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I Roosevelt Institute Entertains 2003 Leadership Georgia Class ByMartinHarmon

Leadership Georgia, one of the nation's old-

Springs area welcomed 170 participants, LG ty in a positive way and exposes you to other

est and most successful leadership-training

trustees and alumni on March 27-29 with

places and ways of doing things."

programs for business, civic and community the theme "Volunteering for Generations."

Activities while visiting the Roosevelt

leaders, visited the Georgia Department of

Under the overall heading "Georgia for

Institute campus included educational tours,

Labor's Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Generations," the RWSIR visit followed a

disability awareness exercises, wheelchair bas-

Rehabilitation on March 28.

January trip to Young Harris and its theme

ketball instruction and competition, and sev-

The second of five planned visits for the

"Leadership for Generations," and preceded eral work related projects, including the con-

Leadership Georgia Class of 2003, the Warm "Water for Generations" at St. Simons Island struction of 35 picnic tables for campus use

May 8-10; "Planning for Generations" at

and landscaping both medical and vocational

Rome Sept. 18-20; and "Education for

outdoor areas. RWSIR Development Director

Generations" in Athens Nov. 6-8.

Tripp Penn and administration executive sec-

Since its founding in 1971, Leadership

retary Rhonda Fuller served as site managers.

Georgia has grown to be one of the nation's

Current Leadership Georgia President Dan

most successful leadership programs. More

Sisson said, "Once again we have a fantastic

than 3,000 participants have crisscrossed the group of leaders from all over the state and I

state in the past three-plus decades and its

think our visit to the Roosevelt Institute pro-

alumni organization includes such Peach

vided an excellent example of what a differ-

State luminaries as former U.S. Senator Sam ence a day in our lives can make in the lives

Nunn, current Georgia Secretary of State

of others. I'm really glad we are going to have

Cathy Cox and business leaders like Synovus this opportunity and I think it will help all of

Chairman and CEO Jim Blanchard, Georgia

us return to our own communities with a

Trend's Georgian of the Year.

better sense of how to make a difference."

Led by an all-volun-

Members of the Leadership Georgia Class of 2003 put together 35 picnic tables for the RWSIR cam-

teer board of trustees, which is selected from

pus, fulfilling their theme for the day, "Volunteering previous Leadership

for Generations."

Georgia classes, selec-

tion to the organization

is considered an honor.

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At the same time, each person selected is expected to use his or

her "full talent, ideas

and energy to build a

better Georgia."

Rob and Debra Ellis

of Savannah served as

program chairs for the

RWSIR visit. Afterwards,

Rob Ellis commented,

"This really takes people

Tavia McCuean of Atlanta, 2003 chairman of the Leadership Georgia Board of Trustees, received disability awareness instruction at the Roosevelt Institute March 28.

out of their comfort zones. It gets you out of your own communi-

Kalista Morton of Waycross, Todd Groce of Savannah and Yvette Daniels of Stone Mountain, members of the visiting Leadership Georgia Class of 2003, assisted with landscaping efforts at the Roosevelt Institute.

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Mehta Aims to l<eep Foot Clinic on Upswing

As a young, enthusiastic podiatrist with a bright future, Dr. Bhavin Mehta loves it here. He loves the serenity of the place, the structure of the place and, most of all, the po tential of the place. That's why he's so excited about the future of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation's Diabetic Foot Center.
A native of Bombay, India, who, like the majority of his family, is now a naturalized United States citizen, Mehta moved to the U.S. when he was seven with the goal of becoming a doctor. His father, th e senior chemist for FMC (Food, Machinery and Chemicals) , settled the family of four boys and three girls in Gastonia, N.C.
"Actually we had a lot of extended family already living in the United States," he said . "I have aunts and uncles living in New York and New Jersey as well as North Carolina, and I have other family members in London and Australia as well as still in India. Most of them are involved in fam ily businesses such as restaurants or imports-exports, but ever since growing up I always steered towards medicine. It's funny, you know how kids say they want to be a policeman or a fireman or some such job ... I always said I wanted to be a doctor."
Just what kind of doctor, however, wasn't decided until Mehta took time out from his undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (he's a self-proclaimed fanatical Tar Heels fan) to do an internship at the Mary Breckenridge Center in Hyden, Ky. "During my time there, I helped deliver babies, worked

