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by David Baugher Executive Director Gayle McHenry

has a simple message for thosewondering what Shepherd’s Center ofWebster/Kirkwood is all about.

“All of our programs and servicesare aimed at helping seniors stay vital,engaged and independent,” she said.

Now, as the interfaith non-pro tmarks its 16th year, it is able to

accomplish that mission better thanever with a wide variety of programs,initiatives and services geared towardthose 55 and older.

Perhaps the best-known aspect ofthe center is Adventures in Learning,a series of adult education classes thatis offered on a quarterly basis covering

everything from tai chi to art history.Topics for this year include sessionson Cuban culture, national parks, theCivil War and writing one’s own lifehistory.

“I think they enjoy the fellowship,”said McHenry. “They get to meet

Jane Luckhaupt and Laura Inman share a laugh during a chair yoga programat Harrison Avenue Missionary Baptist Church. The program is part of a series

of classes offered by Shepherd’s Center.photo by Diana Linsley

Keeping Seniors VitalAt Shepherd’s Center

cont. p. 14

Interfaith group draws55-plus crowd withrange of programs

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new people or get reacquainted withold friends. They like just gatheringtogether for social conversation with

their peers. It’s a very accepting, warm,welcoming atmosphere.”Bill German, a longtime board

member and past chair of the groupagrees. He said it is about more than

just the content of each course.“We always do breakfast before

classes start, and I often think that,not the breakfast itself but the wholeidea of sitting at a table with someoneoutside your immediate household is

just a very important thing to people,particularly to those who are restrictedin their ability to get out and about,”said German, a Glendale resident. “Ithas always been my contention thatthe breakfast is as important as the

classes themselves.”McHenry said the classes, which

serve about 600, are so popular thateven major weather events can’tdampen the enthusiasm.

“In fact, 10 people showed up todayeven though we were cancelled,” shesaid as St. Louis dug out from a foot ofsnow. “They were ready to get out andhave some fun.”

In addition to the West Lockwoodlocation, smaller versions of the classseries are available at the Harrison

Avenue Missionary Baptist Church inKirkwood and at Douglass Manor inWebster Groves.

“We cater to what the seniorswant,” McHenry said. “What’s reallycool is that Adventures in Learning isdesigned by and for the seniors. They

recruit the speakers. They let us knowwhat they like, what they don’t like.It really is self-ful lling. They likesomething, we re-engage it.”

Moreover, not everything happensindoors. The center also features daytrips four-to-six times annually to sitesaround the area, such as Powell Hallor the Touhill Performing Arts Center.The Harrison Avenue group also doesregular eld trips to locations rangingfrom the Missouri History Museum toLaumeier Sculpture Park.

McHenry said that the outings canbe important for seniors who may notbe using their cars as much as in thepast.

“It allows them to continue theirinterests, even when they are notdriving that far anymore,” she said. “Itenables them to do the things they lovewith a group.”

Of course, seniors also needtransportation for more mundanematters, such as medical, dental andtherapy appointments. Shepherd’sCenter also has that covered. About100 volunteer drivers help take localseniors where they need to go, donatingtheir time and gas for the purpose.

About 300 older adults use theservice.

“It’s good for the seniors’ health,”McHenry said. “It’s good for the

community because the more optionspeople have, the more likely they areto give up driving when they need to.”

German thinks that the helpinghand from the volunteer drivers isamong the most important things thecenter does.

“That’s something that is very muchneeded in our community becausewhen you lose the ability to drive andyou are in the suburbs trying to stayin your own home, getting to a medicalappointment becomes a big problem,”he said.

Shepherd’s Center: Serving Area Seniors For 16 Yearsfrom page 13

Yoga instructor Holly Ohmes leads a Tuesday morning class at Harrison Avenue Missionary Baptist Church. The class is part of the Adventures In Learning program, a collaboration between the Shepherd’s Center and Harrison Avenue

Missionary Baptist Church. photo by Diana Linsley

Denise Jones (left) and Annie Dosslimber up with some stretching

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by Jaime MowersSarah Beaman needed a hospital bed

at home following her knee replacementlast year, but her insurance refused tocover it.

