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A publicati on of the Roosevelt Institute and the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund Inc. for friends of the Roosevelt Institute Volume 16, Number 2 SPRI NG 2002

Rehab Technology Campaign

Enters Home Stretch

By Martin Harmon
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Just six months away from a scheduled groW1dbreaking (Oct. 17), the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development FW1d's Rehab Tech Building Campaign is "roW1ding the back stretch and heading for home."

contracting polio as a child in 1950, Dr. David Foy has used Warm Springs' rehab tech services in what affectionately became known as The Brace Shop ever since. Now a practicing dentist in Knoxville, Tenn ., and a

recently characterized the "new technology building" as a "tremendous time saver where the Institute's high quality service and attention to detail will continue in a modern setting that should be a win-win deal for

The latest in a series of successful

member of the Roosevelt Warm Springs

everyone involved." He ad ded, "I'm excited

Roosevelt Institute public-private partnerships, the campaign is just over $1 million

Development Fw1d Board of Directors, Foy about being a part of this."

away from raising the $6 million necessary

for a state-of-the-art, 37,000 square-foot com-

plex that will house Rehabilitation Tech-

nology, the Diabetic Foot Center, Seating and

Wheeled Mobility and Outpatient Services. This "one-stop shop" concept will make

it easier for on-campus outpatients to obtain

all their services in one convenient loca tion

and the new, multi-tiered building will be

centrally located on the main entrance

approach, just before Georgia Hall.
J. T. Gresham, president of Callaway
Folli1dation, Inc., a LaGrange based, longtime supporter of the Institute added, "This is another opportunity for us to be a part of something that is very important to the people of West Central Georgia. The Roosevelt Institute has meant so much to our area and we are proud to be involved with a state-ofthe-art rehabilitation technology complex that should perpetuate the good work that has always gone on in Warm Springs."
Apatient at the Roosevelt Institute after

Chuck Chapman assists patient with wheelc/wir adj11st111~11t.

Mark Lee applies fi11ishi11g lo11ch lolower prosthesis.

Polio Survivor Pledges $2,500; Challenges Others To Contribute
Last April, George Moore of Davis, Calif., returned to WarmSprings with his fa mily for the 2001 Warm Springs Reunion, almost 70 years after first arriving as a childhood polio patient of the 1930s. What he found was the same inspiring mission, "empowering persons with disabilities to achieve personal independence," that he had first experienced in the presence of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as a youth.
Now, as a way of giving back and helping to maintain that legacy of hope, Moore is pledging $2,500 to the ongoing Rehab Tech Building Campaign and challenging all other former pa tients to do the same. "There's always been a spirit that imbues Warm Springs," he said. "It was a special place in my life and when this new facility gets built, it will continue to be special for thousands yet to come." To contribute see enclosed envelope.

"Letters to FDR" Takes Center Stage

Theatrical Tribute set for Roosevelt Hall/ Oct. 17-19

By Martin Harmon

Each and every day, Roosevelt Hall hosts major achievements on its first floor. That's the place where therapy takes place and where results obtained for stroke and spinal cord injury patients annually surpass national averages.
Every three months, achievements of another kind are recognized in the Roosevelt Hall Theater on the second floor, when Roosevelt Institute vocational students graduate to newfound opportunities in the real world.
Now, yet another Roosevelt Hall achievement is slated for Oct. 17-19 with the development of a play celebrating 75 years of service at the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation. It will be the feature event on the Roosevelt Institute's 75th Anniversary calendar.
Two young best friends from Fayetteville, Ga., recent graduates of the nationally recognized LaGrange College Theater Department, are in the process of creating what they term "a theatrical tribute to hearts touched by the Roosevelt Institute." It will be called "Letters to FDR" in recognition of the Institute's famous founder, who established the place in 1927.
Highlighting milestone moments in the Institute's 75-year history, "Letters to FDR" promises to produce a timeline of music, photographic memories, special effects and outstanding individual performances en route to a better understanding of all the things that have taken place here over three quarters of a century.
Nylsa Dunbar, a native of New York

