A.C.E of Cottonwood County
Spring 2016 Newsletter
Brenda Skrove – A.C.E. Cottonwood County Coordinator 507-831-1803
Volunteers needed!
If you are interested and have the time, you are needed to help at one or
more of the following events or sites. (Spread the word and bring a friend!)
 Saturday April 9 – 4 ushers to work at the Windom Concert
Ass. Event: Denny Diamond & the Jewels. Show starts at 7:30
pm so ushers need to be at BARC at 6:30 pm.
 Saturday April 9 – 3 ushers and 1 ticket taker for each of two
shows for the Windom Chordhustlers event being held at the
American Lutheran Church in Windom. The first show starts
at 2:30 pm and the second show starts at 7:00 pm.
Volunteers should be there 1 hour ahead of time.
 Pine View Assisted Living – would like some people to come
spend some time with residents. Your time is appreciated to
read or just talk to people that would really enjoy you taking
time to visit with them.
 Cottonwood Co. DAC – would also like a few volunteers to
come work with some of their clients. Just spend some time
getting to know them, sharing your reading skills or spending
entertaining time together.
 BINGO CALLER! This would be a fun time for 1 or 2
volunteers to help out Marvel Woizeschke and give her a
much needed break with her weekly calling at both Hardees
on Wednesday afternoons at 4:00 pm and at the Senior
Center in Windom on Mondays at 1:00 pm. (Preferably a
women to call at the Senior Center).
 Shalom Hill Farm – volunteers are needed to help out with
many different projects that are always on-going at the
Farm! You can help with serving food at different retreats,
helping with the gardening and yard work, or even helping
with making food from the gardens. This is a beautiful site
with great people to work with, so grab a friend or two and
have some fun helping out!
 Blood Mobile – Tuesday May 9th at the Windom Community
Center. Shifts at the front desk for checking people in are
1-3, 3-5, 5-6:30. We need 2 people for each shift. Bring a
friend and help at this life changing event.
Please contact Brenda Skrove ASAP if you are able to help at these events!
Donations of Used
Cell Phones and Ink
Cartridges
Did you know that the
money that we
receive from used cell
phones and ink
cartridges goes into
our Volunteer
Appreciation account
to help fund the
event?
We continue to
recycle these items
and you can help by
dropping them off at
the A.C.E. office in the
BARC building in
Windom or call me
and I would be glad to
pick them up.
Have you been to
the A.C.E. Website?
http://www.ace
swmn.org/
Find out more about
A.C.E. and our staff,
our mission and
events. Pass this link
on to family and
friends!
COTTONWOOD COUNTY A.C.E STATIONS
A.C.E. Cottonwood Co. Special
American Cancer Society C.Co.
Backpack Food Program
BARC Inc.
Big Buddies-Cottonwood Co.
Bingo-Hardees
Care & Share
Cottonwood Co. Animal Rescue
Cottonwood Co. Historical Society
Cottonwood County DAC
Cottonwood Co. Farm Services
District #177 Winfair
Dist. #177 Windom Middle School
Early Childhood Family Education
Good Samaritan of Mt. Lake
Good Samaritan – Mikkelsen Manor
Good Samaritan – Sogge Memorial
Good Samaritan – Westbrook
Mary & Martha’s Pantry
Matter of Balance – Cottonwood Co.
Meals on Wheels – Jeffers
Mt. Lake Elementary School
Mt. Lake Heritage Village
Mt. Lake Senior Club
Mt. Lake Senior Dining
Pine View Assisted Living
Red Cross Bloodmobile Cottonwood
Red Rock Central Elementary
Reinbows Inc.
RSVP Bone Builders
Salvation Army-Red Kettle
Sanford Hospice
Second Harvest- Storden and Windom
Storden Community Center
Tax Side Cottonwood County
Telephone Reassurance-Cottonwood Co.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Westbrook Heritage Museum
Western Comm. Action Transportation-Jackson
Windom Adult Basic Education
Windom Area Chamber of Commerce
Windom Area Hospital Auxillary
Windom Area Sharing Center
Windom City Arena
Windom Senior Club
Windom Senior Dining
Brenda Skrove
A.C.E.
