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St. Ann Center’s quarterly newsletter, Season’s of Life

Family Connection Featured in Seasons of Life Newsletter

October 28, 2015/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Stories /by St. Ann Center

Family is the fabric of St. Ann Center…literally! Meet one fashionable clan, featured in the Oct.-Dec. Seasons of Life newsletter, to whom we owe the shirts on our backs.

You could say St. Ann Center suits the needs of Julie and Whitney Teska to a T…and vice versa. The husband-and-wife team runs Orchard Street Press, an eco-friendly screen printing and graphic design company that has produced hundreds of custom T-shirts for the Center. And while they’re busy doing that, we’re helping look after their daughter, Elodie, 5, and son, Weston, 3.

“The kids wear their St. Ann Center summer camp T-shirts whenever they go on field trips,” Julie says, adding they get a kick out of telling everyone their mommy and daddy made them. “It’s important for my husband and me to support an organization that takes such good care of our children and our community.”

The Teskas’ press has turned out shirts for Darby’s Dash, St. Ann Center’s pet-friendly run/walk, and family-themed T’s for both the Stein and Bucyrus campuses (available for purchase in each campus gift shop). A generous percentage of them was provided as an in-kind donation. Julie and Whitney’s business also shares the Franciscan value of reverencing the planet. “We researched inks and cleaners to find the most environmentally friendly,” Julie says. “We care about the health of the people wearing our garments.”

The Teska kids are energetic examples of that commitment. “Elodie is a huge fan of St. Ann Center’s pool, and Weston loves the playground equipment,” Julie says. You can check out the Teskas’ stylish line of screen-printed apparel for adults and children at orchardstreetpress.com.


Read all the inspiring stories in our Oct.-Dec. Seasons of Life newsletter.

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St. Ann Center Provides New Special Needs Dental Clinic with Delta Dental Grant

October 10, 2015/0 Comments/in Bucyrus Campus, News & Media Coverage, Newsletter /by St. Ann Center

October 1, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Amanda Lowery
Corporate Communications Manager
800-236-3713, ext. 17420
alowery@deltadentalwi.com

Delta Dental of Wisconsin Provides Grant to Add Dental Care at St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care – Serving Low-Income Adults and Children with Physical and Developmental Disabilities

Stevens Point, Wis., October 1, 2015 – St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care has been awarded a $150,000 grant from Delta Dental of Wisconsin to add dental care services at their new facility which is currently under construction (located at N. 25th Street & W. North Avenue, Milwaukee, WI). St. Ann Center has the ability to receive an additional $50,000 from Delta Dental of Wisconsin, contingent upon finding matching gifts from new donors to the project.

The new facility will include a three-chair dental clinic projected to open in early 2016. In addition to the existing community-based health and educational services St. Ann Center currently offers, they anticipate providing dental care to 400 individuals annually.

According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, 2010 Burden of Oral Disease in the State of Wisconsin, individuals with disabilities have “significantly higher rates of poor oral hygiene and needs for periodontal disease treatment than the general public.” St. Ann Center provides services to 700 plus adults who live with developmental and/or physical disabilities. More than 80 percent have a need for professional dental care due to a number of barriers. Dentists who treat individuals with disabilities also face lower Medicaid reimbursements despite the need for additional chair time to perform necessary care.

St. Ann Center hopes to minimize these challenges and create a dental home for clients where staff can maintain a rapport and consistent care from early childhood through their elderly years.

“Our goal with this grant is to allow St. Ann Center to provide comprehensive care to one of our state’s most vulnerable populations and to help reduce oral health care disparities,” said Ann Boson, Director of Delta Dental of Wisconsin’s Charitable Fund. “We know there is a strong association between one’s oral and overall health. Your mouth is the window into what’s going on with the rest of your body. Without appropriate dental resources, a critical piece of necessary care has been missing for their clients.”

According to Sister Edna Lonergan, Founder and President of St. Ann Center, “When I found out that the adult child of one of our parents had to fly her daughter with special needs to another state for prophylactic care, I knew we had to do something. The gift from Delta Dental is making a dream come true.”

About Delta Dental of Wisconsin
For more than 50 years, Delta Dental has been working to maintain healthy communities and healthy teeth. We provide dental benefits and services to more Wisconsin companies, subscribers, and their family members than any other insurance carrier. Our mission is to improve oral health and wellness by extending access to care, advancing science, and supporting an effective oral-health workforce. Through Delta Dental of Wisconsin’s Charitable Fund, we are committed to advancing solutions for Wisconsin’s oral health.


