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Fall 2019 A PUBLICATION OF LIFE ENRICHING legacyCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION A Musical Feast DETAILS ON PAGE 2 Millie Bennett A Life Enriching Communities Foundation Publication Fall 2019 Life Enriching Communities Foundation 6279 Tri-Ridge Blvd. Suite 320 Loveland, Ohio 45140 513-247-1357 www.lec.org LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chairperson Ron Beshear Board of Trustees James L. Bowersox Scott M. McQuinn Doug Burgess Jack Wild Leigh Ismael Gerald L. Wissel Executive Director New Millie Bennett Daniel J. McManus Legacy is published by the Life Enriching Piece Expands Communities Foundation supporting the Collection at Twin residents, family members and associates who utilize the resources of Life Enriching Towers Communities. Affiliated with the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church, Life Several years ago, Twin Towers received a Enriching Communities offers equal housing and generous donation of Millie Bennett's artwork employment to all persons regardless of race, which graces the halls near the gift shop. Steve Millie Bennett religion or national origin. Bennett, Millie’s son and former Twin Towers VISION Board Member, gifted eight Americana style paintings created by his mother. Residents, associates and those otherwise engaged with LEC thrive in our communities and in their lives Though Millie has adored art ever since she was young, she didn’t really delve into her craft until after she raised her five children. For years she MISSION The LEC Foundation supports and promotes worked in a bakery inside the Pentagon while making money on the side Life Enriching Communities’ mission and impact by painting folk art. through: • Generating resources to fill ever-evolving “As soon as my boss found out I could draw, he started having me create and expanding needs food promotion signs,” says Millie, whose art was snatched up by fans as • Educating stakeholders to engage with us in quickly as she painted it. Her work is inspired by her simple childhood that service to those whose lives we are taught her gratitude. She and her five siblings were raised in the Depression positioned to touch era by her mother after her father died when she was 4 years old. As a result, Core Values her nostalgic art reflects pleasant memories of days gone by – turn-of-the- Respect • Innovation • Spirituality • Excellence century pieces with Victorian homes and horse-and-buggy carriages. • Stewardship In September, Steve gifted another painting to Twin Towers, which is one of ON THE COVER: Pictured on the cover: Clockwise from top left: University of Cincinnati Millie’s largest creations completed in 1993. College-Conservatory of Music students Holly Nelson, Brenda Iglesias, Shu-Li Cheah, Caleb Now 96 years old, Millie lives in Venice, Florida, and is legally blind due to Glickman, Victor Cardamone, Yan Izquierdo macular degeneration. Though she can no longer produce paintings, she still envisions them in her mind just as she always has. A ALife Life Enriching Enriching Communities Communities Foundation Foundation Publication Publication • •Fall Summer 2019 2017 Betty Prescott “I had a good look at humanity,” she adds. “The experience taught me many life lessons.” Prescott is often asked if she regrets going to these war- torn countries. Her answer is always no. “I wouldn’t be the person I am today had I not gone through all of that. Plus, I met some wonderful people while there,” says Prescott, who still remains good friends with her two roommates, both surgeons, whom she would unwind with in their free time, doing mani/pedis in their tent. Prescott retired from Doctors Without Borders when she Betty Prescott was 81. For the past five years she has been enjoying life at Twin Lakes, where she continues to help others. Betty Prescott Has Served “I think I’m the oldest living nurse in the Midwest!” says Prescott, who also serves on three boards and has four the Medical Community & volunteer jobs, one of which is at Ohio Valley Voices, a Beyond for Decades school for deaf children. Not many people can say that they lived the life of the “I do what the teachers don’t have time to,” says Prescott. MASH television show. But Betty Prescott can. A five- That involves answering phones and decorating for year resident at Twin Lakes, Prescott was a surgical nurse holidays. “I cut out leaves and paste them on the doorway. and organ transplant coordinator who served for three It’s fun for me.” decades with Doctors Without Borders. Specializing in cardiac and intensive care, she traveled to various combat Prescott adores her beautiful villa at Twin Lakes, in great zones to stabilize people before sending them to the deal due to the staff. hospital. She joined the organization because she was a widow with three grown children, with still much to give. “They are so friendly,” she says. “People take care of one another. I’m very impressed by that.” “I was only 50 years old and it seemed like an adventurous thing to do,” says Prescott. That it was. Though she braced Prescott, who paints water colors