AUGUST 2020

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Attic Sale Update

As you can imagine, it's been an incredibly challenging year to "steer" the Attic Sale. A lot of effort and energy went into planning, organizing, sorting and packing for the Sale just to have it abruptly halted. The Sales Task Force recommended trying online auction to see how it goes. The 2020 and 2021 Steering Committee members are also thinking creatively, coordinating ways to resourcefully liquidate Attic Sale items and still make an impact of generosity to the community.

To keep everyone safe we will follow the directives in the Angel Advancement Plan, a safety guideline to give us direction as we resume Angels working in the basements and when we open up for future donations. The in-person Classic Clothing Sale and Holiday Galore and More Sale have been canceled for this calendar year. Please watch our Community website, www.atticangel.org, for future updates.

Please help us in expressing our thanks and appreciation for our 2020 Signature Sale Corporate Sponsors!

Major corporate sponsors wishing to support our Sale efforts, donating cash or in-kind donations of $1,000 or above are:

AmeriDown

Chauette

Joan Collins Publicity

LaMovida (WLMV)

Magic 98

Olbrich Gardens

TCF Commercial Banking

Capital Newspapers

Corporate Sponsors who have contributed donations of $1,000 or less:

Axley Brynelson, LLP

Robert W. Baird & Co. –

Corbett-Gehler Group

Bruce Company

Capital Coffee LLC

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

Community Living

Solutions

Coyle Carpet One, LLC

Cress Funeral & Cremation Service

Econoprint

Hughes Flooring

Knothe & Bruce Architects LLC

Livesey Painting, Inc.

Marsh & McLennan Agency

Paint Patrol

Real Estate Dynamics, Inc.

SERVPRO of Madison Inc

Snyder & Associates, Inc

Starion Financial

Summit Credit Union

Tuscany Management Corp

Ziegler & Company

Our annual Corporate Sponsors are the soil to the seeds we plant, as we grow our mission of improving the

quality of life in our community.

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Continuing Education

Continuing Education is canceled for now, please check monitors weekly

for notice of continuation.

AAP Board Meeting By Judy Winkel, AAP Board Secretary

The AAP Board joined the other Boards and the Finance and Audit Committees at 10:45 am for an Audit presentation before their meeting.

Angels in our Midst! By Kathy Schultz, Volunteer Coordinator

Did you know that even though we aren’t interacting with and enjoying the many normal and familiar activities and services our wonderful Angels provide for us, they are still around and doing many things to make life a little better for all of us! In spite of the pandemic, our Angels are regularly touching the lives of staff and residents in so many ways. Specific requests are sent out to them, and their responses are immediate. For example, they call and send letters and cards to residents, shop and drop off needed items, monitor the resident garden beds in case help is needed, and do shifts at the visiting booths. So many of you are finally seeing your loved ones face-to-face! We enjoyed a dog parade and library books will begin to be picked up and dropped off for us beginning this month. They have given donations to purchase items to be used by staff with residents—both during Covid-19 and beyond (Health Center residents have really had fun with the Karaoke machine!!). Our outside grounds/gardens are made beautiful by Angels, and we even have a few Angel residents who have kept our indoor plants alive and well. There have also been surprises for staff: Kwik Trip gift cards, restaurant gift cards, lunches from a variety of restaurants, morale boosters like chalk drawings on sidewalks, signs at the employee entrance, phone calls, and emails with encouraging words. The Angel touch and the love goes on and on and on and on.

We are doing all we can to stay healthy, to keep each other healthy, and to keep all of our spirits up. We so look forward to having the Angels back with us – oh, the fun we will have! We thank them all so much for being the wonderful Angels they are.

Michael Peer and Amy Vehrs from CliftonLarsenAllen shared financial information and thoughts on this difficult time as it might affect facilities such as Attic Angel. Attic Angel did take a financial loss in March at the start of the pandemic but has recovered some of the loss since then. The stimulus funds have helped.

