by Sam Miedema | Nov 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
As a young girl, Evelyn (Zeinstra) VanderKooi watched her mother sew the family’s clothing on a tread pedal machine. Today, Evelyn uses a computerized, state-of-the-art machine to sew her teddy bears, custom bags, and fleece apparel. For the years in between, sewing...
by Sam Miedema | Aug 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Years before Hazel Coy moved to Sunset Village, her granddaughter Taylor Nysse was a faithful Sunset volunteer. After Taylor graduated from Jenison High School in 1999, she participated in Community-Based Instruction (CBI) and received job training at various...
by Sam Miedema | Aug 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Do you feel like your list of daily medications keeps growing? If so, it can be daunting to keep track of them all. In addition, as you continue to age, your body is changing and it’s affecting the way medications (and foods) are absorbed, distributed, metabolized and...
by Sam Miedema | Jul 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
One of Barbara (Benham) Miller’s earliest life lessons was the importance of community. Her father volunteered at several organizations, and when the United States entered World War II he felt compelled to serve even though he was 43 years old. “He couldn’t get in the...
by Sam Miedema | Jul 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
“As a teacher,” says Jim Haagsma, “I had a sense of opening doors for young people. I enjoyed helping them see the good in themselves and the world.” Jim was born on December 14, 1933 in Sanborn, Iowa, the oldest of seven children. One of his first memories is sitting...
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