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News from Resident

Advisory Council
Your Council WE ARE HEADING INTO the last part of the year. What
CHRIS LYON, RAC President

& Committees happened to summer? Seems like it was just here. For those
of you who are new to The Clare, you have a treat in store
in the coming months. From the fabulous Thanksgiving
buffet to the gorgeous decorations that go up in November
and December, there’s no shortage of festivities at our
community. Make sure to look for your name on one of the
Marketing and Christmas trees that go up in The Grafton – we used to have
Communications only one, but so many wonderful people have joined us that
Committee we now need four. And the cherry on the sundae is the New
Year’s Eve celebration, followed by yet another fabulous
DOROTHY PIROVANO, Chair brunch on New Year’s Day. Anyone in for a new diet plan
THE PULL TABS FROM CANS and Box Tops for Education starting January 2?
from General Mills products are pouring in as the Marketing While the festivities are underway, your Resident Advisory
and Communications Committee collects to benefit the Council (RAC) continues on with business as usual. The
Ronald McDonald House through Lurie Children’s Hospital committees still meet each month, and the Finance
and the elementary schools where Clare residents read to Committee, in particular, will soon convene to discuss not
kindergarten students. Residents’ family members are also only third quarter results but also the 2019 budget. If you
getting involved, as are Clare employees and their loved want to know the latest and greatest, mark your calendar
ones, adding to the success of the collections.
for the RAC meetings that take place at 3pm on the first
Watch for the Marketing and Communications Committee to Tuesday of the month in the Oxford Room on the 19th floor.
add to its donation efforts soon, as we consider collections If you have to miss a meeting, you can always catch videos
that will benefit veterans and others. of the meetings on Odyssey.
The RAC wishes everyone a happy holiday season and a
healthy and prosperous new year!

Health and Wellness The Clare
Committee Celebrates
SHEILA ROCK, Chair 10-Year
THE THEME for the Health and Wellness Committee this
fall has been fall prevention, with programs, evaluations and Anniversary
information available for residents on the topic. For example,
the Research Subcommittee hosted two researchers in At the beginning of
August to present their study on the relationship between December, it will have
dynamic stability and falls among healthy adults, as well as been 10 years since The
tips to prevent falling in the home. Additionally, Associate Clare opened its doors
Executive Director Ashleigh Guerin distributed a handout and welcomed the community’s first residents, many of
from the Centers for Disease Control on steps to take to whom still live here today! The Clare will be celebrating
prevent falls, and residents can also request an evaluation the building’s 10-year anniversary in the coming months,
of their apartment to detect hazards that may contribute to so be on the lookout for party announcements and
falling. With this heightened awareness, we hope that there special content coming soon.
will be fewer falls among residents.