They noted that, as the pandemic continues, new services are being developed, especially in the area of home health services, to keep people out of senior communities. Attic Angel needs to keep up with the trends. The AAP Board completed their business after the Audit presentation.

The Community Support Statement was discussed. It will go back to the Diversity Task Force for discussion and then brought back to the Boards.

A resident in the Apartments, who has tested positive for COVID-19, has been confined to their apartment. This has caused a few changes such as no inside visits, the closing of the Salon and residents needing to stay in their living area. The facility will remain in Phase 1 of the Angel Advancement Plan.

Residents appreciate all that the staff and volunteers are doing but it continues to be a difficult time for all. The newsletter (Glad Tidings) edited by Barbara and Norm Berven and Pat McClimon has been well received along with outside visits with family members and the chalk drawings outside the front entrance and on the wall at the employee entrance.

Staff is working with the Library Committee on increased use of the Library services.

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AAPP Landscaping Schedule –August 2020

Who Task Timing Product Appl. Method

Bruce Co. Grass mowing End of April-October

Bruce Co. Edging of Sidewalk 3 times Mid June-October

Bruce Co. Herbicide application in all bark mulched areas, gravel beds, sidewalks, curbs and plant beds for control of weeds and grasses

May through October

Ranger Pro Herbicide Select

spray application to weeds observed and growing in planting beds

Scam Alert

Several Prairie Point residents have been contacted recently by scammers posing as grandchildren. The caller claims to be in some type of distress, arrested, in the hospital or similar predicament, and needs the victim to send money. They almost always have at least some information about you personally that makes you believe they are who they say. Please hang up immediately. Never provide bank account or credit card information over the phone. Do not send gift cards or bitcoins online. Once they have your money, it is nearly impossible to get back.

Worxhub

When completing a maintenance work order in Worxhub, it is important you select “Subscribe to email up-dates” in the upper right hand corner of the General Info box if you wish to receive email communication re-garding the status of your order. Also, by selecting from the list of your maintenance requests located to the right of the screen, you will be able to scroll down and select “Log: Status changed from [New] to [Complete] with the...” to view activity related to your order. Please review your AAPP Resident Handbook for additional information on logging into Worxhub and completing a work order.

Prairie Point News By Derek Buckley, Chief Operations Officer

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Birthdays

Haven Marlin Nelson 08/24

Health Center Ardith Walther 08/10 Andy Devine 08/24 Grace Shaw 08/28

Households Elaine Guderyon 08/04 Malcolm Crump 08/10 Gigi Hansen 08/15 Lois Wickert 08/15 Barb Larson 08/28

Apartments Carol McDonald 08/01 Vickie Schlipper 08/03 Bill Rayne 08/04 Ellen Ryan 08/10 Bob Darula 08/22

Prairie Point Nancy Smith 08/01 Sue Buehler 08/03 Mary Ann Rehberg 08/04 Peter Wood 08/05 Janice Pigg 08/10 Mary Tripp 08/19 Gloria Turgeson 08/21 Tom Browning 08/23 Pamela Sacaridiz 08/25 Tom Eckerle 08/30

Moves and Transfers

Health Center

Marion Applegate HC 146 Don Smith HC 147

Households

Ursula Wang HH 251

Staff Anniversaries Max Allen 1 year Julian Alvarado 1 year Kennidy Briggs 1 year Breanna McCullough 1 year Guille Mancillas 1 year Chris Tibbs 2 years Patricia Goodwin 2 years Chin-Yin Chiu 2 years Anna Fralka 3 years Sandra Ballweg 3 years Abigail Sennott 3 years

AAPP Board Highlights

The Attic Angel Community Support Statement was reviewed at length with many suggestions being made to present it as a statement of what we are already trying to do to promote social justice as well as being open to education and advocacy efforts. Actions would be included in our 2020-2025 Long Range Plan.

President Mary Ann Drescher updated the Board on the latest Covid-19 virus information. The Board expressed gratitude for the way that Attic Angel staff has stepped up to keep our residents safe in this crisis.

