Good Samaritan Society celebrating Founder?s Day

KEOSAUQUA ? The Good Samaritan Society-Van Buren, 819 Country Lane Road, Keosauqua, will hold an open house and hog roast from 5-8:30 p.m. Sept. 23 to commemorate Founder?s Day.

Carriage rides, children?s activities and tours have been planned. Van Buren is joining locations across the nation in celebrating the beginning of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society.

The Society, founded by the Rev. August ?Dad? Hoeger, was incorporated on Sept., 29, 1922, and opened its first home, a sex-room rented house, on March 1, 1923, in Arthur, N.D.

Over the years, the society has grown from serving a handful of residents to being the nation?s largest not-for-profit provider of senior care and services.

?Founder?s Day is a wonderful way to reflect on our heritage and celebrate the many achievements of our residents and staff members,? said Anne Johnston. ?It is also a wonderful time to visit a family member or other loved one who calls our center home.?

Everyone is invited to attend the event.

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society owns and operates more than 240 long-term care centers and retirement living centers across the country. The Good Samaritan Society?s mission is to share God?s love in word and deed by providing shelter and supportive services to older persons and others in need, believing that ?In Christ?s love, everyone is someone.?

For information, contact Good Samaritan Society-Van Buren at (319) 293-3761.