The Seniors Foundation thanks the many people who contribute to our endeavors through the Community Service Fund and the United Way.

SeniorSFoundationNEWS&NOTES

The Seniors Foundation of Lincoln & Lancaster County

By Kristen Stohs President of the Board of Directors

The Seniors Foundation

“Time flies when you are having fun.” It also flies when you are busy. The Seniors Foundation board is busy, and we are enjoying the work, so the board year is moving quickly. While we are proud of the board’s past achievements — the beginning years of support for the Senior Centers; the Forever Strong Health Club; the educational programming on 5 City TV — our current excitement centers on our newest project, the Lincoln Seniors Transportation Program (LSTP). Our volunteers have taken to the road following more than three years of preparation. This is truly a grand accomplishment which could not have happened without community support and donations.

The pilot phase of the LSTP project has been running since January and our CARS (Catch A Ride Seniors) campaign has been launched to raise needed funds. It was my privilege to drive for our first rider and I’m happy to report that it was not just rewarding, it was fun. Our riders are so appreciative and coop-erative; it makes for an enjoyable experience. If you would like to take part in this program as a volunteer driver or in a support position, please don’t hesitate to call the Seniors Foundation office at 441-6179 or visit the website: seniorsfoundation.org.

There are two other areas of need we have also em-phasized this year. Our Snow Removal Campaign raised funds for clearing sidewalks of the elderly with a financial need and no other option of available support. Our in-kind donations of durable medical equipment have also increased this year, helping those with medical needs. Again, our list of contribu-tors reflects many who have chosen these areas to support and we thank them.

Our board members have used their individual cre-

Work, fun and excitement surrounds Seniors Foundationativity to help our organization. Mary Jane Nielsen has authored two books: A Street Named O and Life in Lincoln…as we remember it. Her generous donation of a portion of the proceeds from these books is very much appreciated. Midge Irvin has expertly led our Event committee and developed a “Senior Moment” campaign. Watch your mailbox this spring for this creative giving opportunity.

At the beginning of the year our board made a com-mitment to get to know each other better, to say thank you often, and to make our fund raising more personal. In January, we changed our board meeting into a “retreat”. We enjoyed opening remarks from President Elect of the Lincoln Community Founda-tion, Mr. Jeff Peetz. His talk focused on the value of non-profits to our community and of our work as volunteers. His message of the importance of thank-ing donors, board members, and staff gave us a good feeling that our approach was right on track. We then continued with group discussions and created an ad hoc committee that is now meeting to continue to refine the ideas discussed. We will be conducting further research and outreach to get input from citizens such as you.

As we plan our future endeavors, I am so pleased that Alice Skultety will be assuming the president’s duties in July. Alice has played an integral part in every aspect of the Foundation including four years on the Executive committee and chairing our developing transportation program. Alice and our entire board are committed to endeavors that will help Lincoln continue to be a wonderful place to live.

The Seniors Foundation of Lincoln & Lancaster County • Mezzanine level ~ 1001 O Street ~ Lincoln, Nebraska

Mail to P.O. Box 81904 ~ Lincoln, NE 68501-1904 • Ph: (402) 441-6179 ~ Fx: (402) 441-6104 • Web: seniorsfoundation.org

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Our thanks to these 2007 Seniors Foundation contributors

Glimpses of the Seniors Foundation in 2007

A.E. Schneider Masonry CoMaria Ackerman

David AdamsDee Aguilar

Zach AlexanderAllstate Giving Campaign

Daniel AndersonColleen Andrews

Kent & Peggy ApthorpeRose Atkins

Deborah BainesHarold BakerMichael BalmIngrid Bangers

Joe BattisteMarjorie Beaman

Elsie BeauBeulah Bedke

Gloria Bell

Bruce BellamyLoren Bennett

Dorothy BentleyBest Buy

Lila BickfordLucile Bingham

Richard BlairAvis Blase

Madge BoecknerJay BohlkenWilliam Booe

Helen BoosalisMarjorie Borman

Denise BoydScott Brase

James BrownJack BucholzFrances Buell

Be Bui

Brendan & Sarah BussmanShirley CampbellCarol CarpenterNancy CastilloGlenn CekalThanh ChauKen ChelohaTing-Yu ChenBonnie Clough

Community Services FundEdward & Mary Copple

Cornhusker BankEarnest CorrellMary Lou Cotter

Connie Cross-LaFontSidney Hahn Culver

Ngan DangDong Dao

Larry Darling

J. Edward DavidsonBarbara De BoerRonald De Bord

Sheila DeanDelwyn DearbornShirleen DeBus

Kendall & Joyce DimmittMau Dinh

Directions EAP, LLCDistinctive Dental Care

Assoc.Tam Do & Tong Tong

Mary DoakHouston Doan

Manh DoanNancy DolanGary Dorn

August DreierDonald Dunn

Richard & Dika EckersleyWilliam Eddy

Eugene EdwardsHelen EhrlichJanet EkelerAdam Eliker

Michael ElskenSteve Enersen

Eno Cabinet WorksExstrom Physical TherapyEyeCare Specialties, P.C.

