Category: Newsletter

    St Luke's Home Newsletter April 2022 Executive Director Report It's Baile Time! Now is the Time to get your Baile De Gracias Tickets for Saturday, April 23, 2022 at the Mountain Oyster Club. The event will feature Mariachi Nuevo Azteca, a fabulous raffle, and a lovely spring evening on the patio. The Baile is the oldest annual fundraiser in Tucson and St Luke’s Home’s biggest celebration. We are eager to see you all in person again! The Baile de Gracias has limited space. Tickets are selling quickly.  In other news, renovations are underway! We have three aims and need community help to make them a reality. We aim to enhance resident and staff safety and experience and reduce long term maintenance expenses through plumbing and bathroom updates, new…

St Luke's Home Newsletter March 2022 Executive Director Report   Renovations Underway! Exciting News! We are getting ready for our home to be renovated. What are we doing? Well, St Luke’s Home was last renovated in 2000, so the building needs a facelift, and it’s happening now. Already Complete Installed a new irrigation Pavers set and resurfaced WiFi installed to reach all Elder apartments Upgraded staff computers Replacing all lighting with LED bulbs and energy efficient fixtures New common area furniture and more is coming Replaced one HVAC unit and more is coming     In the Works Replace all windows, frames and glass. Install Security system outside the building, including increased lighting Install Elder Emergency Call System     Coming Soon Elder apartments upgrade. (Includes flooring, plumbing fixtures (toilet, shower,…

St Luke's Home Newsletter February 2022 Executive Director Report   Year of the Tiger As we settle into February, we have celebrated Martin Luther King, the Year of the Tiger, and Henrietta (the groundhog) has predicted an early spring. Here at St. Luke’s, we are getting ready for our home to be renovated. That’s a lot already and it’s only a month into the new year. You will hear more about the renovations in the months to come. It is exciting to be part of ensuring that St Luke’s Home is sustainable and able to provide housing to low-income Elders long into the future. As many of you know, one of our elders celebrated her 100th Birthday. Berta was 100 in January, and we were honored to have celebrated with…

    St Luke's Home Newsletter January 2022 Executive Director Report Did you make a New Year’s Resolution this year? The ritual to review the past year and reshape behavior for the next dates back 4000 years. Statistics show that a New Year’s Resolution is more likely to succeed than if a goal is set during another time of year. According to the New York Times, most resolutions fail because they are not the right ones. When deciding on a goal, try using the SMART acronym: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Most importantly, your resolution must be yours, not someone else’s idea or societally imposed.   Setting a New Year’s Resolution for 2022 would be easier for us if we hadn’t just slogged through 2021! With nearly two years…

    St Luke's Home Newsletter December 2021 Executive Director Report Happy Holidays! What an interesting year we have had with so much happening at St Luke’s Home, in our community, our country, and around the world. Here’s some fun holiday trivia to help us feel some joy and laughter. The poinsettia was a plant the Aztecs called Cuetlaxochitl. It got its common name of “poinsettia” in the 1820’s when the first US envoy to Mexico, Joel R Poinsett, noticed Americans were using it to celebrate the holidays. Mr Poinsett send the cheery plant to his American associates as gifts, and the name (that Americans can pronounce) stuck.  North Pole Rudolph was born in Chicago in 1939 when writer Robert L May composed a Christmas poem for the Montgomery Ward…

    St Luke's Home Newsletter November 2021 Executive Director Report November is the month of gratitude.  Many of us have the tradition of saying what we are grateful for at the Thanksgiving table. Gratitude is the “thankful appreciation for what we have.” Gratitude helps us feel more positive emotions and keeps us in the present moment. There are many benefits of practicing gratitude, including increased feelings of happiness and being in a positive mood, improved sleep, reduced stress and burnout, and increased resilience. Gratitude has a huge impact on our emotional well-being. I love this quote from Epictetus, “he is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” If we stay present with what we have,…

St Luke's Home Newsletter October 2021 Executive Director Report     I hope this newsletter finds you and your loved-ones safe, healthy, and happy.   We continue to provide a safe harbor at St Luke’s Home. Unfortunately, we also continue to battle COVID-19. The Delta Variant is surging, and we must stay strong in this fight. We now require that all visitors and vendors show proof of vaccination or have a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours before their visit. It was a tough decision, but it ensures the safety of everyone living, working, and visiting St Luke’s Home. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation to make the welfare of our family a priority.   If you haven’t got your Silver Chef Culinary Competition tickets yet, do it now (click here) because…

    St Luke's Home Newsletter September 2021 Executive Director Report Welcome to Fall! It has been one of the wettest and hottest summers on record in Tucson. It is so green that it doesn’t look like our beloved desert. Who knew we had green mountains? Fall is coming, the mosquitos will exit, and we will enjoy being outside again. There is lots of excitement at St Luke’s Home. The Silver Chef Culinary Competition is coming up on October 23, and we are planning a fun-filled day. Check out the article below for more details. The food, drink, and company will be better shared with all of you. On another note, the pandemic continues to roar, and we are taking all precautions necessary to keep everyone safe. We have mandated…

    St Luke's Home Newsletter July 2021 Executive Director Report I have always known that St Luke’s Home is a special place but now I know why. Hello Family and Friends of St Luke’s Home,  It has been an amazing month. I want to thank everyone for the warm welcome I have received from the Elders, staff, volunteers, the Board, and the community. I have met so many people that my memory is being tested trying to remember everyone’s name. There is so much excitement around here with new staff and Elders, the joy is evident when walking down any hall. We have had entertainment, volunteers, and families back in the Home and we had a big Hawai’ian Party. While we are still being diligent in keeping out COVID-19, we are welcoming–with…

    St Luke's Home Newsletter July 2021 CEO Report Hello Family and Friends of St Luke’s Home,  Allow me to introduce myself. I am Terri Waldman, the interim CEO of St Luke’s Home. I have been part of St Luke’s Home for some years on the Board of Directors and have long supported our vision and mission to:  Provide quality of life for low-income Elders to age with dignity in an assisted-living community. Change can be challenging and I am certain some of you are concerned about the CEO and other leadership changes. I want to assure you that St Luke’s Home is going to be just fine. The existing team of leaders, care partners, culinary staff, and housekeepers are committed to maintaining the quality of life that our…