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Mark your calendar for our Annual Meeting
April 24, 2010
Annual Meeting April 18, 2009
To find the presentation of our speaker Rev. Bill Snyder from Lutheran Services in America on “Consensus, Curiousity and Creating Opportunity: The Future of Aging” please follow this link:
http://www.lutheranservices.org/PDF/FutureOfAging.pdf
Find our Annual Report at
http://www.fellowshipsquare.org/primetimes/AnnualReport09-lowres.pdf
Lake Ridge Fellowship House 25th Anniversary Party
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Fellowship Square Foundation
Dear Fellowship Foundation,
As you are well aware, this year is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Lake Ridge Fellowship House. I am also aware of this milestone because my own mother, Mary Salhus, has been a resident there since the very beginning.
We have seen so many changes in Lake Ridge Fellowship House in all those years – people coming and going, of course, but also the things you don’t usually think about: the size of the trees that were once tiny sticks, the change in landscaping and the surrounding Tacket’s Mill area, the décor changes as wallpaper is replaced, carpets changed, new floors put down, office personnel moving on and new faces joining the staff. Like a handmade quilt, all of these being but small squares in what is now the fabric of Lake Ridge Fellowship House.
My mother and I first saw Lake Ridge Fellowship House when it was still under construction. At the time, Sharon Farmer, the manager, was only able to show us an apartment on the main floor and even that one still had unfinished drywall and a cement floor. But we liked what we saw and my mother signed up to become one in the first group of residents to live there. I believe she is one of only three of the original residents still living there.
My children were only four and five when my mother moved in, so they grew up with numerous “grandmothers and grandfathers” thanks to those early residents, manager and staff. We saw the talent shows, the Super Bowls and I myself helped with more than one Halloween or Christmas celebration in those earlier years.
My youngest sister got married in the social hall, another sister’s husband hosted a spaghetti dinner and “sing-a-long” for the residents in that same social hall, my twin sister actually worked there in the office for a time. I’ve served cake, delivered flowers, made decorations and planted plants and met so many wonderful people there over the years.
As you can see - not only has the Lake Ridge Fellowship House been the place where my mother lives – it has been part of our lives also. We have not been as active in these last few years, but we have watched as it has grown and changed – some good, some not so good. But it is still the place my mother calls home and I am glad she has a place like this in which to live. She has a nice apartment that she can afford to live in on her own, she has friends to visit without ever leaving the building. She feels safe, it is in a good location close to stores, etc. and is close to us. And - she truly likes it there. It is her home.
I do hope the anniversary celebration is a great success! It means a great deal to so many of those long time residents. And, of course, we will be there to join in the festivities.
Sincerely,
Bettie Sperty,
Annual Corporate Meeting was held Saturday, April 26 2008.
Featuring Ms. Lisa Carr from Senior Director of Public Policy for Lutheran Services In America
Find Her Presentation
“Affordable Housing for Seniors: What to Expect from the 100th Congress and the New Adminsitration”
at: fellowship-square42608.doc
See our Annual Report at
http://www.fellowshipsquare.org/lutheran/annual-report/
