Autumn, 2013 - Glory Community

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Autumn, 2013 - Glory Community
An Extraordinary Place for Extraordinary People. . .
AUTUMN 2013
Glory Community
4195 Broadmoor Loop
Broomfield, CO 80023
THE DREAM UNFOLDS. . .
303.410.9699
www.glorycommunity.org
Board of Directors
Jim Hembd - President
Michael Myers - VP
Sandy Hembd - Secretary
Polly Tasset - Treasurer
Ronald Alford
Peter Benson
Bud Frith
Elizabeth Nelson Gable
Patricia McDonnell
Dennis Quinn
John Stevens
Gala, April 12, 2014
Comedian, Kevin Fitzgerald
K ǀ ĞƌĂĚŽnjĞŶLJĞĂƌƐĂŐŽ͕ :ŝŵĂŶĚ^ĂŶĚLJ, ĞŵďĚďĞŐĂŶƚŚĞũŽƵƌŶĞLJŽĨĐƌĞĂƟŶŐĂƌĞƐŝĚĞŶͲ
ƟĂůĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJĨŽƌϰϬĂĚƵůƚƐǁ ŝƚŚĚĞǀ ĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂůĚŝƐĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞLJĂƌĞƉĂƌĞŶƚƐŽĨD ŝŬĞ
ĂŶĚD ĂƌŬ͕ ƚǁ ŝŶƐďŽƌŶǁ ŝƚŚ Žǁ ŶƐLJŶĚƌŽŵĞ͘ ZĞĐŽŐŶŝnjŝŶŐƚŚĞŚƵŐĞŽůŽƌĂĚŽǁ ĂŝƟŶŐ
ůŝƐƚƐĨŽƌƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂůĐĂƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞLJĞŶǀ ŝƐŝŽŶĞĚĂƉƌŝǀ ĂƚĞ͕ ŶŽŶƉƌŽĮ ƚ͕ ĨĂŝƚŚďĂƐĞĚĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ
ĂŶĚďĞŐĂŶƚŚĞƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŽĨŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŶŐĂƐĂϱϬϭĐϯ ͘ &ůĂƐŚĨŽƌǁ ĂƌĚƚŽK ĐƚŽďĞƌ͕ ϮϬϭϮ
ǁ ŚĞŶƚŚĞĚŽŽƌƐŽĨ͞ ^ĐŽƩ ͛ ƐWůĂĐĞ͟ ͕ ŚŽŵĞŶƵŵďĞƌŽŶĞǁ ŝƚŚŝŶ' ůŽƌLJŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͕ŽƉĞŶĞĚ
for five male residents. There were so many people who helped make this dream a
reality. Without the support of our architect, builder, interior designer, Board of DirecƚŽƌƐ͕ &ƵŶĚƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ
who helped with the building supplies and
furniture, we would not have this awardwinning home. Our “band of brothers” have
adjusted well to each other and are looking
forward to the next residents moving in.
Our wonderful house parents, Bernie &
Chris, are helping the men become more
independent and loving their new home.
Recent MAME award!
The items on the drawing board for the next
phase include establishing an endowment fund to provide scholarships for up to half of
ŽƵƌƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐĨŽƌƵƉƚŽϰϬƉĞƌĐĞŶƚŽĨƚŚĞƚƵŝƟŽŶ͘ t ĞĂƌĞĂůƐŽǁ ŽƌŬŝŶŐŽŶŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ
' ůŽƌLJŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJďĞƩ ĞƌƚŽƌĞĂĐŚƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐĂŶĚŶĞǁ ĚŽŶŽƌƐ͘ /ƚŝƐŽƵƌŐŽĂůƚŽ
start the second home next year. This will depend on donors who are inspired to join
the Glory Team!
WůĞĂƐĞĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌƚŚŝƐǁ ŽŶĚĞƌĨƵůĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJďLJǀ ŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌŝŶŐLJŽƵƌƐŬŝůůƐ͕ ǁ ŚĞŶǁ ƌŝƟŶŐĂ
check to charity, when working on your estate plans, and when talking with others who
ĂƌĞĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞƋƵĂůŝƚLJŽĨůŝĨĞĨŽƌĂĚƵůƚƐǁ ŝƚŚĚĞǀ ĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂůĚŝƐĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͘ Thank you!
Jim and Sandy
LIVING THE DREAM. . .
NEW EMPLOYEES
We’ve seen some changes since opening last October
and have some new staff on board. We said good-bye
to the first house parents, were grateful for the wonderful two interim women (Debbie and Kim) and then
welcomed our current house parents, Bernie and Chris
Klingsmith!
dŚĞ<ůŝŶŐƐŵŝƚŚƐĂƌĞǀ ĞƌLJĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚĂƐŚŽƵƐĞƉĂƌĞŶƚƐĂŶĚǁ ĞƌĞƵƉƚŽƐƉĞĞĚŝŶŶŽƟŵĞ͘ ƐĨŽƌŵĞƌŽůŽƌĂĚŽƌĞƐŝͲ
ĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞLJĂƌĞŚĂƉƉLJƚŽďĞďĂĐŬĂŶĚŶĞĂƌƚŚĞŝƌĨĂŵŝůLJŵĞŵďĞƌƐĂŐĂŝŶ͘ dŚĞLJŚĂǀ ĞďĞĞŶĂǁ ŽŶĚĞƌĨƵůĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƚŽ' ůŽƌLJ
Community and we are grateful for their wisdom and experience.
