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Sunrise Retirement Community, 5501 Gordon Drive, Sioux
City, IA 51106 www.sunriseretirement.com
Contact: Lorrie Stedman, Marketing Director, Ph. 712-276-3821 ext.
3144 stedmanl@sunriseretirement.com
September 29, 2009
Sunrise Celebrated the Arrival of Bus
Donors are invited to sign their name on the new 14-passenger bus of
Sunrise Retirement Community at a "send-off" party to celebrate
the new service before the bus takes its first trip with seniors on
Wednesday, Sept.
30 at 2 p.m.
Refreshments will be served. Sunrise residents
will travel to Stone State Park to see the changing colors of fall.
The bus was made possible through a grant
from Missouri River Historical Development (MRHD) and friends of Sunrise.
"MRHD started the wheels turning with a
$10,000 grant and our Sunrise donors came up with the balance to help
us purchase
our bus," said
Lorrie Stedman, director of fund development. "We are grateful to MRHD
for their support, and humbled by the many donations we received from
our donors including our residents and staff."
"Our residents have been looking forward
to this bus to enjoy a new sense of freedom," says Alan Bruinsma, administrator
at Sunrise. "We
will use it to increase our field trips that enhance the quality of
life and care for our residents."
The bus also will transport independent residents living at the newly opened
The Pointe at Sunrise to cultural and community events, appointments and
shopping areas. The bus is the second community vehicle on campus. Staff
also drive residents in a golf cart on the spacious campus.
With 180 employees and 250 residents, Sunrise
is Siouxland's only community based, non-profit retirement community
with a local board of directors
guiding its growth. Sunrise provides the entire continuum of care from
independent living options to memory care centers for residents with
Alzheimer's.
To learn more call Stedman at 712-276-3821,
Ext. 3144.
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