The new special needs dental clinic at the Bucyrus Campus is also covered in our the Oct-Nov 2015 edition of St. Ann Center’s Seasons of Life newsletter.

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Saving Smiles

Laura Cherek, director of dental care at St. Ann Center, has a lot to smile about. Thanks to her efforts, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services awarded a grant of over $270,000 and Delta Dental bestowed a $150,000 grant* that will be combined to fund a three-chair dental clinic at the new Bucyrus Campus— the first of its kind in Milwaukee.

The clinic, set to open early in 2016, will specifically serve St. Ann Center clients and members of the community of all ages who have cognitive or physical disabilities that prevent them from being treated in standard private practice or community clinics.

“There are few dentists with the training, space or equipment necessary to treat patients with special needs. I know clients who have traveled as far as Minnesota to receive dental care.” – Laura

In collaboration with Bread of Healing Dental Clinic, St. Ann Center will hire their dentist to work at the Bucyrus Campus clinic three days a week. A full-time hygienist will also be on staff. “Our clinic was designed to have enough room to accommodate wheelchairs and a Hoyer lift,” Laura says. “We’ll focus on preventative care rather than extractions—including general exams, cleanings, X-rays, fluoride treatments and basic restorative care such as fillings. Keeping teeth clean not only improves oral health, it can reduce heart disease and diabetic sugar levels.”

Laura expects the clinic to be fully booked within months of its opening. “I’m hopeful we’ll eventually expand to six or even 12 chairs with multiple dentists and hygienists,” she says.

In the meantime, Laura, a registered dental hygienist herself, will stay busy directing the Smiles for Sister Lucille dental hygiene program at the St. Ann Center Stein campus. “I’m averaging 120 brushings a week,” she says. “People really enjoy this one-on-one time.”

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Seasons of Life Cover Story

October 6, 2015/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Stories /by St. Ann Center

Kayla Beats the Odds

If you want to know where the action is at St. Ann Center’s Young Adult Unit, just look for Kayla Prink. The 4-foot-tall, 60-pound bundle of energy has a passion for dancing and a perfect pirouette that’s earned her the nickname Twinkle Toes. “She’s very inquisitive,” says Kayla’s mom, Renee. “And usually right in the middle of things.”

Kayla was the focus of life-or-death attention on the day she was born, three months early, in the middle of respiratory and congestive heart failure. “The doctors didn’t know if she would make it through the night,” Renee recalls, describing how she and husband Jim kept a vigil in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, watching their newborn swaddled in a tangle of tubes and monitor wires. A week later, a geneticist determined Kayla was among the one in 10,000 infants born with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS), a rare genetic disorder that can lead to a variety of physical, cognitive and medical abnormalities.

“The doctors didn’t expect her to live out the year and recommended she be discharged to a hospice,” says Renee. But instead, Renee and Jim packed up their tiny firstborn, along with heart and apnea monitors and tube feeding equipment, and brought her home to the nursery they’d lovingly prepared. “We wanted to give Kayla the best chance we possibly could,” says Renee.

Although Kayla’s body was fragile, her spirit was tough as nails. Last year, she graduated from Ben Franklin Elementary School in Menomonee Falls at the age of 21. And while Kayla is unable to talk or perform self-care skills and is legally blind, she’s blessed with sparkling eyes and a Mona Lisa smile that speak volumes.

Finding an adult day care program for Kayla was a challenge, Renee says. Options were limited and expenses were crushing. Aware of the situation, Renee’s boss, Sherry Husa, a St. Ann Center board member, invited her to take a tour of the Stein campus. “I was very impressed,” says Renee. “Your caregivers are the best. They remember Kayla’s likes and dislikes and her unique traits. It was important for us to have Kayla in a faith-based environment. St. Ann Center understands the value Kayla has in the eyes of the Lord, and how much she’s loved by her family and our God. The staff sees the higher purpose in caring for the most vulnerable. They think of it as a privilege, just as Jim, Jamie (Kayla’s 15-year-old sister) and I do.”

This fall, Kayla will join the young adult day program at the Bucyrus Campus, a quick 5 minutes from her father’s workplace. This time, the Prinks aren’t worried a bit. “We’re very proud of Kayla,” says Renee. “And we’re thankful to St. Ann Center for seeing that she’s safe, well cared for and engaged in life. She’s one happy kid.”


Kayla’s story is just one example of how your connection to St. Ann Center helps enhance the lives of so many special people. In the October-December issue of Season’s of Life, you will find more stories of the difference you and people like you are making for the people of all ages and abilities at St. Ann Center every day, plus check out upcoming events and life enrichment opportunities open to everyone.

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