Also new to GC is Cynthia Johnson who has joined us on a part-ƟŵĞďĂƐŝƐ͘ ^ŚĞǁ ŝůůďĞŚĞůƉͲ
ŝŶŐ:ŝŵĂŶĚ^ĂŶĚLJǁ ŝƚŚĂĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟǀ ĞĚƵƟĞƐ͕ Őŝǀ ŝŶŐƚŚĞŵĂůŝƩ ůĞďƌĞĂƚŚŝŶŐƐƉĂĐĞ͘ , ĞƌŚƵƐͲ
ďĂŶĚ͕ ' ĂƌLJ͕ŝƐǀ ŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌŝŶŐĂƐĂŵĞŵďĞƌŽŶƚŚĞĚŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞ͘ t ĞĂƌĞŐƌĂƚĞĨƵů
for the Johnsons interest in Glory Community and welcome them to the team!
We’ve also added Shelley King to the weekend staff. Shelley is the wife of Philip Cash who
has been on the weekend crew with Holly Tompkins from the beginning. Welcome all!
BAND OF BROTHERS LOVING THEIR NEW HOME
We love . . .
“being friends, our house parents,
ĨƵŶĂĐƟǀ ŝƟĞƐ͕ ŐŽŽĚĨŽŽĚ͕ ŵŽƌĞŝŶĚĞͲ
pendence, our own house. . .we just
ůŝŬĞĞǀ ĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐĂďŽƵƚ^ĐŽƩ ͛ ƐWůĂĐĞ͊ ͟ MARK
DAVID
ROBBIE
MIKE
FUNDING THE DREAM . . .
8TH ANNUAL GALA APRIL 12, 2014
This will be a hilarious year of entertainment with Kevin Fitzgerald as our headliner. You may have seen him perform
on the Nightly News, the Today Show,
Fox , CW2’s morning news show, Animal
House – or on eleven seasons of Animal
Planet. You might have run into him
when he was a bouncer for The Rolling
Stones, The Who, or The Police. He has
had 25 award winning years as a veterinarian, and has also guaranteed laughter to audiences for 20 years as a standup comedian. Watch FB and our webƐŝƚĞĨŽƌĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůĚĞƚĂŝůƐ͘ “Glitz, Glam and Glory” 2012 Gala
Dick Ebersol and Susan Saint James - headlined as our guest speakers.
Remember Glory Community
on December 10th,
Colorado Gives Day!
No credit card processing fees
that day.
“Glory Beach Party” 2013 Gala: Mike and Mark Hembd with Tonya Alford
Glory Givers!
We have so many wonderful volunteers who help to keep Glory Community
going and growing! Polly Tasset ŝƐĂŶĞdžĐĞƉƟŽŶĂůǀ ŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌǁ ŚŽŚĂƐďĞĞŶ
with GC almost from the beginning. She is currently serving on the BOD as
dƌĞĂƐƵƌĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚŽŶƚŚĞ&ƵŶĚƌĂŝƐŝŶŐŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞǁ ŽƌŬŝŶŐƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůLJŽŶƚŚĞĂƵĐͲ
ƟŽŶƉŽƌƟŽŶŽĨƚŚĞ' ĂůĂƐ͘ t ŽƌĚƐĂƌĞŶŽƚĂĚĞƋƵĂƚĞƚŽĞdžƉƌĞƐƐŽƵƌĚĞĞƉŐƌĂƟͲ
ƚƵĚĞĨŽƌƚŚĞĐŽƵŶƚůĞƐƐŚŽƵƌƐƐŚĞŚĂƐĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞĚƚŽŵĂŬĞƚŚŝŶŐƐďĞƩ ĞƌĨŽƌƚŚĞ
community. Thank you Polly, for joining the GLORY TEAM! We honor you for
ƐŽŐĞŶĞƌŽƵƐůLJŐŝǀ ŝŶŐLJŽƵƌƟŵĞĂŶĚLJŽƵƌƚĂůĞŶƚ͘ zŽƵĂƌĞĞdžƚƌĂŽƌĚŝŶĂƌLJ͊
Broomfield, CO 80023
4195 Broadmoor Loop
E ŽŶƉƌŽĮ ƚK ƌŐĂŶnjĂƟŽŶ
BEING A PART OF THE DREAM. . .
You can help in several ways-
1) Send us your email address and upĚĂƚĞĐŚĂŶŐĞƐŝŶLJŽƵƌŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘
2) Help us market GC by telling people
ĂďŽƵƚƵƐ͕ Őŝǀ ŝŶŐƚŚŝƐŶĞǁ ƐůĞƩ ĞƌƚŽĂ
family who has a child with ID/DD, or
by introducing us to your church.
3) Support GC through prayers , sharing
LJŽƵƌŐŝŌƐĂŶĚƚĂůĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ
ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ͘ WůĞĂƐĞƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌƵƐŽŶ
Dec. 10th Colorado Gives Day and
mark your calendar now for the
April 12, 2014 Gala.
GLORY COMMUNITY
303.410.9699
4195 Broadmoor Loop
gloryoffice@comcast.net
Broomfield, CO 80023
www.glorycommunity.org

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