Kauffman Named New Campus Executive

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1 sprig from Wlut Hills Retiremet Commuity Wlut Creek, Ohio Kuffm Nmed New Cmpus Executive The Wlut Hills Bord of Directors d Mrk Kig, Greecroft CEO, hve cofirmed tht Jeremy Kuffm will fill the positio of Vice Presidet of Opertios d Executive Director for Wlut Hills, begiig i July. Kuffm will be oly the third executive i Wlut Hills 39 yer history. His uique qulifictios iclude servig seve yers s our Nursig Home Admiistrtor d i key roles i our busiess office d reimbursemet systems. Over the lst three yers, Kuffm hs bee the primry leder i lerig bout d implemetig Culture Chge ito progrms d fcilities o our cmpus. The selectio process ws ope serch with the two very qulified filists iterviewed by the Idepedet Livig Residet Coucil, the WH mgemet tem, d our Bord of Directors. After thoughtful d pryerful cosidertio, Jeremy ws selected becuse of his pssio, experiece, d kowledge, Mrk Kig oted. I letter to residets d stff, Bord Chirm Bill Mullet d Kig sid, We look forwrd to seeig Jeremy grow d evolve s leder i his ew role. There will remi sigifict chlleges hed for this miistry. It will require ll of us to work together to mke Wlut Hills gret plce to live d to work. Orgiztios eed to cotiue to chge d evolve, d by workig together our cmpus will be better d stroger. Over the ext few moths, Kuffm will work with Presidet Dvid Miller, Kig, d the WH mgemet tem to mke smooth d effective trsitio. I m very excited bout this ew opportuity, sid Kuffm. Wlut Hills is gret orgiztio to be prt of. I wt to thk everyoe for their support d pryers durig the selectio process. This support ws other sig of how specil Wlut Hills is to me d my fmily. Kuffm d his wife Christy re the prets of Mdelie, Seth, d Sophi. They re members of Berli Meoite Church. Jeremy serves s co-coorditor of the locl commuity ceter/librry project d s Chmber of Commerce bord member. He is lso ctive with the Ohio Perso-Cetered Cre Colitio. WH Presidet Dvid Miller d Bord Chirm Bill Mullet welcome Jeremy Kuffm (ceter) s the ew Executive Director of Wlut Hills.

2 Wht People Are Syig About Wlut Hills We ever thought fcility like yours could hve such woderful, cri g employees. (Hele) The cre is dig. outst (Jck) s so w ff t s e h T dly. e i r f d wrm t be c s e s r u The y) bet! (Mr We felt ver y much t home. (Betty) The p r o f e stff is friedly s s i o l, ig. T, d crsmiles here re plce." ll over the (Rose M rie) NA Clsses t Wlut Hills JoElle Mst hs bee triig d supervisig ew ursig ssistts t Wlut Hills for 20 yers. Her 79th STNA clss beg recetly with three studets. Ech 16-hour clss cosists of 127 hours of istructio d oriettio. Over the lst few yers, ll clss prticipts first test their iterests s Hospitlity Aides. Spedig weeks with residets d stff hs bee excellet test for their ew voctio. For more iformtio bout STNA clsses t Wlut Hills, cotct Mtt Wegerd, Persoel Coorditor t From the Presidet... It ws pproximtely five yers go tht pl ws put i plce for me to trsitio s I etered my 60 s decde. This ws hed decisio the, d ow my hert is workig to ctch up. The positive memories of my 28 yers s the Wlut Hills cmpus executive will be somethig I ll cherish. My fmily d I hve bee truly blessed through this jourey. I ve hd two of the best bosses (Levi Troyer & Mrk Kig) tht yoe could wt. D v i d M i lle r I m thkful tht plig for my successor ws timely d thoughtfully doe, esurig the cotiutio of Wlut Hills trditio of beig qulity first progrm tht reflects the Christi vlues of its fouders d our commuity. Our 190 Assocites reflect so well the gretest sset of y service orgiztio its stff. After few moths of retiremet, I look forwrd to beig the Advisor for the Meoite Foudtio for Northest Ohio. Blessigs d THANKS 2

3 IN T H E Associte Doris Oliger Dietry Aide Nie yers t Wlut Hills Birthplce Coshocto Residece Bltic Fmily mrried to Dold for 32 yers; two sos; oe grdso Hobbies redig d ridig motorcycle with my husbd Highlight of my life Nov. 23, 2009 the dy our first grdchild ws bor. It ws mzig. Life Motto Live life to the fullest. My drem is to go o vctio to the wester U.S. Wht I like most bout Wlut Hills I ejoy iterctig with the residets. I love to her their stories. S P O T L I G H T Residet Adrew & Ethel Torok The Medows Ages: 82 (A) & 80 (E) Voluteer Meliss Miller Sugrcreek Livig t Wlut Hills sice August 2005 Fmily so i Idho d dughter i Lori; oe grdchild Birthplces Cleveld (A); Lori (E) Former Occuptios veter of U.S. Nvy, Lori City Firefighter for 29 yers (A); detl ssistt for 10 yers, homemker (E) Hobbies crossword puzzles (both); jigsw puzzles, redig (A); cookig, bkig, d redig (E) Highlight of Our Lives The first time we met. (both); Whe I sw her picture, it ws love t first sight. I Jue, we will celebrte our 63rd weddig iversry. (A) Life Motto Fith d love re the most importt thigs. (both); We hve lwys lived withi our mes. (A) Wht we like most bout Wlut Hills We love the pece d quiet d hvig less resposibility whe it comes to mitece d upkeep. (both) Legth of service t WH. lmost oe yer Are(s) of voluteerig Beuty Shop; pitig ils t NH How I cme to be WH voluteer I sw brochure tht tlked bout ll the opportuities to voluteer t Wlut Hills. Wht I like most bout beig voluteer? I ejoy gettig to kow the residets. They re so much fu! Wht I would tell others to ecourge them to voluteer?... It is such rewrdig experiece. The residets love whe you visit with them, d they re so grteful for the time you sped with them. Welcome H short-term rehb/ skilled idividuls re ot icluded The Medows Michel & Brbr Bres, Kerrville, TX Retiremet Home Jye Murphy-Hlo, Sherrodsville Clemeti Stos, Commos & Orldo, FL Jue Kreiter, Mssillo Jy Rhodes, Goshe, IN Be Wever, Dlto Nursig Home Mrth Wegerd, Dudee Mike Ahijevych, RH & Sugrcreek Mrily Burch, RH & Ket Virgil Mrti, RH & Shreve Dorothy & Lwrece Bruk, RH & Kutztow, PA Lee Adrews, RH & Frmerstow

