Executive Director
Roland Gandy
Business Office Director
Kristina Jeske
Assisted Living Director
Shelly Halleck, LVN
Generations Program Coordinator
Angelina Leyva
Community Marketing Director
Jennifer Morton
Activity Director
Heidi Nielson
Generations Activity Coordinator
Suzy Schaffer
We are proud to announce we have a new
Executive Director, Mr. Roland Gandy.
Welcome to the Mission Hills Family Roland!
We are all excited to meet you!
You are inheriting the best residents you
could ask for!
August 2014
Health
Hi there!
As most of all you know, we have switched to
Yorba Linda Pharmacy. The transition was nice and
smooth. If you have any problems with your new
invoices from Yorba Linda, please feel free to reach
out to me! I will fix everything =)
Also, I am excited to announce our new
Generations Program Coordinator, Angelina Leyva.
She is going to do great! Cheer her on!
Shelly Halleck L.V.N.
Assisted Living Director
August Birthdays
8/21
8/28
8/28
Chuck McConnell
Dolly Salerno
Susannah Veltri
Welc me
Resident
of the
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Beverly Powell
Zachary McCormick
New Residents Moved in
June 15-July 15
Grace Davidson
Myrna Murry
Gloria Schuch
Rudy Tronto
WOW!
of the
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New Residents
Congratulations Lucy! You
won our Early Bird Drawing!
Early Bird Payment
Pay your bill by the 1st of the
month and your name will go
into a drawing for $50 gift card
or $50 off your next invoice
too!
If you have any questions
about when the next Early Bird
drawing will be, please see
Kristina.
Employee
Beverly was born in 1927 on
the 1st day of Spring. She was
raised with her younger brother
Richard, in Southern California.
In 1947, she married Rodger
Powell and moved to Ohio.
They had three beautiful
children, Linda Rae, Robert and
William. In 1984, Beverly and
Rodger retired in Yucca Valley.
After Rodger passed in 1999, she
decided to settle in the
Coachella Valley where she met
John, her second husband. She
has always enjoyed traveling and
anything to do with the water.
Beverly moved to Mission Hills
on Easter weekend 2014. You
can always count on her to have
a smile on her face and an
encouraging word for everyone
she comes across. She enjoys just
about every activity and always
wants to lend a helping hand.
We all just love you Beverly!
Zachary holds an A.S in
Mathematics and an A.A in
Social and Behavioral Sciences
from College of the Desert. Plus,
he holds two B.S. degrees in
Sociology and Gerontology from
California State University, San
Bernadino.
Zachary has lived in the
Coachella Valley all of his life.
He is the middle child with two
sisters. Zachary loves to play
chess, volunteering for Big
Brothers, joking around and
hiking. He works in Generations
as the Activity Assistant at
Mission Hills. He is always
willing to go out of his way to
help and always has a smile on
his face. The residents and staff
all enjoy working with Zachary.
He is a great asset to our team at
Mission Hills!
Floral Design with Betty!
Employee
Spotlight
Welcome Suzy Schaffer
First, I would like to thank
everyone for being so
welcoming and kind. I am
excited and looking forward to
getting to know everyone. As
you already know, I am Suzy
Schaffer, the new Generations
Activity Coordinator. I have
been working in assisted living
and skilled nursing communities
for about nine years. I really
enjoy what I do. It is a passion
of mine to help others. During
my time off, I love spending
time with my daughter Sophia
(15 months) and my loving
husband Michael. We enjoy
spending time with our families
and going to the beach.
Please come and visit me
anytime!
Betty teaching flower arranging
Making blankets for the homeless
Volunteer
Corner
Our festive Volunteer, Linda
1930s, the honor is reinstated and
becomes known as the Purple Heart.
AUGUST
79: The volcano Vesuvius erupts,
burying Pompeii.
1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail
from Spain in an attempt to discover a
faster way to Asia.
1587: Virginia Dare is born on
Roanoke Island. She is the first
baby born to English parents in the
New World.
1782: Washington orders the
creation of a Badge of Military Merit,
and three are awarded to
Revolutionary War soldiers. In the
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1790: The first U.S. Census is
conducted, finding 3,929,214 people
living in the United States.
1858: The first transatlantic
telegraph cable is laid, stretching
almost 2,000 miles across the
Atlantic Ocean.
1858: The famed Lincoln-Douglas
debates begin during an Illinois Senate
race. Stephen Douglas wins
re-election to the Senate, but
Abraham Lincoln ultimately defeats
him in the 1860 presidential election.
1861: The U.S. government imposes
its first income tax: 3 percent of all
incomes greater than $800.
1896: Gold is discovered along the
Klondike River in Yukon, Canada,
leading to a gold rush.
1911: Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona
Lisa” is stolen from the Louvre
Museum in Paris. It is recovered two
years later in Italy.
1967: The Senate confirms the
appointment of Thurgood Marshall to
the U.S. Supreme Court.
1969: The Woodstock music
festival occurs in White Lake, N.Y.
About 500,000 people attend the
three-day concert.
2006: Pluto, the smallest and
almost-always farthest planet
from the sun, is demoted to dwarf
planet status.