in ambulances, learned how to read x-rays and served with a podiatrist who got me excited about that branch of medicine," he added.
After graduating from UNC, it was off to the New York College of Podiatric Medicine, where Mehta obtained his medical degree in 2000, followed by two years of resi_dency work at Boston's Veterans Administration Medical Center.
What led him back to the South to practice was what he perceived as the need and future of podiatry in this part of the country. "Throughout

my training in New York and Boston, I always wanted to go back to North Carolina or Georgia to practice," he said. "There's a great fu ture for podiatry in this part of the country. In the South, the scope of podiatry is more liberal and there are not as many practicing podiatrists already here. The need for services is greater."
That's why when he learned of the opportunity for a fellowship at the Roosevelt Institute over a year ago, he was immediately interested. In that regard he said , "There 's enormous growth potential here. Also, the Institute aspec t provides comprehensive care right here on site for such things as therapy, radiology and overall rehabilitation. "
Through mutual contacts, Meh ta expressed his interest to Dr. Brent Bernstein , who was then in his third year as director of the Institute's Diabetic Foot Center, and the extra fellowship training was arranged. What Mehta didn't know at the time was that Bernstein would soon be leaving for family reasons and returning to the New York City area to practice.
"I arranged to come for the fellowship, but now being in charge of the facility has only increased the excitement I have for this place ," Mehta said. "I love it here and I want it to grow into something bigger. I'm anxious to have the Diabetic Foot Center form affiliations and work in communication with a variety of outside physicians and clinics. We want to become a regional center for comprehensive foo t care with a special emphasis on diabetes."

Brain Injury Day Patient Now Helping Others

Kay McCoy of Columbus is a veteran of the Roosevelt Institute Brain Injury Day Program. Since suffering head injuries about five months apart in late 1998 and early '99, she's also become an unofficial leader in th e three-day-aweek outpatient treatment process.
Her own brain injury story began on Nov. 6, 1998, when she was a passenger in a two-car

accident near Pine Mountain. After being rescued from the vehicle, she spent a week at Columbus Regional Medical Center for what was diagnosed as a "closed head injury" resulting in memory loss. Eight weeks of homebound care followed.
She returned to work in January of 1999, but on April 4 suffered a fall off a ladder that resulted in a blood clot and three more weeks at the Columbus Medical Center. What followed was referral to the Roosevelt Institute as an inpatient.
"I've since learned that wh en you suffer one head injury, you can be more susceptible to another," McCoy said. "I spent two weeks as an inpatient working to regain the ability to do everyday things before they switched me into the Brain Injury Day Program, which meets three times a week. That's where I learned about my cognitive weaknesses and really started to understand about my brain inj uries and how they could change my life."
Now, over four years since her first accident, she's trying to help impart what she's learned

to others in the Brain Injury Day Program. "Everybody's weaknesses are different, but I'm hoping I can help others understand and make the necessary adjustments. "
Former Day Program Director Carlton Brooks, who has changed jobs, moving from the medical unit to the vocational unit about six months ago, termed McCoy a "peer counselor," and behavior specialist Sandy Allen, who recently assumed interim leadership of the Day Program, said, "Kay has been very motivated to educate herself. She's always seeking out additional info on brain injuries and sharing that information with others. "
Despite listing temporary fatigue and shortterm memory lapses as two Syillptoms she has yet to overcome, McCoy has become active in Columbus' brain injury support group and also helps on a volunteer basis at the Institute information desk in Georgia Hall. "That's the kind of interaction with people I need to help me get back and return to work," she stated.