Violet FarabeeCarmen Fernandez-Castro

Wain FinkeTracie ForemanBetty Ann Fowler

Pat FranksMarie Frey

Miriam Dee Fullerton

Each year the Foundation pro-vides support to various pro-grams and activities centered on older adults. Dale Bergantzel, shown with his art piece “Pin Wheels #93,” was one of several artists recognized in the “Fine Art of Experience,” a juried art show featuring artwork created after artist’s 55th birthday.

Board member

Nancy Dolan

promoting the Seniors

Founda-tion.

Seniors Foundation board members (from left) Jay Bohlken, Kristen Stohs and Alice Skultety on the cover of Living Well, announcing the launch of the Lincoln Seniors Transportation Program.

“A woman, age 88, had heard about the new transportation program and called asking for help getting to the grocery store. We dispatched a volunteer. At the end of the trip there were four bags of groceries and one beaming, very grateful lady.” – Kristen Stohs

“I would really be stuck without the help

of the snow removal program. I wouldn’t be

able to get to the gro-cery store or the bank.”

– Glenna, 78, who has lived in the same house for 56 years..

Lela Shanks speaks at the Lifelong Living Festival

after receiving the Seniors Foundation 2007 Com-

munity Services Award.

Board members help with holiday meals at several of Lincoln’s ActivAge Centers.

Bruce Bellamy, co-chair of the Seniors Foundation Snow

Removal Program, started promoting contributions to the

program in July.

