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Health and Wellness
News from Committee

SHEILA ROCK, Chair
Your Council THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE meetings with

The Terraces staff are always informative. They recently
& Committees completed the state assisted living survey, and they now
await the arrival of the state surveyor for skilled nursing.
Preparing for these surveys can be very hectic. We wish
them good luck.
Exercise Physiologist Leah Okner now manages the
Athletic Club. National Senior Health and Fitness Day is
Resident coming up, and Leah is planning a river walk to celebrate.
Advisory Council Plus, a team for the Dragon Boat Race is forming and will
CHRIS LYON, RAC President begin practice soon.
Life Enrichment Manager Nikki Gamble is wrapping up
IT’S BEEN A BUSY SPRING for the Resident Advisory another semester with Loyola University Chicago students
Council. We are in the midst of planning the Annual participating in the Aging in American program. They were
Meeting, taking place in May. Prior to that, we have been paired with residents to learn about the differences and
conducting an election to fill three posts being vacated. We commonalities of each generation.
are very grateful to have received applications from five
qualified candidates and thank them for their willingness
to serve our community. Results will be announced at the
Annual Meeting. The Clare
The Finance Committee is also gearing up for two Charitable
important meetings: One with Director of Accounting Dan Foundation
Rogers and Executive Director Kyle Exline to review the
results of the annual audit, and one with Dan, Kyle, and NANCY VINCENT, President
representatives from our ownership group to review first
quarter financial results. THE CLARE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION has had a
most productive year so far. Our newest initiative is the
Hopefully by the time you read this, the weather will have expansion of the Scholarship Program to include children
improved and we can all enjoy the Annual Meeting dressed of employees. It is a pilot developed to provide financial
in something other than wool pants and heavy sweaters! assistance to employees with children between the ages
See you all soon.
of 5 and 22. All full-and part-time employees who have
been employed at least one full, consecutive 12-month
period with satisfactory performance reviews are eligible
Marketing and to apply. Our goals for this program are to increase
Communications employee satisfaction and to foster employee retention.
Committee Helping these families, in even a small way, is the frosting
on our cake.
DOROTHY PIROVANO, Chair
IT PROVED TO BE a timely move when the Marketing and
Communications Committee agreed to help generate copy
for The Clarion. The monthly Clare resident newsmagazine
was experiencing a decline in submissions, and Clare
resident Marlys Styne, who created The Clarion in 2009 Dining Committee
and has been its editor-in-chief since, welcomed the
assistance. Calls went out, announcements were made and HAPPY PROSS, Chair
copy began flowing in. A 12-page issue for February made THE DINING COMMITTEE is moving forward with plans for
it to print on time despite some technical difficulties. the Employee Appreciation Breakfast, held the last week
Since then, the Marketing and Communications Committee of June. We look forward to the residents’ contributions!
has continued to work with Marlys on The Clarion. She Otherwise, we are still awaiting the announcement of the
recently stepped down as editor-in-chief of the Clarion renovation of the Ambassador Lounge as it pertains to
to serve as editor emerita. She wrote a front-page article the breakfast venue change. Director of Dining Services
in the April issue, thanking contributors for their years of Francesco Tardio and Executive Chef Hagop Hagopian
support. With a new computer, she promises to not only will be doing their best to ensure a smooth transition
participate in the editing of The Clarion but to return to during the renovation, and I am sure we will all be patient
one of the things she does best – write for it. while this is taking place. Have a happy spring!