who graduated from LaGrange College in 2000, and Carrie Akins, a Fayetteville native and 2001 graduate of LC, were orginally approached with the daunting task last summer by LaGrange College Theater Director Kim Barber. Their mission, if they chose to accept it, would mean a year of sacrifice for a place and cause they really didn't know anything about.
"When Kim told us about the idea, I guess you could say I was both shocked and excited," Dunbar stated recently. "It was a project she wasn't going to be able to pursue herself, but the fact she thought enough of us to think we could handle it was an honor in itself. It was really exciting to think of the two of us doing something like this together." Akins seemed to echo those sentiments when she said, "I was very excited about the opportunity. A little overwhelmed, but excited nonetheless."
Their motivation in accepting the challenge is clearly defined and growing. Dunbar said, "This enables us to grasp every part of putting on a show and that's something not many theater graduates would have a chance to do so early in their careers." Akins added, "We didn't know anything about the Roosevelt Instihlte when we started, but after months of research and several site visits, the good work that is so obvious here makes the project even more appealing."
The script was to be ready by midApril. That's when their technical advisor, Mike Austin, joined Dtmbar and Akins for such things as set design, lighting and costume procurement, which will include

requests from Institute staff and the surrounding area. Both men's and women's clothes will be needed from each and every decade from the 1920s forward.
Auditions are expected to begin in July and will be open to everyone ages 15 and up, with previous acting experience preferred but not mandatory. Audition announcements will be made in all the surrounding West Central Georgia towns anq cities.
Built in 1953, the newly renovated and fully accessible Roosevelt Hall Theater was originally intended for patient entertainment and over the years has hosted such things as the circus, the Miss Georgia Wheelchair Pageant and, within the last decade, a series of entertainment opportunities sponsored by a local group called The Roosevelt ational Arts Society.
For more information about the play or other events on the 75th Anniversary calendar, please call 706/ 655-5668.
LaGrange College graduates Nylsa Dunbarand CarrieAkins, co-developers of tlze75tlz Anniversary play "Letters to FDR" slatedfor Roosevelt Hall, Oct. 17-19.

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World Basketball Challenge Returns

6 Men/s & 6 Women/s Teams in 3-Day Tournaments

By Martin Harmon

2002 Roosevelt World Basketball Challenge
In the late summer of 2000, the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation hosted the first Roosevelt World Basketball Challenge, bringing together the men's and women's national wheelchair basketball teams of different countries in pre-Paralympic tournaments that spanned back-to-back weeks. Now the second installment of this extremely well received international event will take place in Warm Springs May 30-June 1 (women) and June 6-8 (men).
Once again, six men's teams and six women's teams will do battle in exciting three-day competition at RWSIR's Center for Therapeutic Recreation on back-to-back weekends, with the only change being ladies first - this time.
"For anyone who hasn't seen international wheelchair basketball competition played at the highest level, this is another great opportunity to see the very best the world has to offer," RWSIR Executive Director Frank Ruzycki said. "I can promise you it's an inspirational and eye-opening experience to see the way they shoot, handle the ball and maneuver in a fast paced game that is anything but a non-contact sport."
Composing the women's field will be USA, Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico and

Australia. The men's tournament will consist of USA, Canada, Great Britain, Mexico, Australia and Japan.
As with all RWSIR wheelchair sports competitions, including the Roosevelt International Cup (odd numbered years), there will be no admission charge and the general public will be invited for every session. For more information on the Challenge, please call 706/ 655-5720.
Two years ago, the Canadian men, who have still never lost a game in Warm Springs (Cup or Challenge), captured the championship despite entering the tourney seeded third. Meanwhile, Team USA captured the women's tourney by upsetting tourney favorite Canada in the finals, 47-38, snapping what was then a 41-game Canadian wirming streak.
Following are the tentative 2002 Challenge Schedules:

Cmwdian star Patrick Anderson is slated to again lead

tlzedefending clza111ps.