4 My Optios for Cmpus Trsporttio Wlut Hills residets d stff use vriety of differet modes of trsporttio to trvel roud cmpus. Jeette Guscott recetly doted golf crt for Idepedet Livig residets to use. Some residets hve their ow golf crts d Gtors. The red electric cr ebles fcility visits, trips to the Commuity Prk, d eve shoppig t Wlut Creek Cheese or uptow. Summer Gtherigs for Residets d their Fmilies Retiremet Home d Idepedet Livig Fridy, Jue 25, 6:30 p.m. to?? Nursig Home Sudy, Jue 27, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Activities for All Ages: - Delicious food by Dietry Deprtmets - Music by Good Compy - Ifltbles - Surrey d hy rides - Fce pitig - Corhole d other gmes I the News Sprig Editio Pictured re Dvid Miller, WH Presidet; Betty Burbk of The Commos; Dick Bidlck of The Medows; d Steve Miller, bord chirm of HRM. The Idepedet Livig residets sperheded our cmpus respose to the Hiti disster. Assocites, fmilies, d other residets ll got ivolved. I the ed, Wlut Hills doted $3,100 to Hiti Relief d Missios (HRM) of Berli to help purchse smll house kits for idividuls ffected by the erthquke i Hiti. Adequte housig is bsic hum eed, oted Dvid Miller. It s somethig tht we c esily tke for grted. 4

5 hppeigs cmpus o The dedicted WH voluteers were hoored t specil lucheo i April. Pictured re (frot row) voluteer Loree Gigerich d Voluteer Coorditor, Jckie Oswld; (bck row) guest speker for the lucheo, Missy Horsfll, d voluteers Wd Miller d Wrre Foster. The bby girffe from The Frm t Wlut Creek visited the NH i Mrch. The Silverliers of Coshocto shred their dcig tlets with residets of the RH. Judy Westfll of The Medows helped pss out ice crem trets to studets t Wlut Creek Elemetry School s thk you for their prticiptio i the Red With Me progrm. Tim Miller provided ccompimet for group of his fellow WH Assocites, who performed t the NH o St. Ptrick s Dy. Mri Stmbugh of the RH put the fiishig touches o her pitig t wtercolor clss tught by locl rtist, Rob VAtt. Author Lis D. Piper (right) siged oe of her books for Vev Sems, RH receptioist d presidet of Wlut Creek Fie Arts, who co-sposored Piper s pperce t Wlut Hills. Tiffy Miller, RH Activities Coorditor, served cheesecke to Thelm Gordo d Evely Myers t Mother s Dy te prty. More th 60 childre prticipted i the Wlut Creek Commuity Ester Egg Hut, which icluded visit from the Ester Buy.

6 Nursig Home Retiremet Home The Commos The Medows Retiremet Commuity Presorted Stdrd U.S. Postge Pid Permit 44 Sugrcreek, OH Wlut Hills Echoes Published Qurterly CEO, Mrk Kig Presidet, Dvid A Miller Editor, Pul S. Miller Bord of Directors: Bill Mullet (Chir), Sm Steimel (Vice-Chir), Juli Gerber, Bruce Hummel, Ev Keim, Alv Mst Wlut Hills Retiremet Commuity, Ic. P.O. Box Olde Pump St. Wlut Creek, OH or ifo@wluthillslivig.com WlutHillsLivig.com Wlut Hills is ot-for-profit orgiztio d Affilite of Greecroft Commuities, Goshe, Idi (greecroft.org) Wlut Hills does ot discrimite gist y perso o the bsis of rce, color, tiol origi, disbility or ge i dmissio, tretmet, or prticiptio i its progrm, service d ctivities, or i employmet. Picture Yourself At Wlut Hills! Together, let s fid wy to mke it hppe for you. Betty Miller, Admissios Coorditor The populr Purchse-Occupcy optio is ow vilble t The Commos. The lst of the Millerhus homes is beig built o Pod Le d will be vilble this fll. **Skilled Cre Rehbilittio, I-Ptiet or Out-Ptiet **Log-term ursig cre Shred d Privte Rooms *Assisted livig Privte Rooms/Suites Alzheimer s Household Cmpus Livig Optios *Ctered Livig Efficiecy d Oe- d Two-Bedroom Aprtmets *Idepedet Livig The Commos Oe- d Two-Bedroom Homes, Grges 780; 1,020; d 1,120 sq. ft. floor pls Purchse-Occupcy optio ow vilble The Medows Two-Bedrooms, De, Screeed Porch, Bsemet 8 floor pls - 1,120 to 1,515 sq. ft. Reserve sites for future costructio **Skilled/Log-Term Nursig Cre Cll Merle Miller, ext. 310 *Assisted Livig, Ctered Livig, d Idepedet Livig Cll Betty Miller, ext WlutHillsLivig.com