Since the monthly packets have been digitalized, many residents are struggling to manage this change. The Prairie Point Resident Association Board is spearheading an effort to identify all communication methods currently in place and to find the one that works the best for the majority of AAPP residents. They will then work to help other residents to learn this method so that, going forward, communication may be optimized.

Staff Anniversaries cont. Hallie Vaughan 3 years Alondra Terry 3 years Ronna Blackley 4 years Marsha Jones 4 years Yiong Vang 4 years Alison Cowles 4 years Rachel Tomajci 4 years Dianne Anthon 5 years Becky Walters 5 years Sareli Rea-Sanchez 5 years Paige Smithback 6 years Tim Johnson 7 years Sarah Schliem 7 years Veronica Lopez 8 years Andrea Mueller 9 years Derek Buckley 10 years Jennifer McLaughlin 13 years Angie Schwenn 13 years Judy Hinze 24 years Vicki Ziegler 32 years

Moves and Transfers cont.

Apartments

Jim Kennedy APT 210

In memory of Jean Alvord Pat BernhardtIn memory of Robert Andringa, son of Conrad & Phyllis Andringa Marion TomlinsonIn memory of James “Jim” Brannstrom Marion Tomlinson Jan Von Haden Ann WalserIn memory of Scott Braucht Pat Bernhardt In memory of Bob Copas, AAP Ronald & Lorraine Bornstein Stan & Faye KieferIn memory of Joe Dean Pat Bernhardt Rosanne RaemischIn memory of Steve Dittmann Pat BernhardtIn memory of Mary Frey, AAP Rosella SchnaglIn memory of Diane Neff, sister of a friend Pat BernhardtIn memory of Mick Von Bergen, AAP Pat Bernhardt Norm & Barbara Berven James & Sandy Hannum Nancy & Frank Maersch Jane PizerIn memory of Mick Von Bergen, AAP, her kickboxing buddy in the HC Marion TomlinsonIn memory of Eric Walser, son of Ann Walser ‘06 Rosanne Raemisch

In memory of Bob Copas, husband of Lucille Copas, AAP Art & Pat McClure Harriet StollIn memory of Joe Dean, husband of Marian Dean ‘70 and brother-in-law of Peggy Dean ‘67 & Peggy Sue Dean ‘72 Janet BleckwennIn memory of Steve Dittmann, son of Dottie Dittmann ‘85 Kari-Ellen Cole Janice Grutzner Peg Jones Pat McClure Rosanne Raemisch Sheila Schultz Jonelle Secard Carolyn White

Ray & Eunice Devine Fund at Madison Community FoundationIn honor of Deb Bergen’s 25 years of service Carolyn McKinneyIn memory of Jean Alvord, sister of Julie Nelson, AAA staff Carolyn McKinneyIn memory of Bill Boyle, AAP, husband of Nancy Boyle ‘94 Leslie Palmer-RossIn memory of James “Jim” Brannstrom, son of Arlin & Judy Brannstrom ‘02 Pat Bernhardt Ruthann Grantham Carol Johnson Anne Kunes Art & Pat McClure Carolyn McKinney Carolyn WhiteIn memory of Scott Braucht, son of Judy Braucht ‘91 & brother-in-law of Becky Braucht ‘04 Jonelle Secard

Contributions ~ June 2020Association

In memory of Lottie Frank, ‘90 Carolyn McKinneyIn memory of Lottie Frank, ‘90 for all of her services to Attic Angel Association Caroline LiedtkeIn memory of Mick Von Bergen, AAP, husband of Judy Von Bergen ‘94 Anonymous AAP AAC Wish List Christy Mayer Kay Steffen

COVID 19 Wish List Bonnie Ackerman In memory of Mick Von Bergen, AAP Michael & Janine Deitte Brian Deitte Connie Grogan Carla Murphy Deborah Schultz Jonelle Secard

Haven In memory of Bob Copas, AAP Ronald & Lorraine Bornstein

Association (cont.) Resident Aid