Tentative Women's Schedule
Format: Six team round robin, with finals by win-loss record *Pairings subject to possible change.
Thursday (May 30) 9:00 a.m. Gome l - Canada vs Mexico 11 :00 a.m. Gome 2 - Australia vs Germany l :00 p.m. Gome 3 - Japan vs USA 4:00 p.m. Gome 4 - Australia vs Mexico 6:00 p.m. Gome 5 - Canada vs Japan 8:00 p.m. Gome 6 - USA vs Germany
Friday (May 31) 9:00 a.m. Gome 7 - Japan vs Mexico 11 :00 a. m. Gome 8 - Canada vs Germany l :00 p.m. Gome 9 - Australia vs USA 4:00 p.m. Gome l O- Japan vs Germany 6:00 p.m. Gome 11 - Canada vs Australia 8:00 p.m. Gome 12 - Mexico vs USA
Saturday (June 1) 8:00 o.m. Game 13 - Germany vs Mexico 10:00 o.m. Gome 14 - Canada vs USA 12:00 p.m. Gome 15 - Australia vs Japan 3:30 p.m. Gome 16 - 5th / 6th Place 5:30 p.m. Gome 17 - 3rd / 4th Place 7:30 p.m. Gome 18 - Championship Gome
Tentative Men's Schedule
Formal: Six teom round robin , with finals by win-loss record *Pairings subject to possible change.
Thursday (June 6) 9:00 o.m. Gome l - Canada vs Mexico 11 :00 o.m.Gome 2 - USA vs Australia l :00 p.m. Gome 3 - Great Britain vs Japan 4:00 p.m. Gome 4 - USA vs Mexico 6:00 p.m. Gome 5 - Canada vs Great Britain 8:00 p.m. Gome 6 - Japan vs Australia
Friday (June 7) 9:00 a.m. Gome 7 - Great Britain vs Mexico 11 :00 a.m. Game 8 - Canada vs Australia l :00 p.m. Game 9 - USA vs Japan 4:00 p.m. Game l O- Great Britain vs Australia 6:00 p.m. Game 11 - Canada vs USA 8:00 p.m. Game 12 - Mexico vs Japan
Saturday (June 8) 8:00 o.m. Gome 13 - Australia vs Mexico l 0:00 o.m. Gome 14 - Canada vs Japan 12:00 p.m. Gome 15 - USA vs Great Britain
3:30 p.m. Gome 16 - 5th I 6th Place 5:30 p.m. Gome 17 - 3rd / 4th Place
,,. 7:30 p.m. Gome 18 - Championship Gome

Institute Offers Basic Printing Course

Classes Open to VRU/ Community and Area Preps

By Sybil Dennis

The ink was hardly dry on a new contractual agreement between the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation and West Georgia Technical College when students began emolling recently in a new Basic Printing Assistant Course being offered in Warm Springs. Joseph Darren Rice of Eatonton, Ga., eager to learn the skills of the trade, was among the first of the Roosevelt Institute Vocational Rehabilitation Unit students to sign up.
With a lively interest in computer technology, Rice's aptitudes have readily expanded into the printing field the more he's learned about operating presses. "I enjoy making things look perfect," he said. "It's easier than I thought it was going to be, but you do have to pay attention to what you're doing. For instance, learning about paper

strengths can be a bit tricky." ARoosevelt Institute honor student,
Rice is considering a future career in the printing business, but not until he has completed GED requirements. He also plans to continue his education by attending a technical college upon graduation from the VRU.
Before Rice and other students like him can earn the Basic Printing Assistant certification, they must complete two quarters, meeting basic standards of proficiency. The course introduces begimling students to an overview of printing fundamentals, emphasizing graphic design, offset duplication, reproduction photography, electronic imaging, printer mathematics, measurement and bindery. Other components include first aid and safety, image output, assembly and basic press operation.

"It looks intimidating at first, but it's really quite simple," explained instructor Kim Creamer, who also runs the Institute Print Shop. "All the materials printed here, including those generated by the students involved in the course, are used throughout the Institute."
The course is open to community residents and area high school students, as well as the Institute vocational students. "It's part of a unique partnership arrangement we have with West Georgia Tech," noted Ladeen Howard, the Institute's director of academic education. "The recent expansion of educational opportunities being offered here has definitely proven beneficial to everyone involved."
Howard handles registration for the course, which is currently one of three certificate training programs being offered by the VRU. The others are Lawn Maintenance Assistant and Customer Service Specialist. Spring Quarter classes began in April.
At least 10 students are required for each course to be offered, although the number participating may exceed the required minimum number.
For more information on all three certificate training programs, Howard can be reached at 706 / 655-5083. The Roosevelt Institute Vocational Rehabilitation Unit serves the entire state of Georgia.
For admissions information at the VRU, contact Sharla Howe at 706/ 655-5256.

Joseph Darren Rice (right) of Eatonton works to become printingassistant with Kim Creamer.

Voluncheers Goodwill & Good Feedback

"Service Oriented People 0 Lead New Institute Program

By Sybil Dennis

Jim and Lanelle Campbell of Warm

comments from patients and family. Any

Springs are strong advocates of volunteering resulting necessary action is then initiated

and helping others. "We're service oriented through Jackie Storey, the Institute's patient

people," explains Jim, a former college pro- advocate. "The Institute staff takes these

fessor and social worker, who now lends his comments seriously and have been quick to

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expertise to various departments on campus as a Roosevelt Institute volunteer.

follow-up on the reports we've handed in," Jim emphasized.

Lanelle, a retired school teacher, also

Lanelle has experienced firsthand the

gives her time and talent, spending most of kind of treatment that has earned the

her volunteer hours in the Diabetic Foot

Roosevelt Institute its reputation for caring.

