Annual Spring Plant Sale
Orders Due by April 16
Pick Up May 9

St. Matthew Center for Health’s 2008 Spring Plant Sale is underway! An exciting selection of quality annuals and perennials and beautiful hanging baskets is being offered at great prices. Kelly Fitzgerald, assistant administrator, says, "Proceeds from this much-anticipated event go toward our residents’ gardening program. The community is always so supportive. We recommend that everyone pre-order to be sure they get the quantities they need as a limited amount of plants will be available for purchase on May 9."

Please download the order form and mail or drop off at St. Matthew Center for Health.

Plant Sale Order Form Download
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You can still help "Raise the Curtains!" Matching Grant Deadline Extended to
March 31, 2008

St. Matthew Center for Health recently received a $50,000 matching gift pledge from the family member of a former St. Matthew resident who was inspired to make the gift because of the quality of care received by that loved one. St. Matthew Center for Health provides a variety of health care services to seniors and other individuals in the community.

The anonymous donor has extended the deadline from the end of 2007 to March 31, 2008. Contributions made to St. Matthew from now until March 31 will be matched to help fund new fire-retardant window treatments for all resident rooms at St. Matthew. The window treatments will improve functionality and help the residents to use them more safely and independently. The goal is to raise $100,000, with the donor matching donations up to $50,000. Pledges and gifts have reached $45,000, so another $5,000 is needed to complete the match.

Thanks to this anonymous donor, contributions made to St. Matthew from now until the end of the year will be matched to help fund new fire-retardant window treatments for all resident rooms at St. Matthew. The window treatments will improve functionality and help the residents to use them safely and independently. The goal is to raise $100,000, with the donor matching donations up to $50,000.

The St. Matthew Service League, with the support of families and community members, initiated fundraising for this project by raising $10,000 from the St. Luke’s Bottle Band benefit concert, which was held in June. Members of the fund-raising committee include: Marilyn Goll, Park Ridge resident; Betty Henneman, Park Ridge city clerk; Elsie Ciulla, treasurer of the St. Matthew Service League; Alice Gronwick, resident and part-time receptionist at St. Matthew; Kelly Fitzgerald, assistant administrator and recreation services director at St. Matthew; Howard Frimark, Park Ridge mayor; Terri Gens, LSSI major gifts director; Pastor Eileen Harris, chaplain at St. Matthew; Dr. Andrew Mantelman, licensed clinical psychologist; and Valerie Niskanen, marketing director at St. Matthew.

Winter Newsletter Now Available for Download
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