Cottonwood
County
Brenda Skrove
Coordinator
Bone Builders is an osteoporosis prevention and reversal
exercise program. It is a free program and open to you!
A.C.E. Bone Builders Locations in Cottonwood County
 Windom
Hillside Manor
Tuesday and Thursday 9 am
Community Center Monday and Wednesday 10 am
Remick Ridge
Tuesday and Thursday 8 am
PO Box 123
1012 5th Ave.
Windom, MN
507-831-1803
ace.cottonwood
@co.cottonwood.
mn.us
 Westbrook
Peterson Estates Monday and Wednesday 9:30 am
 Mt. Lake
Community Center (Sr. Dining)
Monday and Wednesday 8:30 am
Tuesday and Thursday 9 am
 Storden
Community Center Tuesday and Thursday 9 am
 Jeffers
Jeffers City Hall
Monday and Wednesday 9 am
DO YOU HAVE UNRECORDED HOURS?
Take a minute and fill this out and either drop off at the A.C.E. office or mail in.
Remember your signature, they don’t county without it!
Volunteer Station:___________________________________
Date/Hours Served:__________________________________
Volunteer Station:___________________________________
Date/Hours Served:__________________________________
Signature:_________________________________________
New Programs will be
available through
A.C.E. of Cottonwood
County
Since last fall, I have been attending
quite a few trainings in preparation
for setting up many new classes. I
started with Matter of Balance
which we were successfully able to
run in Mt. Lake last fall and I will be
setting that up to run another this
year in Windom.
I also trained to be able to help
people with Caregiver Respite and
Counseling Services so I will be
working to get the word out about
that.
A new program that I feel excited to
bring to Cottonwood County is the
Dementia Friendly Grant that will
make our communities more
Dementia aware. You will be hearing
a lot about this in the future and I
may be calling on some of you to
become a part of this.
We will be holding another Healthy
Living – Chronic Disease SelfManagement Class this year too.
We held a class last summer here at
BARC with a great group of
participants and we all learned a lot.
I am looking forward to holding
these classes/services and will let
you know when I have them set so
keep an eye out for future notices.
Telephone Reassurance
The ‘Good Morning’ Telephone
Reassurance program is for
Cottonwood County residents, 60
years of age or older that may be
at risk of sudden illness, falls,
accidents or social isolation.
Each morning between 8:00 am
and 10:00 am the older adult will
receive a call from a trained A.C.E.
volunteer to check that he or she is
okay.
If you are interested in helping
to assure the well-being of others
and willing to commit to making
calls from your home, have good
organizational skills and phone
etiquette, and are able to follow
procedures in an emergency, then
we are looking for you!
If you would like to participate,
you just need to contact me at
507-831-1803.
2016 Volunteer
Appreciation Event
We are switching this
year’s event to be held
this spring instead of the
fall. This year we will be
holding a coffee with
treats here in the BARC
Library. It will start at
3:30 in the afternoon in
hopes that more
volunteers will be able to
attend.
You will receive an invite
in the mail as the date
gets closer, but save the
date:
Tuesday May 24th.
Quote from current Telephone
Reassurance volunteer:
‘Being responsible for making this
daily call gives me a reason to get
out of bed in the morning.’
Readers Theater
Alzheimer's is not a normal
part of aging.
Counting
Volunteer Hours
Remember to record
all hours you
volunteer. Round up if
you are at the half
hour and remember
to add your ‘drive
time’ into your total
hours volunteered.
I have had a couple requests to
bring back this fun program. If
anyone is interested in taking part
in reading stories/skits to kids in
our local schools, please let me
know and we will see if we can
make this possible.
Bring a friend to do this with you!
(And YES, there will be
door prizes!)
“The heart of a volunteer is
not measured in size, but
by the depth of the
commitment to make a
difference in the lives of
others.”
DeAnn Hollis