Clinic while also serving as a member of the No stranger to pain, having broken her

Volunteer Services Leadership Council,

shoulder in a fall a few years ago, she was

which directs all RWSIR volunteer activities. treated for the injury in Columbus before

"When you help other people, you help

requesting a transfer to the Roosevelt

yourself," she says.

The Campbells' volunteering activities

extend to the Institute's new home visitation

program, Voluncheers, which not only gener-

ates goodwill but also helps gauge progress

and gather feedback from former patients. So

far, the Campbells indicate they have been

greeted with nothing but warm welcomes

from former patients eager to discuss their

Roosevelt Institute experiences.

"We're only supposed to stay for about

20 minutes," Jim related. "But sometimes we

are persuaded to linger when our hosts are

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anxious to prolong the visit." One of their recent visits with a particu-
larly gracious host lasted an hour and a half.

The elderly patient involved indicated that

illness had dictated experience with a num-

ber of other hospitals and care facilities, but

rated the Roosevelt Institute as "the best -

no contest."

A Voluncheers Report, which is filed following each home visit, records those kind of

Jim and LanelleCampbell arepart of Voillnteer Services'

new Volunc/1eers Progrn111.

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Institute's Outpatient Therapy Department. The positive results received left her expressing the highest esteem possible for the physical therapy to be found in Warm Springs.
The Campbells also draw inspiration from the courage and positive attitudes of patients they enco1mter who are recovering from severe trauma. That's why their enthusiasm is fairly typical of the Voluncheers spreading cheer and doing whatever they can to enhance patient comfort.
For more information on the Voluncheers Program, contact Carol Barnes at RWSIR Volunteer Services, 706 / 655-5622.
VOLUNCHEERS
& Local Assignments
Jim & Lanelle Campbell
Woodbury, Greenville, Gay, Newnan
Drew Tomberlin I Jack Smith
Thomaston, Junction City, Talbotton
Doris Groscost I Thelma Cassel
Warm Springs, Shiloh, Hamilton, Columbus
Doug Groscost I Walter Cassel
Columbus
Shirley McDaniel I Carol Barnes
Manchester, Williamson, Zebulon, LaGrange
Lila Jackson
Visit Coordinator

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Collins Volunteer of Year; McDaniel, Cassel Honored
With a theme, "Volunteer Angels- Spirit of Warm Springs," the Roosevelt Institute Volunteer Services Division held its annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon Feb. 20.
Jesse Collins of Junction City was named Volunteer of the Year after helping to form the new Voltmcheers home visitation program, editing the voltmteer newsletter and helping with a variety of clerical and woodworking tasks.

Also honored were Shirley McDaniel of Shiloh and Thelma Cassel of Columbus for cumulative hours spent in volunteer activi ties. McDaniel was recognized for her amount of hours this year (710) and Cassel for her nearly three thousand hours since October of 1993.
54 Receive Honors At Employee Recognition
A total of 52 employees were recognized for lengths of service and other distinctions of merit at the Roosevelt Institute's 24th armual Employee

Recognition Ltmcheon April 17. Along with the last 12 Heart Award winners (Employee of the Month), 10 employees were recognized for completion of fi ve years at the Institute, 12 for 10 years, seven for 15, three for 20, three for 25, two for 30 and three for 35.
Raymond Bullock of the Maintenance Department was named Employee of the Year and Ed Friend, the director of Transportation and Housekeeping, was honored with the 2002 Leadership Award.
Support Staff Conference Focuses on life's Lessons
The 2002 Roosevelt Institute Support Staff Conference, an annual highlight of the RWSIR Conference Services and Continuing Education calendar, was held on Thursday, April 25.
With the theme, "Life is a Work in Progress," the program endeavored to help participants understand and cope with life's lessons and apply this understanding to both their personal and professional Jives. The featured speakers were Shirley Garrett, a published author and Doctor of Education in addition to her role as a professional speaker, and Fran Krigline, a television minister and bible study teacher.

Vo/11nteer Ser~ices Director Carol Barnes poses prm1dly witlt RWSIR vo/11nteer award winners Sltirley McDaniel, Jesse Collins and Tltelma Cassel.

SPECIAL THANKS

TileRoosevelt Wann Springs Development Fund would liketo thank thefollowing donors, whose names were inadvertently omitted from our 2001 Annual Report Friends of RWSIR list.
We greatly appreciate their generosity and apologize for the clerical error.

Bradley-Turner Foundation, Inc. Columbus, Ga.

Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Hill Greenville, Ga.

Callaway Foundation, Inc. LaGrange, Ga.

Mr. D. Gaines Lanier West Point, Ga.