She also needed some other medicalequipment to make getting around thehouse a little easier, but those itemsweren’t covered either. Thanks to anonpro t organization called St. LouisHELP (Health Equipment LendingProgram) she got everything she needed

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with the surgery, but I live in a two-storyhome and didn’t have some of the thingsthat would really help,” said Beaman,who learned of St. Louis HELP when shewas looking to donate medical equipmentafter her mother passed away. “It wouldhave cost me $62 a day for a bed for sixweeks, but with St. Louis HELP I justborrowed it for the time I needed it andthen took it back. It worked out great.”

Beaman, who is now a volunteer withthe organization, is just one of thousandsof people who have bene tted from St.Louis HELP, which collects new or gentlyused medical equipment and leases it tothose who need it for free.

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the equipment for as long as theyneed without paying anything. Powerchairs are the only item that require aphysician’s prescription.

People often think the set up is toogood to be true, but that’s exactly howit works, explained Laura Singer, whofounded St. Louis HELP in 2008.

The organization has since grownmore than Singer ever imagined. In

August 2008, she was thri lled to havecollected 60 items and distributed 23of them. Fast forward to 2013 and St.Louis HELP collected more than 10,000items and distributed over $1.3 millionin medical equipment to nearly 2,500

people.“It’s been amazing,” Singer said,

noting the nonpro t recently expandedits warehouse in Olivette to 5,000square feet. “There is a huge need in thecommunity.”

St. Louis HELP provides a safety net forthose who are uninsured, underinsured,or those who have insurance but lackcoverage for certain medical equipment.

“It allows people to stay safe and intheir homes longer, and it also helps easethe stress on caregivers,” Singer said.“Even for those who have insurance,many of these items are not covered. In2004/2005, Medicare/Medicaid stopped

covering items for the shower, but that’sone of the most dangerous places in thehouse for someone with mobility issues.Our shower equipment is what’s highestin demand.”

Hospital beds are also high on thelist.

“We have at least six hospital beds goout per week,” she said.

The beauty of St. Louis HELP is thatpeople can borrow what they need andthen return it when they’re nished,Singer said. The organization often hasequipment people aren’t even aware ofthat can help them.

“People might come in for one thingand leave with four or ve things,” shesaid, noting people also often need twopieces of the same equipment – one attheir house and one at a relative’s house,for example.

None of what St. Louis HELP doeswould be possible without the generousmonetary and medical equipmentdonations from individuals andcorporations, Singer said. The majorityof donations are collected during twoweekend equipment drives duringspring and fall. The spring drive hasbeen scheduled for May 4 and 5. St.Louis HELP puts out 12 U-Haul trucksat Walgreens stores and other locationsthroughout the greater St. Louis area tocollect equipment during the weekenddrives.

“The generosity of the St. Louiscommunity is amazing,” Singer said.

And the organization coul d not existwithout its 60 volunteers who contributedmore than 2,000 hours to St. Louis HELPlast year, she added.

Laura Singer, founder of St. Louis HELP (Health Equipment Lending Program,

goes over medical equipment inventory at the agency’s newly-expanded warehouse inOlivette.photo by Diana Linsley

Beaman enjoys volunteering with St.Louis HELP and Hospice.

“With the volunteer work I do, I seeboth sides,” she said. “I see patients ortheir family members in need of somethingthat they can’t get with their insurance,Medicare or Medicaid and St. Louis HELPcan get it for them. Then there’s theopposite – sometimes after someone haspassed away the family is looking for aplace to take mom’s wheelchair or hospitalbed.”

Beaman likes seeing someone’sequipment help others.

“It’s about making life easier so peoplecan be whole,” she said. “Maybe somebodywants to walk down their driveway to themailbox but they can’t, and you give thema walker and then they can.”

