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Newsletterof Interfaith Caregiversof Haddonfield;Inc.- a Faith in Action Program
Volume 13,Number
Clients,this is your opportunityto sing the
praisesof your favorite volunteer.Interfaith
Caregiverswill honor its "Volunteerof the
Year" at the SpringReceptionon May 30th.
The selectioncommitteewill meetsoonto
pick the most appropriatecandidate,so
pleasesubmityour nominationsoonby mail
to P. O. Box 186,Haddonfield,NJ 08033.
This annualeventwill be held in the social
hall of GraceEpiscopalChurch, 19 Kings
Highway East,Haddonfield,from 6-8 p.m.
The socialhall is just a few stepsfrom the
-pa-rkinglot behindLanternLane.
Pleasejoin your friends andneighborsfor
a relaxed,social eveningaswe honor this
year's Volunteerof the Year.A light buffet
will be served.
Co-chairmenB. J. Deanand
Lorrie MacFeetersarebusy
arranginga wonderful evening
for everyone.Invitations will
be mailed in mid-April. If you
would like to attendand are
not on our mailing list for this
event,pleasecall the office at
354-0298after May 1st.An invitation will
be sentto you promptly.
February2007
Mark your calendarsand
savethe dateof Saturday,
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May 5th for Interfaith Caregivers'2nd
Annual "Touch-A-Truck" Family Festival.
Little kids andbig kids alike will havefun
with all thosetrucks! Fire engines,backhoes,front loaders,dump trucks, school
buses,limousinesandmore- a complete
hands-onexperience.
The fun includesappearances
by everyone's favorite builder character,a special
performanceby "Mr. Scottthe Music Man",
COPPSKid ill program,tattoos,artsand
crafts center,food concessionsand souvenir
t-shirts.Fun for the whole family!
Saturday,May 5th, 10:00a.m,-2 p.m. at
One Centennialparking lot on Euclid Avenue at the offices of Archer & Greiner,P.C.
If you or someoneyou know would like to
entera vehicle or help with the planningof
this event,pleasecontactLora Carr at
[email protected].
If you attendedlast year,you know how
much fun it is. Don't miss it this year! Bring
your children,grandchildrenor tots from
your
neighborhood.
You
will enjoy it as
muchas
Itheydo!
Folks havebeenasking,"Why doesInterfaith Caregiversneedmore volunteers?Why
do you haveso many training sessions?"If
you notice the statisticalbox on the front
pageof this newsletter,you will seewe have
a ratio of more than one-to-oneclients to
volunteers.It would seemthat 400 volunteers
could serve365 clients easily.Not so!
Thereare so many variablesthat comeinto
play. Pleaseconsidersomeof them.All of
our voluhteersarendt available'at any given
time. In the winter, the snowbirdsleaveus to
go south.When they return, it's time for the
beachfolks to headfor the shore!So,we
neverhavea full complimentof caregivers
on hand.
The next considerationis that our volunteers
arenot availableevery day when they are at
home!If they~they
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interestingand dynamicfolks we havecome
to expectin our organization!Someof our
caregiversare availableonly on specific days
and at specific times.Many of our volunteers
work full time andhavefamilies to carefor.
They help us out in the little free time they
have.If the appointmentsthat our clients
havedon't coincidewith our volunteers'
availability, we could be in trouble!
Also, many of our volunteersspecializein
their services- somedo only respitecare,
somelike telephonereassurance,
and some
prefer taskslike groceryshopping.Most of
our requestshappento be for transportation.
However,evenour drivers specialize.Some
will drive only locally or on a particularday.
Our needmight be for someoneto drive to
Philadelphia.
400 volunteerssoundslike a largenumber,
but that includesoffice volunteers,home
volunteers,friendly visitors, shoppers,and
respitecareproviders- not just drivers.
As our clients age,they needmore services
to remainindependent.Pleasesupportour
organizationby publicizing our training
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If y-ou~ow someone~who
might
like to join our volunteerprogram,please
tell them of all the opportunitiesthat exist
within Interfaith Caregivers.We needevery
type of volunteer.However,our main need
is for daytimedrivers! Pleaseencourage
your friends andneighborsto take a training
sessionsoon!
Thankyou for making our office festive during the holiday season:
Betsy Gagliardi for deckingthe outsideof the building with a wreath.
Carol Malcarneyfor theholidayarrangement.
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Mary, Ray, and Susan Carotenuto for the cookies.
Secret Santa, Donna & Dolly Russell, Terry & Bob Carroll, Ann Ward and Kathy Lewis
for candy that energized us to work during the month of December.
