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24Oct 2017 by admin

Save the Date: 99th Annual Baile de las Flores on April 21, 2018

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Mark Your Calendars! The 99th Annual Baile de las Flores will take place Saturday, 21 April 2018, 5:30 pm, at the Mountain Oyster Club. Tickets are $150.00 per person ($90.00 allowable tax deduction per reservation). To purchase tickets, CLICK HERE. Since 1919, the St. Luke’s Board of Visitors has organized and presented the oldest ongoing charity event in Tucson to support St. Luke’s Home. The Board of Visitors Committee continues this annual celebration with the 99th Annual Baile de las Flores. We invite you to this year’s celebration in support of the Elders who live at St. Luke’s Home. Since 1987 a renowned artist from the Tucson area has been invited to donate an original painting to the raffled at the Baile de las Flores. Barry Sapp has graciously accepted…

23Oct 2017 by admin

Feldman Neighbors at St. Luke’s Home

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The Feldman Neighborhood Association turned out at St. Luke's Home to provide Neighbors' Night Out, which featured a dessert buffet, great music by DJ David Squires, better known as Kid Squid, and plenty of time to share food, conversation and fun. Neighbors from the surrounding area mingled with St. Luke's Elders. The event took place on October 19 from 6- 8 pm in St. Luke's East Courtyard. Representatives from Tucson's local law enforcement and fire houses were there . Also attending were the Honorable Olivia Cajero Bedford who represents District 3 in the Arizona Senate, and the Honorable Richard Elias, Pima County Board of Supervisors representing District 5.

10Oct 2017 by admin

October 2017 Newsletter

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St. Luke's Home October Newsletter St. Luke's Competes in Fast Pitch Tucson St. Luke's Home was selected as one of 17 area non-profits to compete in Social Venture Partner's Fast Pitch Tucson. The competition is modeled like a typical venture-capital pitch. Participants work with mentors to boil down to three minutes a descriptive appeal to "sell" their nonprofits to donors and investors. Mentors Jan Knight, Bancroft Information Services (far left above) and Beth Miller of Beth L. Miller Communications (center) are pictured with St. Luke's CEO L'Don Sawyer during a recent practice session. Seven finalists will be announced the week of October 30th. The finalists will present their pitches in front of judges and the public on November 9 at the Leo Rich Teacher. A range…

05Oct 2017 by admin

St. Luke Elders Visit Salpointe Catholic High School

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Elders Learn Social Media Skills at Salpointe A group of St. Luke's Elders visited Salpointe Catholic High School on October 5 for a special training, The Power of Social Media to Serve Social Justice. The morning-long training by the Salpointe Morality class (pictured above). Elders learned the power of a wide range of platforms that can be used to further social justice in the country.

25Sep 2017 by admin

Friends and Family Night at St. Luke’s

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Elders' Family and Friends Share Dinner at St. Luke's Nearly 100 people, including Elders and their family and friends, shared a delicious spaghetti dinner at St. Luke's Home on Sunday evening, September 24. The evening offered the opportunity for Elders' to invite those closest to them to share a meal, meet their friends in the St. Luke's community, enjoy great food and a beautiful evening of socializing and fun. Elders relished the opportunity to play host to those they loved. Several invited six or more of their friends and families and proudly introduced them to all. The spaghetti was delicious, conversation flowed, and Elders beamed. "It felt so special," one of them shared, "like hosting my family at a restaurant, a great night out!"

09Sep 2017 by admin

I-PEP Back at St. Luke’s Home

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I-PEP Returns to St. Luke's Home The Geriatric Inter-Professional Education and Practice Program (I-PEP) Screening Clinic launched its 2017-2018 programs on September 9th with a clinic on Healthy Eating. I-PEP was created in partnership with the Arizona Health Sciences Center and the Arizona Center on Aging. It brings students from UA's nursing, pharmacy, public health and medical colleges to St. Luke's for monthly clinics and educational presentations.

08Sep 2017 by admin

Michael Mongan Spotlight

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Everybody Loves Michael! Michael Mongan's (front row above) leads exercise class every Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 6:30 at St. Luke's Home. The Elders range in age from 61 to 95 and include the five women pictured above, all over the age of 90. Each Elder brings their own weights and begin showing up early to nab a chair. It is is obvious the Elders love the class and take their exercise seriously! Michael started volunteering at St. Luke's in 2009 as a weekend landscaping volunteer. He explained, "The 'walker brigade,' as I respectfully called them, would come out individually or in packs to sit in the courtyard and watch me weed and trim. They won me over with their politeness and gratitude." Michael first learned about St. Luke's when he…

07Sep 2017 by admin

September 2017 Newsletter

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St. Luke's Home September Newsletter UA Students Return to St. Luke's Home The University of Arizona is back in session and that means UA students have returned to St. Luke's Home as part of several different programs offered through the UA-St. Luke's Home partnership. Elder Sleep Study: Fourth-year pharmacy students Kimberly Sassenrath (pictured above left) and Sandy Lee will be part of a team of students on a Sleep Research Project and Study for St. Luke's Elders this fall. Lead Investigator is Jeannie Lee, PhamD, BCPS, FASHP. The proposed study was presented to the Elders at the August Town Hall meeting at St. Luke's. Sassenrath and Lee shared details on the study to discern Elder interest in participating. A sizable number of Elders indicated they would like to…

24Aug 2017 by admin

Happenings at St. Luke’s Home

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September 8: The Southern Arizona Home Builders Association (SAHBA) Charity Classic Golf at Omni Tucson National Resort. St. Luke's Home is the designated beneficiary of proceeds. For more information contact Alicia at 520-207-0805 or adminassist@stlukeshometucson.org.

08Aug 2017 by admin

Happenings at St. Luke’s Home

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Happenings at St. Luke's Home August 14: Great turnout at Sazerac Creole Kitchen and Cocktails (pictured above). Thanks so much to everyone who came out to support St. Luke's Home! Much appreciated!! Thanks also to Sazerac Creole Kitchen! September 8: The Southern Arizona Home Builders Association (SAHBA) Charity Classic Golf at Omni Tucson National Resort. St. Luke's Home is the designated beneficiary of proceeds. For more information contact Alicia at 520-207-0805 or adminassist@stlukeshometucson.org.