Behind The ScenesSt. Louis HELP has a lot going on behind

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The organization receives severaldonations that it cannot lease or distribute

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“Things from here actually are gettingeverywhere,” Singer said. “If we can’t useit we’ll get it to someone who can.”

St. Louis HELP is also big on recycling.“Every year we’re diverting literally

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Nothing goes to waste at St. Louis HELPwhere the working parts of nonfunctionalequipment are taken off and used to repairother pieces of equipment or woodencrutches are sent to a tree chippingcompany to be broken down. All that tswell with the organization’s mission ofrecycling, revitalizing and redistributing.

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Elizabeth of Hungary on Mondays andthere will be the “thwock” of paddleshitting balls, tennis shoes squeakingover the oor, and shrieks of joy or theagony of defeat.

This is pickleball, the fastestgrowing sport in the country, accordingto Kathy Westerbeck, ambassador forthe U.S.A. Pickleball Association.

The game started in the summerof 1965 when Joel Pritchard, acongressman from Washington State,and businessman Bill Bell returned toPritchard’s home on Bainbridge Islandto nd their families sitting aroundwith nothing to do, according to the

pickleball website, www.usapa.org.The property had an old badminton

court so they looked for some badmintonequipment, but couldn’t nd a full setof rackets. They improvised, cuttingshafts of the damaged rackets andfound a perforated plastic ball. Therackets didn’t work very well, so thedads created four wood paddles, similarto the wood paddles used in the gametoday. They invited a friend, BarneyMcCallum, to participate and createdrules, relying heavily on badminton.

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“It’s been around for a long time,but has not been popular in St. Louisbecause nobody organized it,” shesaid. “We played in Kansas City andwhen we moved here, I was shockedthat no one here had organized it. TheSalvation Army Citadel was playingon Saturday nights and that was it. Istarted an email with 12 names and Inow have 100.”

Mary Chubb, a volunteer with the

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They brought it before the SAJECouncil and pickleball began atSt. Elizabeth’s the rst Mondayin November. During the games,instructor Ruby Moss walked aroundgiving hints to players.

“I’ve played tennis, racquetball and Jack LaRue of Kirkwood plays indoor pickleball on a Monday leagueat St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Crestwood.

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Westerbeck added that the learningcurve is smaller.“You can play a few times and you’re

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South County resident NancyKaalberg started playing pickleballtwo months ago.

“I had taught it 10 years ago in analternative high school,” she said. “Iknew it was a lot of fun and thought thisis something I need to do for myself, so

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Ray Weis of Sunset Hills had his legon a bench stretching out a muscle.

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Serving seniors and their families in all areas of Elder Law including: • Medicare Advocacy• Life Care Planning• Probate/Trust Administration• Veterans Benefits• Medicaid and Long-Term Care Planning• Asset Protection Estate Planning• Guardianship/Conservatorship Estates• Estate Planning for persons with disabilities• Special Needs Trusts

Certified Elder Law Attorney* as certified by the National Elder Law Foundation*Neither the Supreme Court of MO nor the Missouri Bar reviews or approves

certifications, organizations or specialist designations. The choice of a lawyer is animportant decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements.

THE HEIGHTS: Richmond HeightsCommunity Center & Memorial Library

Where adults soar to

THE HEIGHTS • 8001 Dale AvenueRichmond Heights • MO • 63117

www.richmondheights.orgphone (314) 645-1476 • fax (314)645-0502

• State-of-the-Art Fitness Center• Land & Water Fitness Classes• Silver Sneakers• Silver & Fit• Day Trips• Special Events• Indoor Aquatic Center• Steam Room & Sauna• Lap-Lanes• Child Care Services• Bingo• Meeting and Banquet Facilities• Full-Service Library

new heights!

Quality Care in Your HomeWe are a Home Health, Private Duty

Firm providing Companionship,Homemaking, Short Term Rehab

and Respite ServicesContact us for a Free In-HomeConsultation at 314-843-6616

or [email protected]

Est. 1987

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