Each year for the past several years, Home Instead Senior Care has sponsored the “Be a Santa to a Senior” program that helps to provide Christmas gifts to those seniors who would otherwise have nothing. Since it inception, Home Instead has worked with Ottawa County Senior Resources’ Home Delivered Meal program to identify those seniors in need of some special Christmas cheer!

The holiday season brings out the best in people. Again this year Danbury Township, Lakeside and Marblehead residents and area businesses enthusiastically helped the Danbury Holiday Bureau, and provided 131 families, for a total of 419 people, with food and other necessities to brighten their lives during the Christmas season.

Dear Readers-

Ruth Ann’s House has been in need of a sidewalk leading to our handicap ramp for a little while. This past week some very friendly elves from Tom Evan’s Masonry Construction solved that problem. The staff and residents of Ruth Ann’s would like to thank Tom and his staff for constructing a beautiful and much needed walkway. No more stones and mud, we really appreciate your kindness and dedication to the community.

Sincerely,

Linda Hartlaub
Director

A response to this Sound Off.

Although it's against my better judgement to respond to this in a public forum I would like to take this opportunity to present my point of view.

Most certainly my intentions are never, ever to hurt anyone's feelings. My intentions are to expose the hypocrisy of homophobia, racism, misogyny and other human ailments through humor and song. To point out, make fun of, and celebrate our differences. To laugh at each other and ourselves and to show that we can all have fun together. Most people get it...sadly, there are some who don't.

This is a very important message to all of you who helped in any way during our illness and recovery. Your prayers, cards, visits, etc., just shows again how much you care and it is just great to be from this area.
Thank you and God bless you all,
John and Betsy Papcun