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Homme Home Auxiliary Membership:  The Homme Home Auxiliary is now conducting their 2010 membership drive.  We would like to welcome and encrouage you to participate in this, our annual membership drive.  Membership cards are available at any time for only $5.00.

Membership in the Homme Home Auxiliary benefits the residents of Homme Home of Wittenberg at our Wittenberg Campus and also Forest Park Village at our Wausau Campus by providing support for programs including:  Resident Christmas gifts, daily/weekly newspapers and magazines, entertainment, pet therapy, the fireplace at Forest Park Village, and all programs which enhance the quality of life for our residents.

This year membership will have benefits for you, our members, as well including:

           10% discount at Alpha House Resale Shop evey time you shop throughout 2010

         One free lunch per member at the Strawberry Festival, June 13th,  2010

         Invitation to September 2rd, 2010 Picnic

     (Membership card will need to be presented to qualify for discounts and/or free meal.)

Membership cards may be purchased at Homme Home of Wittenberg or at Forest Park Village, Wausau.  If you would like further information or have questions, please contact Arlene Hanus at 715-253-2125, ext. 150 or toll free at 888-215-5036.  As always all donations are tax exempt to the full extent of the law.  Thank you for taking the time to participate, and for supporting the Homme Home Auxiliary and its causes.

HOMME HOME AUXILIARY  QUILTS:  Quilts and quilting have been a part of Homme Home of Wittenberg throughout its history.  The art of quilting was taught to the young girls who lived at Homme Old Folks and Orphans home by the elderly women who shared that home as well.  The quilts kept Homme residents warm on those cold winter nights.

Later in its history, Homme volunteers made quilts to sell in order to raise money for various projects at Homme Home.  Quilts were made and sent all over the country including furnishing a Bed and Breakfast home out east.  Unused quilt fabric that is not used by the Homme Auxiliary is sent to area churches to be used in making quilts for Lutheran World Relief.

Today, the Homme Auxiliary heads up the quilt making department.  The Homme quilts are still in demand as the volunteers tie a quilt a week which often are sold even before they are finished and put on display.  In addition to queen size quilts, Homme Auxiliary volunteers also do full size and/or twin size quilts.  Baby and crib size quilts are also made in a variety of prints and styles.  The proceeds from the quilt sales continue to support resident centered programs at Homme Home of Wittenberg and Forest Park Village.

There is a new "twist" to quilting for the summer.  Many have asked about "summer quilts" and due to a great response, Homme Auxiliary is now offering summer quilts.  They are lighter than the regular quilts.  So come check it out!  They are on display in the front lobby here at Homme Home.

If you would like more information on the Homme Auxiliary quilt project or would like to order a quilt, please contact Arlene Hanus at arleneh@homme.org or call 1-888-215-5036 or you can also call Fay Rosenow, Auxiliary Board Member, at 715-793-4665.

Community Health & Wellness Fair:   Homme Home Foundation is sponsoring a Community Health and Wellness Fair on Thursday, September 2nd from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm at Homme Home of Wittenberg, 604 S. Webb St., Wittenberg.

This event is free and open to the public.  It will include a Book Fair, Free Picnic Lunch starting at 10:30 am, Educational Sessions, Exhibitors and a Bake Sale.  Blood sugar screens, blood pressure checks, and chair massages will be available.  The Shawano County Health Department will offer Tetanus shots at no cost from 10:00 am until 12:00 noon.

Participants in the Health Fair include:  Alzheimers Association, American Red Cross, Aspirus VNA Home Health Comfort Care & Hospice, American Cancer Society, Health Drive, US Bank, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Peoplefirst Rehab, Gwidt Pharmacy, Social Security Administration, Ministry Health Hospice, Wittenberg Fire Department Vial for Life Program, Wittenberg Village Library, Deb's Webb Street Salon, Homme Home of Wittenberg, Wittenberg Enterprise & Birnamwood News, Schmidt Schulta Funeral Home, Walls of Wittenberg, Wittenberg Historical Society, Shawano County Social Services, Veterans Service Officer, Shawano County Health Department, Aspirus Employee Assistance Services and Crossways Camping Ministries.

The Health and Wellness Fiar is open to all so please plan to attend and bring a friend as it promises to be a day full of information, fellowship, good food, and remember, a book fair as well.

Annual Rose Sale: 

14th Annual Homme Home Foundation Golf Outing:  Look how far we have come!  Homme Home Foundation is coming up on its 14th Annual Golf Outing.  The event is set for August 14th at Indianhead Golf Course in Mosinee just off exit 153 of STH 39/51 near the Central Wisconsin Airport.  This year's theme will be a celebration of Sports.  It will be a "Sportstastic Event!"  Wear your favorite sporting outfit; wear a combination of sporting outfits.  There will be a prize for the most "sports" dressed person!!

Not only do you get 18 holes of golf with a cart; you will also recieve lunch and dinner and prizes, prizes, prizes.  The cost for each golfer is $95.00 and non-golfers are $35.00 each.

Your participation in this worthwhile fund-raiser will benefit the residents of the Homme Home of Wittenberg and Forest Park Village - Wausau.  Your dollars support the Fondation's programs and helps provide crucial financial resources for the service progams sponsored by the Foundation.  There are many ways for you or your business to become a part of t his fun filled event.  You can choose to become a hole sponsor, provide a foursome of golfers, share items for our prize drawings, and/or make a cash donation to the event.  All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law, and each has a significant impact on the Fundation and those it serves.  Homme's legacy thus far shows that over 8,500 residents have passed through the doors of Homme and each served in the capacity in which they had need for for the last 127 years.

Whether you are a golfer, non-golfer, corporate sponsor, monetary donor, sign sponsor, and/or prize donor; we appreciate your support to Homme Homes.  If you would like further information on signing up, please feel free to contact Jan at Homme at 715-253-2125,  ext. 152; e-mail Jan at janh@homme.org or call our toll free number at 888-215-5036.