One VRU Student's Quest for Independence

Despite 23 surgical procedures in only 18 years of life, Buford's Nina Pittman is well on her way to independence. Her mission to overcome the effects of spina bifida is the same mission practiced at the Roosevelt Warm Springs lnstitute for Rehab ilitation each and every day.
"Nina wants to be a secretary and she has the ability to do that," Pittman's RWSIR behavior
specialist, Joan Fryer, stated recently. "She's finishing her senior year of high school here in Wann Springs and training as a receptionist at several of our worksites. In the months ahead, she's also hoping to take part in our certified driver education program. Her attitude is wonderful." "Empowering individuals with disabilities" like Pittman "to achieve personal independence" has long been the mission of the

Roosevelt Institute, a mission that dates back 75 years to Franklin Roosevelt's founding the place as a polio treatment center in 192 7. Nowadays , that mission encompasses all kinds of disabilities with both medical and vocational programs designed to meet individual needs.
In Pittman's case, that has included academic emphasis in the areas of Language Arts and Mathematics as well as additional course work in Money Management, Sex Education, Creative Leisure, Equine Therapy and even Dating Skills. A full-time resident of RWSIR's 160-bed vocational unit dormitory since September, she's already served as a receptionist at both the dorm office and Center for Therapeutic Recreation, and she looks forward to further experience at off-campus sites in the near future.
"Even though 1 was getting As and B's in my classes at Dacula High School, I was getting bored and 1 wanted to find something that I could do to prepare myself for the future, especially since I never planned to attend college," Pittman said. "That's when my teacher at the time, Kim Mankin (Special Education), told us (she and her family) about the Roosevelt Institute and I'm very glad she did."
Like so many other RWSIR patients and stu-

dents before her, Pittman now professes a sincere love for the Institute and mixed emotions as she looks forward to her high school graduation in May and Institute graduation and departure in June. The confidence , job skills and educational requirements she's been developing will help her succeed in meeting her current and future goals, especially given what Fryer calls, "the progress and ambition she's already exhibited."
Born with spina bifida, she has undergone repeated procedures and operations on her kidneys, spinal column, digestive system and brain, but her determination to achieve independence has never waned and she hopes to return to her local community in Gwinnett County better equipped to deal with the future in terms of job interviews, personal transportation and independent living.
"Nina is an exceptional student in terms of her commitment to achieving independence, but she's also very typical of our students from all over the State of Georgia in regard to the obstacles she faces. Hopefully we are better preparing her and all the others to meet those challenges in the years ahead," Fryer said. "Life with a disability doesn't have to mean life without independence."

FDR's Story Leads Polio Survivor to RWSIR Job

As a youngster stricken with polio growing up on the other side of the world, Keith Liu, 38, knew about Franklin D. Roosevelt at an earlier age than most Americans.
Despite growing up in Communist China in the 1960s and 70s, Liu, whose father was a courthouse worker and mother a teacher, had access to library books about famous people that other Chinese children didn't, an interest that led him to maJOr in history in college and taught him about a place called Wann Springs.
It was while reading one such book that he was inspired by the story of an American who also had polio but who nevertheless became president of the United States. It was a story he would never forget and a story that would eventually lead him to a job at the Roosevelt Wann Springs Institute for Rehabilitation.
Acupuncture was actually one of the regular polio treatment methods Liu experienced while growing up in South China, but it was the hardship and inconvenience of walking several miles to school each day despite his disability that he most vividly remembers about his formative years along the Xinjiang River. In fact, the determination it took to make that roundtrip hike twice a day, including a return home for lunch

and back, was the same determination Liu used to achieve a degree from Jiangxi University in 1989; the same determ ination that led him to graduate school in the United States in 1992; and the same determination that helped him acquire a job as an instructor in RWSIR's vocational rehabilitation unit in 2001.
Liu, who still uses a crutch to walk, said, "After graduate school (Clemson and University of Georgia) I had worked in mental health and special education, and I was a unit manager at Northwest Regional Hospital (Rome, Ga.) when I learned about the opening here. As a polio victim myself, I had always had a desire to come to Warm Springs and when I saw the job advertisement, it was almost like God was opening a door - like it was pre-determined. At the time, I ha.d two other job offers, but there was never any doubt where I wanted to be. I went straight from my job interview to Roosevelt's Little White House (FDR's home in Wann Springs , now a state historical site). That's one place I had always hoped to see."
Speaking for the entire vocational unit staff, academic director Ladeen Howard said, "We are most fortunate to have Keith working with us in the Academic Education Services Department.

