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deafness and disabilities, was a great hit again this year. Bruce Munroability
abilityto
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select
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Director, LSS In-Home Care
Camp Sign-A-Watha ever!”
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thus
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employment
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caregivers;
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in the community
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including
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Residents in Maine’s
LSS mental health
residential programs
participated in the
Brain Injury Association’s annual “Walk
for Thought.” The
four LSS clients not
only raised $600 but
also participated in
the Walk.
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Director, LSS In-Home Care
Donald Walsh Named New
Administrator
for Emmanuel
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head of Emmanuel House ResiLSS LSS
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Chief
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Don Walsh
as the
new
another
caregiver.
another
LSS In-Home
caregiver.
to Christ’s
love,LSS In-Home
for people in need.
will be a great asset to this residential ministry in Brockton!”
“The Magic Mirror”
The LSS Elder Care The
Management
LSS Elder Care Management
A native of Newport, R.I., Walsh
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that serves Southeastern
worked in the hotel industry for
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25 years in Boston he was active in hotel associations and served
They chose “The Magic Mirror.” Then Jack
identify the services
in the
community
identify
the services
in the community
on many boards. He followed this career with eight years as the
Armack, plant operations manager, retrieved
thatdirector
meet
their
including
their needs,
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executive
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care. At the
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Lutheran Home
of Middletown that had been in storage. He
and his wife Rosemary undertook the chalSouthbury,
Conn.,
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September
10:they
Golfers
enjoyed the Fourth Annual LSS Golf Tournament
because
need
despite the chilly day at Wachusett Country Club, West Boylston,
Mass.
Sponsorslevels
and golfers
raised
increasing
of care.
” $18, 500 for the benefit of LSS
clients. Next year’s tournament will be held May 20 (instead of in
the fall), at the same venue.
– Rebecca Hutchinson
September 12 was a rainy Saturday in New Hampshire.
But under the big tent on the lawn at the LSS Antrim
There
are
many
things
about th
There
areand
soso
many
the The
Girls
Shelter
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itthings
was dryabout
and
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chefs
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music
rocked,
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care
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present drummed away. Bob Kay, former CEO for LSS
altogether,
the
dayclients
when
altogether, the
day when
have clients h
North and now director of LSS public policy and adto leave
their
homes
in
to leave
their “It’s
homes
in
order to
receive
vocacy,
remarked,
hard
to believe
this
is order
the same to re
program
opened
in 1989!”
Since then,
Antrim
care;
ititthat
is
much
more
affordable
th
care;
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more
affordable
than
has been transformed by a new addition, a renovated
institutional
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kitchen, and other remodelings.
Children
attending
Vacation
Bible School at Our Redeemer Lutheran
ability
select
own caregive
abilityto
to select
their their
own caregivers,
Director,
LSS In-Home
Care
Church in Smithfield, R.I., collected school supplies and backpacks
thus
providing
employment
for th
thus
providing employment
for the
for the LSS refugee program in Worcester. In a reverse gesture –
caregivers;
and
it preserves
client
caregivers; and
it preserves
clients’
an example of LSS giving back to the community – Emanuel Village
collected back
dignity
peace
mind in the
dignityand
and peace
of mindof
in the
packs forLinda
Quin- Smith, seated, has
multiple
Linda
Smith, seated, has multiple comfort
their
own homes.
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of their
own homes.
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medical
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Rebecca Hutchinson,
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where
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another
another LSS In-Home caregiver.
to Christ’s
love,LSS In-Home caregiver.
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students
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poverty
line.
clients will have a full
services
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LSS foster families in N.H.
were feted at an annual “back
to school BBQ” at Bear Brook
State Park in Allenstown.
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for people in need.
The LSS Elder Care The
Management
LSS Elder Care Management
Program that servesProgram
Southeastern
that serves Southeastern Ann Gratton, senior
program
manager for
Massachusetts serves
as a resource
to
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them
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and families,
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identify the services
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community
identify
the services
in the community
dedicated foster parents.
that meet their needs,
including
that meet
their needs, including
in-home care. At the
Lutheran
in-home
care.
At the
Lutheran Home
Trudy enjoyed
Residents
ofHome
the picnic with
Emanuel
Village
of Southbury, Conn.,
LSS In-Home
Care Care
of Southbury,
Conn., LSS In-Home
her foster
in Worcester show
888 Worcester
Street, Suite
160
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Phone:
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Fax: 781.997.0888
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That is not a rhetorical question! The New Englanders I meet in communities and churches
often ask me, “What is LSS? I’ve never heard of you!” So I try to answer this question by describing
our services, talking about our history, sharing the great programmatic and geographical diversity of LSS,
and giving them the statistics. Those are the facts about LSS (and they invariably surprise people!)
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communities because
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