The Volunteer

Volume 29, Number 9 September 2011

Trustees’ Fall Meeting HRDF board of trustees will

hold its fall meeting on Sunday, September 11, at 1:30 p.m.

Sharps Disposal It recently came to our

attention that syringes and other sharps should not be disposed of in the dumpster, even if they are in a container. After phone calls and some internet exploring, we contacted the right department at MD Anderson. Lucia Koch in the Environmental Health & Safety department agreed to

supply us with sharps containers and to pick up our full containers. This is a wonderful service and we thank EH&S for providing it. Sharps containers are now mounted in both laundry rooms and in the community room bathroom. Guests have been instructed to dispose of any syringes and sharps in the containers.

Thank You Guests continue to help

with keeping our facility clean and the yards mowed. New guest Mervin Smith has joined the lawn mowers club. Thank you.

Gracias to Willie Rivera for painting one of the BBQ grills. It looks brand new.

Thanks to Jennifer Cobb (shuttle bus driver), the Donleys (current guests), Nancy Hall, Helen Hickman, Brenda White (former guest), and Wayland’s Way for their in-kind donations. We’ve gotten a new trimmer, kitchen and bedroom linens, a new blender, a gently used microwave and bingo prizes.

Thanks to Covenant Church for hosting the ice cream social in August. That ice cream was surely appreciated in these “warm” days!

Recent note from a guest The word “hospitality” will

forever be associated in my mind and heart with the Hospitality Apartments.

Your facility serves such a good purpose. We had never heard of such a place before. It is truly a great ministry — a blessing.

Thanks to all the people who make the Hospitality Apartments possible.

Sincerely, Melinda

Give thanks to the LORD and call upon his Name: make known his deeds among the peoples. Sing to him, sing praises to him, and speak of all his marvelous works. Glory in his holy Name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. Psalm 105: 1-3

September Events

in the Community Room

Tuesday, tba, Bingo night Thursday, September 8,

6:30 p.m., dinner hosted by the Good Will Class, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church

Sunday, September 11, 1:30 p.m., Trustees’ Meeting (no communion service that Sunday)

Tuesday, September 20, 6 p.m., Support group with MDA social workers

Sundays, 2 p.m., Non-denominational Holy Communion service

To schedule an event at the apartments, contact Joyce Shook at jeshook@yahoo.com or 713.784.0922.

Bingo Nights Bingo is one of our most popular events. The prizes, mostly donated “trinkets,” are greatly sought after.

When you’re cleaning, please consider whether the items you no longer need would make a good bingo prize. We can use items such as CDs, stationery, decorative items, costume jewelry, caps., etc. Everything should be clean and new or gently used. No candles, please.

August Guests E41 Carolyn Washburn,

Shawnee, OK

E43 Beulah Bohannon,

Lockhart, TX

Mirtala Chapa, McAllen, TX

E44 Addie Nebgen,

Choctaw, OK

E45 Nuel Winders, Alma, AR

Zhang Bingying, Dallas, TX

E46 Torris Hornsby,

Newton, TX

Roy Walker,

Oklahoma City, OK

E31 Paul Nicholas,

San Juan, Puerto Rico

E33 Courtney Herron,

Oakwood, TX

E34 Carolyn Medearis,

St. Augustine, FL

Victor Mandujano, Lufkin, TX

E35 Gloria Rivera,

Ponce, Puerto Rico

E36 John Bergeron,

Centerville, MS

E21 Roy Reed,

Bennington, OK

E22 Glenda Hodges,

Lufkin, TX

E23 James Beverly,

Slidell, LA

E24 Jim Griffin, Norfork, AR

Mark Hedges, Lancaster, OH

E25 Elva Frias,

San Antonio, TX

E26 James Wilson,

Wichita, KS

E11 Willo Mason, Slidell, LA

Linda Adams, Vacherie, LA

E12 Brian Gross, Thrall, TX

E13 Luz Gomez,

Edinburg, TX

Noemi Cardenas,

Edinburg, TX

E14 Garry Tilley,

Lake Charles, LA

E15 Mary McNally,

Alvarado, TX

E16 Quinton Stewart,

LaGrange, TX

W41 Merle Wright,

Mission, TX

Mervin Smith, Monroe, LA

W42 Linda Adams,

Morganfield, KY

W43 David Hegwood,

Fletcher, OK

W44 Janice Reeves,

Farmerville, LA

Elizabeth Teague, Grants, NM

W45 Juan Muñoz,

Richardson, TX

W46 Cheryl McIntyre,

Youngsville, LA

Steven Randolph,

Horn Lake, MS

W31 Willard Lee, Collins, MS

W32 Cecil Holden, Vidor, TX

Eddy Rossi, Prairieville, LA

W33 Michael Jenks,

Roanoke, VA

W34 John McGinley,

Port Isabel, TX

Frank Fazekas, Wilburton, OK

Lawrence Arrington,

Wiggins, MS

W35 Blake Hinson,

Kountze, TX

Troy Williford, Hineston, LA

W36 Kim Poppell,

Terre Haute, IN

W21 Gail Sandifer,

New Orleans, LA

W22 Tracy Claborn,

Conroe, TX

W23 Rosa Donley, Austin, TX

W24 Rosalinda Wright,

Tallahassee, FL

Pamela Bernheiser,

Merced, CA

W25 Wayne Bortman, Boston,

MA

W26 Kendall Raymond,

St. Augustine, TX

Margaret Groves, Austin, TX

W11 Manuel Elenes,

El Paso, TX

W12 Elvia Cantu, Donna, TX

W13 Jackie Sanders,

Fort Smith, AR

Michael Bennett,

Baton Rouge, LA

W14 Robert Villarreal,

Laredo, TX

W15 Gloria Leslie,

Cleveland, TX

W16 Robert Hollins,

Colorado Springs, CO

Terry Rodgers, New Albany,

MS

Please keep all of our guests in your prayers.

August Gifts During August, donations were received in memory of Dillon Beebe and Norvald Nielsen. A donation was received in thanksgiving for the Hospitality Apartments. All donations enable HRDF to continue its ministry to our guests through the Hospitality Apartments. Thank you.

Walking in another’s shoes

You never realize how much work another person does until you have to do that person’s job. John and Frances Hunter were recently on vacation. I took over some of their duties while they were gone. Let’s just say that I welcomed them back with open arms! John and Frances, thank you for all you do at Hospitality Apartments!

Hospitality Apartments • PO Box 25213 • Houston TX • 77265-5213 7300 Bertner Avenue • Houston TX • 77030 • 713-790-9120

www.hospitalityapartments.org • hospitality apartments@yahoo.com

Lynn Stevens, editor

The rectangular sign on the bottom, donated by the Deslattes, family members of recent guest Don Hawkins, reminds our guests of the laundry

room hours.

Thank you, MDA, for our new sharps containers. This one is in the community room bathroom. There is also one in each of the laundry rooms. Instructions tell guests how to dispose of syringes

and other medical waste.