He is a well-trained professional with a compassionate spirit and a can-do attitude. He is a recently naturalized citizen of the United States and quite proud to be an American. He has a great appreciation for what we do at the Institute, being someone with a disability himself, and desires to be a contributing factor for our facility. I am extremely glad to have him in my department and feel he adds greatly to our ability to serve students with disabilities."

Over 300 Attend 2003 Georgia ~

Ken Chapman became proud owner of "Ali" autographed boxing gloves at the live auction.
Kent and Di.anne Shalibo of Toccoa were well dressed for 'f\.n Evening at Gatsby's."

Despite the threat of rain, more than 300 guests were in attendance for the 15th annual Georgia Hall Society Ball and Auction at the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation February 22nd.
A net profit of approximately $55,000 was achieved and RWSIR Development Director Tripp Penn labeled the 2003 event one of the best ever. Penn extended special thanks to the many people involved in making it another success.
Among those recognized were overall GHS Ball Chairman and State Representative Jimmy Skipper and his wife and co-chair Dianna, Honorary Chairman and U.S. Congressman Phil Gingrey and his wife Billie, Auction Chairman and State Representative Vance Smith and his wife and co-chair Michele, and Corporate Chair and Atlanta Gas Light Vice President

Lindsay Thomas and his wife and cochair Nancy.
Major sponsors for the 2003 GHS Ball included Delta Air Lines (Platinum Level) , Abbot, Jordan & Koon, Atlanta Gas Light Resources, Georgia-Pacific, ]. Smith Lanier (Gold) , AT&T Foundation, AirTran Airways, BellSouth Corporation, Mead Corporation, and SCANA Energy (Silver).
Other sponsors included AFLAC, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Georgia, Boiler, Sewell & Segars, Bruce Williams Properties, F&M Bank and Trust Company, Georgia Electric Membership Corporation, Georgia Power Company, Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics, Publix Super Market Charities, Rehab Associates, H. English & Ermine Cater Robinson Foundation, and United Community Banks.
The elegant, 1920's era theme was ''An Evening at Gatsby's. " The Doug

RWSIR's Medical Unit was well represented at the lavish dinner by Maggie Choi, wife of Dr. jong Choi, ]on and Sherrell Darby, Melissa Isidro and Dr. Enrique Isidro.

The Silent Auction Room was a beehive of activity all night long as attendees placed bids and kept tabs on more than 200 donated items.

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Society Ball ~all

By Martin Harmon

Kees Band of Newnan provided predinner music; The Sensational Sounds of Motown from Athens provided dance music; Ursula's Catering of Auburn, Ala., handled the four-course dinner; decorations were by Pine Mountain's Details of the Gardens and Rental Service Corporation of Columbus; audio-visual assistance was
RWSIR Development Director Tripp Penn labeled the 2003 event one of the best ever.
provided by Audio Visual Innovations and RWSIR's Conference and Continuing Education Center; Peachtree City's Bill MacDonald was auctioneer; and Image by Design of Columbus provided graphic art and signage. As always, all proceeds benefit RWSIR programs and services.

With event coordinator Dawn Free/in (iight), Stephen and Beverly Noller enjoyed their first GHS Ball, especially after bidding on a trip to Montana.

After a hot and heavy bidding war, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gardner took home Georgia's SEC championship team signed football.

A unique football autographed by all "The Mannings" ultimately belonged to Max and Holly Couch.

With water providing ambiance, Board Chairman Bruce Williams and wife Cathy posed in the Fountain Room.

Historic Georgia Hall was again the location of what has become a yearly highlight of the West Georgia social calendar.

