December 2009 eNews | St. Bernards Development Foundation

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		December 2009 eNews

Let St. Bernards be your Santa's Helper!

Looking for the perfect gift for that hard-to-shop-for person on your Christmas list? We have some suggestions!

1. Butterfly Note Cards - custom printed just for us. Each packet of eight cards and envelopes features a different beautiful butterfly photo on the face of each card. These are the same photos have been framed and mounted in each room in the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House. A great stocking stuffer for $10 and the proceeds support the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House. Order online.

Caring Cooks Cookbook
2. Caring Cooks Cookbook - features some of the region's finest cooks and proceeds support the Hospice House - $10. Order online.

3. The outrageously popular "Masquerade" $5 Jewelry & Accessories sale will be held Dec. 11 & 12 in the St. Bernards Medical Center Dietary Conference Room (located near the cafeteria entrance on the ground floor). The sale is open to employees and the general public. Sponsored by the St. Bernards Auxiliary, proceeds support their many projects including nursing scholarships, guest house and assist in purchasing equipment for the medical center.

Hospice House Volunteers

Carleen Marburger, Dana Housley, Tami Hawkins
L-R Volunteer, Carleen Marburger, Volunteer Coordinator, Dana Housley and Hospice Director, Tami Hawkins, discuss the role of Hospice House Volunteers
Carleen Marburger & Dana Housley
Carleen and Dana review volunteer responsibilties.
Our first group of Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House Volunteers have been through their training and are now working at the Hospice House. We continue to be pleased with the interest in this new volunteer organization and we want more volunteers so we can eventually provide staffing 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. Duties include answering phones, assisting families of patients and providing staff support. For future training dates or to find out more, contact St. Bernards Foundation Volunteer Coordinator, Dana Housley, - 870-336-5009, or complete the volunteer interest form here.

Mark your calendar for Triple Swing 2010

June 26, 27 & 28, 2010

Santa Reads at December
Stories in the Forest

Santa kept everyone's attention while he read books at the December 5, 2009 Stories in the Forest

Stories in the Forest, a project of the Women's Advisory Council of St. Bernards Development Foundation, had a very special reader this month - Santa along with one of his elves read, and gave books to every child on Saturday, Dec. 5.

Our next Stories in the Forest in the St. Bernards Fun Forest in the Mall at Turtle Creek will be Saturday, Jan. 2 featuring Mark Young as our reader.

Welcome Paul!
Marilyn M. Hummelstein, President & CEO, St. Bernards Foundation Paul Holmes has joined the staff of the St. Bernards Development Foundation as Grants Coordinator. Paul will seek out and write grant applications and monitor grant status.

Previously in the publishing industry as a newspaper and magazine writer and editor, Paul has been honored by the Arkansas Press Association and the Governor's Conference on Tourism. He is a member and past president of Jonesboro University Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow. Paul's wife, Tommie, is a probation officer for Craighead County and their son, Lane, is a Jonesboro police officer. Tommie and Paul are members of First United Methodist Church.

Paul Holmes
Paul is a native of West Memphis; '73 ASU graduate in the College of Communications and a sustaining Life Member of ASU Alumni Association. In October, Paul was appointed by Gov. Mike Beebe to the Arkansas Electronic Records Study Commission.

We're excited to have Paul on our Foundation team - welcome Paul!

Marilyn M. Hummelstein
President

Limited Time Tax-Free Giving
Butterfly Photo - IRA Rollover tax advantaged giving.
Act now to take advantage of a tax-free charitable IRA transfer. Between now and Dec. 31, people ages 70 1/2 and older can transfer IRA assets directly to a charity.