Tom Pope for pastry bites that helped offset our candy high.
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Thanksto the new PensionProtectionAct
of 2006, if you are 70 and a half or older and
havea traditional IRA from which you are
requiredto take a mandatoryminimum
distribution,you may elect to makea Q~
transferof all or a portion of that sumto
Interfaith Caregivers,up to $100,000.This
benefit will expire at the endof 2007.
You may wish to considerthis option if
you haveIRA assetsthat you do not needto
supportyou in retirement.This charitable
contributionhasthe advantageof satisfying
your minimum distribution without increasing your taxableincome.However,since.
thesefundswill not be includedin your
incomefor federaltax purposes,you cannot
claim a deductionfor this gift.
We are looking for
volunteersto work at
the front desk,answer-
ing phonesandcalling
volunteersto askthem to do assignments.We call it "making matches."
Basic computerskills and a pleasant
telephonemannerare essential.We will
train you to useour fabulous,new
schedulingsystem.It's easyto learn!
Hours are flexible. Comein oncea
week,or wheneveryou areavailable.
Ideally, shifts are for threehoursin the
morning or afternoon,or for a coupleof
hoursin the evening,but we will work
with your schedule.
It is rewardingwork in a friendly
environment.Be a matchmaker!Please
call the office at 354-0298for more
information, and ask for Suze.
-Please'contact your tax advisor to ensure
that this charitablegiving opportunityis
right for you. This option is especiallyattractive for peoplewho do not itemizetheir
deductions.If you would like additional
information regardingmaking sucha
donationto Interfaith Caregivers,please
contactJim Peckaat 609-670-0688for
assistance.
Interfaith Caregiversis now
able to acceptappreciated
stock or securitydonations.This option may
benefit both you and Interfaith Caregivers
financially. If, after checkingwith your
financial advisor,you would like to obtain
more information aboutthis methodof
donating,pleasecall the Interfaith
Caregiversoffice at 354-0298.
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Lisa Alberts
JohnMorris
JohnBrowne
LauraPoliero
Pat Busarello
Ellen Purnell
CharlotteDeFrancisco Jim Reed
Kara Grady
Nancy Sabia
Gail Kowczak-Bhaya Fran Skinner
Lisa Lindenberg
Kathy Tully
Julia Loftus
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The Caring Times
Volunteers
Interfaith Caregiversoften getsoffers from
high schoolgroups,Girl Scouttroops,Cub
Scoutdensand otheryoung peoplewho
would like to help our seniors.While we
appreciatethe interestof thesegroups,it is
sometimesdifficult for the Executive
Director, with everythingelseshehasto do,
to coordinatetheseefforts.
Wouldn't it be greatif we had a Youtb
Activities Coordinatorwho could take
chargeof this area?The Programsand
ServicesCommitteeenvisionsthis volunteer
position as a liaison betweengroupswishing to do serviceprojectsand our clients.
The "busy season"tendsto be in the Fall,
when groupssettheir calendarsfor the year
andtheir energylevels arehigh. Past
activitieshave includedpumpkin and
cookiedeliveries,rakingleaves,and
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ChristmasCaroling.
Will you help us cultivate a list of clients
who wish to take part in thesekinds of
projects?Do you enjoy working with teens
andyoung people?Do you needa
challenge?Work on your own or with a
friend. What better excuseto get together!
Wasyour New Year'sResolutionto makea
differencein someone'slife? And maybe
yours too?
We offer lots of job satisfaction,the
opportunityto meetnew people,and a
very flexible schedule.Call us today at
354-0298!
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'Touch-A- Truck" Family Festival.
Sign up to be a part of this eventwhich
puts the "fun" into fundraising!Setup,
cleanup, or help tots into and out of their
favorite vehicles.
Marchers for July 4th parade.
We will supplythe props andthe theme.
Justjoin other Interfaith Caregivers
volunteersandtheir families ~spart of this
wonderful parade.
Dear Caregivers,
I wishto thankthekind people
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who arewilling to give of their time and
themselves.
Caregivershaveaddedso muchto my
life. Thank you.
Love,
Doris Boucher
Dear Caregiversof Interfaith,
I cannotthank you enoughfor the help
you havegiven me with my doctors
appointments.It is sucha relief to know
the securityI feel.
Each'and everyvolunteeris so caring
andpleasant.
Pleaseacceptmy donationto help
keepInterfaith going.
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Interfaith Caregivers
expressesour deepappreciation to the following congregations, organizationsand foundationsfor
their support:
HaddonFortnightly
HaddonfieldFoundation
Fidelity CharitableFoundation,
Mr. & Mrs. RonaldP. Sandmeyer,Ir.
