Villa St. Benedict Foundation Newsletter

Volume 5 Issue 1

Winter 2019

3rd

Annual Memorial Luminary

Illumination Amazingly 185 Luminaries in Memory of Loved Ones lit up the Villa Center on Dec. 1st. With a gathering of residents and families, each name was read and hot chocolate, cookies, and holiday singing by Villa St. Benedict chorus followed the ceremony. Adding to the warmth of occasion, the luminaries remained lit throughout the holiday season. In all, $3,272.50 was raised to support seniors. @villastben

...caring for seniors

FY 2017-2018 Contribution $152,119.15

Thanks to all of our friends who contributed to the

Foundation.

You have touched the lives of seniors in significant ways, but most of all because you care.

Thank you!

Remembering Friends/Gifts 2

Tax tips/Bake Sale 3

Great Room Photos 4

Great Room Update 5

Message from the Foundation 6

Gifts for Seniors/Save the Date 7

Inside this issue:

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Remembering Our Friends

A Loving Gift for Any Occasion

L ooking for a unique gift? Consider memorializing a loved one through our tribute program. We offer a variety of gift

opportunities to honor that special person.

A Tribute Brick engraved with your personal message placed along the sidewalk linking the lounge to Benedale Center. $60 gift.

A newly planted tree or bush to grace our campus with an accompanying plaque stating the species of plant, the name of the honored, and the donors name. $300 gift.

A tranquil bench perfect for relaxation and conversation can be engraved with your personal message and placed on our campus

grounds. $1500 gift.

For more info visit our website, www.villastben.org or call 630-725-7011.

Sr. Helen Kallus

Barbara Hannon

Dorothy Fencl

Margaret Bogolin

Lois Vallino

Carol Gapen

Tom Hartnett

Joan Gerken

Norman Mills

Angela Fay

Pauline Rog

Sr. Barbara Svec

Sr. Margaret Williams

Sabina D'Orio

Julie Mazur

Shirley Hayden

Pat Deiss

Fr. Tom Sularz

Pauline Rog

Mary Ann Van Liew

Mary Rynearson

Martin Mulvihill

Jerry Kelly

Arlene Beaman

Richard DeTamble

Donna Tarnowski

Jim Martin

Phyllis Peters

Mary Gartland

Marie Hund

Joseph V. Gallagher

Catherine Doherty

Rosemary Kiss

Elizabeth Schmitt

Sr. Benita Jasurda

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O n Monday, February 11, 2019, Villa

St. Benedict Foundation sponsored

at Tax Tip Workshop for seniors presented by

Ray Hartman, CPA and Tax Attorney. The

workshop provided our residents with helpful

information about the 2018 tax changes, what

to expect, how to complete tax forms, and

where to get assistance.

The workshop was filled to capacity with over

30 residents attending, asking questions,

taking notes, and learning beneficial tips

during this tax season.

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Tips for Taxes Workshop

T he Villa St. Benedict Foundation was selected as the non-for-profit bake sale provider for the July 12,

2018 Naperville Municipal Band Concert. This event allowed our residents to sell baked goods from the VSB Culinary department in the beautiful gazebo at Central Park while listening to the fantastic music, provided by the band. Not only was it a lovely evening,$1,076.00 was raised

for to support seniors from this event and 16 volunteers had a great time.

Naperville Municipal Band and Bake Sale

Villa St. Benedict is a 501 (c)(3) community and the foundation is committed to our residents with a continuum of care encompass-ing their physical, spiritual, so-cial, and emotional needs….

Caring for Seniors.

What’s All The Noise? What’s Behind that Door?

Take a peek…. IT’S THE GREAT ROOM

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The Great Room is Taking Shape

Watch for details about the grand opening in early summer, 2019

Ready, Set, ...Grow! Long ago, the room was the auditor ium for Sacred Hear t

Academy. Today, the empty room is being transformed to a Great Room for residents to

grow socially, spiritually , intellectually, and physically. The Great Room is designed for

multi-purposes and provide much needed space for dancing, singing, learning, lectures,

and life enrichment. While the basic construction cost of $1.7 million has been carefully

planned, the campaign was established to raise an additional $1 million to equip the room

with the latest technologies and assisted devices to make the room senior friendly. To

date, $510,985 has been raised and we continue to inch closer to our goal.

Of course, during the construction, residents and

staff has some fun painting a mural on temporary

walls. Their art work may not be a permanent fix-

ture, however, their creativity, team work, and ar-

tistic talents will always be around and expressed

in many ways, especially when the Great Room is

complete.

