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		<title>Looking forward to 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melanie Jongsma, Director of Communications It&#8217;s natural to look back at the end of a year, but year-end is also a good time to look forward. This blog is looking forward as well! We have some exciting new content planned for 2011, including stories like the following: Redefining &#8220;Nursing Home&#8221; How to Get the Most Out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=providencelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11459397&amp;post=1426&amp;subd=providencelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 Christmas (and Birthday) Gift Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melanie Jongsma, Director of Communications &#8220;Oh, no, I don&#8217;t need anything.&#8221; Have you heard this from your parents or grandparents when you ask for gift ideas? There may be several reasons they give this answer: They are from a generation that is used to &#8220;making do&#8221; an not complaining. They are self-sufficient they either [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=providencelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11459397&amp;post=1409&amp;subd=providencelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative Stewardship: our 2010 (online) Annual Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melanie Jongsma, Director of Communications We&#8217;re doing something different this year. We&#8217;re not printing an Annual Report. Oh we&#8217;re still providing an Annual Report; we&#8217;re just not printing it. Instead, we&#8217;ve organized all our financial information, donor lists, and 50th-anniversary highlights into a convenient, accessible, environmentally friendly, cost-effective online Annual Report. As CEO Richard [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=providencelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11459397&amp;post=1390&amp;subd=providencelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Providence Hospice: Offering Hope for the Holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melanie Jongsma, Director of Communications &#8220;This means a great deal to the Hospice team,&#8221; says Maribeth Anderson to the families assembled in the chapel. They have gathered for the 2010 Tree of Light ceremony, a Providence Hospice tradition for families who have lost a loved one during the previous year. The ceremony takes place [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=providencelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11459397&amp;post=1326&amp;subd=providencelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Thanks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[guest post by Richard C. Schutt, CEO Giving thanks. I am in a unique position to do that this year. I am standing at the close of a milestone year — our 50th anniversary — and I am grateful. It’s been a year of reviewing old documents, looking up old facts, pointing at faces in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=providencelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11459397&amp;post=1370&amp;subd=providencelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Affordable, Comfortable, Convenient — think &#8220;Providence Guest Rooms&#8221; this holiday season</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melanie Jongsma, Director of Communications Want to take some of the stress out of your family&#8217;s holiday plans? Let Providence help! Many of our communities have guest rooms available that your out-of-towners can rent for incredibly reasonable rates. For example, if your holiday travels include a stop in South Holland, Illinois, you can spend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=providencelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11459397&amp;post=1356&amp;subd=providencelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring Richard Mulder, our first Servant Leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melanie Jongsma, Director of Communications There were many things I enjoyed about our golden-anniversary Torchlight Celebration (held at Chicago&#8217;s Field Museum on November 5, 2010). The venue was beautiful, the food was delicious, the presentations were heartfelt. The guests I spoke with at the end of the evening all confirmed that they had enjoyed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=providencelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11459397&amp;post=1341&amp;subd=providencelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two Celebrations of 50 Years of Ministry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melanie Jongsma, Director of Communications The celebration at our Palos Heights location is a fitting prelude to tomorrow night&#8217;s 50th anniversary Torchlight Dinner, which will celebrate the full spectrum of ministry that has grown from the original dream of our founders. The evening will include hors d&#8217;oeuvres, dinner, and dessert, surrounding special ministry presentations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=providencelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11459397&amp;post=1305&amp;subd=providencelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Senior Living Options</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melanie Jongsma, Director of Communications Seniors today have more options than their parents and grandparents did a generation ago. More choices can mean better living, but it also means more research is necessary before making a living decision. Listed below are a few definitions to help you understand the basic levels of care available: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=providencelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11459397&amp;post=1061&amp;subd=providencelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>400+ Years of Wisdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melanie Jongsma, Director of Communications &#160; &#160; It&#8217;s a significant event for any Providence Life Services community to celebrate a resident&#8217;s 100th birthday. For Village Woods, our retirement community in Crete, Illinois, it&#8217;s almost become routine. Village Woods has four residents who have reached their century mark! Edna Schlemmer turned 101 on September 22, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=providencelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11459397&amp;post=1205&amp;subd=providencelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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