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Thanks for caring!Lei Gao

Russell & Jessie GarmanRixtie Geitzenauer

Ben & Elaine GelberArlene GerlachLester Gertsch

Ken & Dorothy GettmanArleen Giger

Flavio GonzalezEugene Grabow

Arlene GrayCharles & Carolyn

GregoriusHelen GriffinMaija Grosc

Bonnie GustafsonRosemary Haase

Bill HaberlanBob Hackbarth

Cathy HahnHong Han

Jim HannawayLily Hans

Donald HanwayLyle Hart

Shirley HartleyWilhelmine Heiden

Fern HeimJay Heins

Douglas HellerichAnita Hempel

Lloyd HildLloyd HinkleyKhai Hoang

Leann HoangEvelyn HoltgreweJulian Hopkins

Charlotte HornerVelvet HoskinsLillian Hraban

Lee HuberRichard HuntAnh HuynhMidge Irvin

Barbara JacobsonBetty Johnson

Lyle & Gladys JohnsonJohnson Charitable

Lead UnitrustNorma JonesRobert Jones

Margaret Joy FundBonnie Kadavy

Frank Karnes, JrWillie Karst

Nancy KeechAntoinette Keim

H. Katherine KeisterGeorge Keller

Barbara & Allan KenyonKeith & Doris King

Alan Kitto, JrSharon Klein

Clarence KnospPaula Kort

Janis KruseMarcia KushnerCheryl LambertKaren LarsenLois Larson

Norma LatzelDinh Le

Huych LeMarry Le

Robert Le ZotteIrene LeBaron

Legacy Retirement Communities

Legacy TerraceLiberty First Credit Union

Liberty Lawn & Landscape

George LickliterLincoln Community

Foundation, IncLincoln Internal Medicine

Linweld, IncBetty Loos

Margaret LorenzenGerald Lott

Andrew LoudonDaniel Lowenberg

Ron & Delores MaasBoyd MacDougall

Marilyn ManeyMarsh, USA

Robert MathiasenLaurie McAdamsBarbara McCabeDonna McCarthy

Robert McColloughFrank McEntarffer

Greta McMullenTed McNeese

Gladys McPheron TrustKathy MeyerLeon Meyer

Miller Grandchildren Charitable Lead Annuity

TrustRobert & Cynthia

MilliganBarry MooreRuth Mosby

Earl & Marge MoserLee Napue

Neil E Balfour, P.C.CPAChris NelsonLois Neuman

Karyl NewmanDominic Nguyen

Hai NguyenHanh Nguyen

Hay Thi NguyenHoa Nguyen

Hong NguyenPhen NguyenQuyet NguyenSu Thi NguyenThanh NguyenTrung Nguyen

Trung Trinh NguyenMary Jane NielsenMarjorie Nieveen

Richard NorrisLaura OehringLavonne Ogren

Ella OppLeo & Carol Opp

Mildred OstenJoan Owomoyela

Joyce Pacula GeorgeLois Paschke

George PavlasSteven Peck

June & Don PedersonGary PetersenDoris Peterson

Dau PhamLuong PhamCan Phung

Victoria PiersolElizabeth Pierson

Waldo PiersonDebra PlacekFranklin Polk

Gerald & Lois PoppeViola Pratt

Mary PritchardD.L. & Susan Puelz

Patricia RandEris Randall

Arlene ReighardMark Richardson

Fred RickersAlan & Colleen Robb

Roger RobertsonDelores Robinette

Jodene RoekerHelen RoeskeNanette Rowe

Maurice RussellNaida SanchezSavannah Pines Gilbert SaveryRenee Schafer

Herbert SchimekRonald & Diane Schwab

Charles ScottGary & Sue Seacrest

Jean ShawKatharina SidikiRobert Sinkey

Ruthelen SittlerAlice Skultety

Del & Linda SmithLaurel Smith

Norma SomerheiserTheo Sonderegger

Speidell Monuments Inc.Michael & Kelly Stahly

Roy StattonKaren Sterns

Ralph & Phyllis StewardBrett & Jill Stohs

Gene & Kristen StohsBarbara StrausElisa Stutheit

Lou SudaMark SurmannKathryn SuttonAlbin Svoboda

Clarence SvobodaLester Swanson

Virginia SwansonRobert & Carol Teale

C. ThomaPauline ThompsonHarold Tompkin, Sr

Thomas TrainorBay TranLuat Tran

Thu Thuy TranThuong Tran

Bach Tuyet Tran Binh TrinhPhan Trinh

Truong TrinhDona Tysinger

Leona VanderbeekGrace Varney

Dieu VoMicheal VoPhung Vo

Lee Volkmer Warren Von Essen

Muffy VranaDiep VuLien Vu

Thom VuJean Webb

Jean I. WednerMarlon & Cindy Weiss

Wells Fargo FoundationDavid WendelinGertrude Wenzl

Sarah White Wayne Whitmarsh

Roger WiegandLorraine WilburR. David WilcoxHeather Wiley

Michael & Sue WilkinsWinifred Williss

Peggy WolfeWoods Charitable FundJohn & Carolyn Yeakley

Eldon YeutterFrances YoungVitaly Zlotnik

The Seniors Foundation wants to recognize and thank all our sup-porters, donors and volunteers. If your name was accidentally omit-ted from this list, we apologize.

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By Alice Skultety President Elect of the Board of Directors The Seniors Foundation

Alice Skultety, president elect of the Se-niors Foundation Board of Directors, is in her ninth year of service on the Board. She has been in the banking business for

23 years and a Lincolnite for the past 18 years. She is a trust officer at Union Bank & Trust, administering trusts and estates in the Personal Trust and Wealth Management Department.

One of the commitments of the Seniors Foundation Board is to stay abreast of the changing issues of older adults in the Lincoln area. Our initial research confirms that older adults value their independence. And we know our community prospers when people are allowed to age in place.

Over the past several years we have heard many positive stories from people, of how programs and services of the Lincoln Area Agency on Aging and Seniors Foundation have improved their quality of life. People like Mabel who joined the Forever Strong Health Club and later attended one of our meetings to show us how she could again touch her toes and walk unassisted.

Surveys and auditsDuring the coming year, we will be conducting sur-veys and audits of interests and concerns. We encour-age you to respond if you receive a questionnaire or

survey. Your input will help us prioritize and target future projects. Everyone, no matter his or her age is encouraged to participate.

One area of interest in our fact finding outreach will be to gather input from the “younger” generations. Do they have grandparents in the area – what is their concept of old age? In what ways do they interact with older people?

Other questions of interest will be directed to indi-viduals who are still working – Are they, or are they preparing to be, caregivers for their parents? Have they thought about what they will do when their parents stop driving? Do their parents live close by?

And we want to hear from the retired population. We would like to know your health and fitness needs – are you still driving? What are your biggest needs?

Let us hear from youWe invite anyone who has identified some area of con-cern that affects a segment of our older adult popula-tion to put the ideas in writing and send them to:

The Seniors Foundation P.O. Box 81904

Lincoln, NE 68501

You can also forward thoughts through the contact page on the Seniors Foundation web site:

www.seniorsfoundation.org.

Seniors Foundation seeks community input

You care. Together, we can turn our caring into action.We care.

President: Kristen Stohs; President Elect: Alice Skultety, Union Bank; Treasurer: Jay Heins, Buckley, Sitzman; Secretary: Michael Balm, Wells Fargo; Past President: Jay Bohlken, Legacy Retirement Communities; Bruce Bellamy, Wells Fargo; Nancy Dolan, Women’s Clinic; Helen Griffin; Bill Haberlan, Butherus, Maser & Love; Midge Irvin; David Kroeker; Andrew Loudon, Baylor, Evnen, Curtiss, Grimit & Witt; Dr. Barbara McCabe, UNL College of Nursing; Mary Jane Nielsen, NECO Security; Mark Richardson, Union Bank; Maurice Russell;

Muffy Vrana. Ex Officio: June Pederson, Lincoln Area Agency on Aging.Foundation staff: Richard Blair, Director of Development; Meldene Dorn, Board Assistant.

The Seniors Foundation Board of Directors