Estate of William E. Dillmeier, Sr. Garden City, N.Y.
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation New York, N.Y.

Mr. Eric Maxwell Peachtree City, Ga.
Roosevelt Warm Springs Foundation Boston, Mass.

John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland
Charitable Foundation, Inc. Atlanta, Ga.
Ms. Anne Henderson Columbus, Ga.

Rotary Club of Atlanta Atlanta, Ga.
Tull Charitable Foundation Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Mark Williamson Atlanta, Ga.

The Spirit of Warm Springs
Editor Martin Harmon
Staff Writer Sybil Dennis
Art Direction Image By Design
The Spirit of WarmSprings is published three times a year by the
Public Relations Department of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation,
Post Office Box 1000, Warm Springs, Georgia 31830-1000.
lf you would like this publication in an alternative format, or if you receive a duplicate copy, please contact the Public Relations Department at the
above address or call 706/655-5668.

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RWSIR OTs Shorten Road to Recovery

An Occupational Therapy Month Success Story

April was Occupational Therapy Month. There are many ways Roosevelt Institute occupational therapists help turn tragic stories into success stories. Robert Cook of nearby Columbus is one of those success stories.
Ayear ago, Cook, 29, was the victim of a C7 (incomplete) spinal cord injury, when a bullet penetrated his spinal cord. Lea Morgan, the RWSIR occupational therapist who treated him soon after his injury, indicated 90 percent of his jugular vein was severed. "We couldn't believe he even survived the incident," she said.
In occupational therapy, Cook worked on self-care skills such as grooming, dressing, bathing and cooking, plus learned to use adaptive equipment to become more independent. He said, "When I started therapy, I

believed I was gonna get there. Occupational therapy was a good experience. We worked on using my hands and how to compensate for loss of mobility and muscle control."
He was discharged from the Roosevelt Institute on March 29, 2000. On June 1, 2000, he moved into his own apartment. He tells everyone that the Institute is the greatest place to come "if you get hurt." He said, "I never heard anyone say anything negative about this place, it's all positive."
Since driving is another activity of daily living addressed by occupational therapists, Cook has returned to the Institute as a means of providing his own transportation. "It's been about two and a half years since I've driven, but I like to do everything I can to get where I need to be, so I just have to go for it," he stated recently.

By Katy Abney
Kathy Corpus, his new occupational therapist, and the Roosevelt Institute's certified driver rehab specialist, Carol Hammond, are training Cook to drive, utilizing specialized hand controls and a steering knob. "Once he's trained, a prescription will be written so that he can have his own personal vehicle adapted for driving independence," Corpus stated.
Meanwhile, he spends several hours a day practicing in and around Warm Springs and soon he will advance to Columbus traffic.
When asked what he can't do since his injury, he answered, "I can't walk and I can't change a light bulb. Everything else is about the same." His occupational therapist calls him "a miracle," but he prefers, "a miracle still in the making."

Something In The Water??
Must besomething in the water ... the 88 degree water that is.
It seems cupid's darts hove been flying around the Roosevelt Worm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation for a long, long time.
Maybe its only natural in such alovely setting that marriage vows would find their way to FDR's home away from home, but the regularity of such occurrences over the years is at least ironic given the changing times. Polio survivors Pot and Bebe Brooks of Hollendole,
Miss., married ofter meeting in Worm Springs as childhood patients in the 1940s, one of several such couples from the polio years. Tt'e sroird pre3iOOnt of the Worm Sprirgs FoonOOtion and FDR'sformer low partner, Basil O'Connor, met and married Hazel Royall Dillmeier, one of the

Foundation'sbest known therapists in 1957. Afewyears later, the Foundation's Jong-time director
of internal medicine, Hal Stuart (Dr. Pot) Roper, married yet another of the early therapists, the former Janice Howe, and together they become on integral port of Worm Springs life in the 1950s, '60s &'70s. In the early 1980s, the current executive administrator of programs and services, Carolyn McKinley, met and married RWSIR vocational unit behavior specialist Mike McKinley. In the Jost two decodes, a number of our vocational rehab students hove tied the knot ofter graduation, including Phaedra Jarrett and Jomes Bertramof Marietta and Chastity Soles and Travis Norton of Douglasville just to name a couple of VRU couples. And even now-a-days,' John Abney, the director of the notionally recognized RWSIR stroke program, met
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and married yet another RWSIR therapist, theformer Katy Woll, just a couple of years ago.
Sheer coincidence? ... maybe, but the point is it keeps happening.
BeBe nnd Pat Brooks, recent Warm Springs Rennion attendees, me/ ns cltildltood polio patients in Wann Springs.

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