SPRING 2013 EDITION Hills & Dales Residents, Challes (left) and Ashly (right) are proud members of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Pioneer Sparkles cheer team. This team (first in the nation at the collegiate-level) is a group of children and young adults age 11-21 with special needs and disabilities from the Tri-State area and is fully integrated with the Pioneer cheer and stunt team. Congratulations Challes and Ashly on your performances and accomplishments through the team! Inside This Issue FROm ThE ExEcuTIvE DIREcTOR . 2 FROm ThE BOARD OF DIREcTORS . 3 REcOGNITION –– From Wishes to Reality . 4-7 hIllS & DAlES hAPPENINGS . 8-11 2 973 013 1 From the Chief Executive Officer A recent seminar hosted by hills & Dales and presented by Dr. Tom Pomeranz, a nationally renowned expert in the field of disabilities, certainly presented an opportunity to pause and think about what the words respect, quality, and person-centered supports can mean for an organization like hills & Dales and for the people who depend on the supports and services we provide to them. The title of this provocative session was “To Boldly Go Where Everyone Else has Gone Before” and it has its roots in the history and evolution of services for people with physical and cognitive disabilities. Our Foundress, Elaine Barwick, knew this 40 years ago that we should never settle for good enough when her option for supports for her son was far away and in a place that was unbearable to consider. She made the change that she marilyn Althoff wished to see, a life that was meaningful for her son, Jamie. cEO I strive today to continue to stretch the minds of the staff, the families and the community members to consider how we embrace, engage, and include people with disabilities. Do we truly provide respect when we fail to recognize a life anchored in our own beliefs may keep us stuck and hold us back from actually fulfilling our mission ? Tom provided us with a number of examples that we will consider to assure we are moving toward better outcomes for people and our agency. As we celebrate our 40 years of building meaning - ful lives we continue to embrace our higher mission and responsibility to transform attitudes and change the hearts and minds of our hills & Dales community. We will strive to value each person respectfully, inclusively, and with a vision and focus from “this is what we have always been”, but rather to “this is what we can be.” ATTENDEE COMMENTS... “You made me realize that I can be doing so much more to improve the quality of the lives of the individuals I support.” – hills & Dales Employee “I was blown away at the depth of his knowledge and experience, and all the ideas he presented. Some of it was painful to hear, but needed to be heard. I learned a lot about how to “respect” people instead of just “accept” and that no person is valued more than any other - no matter our situation or abilities. His passion to right some wrongs is contagious and I hope to make the world a better place for my son and many others.” – Kathy corbett, hills & Dales Parent “Hills & Dales is dedicated to building meaningful lives for individuals with disabilities by offering services that support the whole person and enhance community inclusion.” 2 hills & Dales Happenings From the Board of Directors During my first tour of hills SPRING 2013 EDITION & Dales many years ago before joining the Operations Board and now acting as the © 2013 by hills & Dales Jamie Barwick hills & Dales 1011 Davis Street Foundation President, I was Dubuque, Iowa 52001-1397 phone 563/556-7878 astounded by the compassion fax 563/557-3822 and caring commitment I saw email [email protected] in front of me. I could not website www.hillsdales.org help and think of my grand - parents who dedicated their Eric Foy lives to caring for my aunt President, Jamie Barwick who also had significant BOARD OF DIREcTORS hills & Dales Foundation disabilities. OFFICERS charlie Giese, President I just recently returned home to Dubuque after attending Tori Richter, Vice President her funeral. From day one doctors did not expect her Al Krueger, Secretary/Treasurer to live long, but she passed at the age of 66 after a MEMBERS-AT-LARGE wonderful and meaningful life because of the supports Greg Adams Joyce connors of my grandparents and an organization similar to hills molly Grover & Dales called Opportunity village in clear lake, Iowa. Tom Kane Throughout my time at the funeral and hearing the many Debra mcGinnis Dan Raduns positive things Opportunity village provided for my aunt Jill Reimer (which I have known for a long time), my thoughts and mike Ruden Tom Sarvis feelings never strayed far from hills & Dales and the Keith Sindberg role it plays in so many people’s lives here in Dubuque John Tallent and the surrounding area. It