and house portraits, herself for a perilous encounter with a venomous snake often donates her art to auctions that benefit Twin or some such dangerous creature, she never envisioned Lakes. She also gives to the Life Enriching Communities a man stepping into her tent in Geneva, asking her to Foundation. reattach his hand that had been severed by a machete. Nor did she suspect she would suffer serious injuries at “I think the scariest thing in the world is to grow very the hands of the rebels. One day when she was in the old and not have any money,” says Prescott. “That’s Central African Republic (CAR), a man entered Prescott’s everybody’s fear around here, and the Foundation tent in search of drugs and attacked her, breaking both supports those who run out of their funds. I thank the her knees and lower back. board for providing the opportunity to give to a fund that specializes in supportive financial care. Nobody has to “I somehow managed to hit the gruesome hotspots,” says move out if they run out of money.” Prescott. And yet, she also witnessed goodness. A Life Enriching Communities Foundation Publication • Fall 2019 legacy 1 A Musical Feast A Musical Feast On October 10th, residents, family members, associates, The Benevolent Care Fund ensures that the residents of board members, and sponsors enjoyed an evening of Twin Towers and Twin Lakes who have outlived their classical entertainment and fine dining at the fourth annual personal financial resources or experienced a catastrophic A Musical Feast at Twin Towers Senior Living Community. event can continue to live at home, receiving the highest The evening featured performances by our Artists in quality care and service. This Fund provides support for Residence from the University of Cincinnati-College LEC Benevolent Care costs which, on average, reach over Conservatory of Music (CCM): Victor Cardamone, Shu-Li $1 million annually. Cheah, Caleb Glickman, Brenda Iglesias, Holly Nelson and Yan Izquierdo. The Pastoral Care Fund is the heart of our ministry. This fund preserves, protects and perpetuates our spiritual Before the event officially began, guests enjoyed hors foundation by ensuring the residents of Twin Towers and d’oeuvres and browsed the silent auction. To kick the Twin Lakes, their family members, and our associates event off, emcee Drew Lachey welcomed all of the guests receive spiritual support and counseling. This Fund and introduced Life Enriching Communities President provides the support necessary to maintain the chaplaincy and CEO Scott McQuinn, who elaborated on the strong ministry, including worship services, life transition and relationship between the University of Cincinnati –CCM grief counseling, and Bible study programs. program and Twin Towers. Life Enriching Communities Foundation Executive Director Dan McManus then spoke Supplement to Unfunded Long-Term Nursing Care closes on the mission and impact of the Foundation, noting in the gap between the cost of providing nursing care and particular that 55 residents were served by the Benevolent the amount reimbursed through Medicaid. This difference Care Fund, which allows residents to remain in their is almost $200 per day, per patient. home should they encounter a catastrophic financial crisis. Following dinner, Drew Lachey introduced all of We would like to thank our sponsors who helped make the artists and noted the significant accomplishments this event a wonderful success. they have made in their young careers. The artists then performed a variety of classical and modern pieces for SYMPHONIC ART SONG 90 minutes. The evening ended with desserts and coffee, EMCOR, Inc. Anonymous while the guests had an opportunity to meet and get to Planes Moving and Storage Aramark know the CCM artists-in-residence. Caremerge OPERA Cintas The partnership with CCM, created in 2015, offers Graydon Matrixcare free housing to two graduate students and live musical Plante & Moran PLLC Tom Kahle, BakerHostetler performances for the Twin Towers community. Since JAZZ Twin Towers- Auxiliary Twin Towers- Chapel then, the “Artists-in-Residence” program has grown to Bayer Becker, Inc. Committee five students. This intergenerational arrangement has Beacon Electric Company UMR numerous benefits, and has a positive impact on everyone Dinsmore & Shohl LLP United Healthcare involved. The benefits the students receive far surpass Enrollment Management free housing; this partnership aligns with CCM’s mission Services to immerse students in their community. Additionally, the Infinite Services Contracting IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS artists perform monthly recitals for the residents during Corp. E&J Gallo Winery their residency. K2M Design Kahny Printing, Inc. Millennium Business Systems Pepsi-Cola Dollars raised through A Musical Feast are used to Ridge Stone Builders & UC College-Conservatory support the mission of the Life Enriching Communities Developers of Music Foundation, including Benevolent and Pastoral Care and Wards Corner Business Zannis Design Unfunded Long-term Nursing Care for residents utilizing Center Medicaid at Twin Towers and Twin Lakes.