Chairmen for the GHS Ball included (sitting) Congressman Phil Gingrey (honorary chair) and his wife Billie, (standing) Auction Chairs Michelle Smith and her husband State Rep. Vance Smith, Corporate Chairs Lindsey Thomas of Atlanta Gas Light and his wife Nancy, and overall 2003 GHS Ball Chairs, State Rep. jimmy Skipper and his wife Dianna.

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1st Citizenship Day Nets Big Cleanup
Almost 4,000 pounds of trash, ranging in size from cigarette butts to broken concrete culverts, were picked up and bagged at the Roosevelt Institute Feb. 19, as 170 vocational unit students and more than 40 staff members took an active role in the lnstitute's first ever Citizenship Day.
The exact weight was 3,891 pounds of trash from throughout campus between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 pm., minus an hour break for lunch.
The students and staffers were divided into teams, all of which got off to a rousing start at an early morning assembly turned pep rally. Each of the four teams, Metro, Northeast, Southside and West, had a prepared cheer to present for competition purposes, with

Illinois Team Wins National Tourney
The National Wheelchair Basketball Association hosted its 2003 women's tournament in Warm Springs February 26 through March 1 at the Roosevelt Institute's Center for Therapeutic Recreation.
Ten teams from all over the nation took part, including teams from Arizona, Texas, Minnesota and California, as well as the cities of Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, Orlando and Atlanta.
A team from the University of Illinois, which defeated the Los Angeles Sparks in the finals, 47-40, captured the championship. Afterwards, selections were also made from the 10 teams for the Team USA national squad.

phase of the program is expected to attain the same level of proficiency in driving skills as the general public.
Recognizing the transportation needs of persons with disabilities and in keeping with its primary focus of assisting educational based programs, The Goizueta Foundation's gift covers a three-year period.
Honored Nurses Head To Retirement
The Roosevelt Institu te recently lost two of its most honored nurses to retirement. Dianne McCurdy of Warm Springs and Jackie Storey of Woodbury, two nurses with a combined 36 years of service, were recognized with a reception at Roosevelt Hall in February.
McCurdy was Employee of the Year in 1996 and Nurse of the Year in 2000. Storey was a two-time Employee of the Month selection and the Nursing Department's Second Mile Award winner in 1997.

Southside coming away the winner. About 170 vocational students were part of Citizenship Day cleanup.
The Spirit of Warm Springs
Editor Martin Harmon
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Susan Katz of Orlando Ice chases a loose ball at NWBA Tournament in Warm Sp1ings.
Driver Education Gets Crown Victoria
The Roosevelt Institute Driver Education Program has purchased a new Crown Victoria sedan as the result of last year's $298,989 grant from the The Goizueta Foundation of Atlanta.
As a certified driving center, RWSIR's vocational unit based program screens , evaluates and instructs persons with disabilities, both in the classroom and on the road. Georgia's Department of Public Safety has established criteria pertaining to drivers with disabilities and each individual completing the driving

RWSIR Executive Director Frank Ruzycki is flanked by retirees Dianne McCurdy and Jackie Storey at reception in their honor.
Special Activities Set For Nurses Week
Nurses Week, a national observance slated for May 5-9, is to be recognized at the Roosevelt Institute in a bigger way than ever before.
With the recruitment and retention of nurses an issue of universal concern, the Institute has addressed the ongoing need to identify, train and re tain qualified rehab nurses in a very proac tive manner and will continue to do so in the months ahead. Among the activities slated for early May are special deliveries for all three nursing shifts.

