pandemic, our initiatives have been af- Normally, computers are specifically
decision in choosing The Clare. These fected by limitations around in-person excluded from these grants, but 2020
have been very successful in helping interaction. has presented a shift from using
people who are trying to decide if The computers for fun and enrichment
Clare is right for them. Despite restrictions, we still seek to being a necessary part of virtual
ways to welcome new residents to
The latest Marketing brochure learning at all levels.
features the following phrase: “Luxury the community. We sponsored a
one-bedroom apartments summed up “Newcomers Zoom” in conjunction In response, the Foundation initiated
in a single word – ONE-derful!” The with a Thursday morning Coffee a program for employees and their
brochure has been one of the most Hour, which we will do again. We also children to provide grants of up to
successful to date! plan to host a meeting solely for new $300 to go toward the purchase of a
Remember to keep saving your Box residents in the future. computer for online education. As of
Tops for Education coupons, as well We appreciate your thoughts and October 28, we have distributed 25
as your pull tabs from cans. We will feedback about how we might engage grants – 11 for employees themselves
return to collecting them as soon as new residents during this most and 14 for children of employees. This
possible. challenging period. program will end December 31.