Our Lady of LourdesMedical Staff.' .
HaddonHeightsFire Department
Faith Circle, LutheranChurchof our
Savior
HaddonfieldUnited MethodistChurch,
Frank Baxter/Goodwill Bible StudyClass
HaddonHeightsUnited MethodistChurch,
Mission Committee
Matching Gifts:
McGrawHill
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GlaxoSmithKlineFoundation
Thankyou to the following individuals
who respondedto our sponsorinitiative:
CongregationalOutreachLuncheon:
Lynn Owen
Adogt-a-Client:
Karen Weaver
Evelyn & ChampGoldy
Mike & Marge Ravella
Thank you also to thosewho respondedto
our office wish list - Marion Conners,
Marion Creamer,Harry Griffey, Tom Pope,
and Dr. & Mrs. JamesFryer in memoryof
J. RobertCox, M.D.
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Second Annual Touch-A- -Saturday,May 5th, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
One Centennial Square,Haddonfield
(Euclid Avenue near the Hi SpeedLine)
Spring Reception, honoring Volunteer
of the Year
Wednesday,May 30th, 6-8 p.m.
Grace Episcopal Church Social Hall,
(Entrance off Lantern Lane Parking Lot)
It startedasa labor of love andhasevolved
into a fond remembrance.
Amy Kinzel,
Director of Be Well MassageTherapy,
worked with her grandmother,Elsie Commons,in making hot/coldpacksto sell for
therapeuticuse.Mrs. Commonsenjoyed
working on this project,which also earned
her a little extramoney.
After Mrs. Commons'deathin August
2006,Toni Bonnettearrangedfor her
students,"The BusinessBuddies"at Lindenwold High School,to finish the hot/cold
packsMrs. Commonshad started.Amy
would now like to donate100%of the proceedsfrom the saleof thesehot/cold packsto
Interfaith Caregiversin memoryof her
grandmother.The hot/cold packs,filled with
rice, comein varioussizes- for the back,
neck andeyes- and canbe heatedin a
microwaveor frozen in a freezer.
The hot/cold packsrangein price from $8 to
$12,with a setof threecosting$25.
If you areinterestedin purchasingthesehot/
cold packs,you may contactAmy Kinzel at
856-216-0955,ext. 1 or e-mail her at
[email protected].
They make
wonderful gifts!
Harold S. ReD
BarbaraS. ReII
Ted Hawkes
Jim & Virginia Carson
Dr. & Mrs. StuartFinch
Janice Chandler
Dolores Barker
None Wisniewski
Ian & Bob Twitchell
Marian Creamer
Kaye & Courtney Malcarney
Sandra Mezger
Dick & Peg Gimigliano
Richard & Linda Nussey
Joyce Whitman
RaeFalasca
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BernardT. Kearney
Gary Gilman & DeborahZelitch
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Brian & DeniseHansberry
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ChapinHill Advisors, Inc.
Michele M. & Donald R. Fox
Marilyn & Clark O'Donoghue
DoloresBarker
Ballard SpahrAndrews & Ingersoll,LLP
Norie & Frank Wisniewski
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Caldamone
Mary & Bill McArthur
KathleenS. Cain
N. J. Swimming
KathleenGilbert
MargaretGatti
Joel & Kallen Korin
Charles& MargaretBrinkley
Joe& MargaretMcElroy
Richard & DeborahHluchan
Mary Kolton
PatriciaKing
Rosemary DiFullio
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bonnette
Florence Dowdy
Claire Rocco
Paul M. Molloy
Jane M. Kershner
Bette C. Powell
DennisPowell
JasonClay
Carman, Lucy & SanteMantini
Carl & JoAnn Price
Dr. & Mrs. Henry Belasco
Ron Craig
My mother & father
Howard C. Johnston
Clyde Barker
Stephen & Patricia Hahn
Kay Kucher
Dorothy Conover
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bergdoll
Florence S. Merker
Bernard Magness
Mae Ann Burdick
My mother, Domenica Bertotti
Marion Conners
Ruth Tomlin's Birthday
Dolly & DonnaRussell
Ross & Shereen Gray.:
MaryBeth & Byron Swackhamer
RichardD. Swackhamer
JosephWisniewski
Dante& Diane Marguglio
Charles Boyer
Ellen & David Berntson
Robert Geshner
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Pike
Mary Dougherty, John Dougherty,
Ray Russell & Charles McLaughlin
Dolly & DonnaRussell
Dougherty & Russell families
EleanorMcLaughlin
Josephine Passeri
Angie Schelpat
Eleanor M. Worrell
Staci Ann Thompson
Mary & Therese Halscheid
Revoir family
Kenneth & Elizabeth Gravener
Louis & Dolores Marrocco
Metro Cab
Betty Berry
Nancy Moscariello
Di~ & Steve Elyea
Dr. & Mrs. William Harrer
Dr. James B. Soffer
William & Ellen Blumenstein
Nan Audrey Daggan
JayeM. Gerace
Brian E. Rochford
Janet & Frank Betley
Vito A. Valecce
Janet & Frank Betley
Eileen Myers, GeorgeKiessling,
Brian Rochford, Frank Simpson
Sally & Ed North
GeneAlongi
Doris Alongi
Charles J. Giuffre
Mrs. RobertFranks
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Friend
Virginia & JohnIvins
The Labadiefamily
Mary Terra
ClaudeBurghen
Patricia& CosimoDigneo
Marie DelRoccili
Joan& JohnOdorisio
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Olivo
Mark & MarianneDelRoccili
Kim DelRoccili
Charles& BarbaraTisa
Patricia& JosephGillies
City of Camden,Office of the
Municipal Clerk
F. Victor Westermaier, Jr.
Dorothy Westermaier
Willard "Jerry" Madden
Rastelli Foods
Beverly & Jack Kolb
Frank Schafhauser family
Jack & Marian Brunn
Anna Sharp
Eleanor & Joe a'Hanlon
Florence Williman
Robert & Patricia Fennimore
Randolph & Eileen Elder
Louis & Carol Romanet
Ed Wardell
Edward & Shirley Fahrendorf
Eleanor Iyes
The Frank Schafuauser family
Barbara Thomas' Birthday
Skip Thomas
Kirsten McGargil1
ScottThomas
Mary Ellen (Mimi) Yurkow
Kimberly Gardine
Jean Day's Birthday
May C. Moore
Richard Traver
Iron Horse Printing Company
Retirement of Frank Mango
Carl & JoAnn Price
Duncan McIntosh
Carol Livingston
Dolores Barker
JaneHirt
In Honor of:
Lola Riggs' Birthday
Mae Ann Burdick
Mr. & Mrs. JosephHolman
Jeffrey Holman
The Riggs & Colombi families
Dr. & Mrs. John S. Garra
Anna Marie Skolsk
L. Levitskie
Dr. Mary Previty
SusanLaws-Mobilio, D. O.
Marie T. Schnell
George& MaryannSchnell
Elizabeth T.Meyer
William
Bratten
Gini
Potts
Meredith & Phil Bender
Claire & John Van Soest
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James Squadrito
Cheryl Squadrito Moskovitz
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BarbaraKulzer
Mr. & Mrs. J. Edwin Cusack
LeRoy F. Keiser
ThelmaKeiser Staffiera
Don Schaffer
Tina Iezzi-Heim
Steve& Louise Rack
Mary C. Rack
Edith Marie Lombardi
CharlesLombardi
Mabel Love Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Brown
Anna C. Burdick
Mae Ann Burdick
JamesM. Moore, Jr.
Steven& Manta Holt
John Axner
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Stedman
Jack Parsons
Ginny Parsons
Pat,Dave & Julie Weikart
Nancy & Con Mayer
SueBelle
Mary Metzler
JeanneEisele
Mr. & Mrs. J. Fenimore
Doris F. Forshner
Merry Christmas, Mr. & Mrs.
JosephRiggs, Jr. and family and
Dr. & Mrs. Tom Kadar and family
Mae Ann Burdick
Happy Hanukkah, Mr. E. Turetsky
& Dr. RoseMagnessand family
Mae Ann Burdick
Alma Weiler
SusanM. Donohue
Lillian Ragone's Birthday
Rita Nardi
Marcia Roberts
Jerry B. Roberts
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Caregivers
is now pleasedto offer
the convenienceof
credit cardpaymentsfor
your contributionsand
eventregistrations.
Recognizingthe
regularity with which
many of us usecharge
cards,we areproviding
this service.
We hopeyou will
find it helpful.
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give you the time you needto get or return
the permit withou1risking getting a parking ticket.
If you haveany
questionsaboutthe
ParkingPermits,
pleaseaskNorie.
Volunteerswho areworking in the Interfaith
Caregiversoffice or attendinga meeting
theremay obtain a ParkingPermit from the
office for usewhile they arevolunteering.
Pleaseplacethis permit on the dashboard
of your car on the driver's side so that it is
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