may not always be a Jamie Barwick glamorous job, but this organization and the staff truly Hills & Dales Foundation do great work to help people reach their full potential. BOARD OF DIREcTORS OFFICERS As we celebrate our 40th Anniversary throughout 2013 Eric Foy, President I urge you to realize and remember that hills & Dales Elaine Barwick, adds meaningful value to our communities and families. Honorary Chair/Foundress Stephen hardie, Vice President It is critical to hills & Dales to keep our community, Dave Fritz, Secretary/Treasurer leaders, and generous donors engaged and aware of MEMBERS-AT-LARGE all the organization provides for people and families in Keith Bibelhausen need. I strongly encourage you to visit and tour to see Gary Dolphin mike Donohue firsthand all that I saw many years ago when I first connie hardie encountered hills & Dales. Brad heying Ric Jones Tom Kane Judy lochner John markham SAVE THE DATE! Kelly myers Monday, August 5th, 2013 chris Theisen Jim Weber CEO The Meadows marilyn Althoff Golf Course FOUNDRESS/RETIRED Elaine Barwick See www.hillsdales.org for more information Building Meaningful Lives visit us on the web at www.hillsdales.org 3 Recognition.. .from Wishes to Reality Gift List from January 1, 2013 to March 31, 2013 MONETARY GIFTS In Memory of La Von Abitz leo Abitz Alliant Energy Foundation michael and mary Ament In Memory of Bogie Anonymous Best Buy co., Inc. Robert cartigny Robert and Juanita Brissey margaret Buelow In Memory of Glen Breitbach mary Jo chapman Edna Breitbach constellation Energy Bill and Shirley Daack In Memory of Jeffrey Breitbach Agnes Droessler Edna Breitbach Dubuque Racing Association (mystique casino / Diamond Jo casino) In Memory of Thomas Christ Dupaco community credit union Elizabeth christ Jeff and carol Edberg Fred and Nancy Ertl In Memory of Virgil Denlinger Dave hanley Norma Denlinger Karmen heim mary hemingway In Memory of John Floden Bob and marilyn hoefer merri harris Gene and Teresa hohmann lois houselog In Memory Deanne Grice James A. & mary S. Schmid Family John Grice charitable Trust Randel Jones In Memory of Joseph Hannam Darrell and Diane Kalmes carole hannam mary cook-Kmucha Ruth merges In Memory of Bert Hillary David and Becky murphy Garry and Jeanne heiar Father Paul Otting Betty hillary Ann Philippi Dan and lu hillary Kenneth Raash Ken and Judy lochner Randall and Dawn Rick mary Roddy In Memory of Alicia Lochner Gregory Ryan Guyann miller and harold meyer Bob and Anna mae Sadler William and michelle Scherf In Memory of Mary Genevieve McMahon Amy Sheehan Sister Donalda Kehoe loyce Smith St. Raphael’s cathedral In Memory of Mike White Swiss colony Jack and mary Thompson Eileen White Patrick and Wendy vance Dorothy Wagner mary lou Wagner Jeanne Wheeler Gloria Winterlin Ronald and Judy Wolf In Honor of Asha Chakravartula’s Birthday Nalini Kandalla and Ramesh chakravartula Sury Banduvula and Brinda Krishnamurthy Prasanna and Kokila Kumar Ravi modukuri Ravikumar Ramachandra Sneha Reddy Rama Yellepeddi 4 hills & Dales Happenings Recognition.. .from Wishes to Reality Gift List from January 1, 2013 to March 31, 2013 CAMPAIGN GIFTS Ernest and Karin loukinen mathis Pfohl Foundation Gary and marilyn Althoff mary meyer holli cannon Tim and Tracy miller Karen Duve Douglas and Barbara mills Flexsteel Industries, Inc. larry moss Dianne holz mount St. Francis honkamp Krueger & co. P.c. Dr. Peggy mulderig James and Elizabeth Pfohl Foundation Bob and lynn Ocken louis and Deb luGrain Patrick and Darlene O’Neill morrison Bros. co. marc Pichik Dennis and Tanya Payne R.D. mcDonald charitable Foundation Tom and Amy Rave Dave and Tori Richter mark and Jodi Ruden loras and Joanne Sabers michelle Schmitt Salem united church of christ Ronald and charlotte Schope Dave and Kathy Schaller Wahlert Foundation mike and Gail Scherr Dave and carole Welu Paul Scherrman Robert and Jeanette Schreiber In Honor of Scott Corbett Bill and lorraine Schuster Terry and Kathy corbett Sisters of charity of the Blessed virgin mary Gerry Skahill In Memory of Eldon Bonifas Gil and Beckie Spence Darren and Amy Kapparos Dorothy Stumpf John and Tracy Tallent In Memory of Cassy Murphy Tandem Tire & Auto Service, Inc. Nikki Ender charles and Bernice Termont Ken and Bernadine Townsend uS cellular - Wacker Drive Employees ANNUAL APPEAL GIFTS Bob and Donna Wahlert A.Y. mcDonald charitable Foundation Jim and Jane Weber Peter and margaret Beaves Dr. James and Pauline White Stephen and marilyn Bell Weber Paper co. Reverend Dr. Kenneth and Frank Winders Reverend Nancy Bickel Timothy and Nancy Butler In Honor of Emily Schnieders’ 21st Birthday cartegraph Systems Tom and Nancy mcDonald Dr. Ed and mary Pat castaneda William and Alice collister In Honor of Emily Schnieders michael and molly Dalton lila luensmann Don and Elaine Damstra Dr.