The Evergreen Express
Evergreen Estates
Retirement Community
Evergreen Estates Retirement Community
1300 E. King Street
Lancaster, PA 17602
NOVEMBER 2007
Evergreen Estates Retirement Community Newsletter
Phone: 717-394-2208
October Fest at Evergreen Estates
www.evergreenestatesrc.com
October Fest at Evergreen Estates
x
x October Fest
“Our Unsurpassed Reputation is
Your Peace of Mind”
x Global Aid
Service Project
x Cheryl’s knitting
and needlework
club
x Christmas Bazaar
Bill Minnich playing
the accordion for our
October Fest
Our Back Page
Welcome to our New Residents
Edna Caruana
Salvatore Caruana
Inside this issue:
N ov em b er B i rt h d a y s
Dottie Matthews
1 - Martha Miller
4 - Dorothy Crawford
9 - Paul Eby
In Memoriam
Evergreen Estates staff and residents extend
our sympathy to the families of
Germaine Bakken and Mary Nieli.
Resident Spotlight
2
Cheryl’s knitting
and needlework
club
2
Staff Spotlight
3
Christmas Bazaar
3
Back Page
4
Above:
Emma Beiler
with a table
of finished
bears.
Above: Rose Work and
Pauline Ibach.
Above: Kitty Giffing, Ruth
McMaster, Marie Johnson.
Left: Dot Hess, Alice Gall
and Violetta Spoo work on
jumpers to be sent to areas
of need through the
Mennonite Central
Committee.
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Resident Spotlight: Shirley Bonawitz
Shirley grew up
in Millersburg,
PA with one
brother who is
nine years older
than she. A
graduate of Millersburg High
School, she also
graduated from
Cedar Crest College with a BA in mathematics.
Shirley went on for a teaching degree and permanent certification at Millersville State College.
Her first teaching position was at Manheim
Central High School where she taught math for
six years. The first time the students had a fruit
roll for her, she had no idea what was going
on. Fruit rolls were not done when she was
a student.
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Staff Spotlight: Sharon Adams
Shirley has also worked as a home health aid and
hostess at Millersville University. She is the mother
of two and grandmother of two.
Attending wrestling meets were a favorite for
Shirley. She remembers she could hardly teach
the following day due to cheering so loudly.
Shirley enjoys anything that stimulates the mind.
Reading, good music, working crossword puzzles,
playing cards, and variety of hand held electronic
games.
Shirley came to Evergreen following surgery and a
hospital stay. She said, “I’d rather be in my own
home. But since it is no longer possible to live alone,
it’s great to live here.”
We are happy to introduce Sharon as the newest member
of the activity staff. Already we have found Sharon to be
enthusiastic, passionate, and caring. She enjoys working at
Evergreen Estates with the warm smiles and welcoming
words of the residents.
Sharon has many interests. She loves hiking, biking, scrap
booking, antique shopping, reading, and hanging out with
friends. Another love is eating - especially desserts!
A graduate of Garden Spot High School, Sharon grew up
in New Holland, PA. She has three sisters, and said, “I
always wanted a brother.” Her favorite childhood memory
is times playing with the Amish neighbor children by the
creek and in the corn shocks.
Sharon previously worked as assistant to the president at
Ladder Towers in Akron where they manufactured the
aerial ladder part for fire trucks.
Sharon met her husband Kevin at Hospice Grief Support
Meetings. She and Kevin
both lost their first
spouse to cancer. Together they blend a family of seven children and
also have a granddaughter. Sharon’s caring and
love of life and people,
grow out of her personal
life experiences.
CHRISTMAS BAZAAR - DECEMBER 8
Shirley volunteers for the activity department in
taking care of the resident store three days a week.
We greatly appreciate her help.
Cheryl’s Knitting & Needlework Club
C
Doris Hufford
and Anna Shenigo
crocheting.
Sue Bradley crocheting
Casey Jones rolling yarn, Staff Cheryl Sides using
the knitting loom with Dot Cammauf looking on.
Above: Barbara Langabeer and
Eva King.
Top Right: Betty Webb, left,
and Millie Wiggins, right, with
volunteer Chris Sauer.
Below: Pat Adams, Staff Sharon
Adams and Mary Thompson
making Christmas Ornaments
for the
Bazaar.
Crafts ready for the Bazaar