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RWSIR's Economic Impact Totals $57,789,837

According to a recent report of the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA), the Georgia Department of Labor's Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation contributed $43 ,139 ,191 to the local economy in 2001.
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The report revealed the direct expenditure of the Institute in 2001 was $19,259,427. However, when combined with an output multiplier developed by the United States Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis, RWSIR's total economic impact was $57,789,837 .
This output multiplier considers the "ripple" effect of direct hospital expenditures on other sectors of the economy, such as medical suppliers, durable medical equipment, and pharmaceuticals. Economic multipliers are

used to model the resulting impact of a change in autonomous spending in one industry on the "circular flow" of spending within the economy as a whole.
The report also measured the effect of a household earnings multiplier which adds $14,650,646 to the local economy through the Roosevelt Institute. As a whole, the Georgia hospital industry had a $7.4 billion impact in household earnings to the state's eco nomy, bringing the total statewide impact to $29.3 billion. The household earnings multiplier measures the increased economic contributions fro m households employed directly or indirectly by hospitals through daily living expenditures.
In response to the report, RWSIR Executive Director Frank Ruzycki said, "We are obviously proud of our place in the local economy. We are pleased to be able to support the economic viability of our area and improve the lives of hundreds of citizens in our community." With approximately 500 employees, the Roosevelt Institu te is the third larges t employer in Meriwether County.

2003 Roosevelt Invitational Now Slated for June

Originally slated to host a Roosevelt International Cup this year, the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation will instead host a Roosevelt Invitational men's wheelchair basketball tournament the firs t week ofJune.
The 2003 Roosevelt International Cup, which would have included wheelchair tennis and wheelchair track competition in addition to wheelchair basketball, had to be changed due to the current world situation and resulting travel concerns.
Nevertheless, the Roosevelt Invitational, a six-team, international basketball tournament, will take place June 4-7 at RWSIR's Center for Therapeutic Recreation and feature the men's national wheelchair basketball teams from Canada, Great Britain, Mexico, Australia, Germany and the USA.
"We regret having to change the format of our international wheelchair competition this comingjune, but we look forward to an excit-

ing basketball competition nonetheless. The Roosevelt Invi tati onal will again bring together some of the best wheelchair teams and wheelchair athletes in the world, and continue the tremendous international sports legacy that we are building here at the Roosevelt Institute," RWSIR Director of Development Tripp Penn stated. Penn also indicated that the format change for 2003 in no way means abandonment of future Roosevelt International Cups. "We plan to initiate the Cup again at the earliest opportunity," he said.
This first Roosevelt Invitational will follow three Roosevelt International Cup competitions (1998, 1999 and 2001) in Warm Springs, all of which included men's basketball, and two Roosevelt World Basketball Challenges (2000 and 2002), which were composed of weeklong men's and women's wheelchair basketball tournaments.

Pastoral Care Program Generating Support
Support for the Roosevelt lnstitute's Pastoral Care Program* continues to grow and expand through the efforts of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund.
A $5,000 grant for pastoral care from The Chatlos Foundation of Longwood, Fla. , is the latest commitment and several other grant proposals to foundations interes ted in supporting religious programs are currently pending.
According to RWS Development Director Tripp Penn , an endowed Pastoral Care Program remains the ultimate goal, but in the meantime other sources of local support will continue to be sought. "We have received very generous support fro m some area churches, but there's still a need for local congregations and other organizations to support this ministry," Penn said.
With a fulltime chaplain , Rev. Jan Stewart Tolbert, and regular weekly interdenominational services (Sunday, 10 a.m.) in historic Roosevelt Chapel (1937), RWSIR's Pastoral Care Program maintains a very visible presence on the Warm Springs campus.
"Easing the burden" and helping patients and their families deal wi th the grief incurred from traumatic injuries are daily responsibilities of the Institute chaplain. Also, the apprehension faced by disabled students in the RWSIR vocational unit as they seek an independent lifestyle is another area where spiritual guidance can often lend support.
"The tremendous diversity we have here at the Roosevelt Institute and the ethics questions we have to deal with on a daily basis present challenges for pastoral care," Tolbert stated recently. "At the same time, that never deters us from offering support, the kind of support patients and students don't usually receive from direct caregivers, but support that's always available and often needed, nonetheless."
Starting this summer and in conjunction with St. Francis Hospital of Columbus (Ga.), the RWS IR Pastoral Care Program will also benefit from the addition of a Clinical Pastoral Education sponsored intern, a program targeted for permanent status in the future.
*Receives no state f unded support.

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