Opportunities to give offer a variety of option in-

cluding giving over time, matching gifts, and

pledging in honor of a loved one. For a truly

unique and lasting expression of affection, a com-

memorative gift may be offered by an individual, a

family, or

an organization (can be spread over a three year

pledge period) in remembrance or recognition of a

loved one, friend, colleague, or caregiver. The

memorial or honorary designation becomes a per-

manent tribute of the donor’s devotion and gener-

osity and offers the opportunity to give thanks for

the blessing of family and friends.

To learn more visit www.villastben.org. or call the

foundation office at 630-725-7011 for information

about giving opportunities and tribute gifts.

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Message from Villa St. Benedict Foundation

Tammy Bruner,

Foundation Coordinator

I am so very grateful to be Foundation Coordinator at Villa St. Benedict, since May 2015. It is my pleasure to work with our residents, their families and loved ones in navigating the world of aging and all of the transitions that come with this process.

Awareness, pride and growth are the words that come to mind when thinking about the Villa St. Benedict Foundation. I have had the fortunate opportunity to work closely with some talented, creative and hard-working residents on our Great Room project, called the Ready, Set…Grow! Campaign. This new space will allow for growth-socially, spiritually, intellectually and physically by offering a new space for learning, entertainment, live productions, meetings, dances and many other opportunities.

Meet the New Foundation Director

Susan Neustrom Ed.D.

As the new foundation director, I am energized and enthusiastic about the Ready, Set, … Grow! Campaign and enhancing giving opportunities while growing the foundation and developing an advisory board. My experience spans leadership positions in both corporate and nonprofit sectors providing an opportunity to work with multiple populations including adults with intellectual and physical disabilities, homeless individuals and families, incarcerated men and women, and most recently serving seniors with memory loss and cognitive impairments and their caregivers.

While my role is new, my relationship with Villa St. Benedict dates back to my childhood being taught by the Sister of Sacred Heart and later my mother lived at Benedale Center and Abbey Lane. I can speak from personal experience that mom enjoyed the best quality of life despite advancing dementia and she would tell me often how much she loved living at Villa St. Benedict. Thanks to the Foundation, knowing mom could continue to live in her home if her funds diminished was a source of comfort for me and my sister. The Charitable Fund is just one of the several foundation funds that assist residents in need, support programs and life enrichment activities, and capital improvement projects. Truly, I am in awe of the many supporters who enable Villa St. Benedict to thrive and provide the highest quality of life for our residents in their aging journey. I look forward to sharing all that is happening at the foundation throughout the year.

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Gifts to Support Seniors

Save the Dates for Spring Events

More Ways to Support Seniors

Rite Bite Annual Butter Braid Pastry Sale March 7th @1:30pm Sample Day March 11th-29th Ongoing Sale April 10th Pickup pastry DuPage Human Race April 27th Celebrating Women Painting Event May 11th

Charitable Care Fund

A gift to this fund helps qualified residents re-main in their home, de-

spite outliving their fi-nancial resources and avoid having to move from Villa St. Bene-dict.

Memory Care Fund

Donations to this fund support special care for individuals with dimin-

ishing memory who reside in Abbey Lane.

General Fund

Gifts given to the gen-eral fund support pro-jects and programs on campus to improve the

lives of our residents, wherever the need is greatest. This fund al-so supports campus

capital improvements.

The Villa St. Benedict Foundation was formed

in 2006 and is a not-for-profit, philanthropic

organization, qualifying for charitable tax

donations.

*Villa St. Benedict Foundation is an authorized participat-ing organization of Thrivent, who offers financial plan-ning and wealth management solutions.

* A tax-wise way to donate is to consider a gift from your IRA (individuals 70 1/2 or older can gift up to $100K to charity each year from their retirement assets. More infor-mation can be found at https://www.thrivent.com/

Villa St. Benedict Foundation

1920 Maple Avenue

Lisle, IL 60532

villastben.org

Villa St Benedict is a 501(c) tax exempt organization, and

the Foundation is an associated foundation of the Benedictine Health System Foundation.

All funds donated to our foundation are managed locally

and are used solely for the benefit of Villa St. Benedict

residents.

Another Way to Help

A bequest to Villa St. Benedict Foundation is a

powerful way to lend your support for the role Villa St. Benedict plays in the lives of our residents, their families, and our senior community. In addition to making our

Foundation a beneficiary to your will or financial

accounts, we would be pleased to work with you to

design an estate plan specifically tailored to your

wishes. Please contact us on how to get started on a

bequest today.

Villa St Benedict Foundation

...caring for seniors

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Contact us today

Susan Neustrom, Ed.D.

Foundation Director

630-725-7015

Tammy Bruner

Foundation Coordinator

630-725-7011

Visit our website: www.villastben.org Giving@villastben.org 1920 Maple Ave.

Lisle, IL 60532