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Under the direction of Dr. Bhavin Mehta, the Roosevelt lnstitute's Diabetic Foot Center specializes in the prevention and treatment of diabetic foot problems as well as comprehensive foot and ankle care for the non-diabetic patient.
The Center's featured treatments include:
Comprehensive care of bunions, heel spurs, fractures/ trauma, arthritic conditions and plantar fasciitis
OTC and custom orthotics and shoes
Conservative and surgical management of both diabetic and non-diabetic feet
Comprehensive wound management, including total contact casting, oasis , dermagraft, promogran, apligraf, and wound VAC therapy
On-site physical therapy services
For more information on our foot care services or to make an appointment, call (toll-free) 1-888-805-0876
or e-mail us at rwsirdfc @ dol.state.ga.us .
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Roosevelt Wann Springs Development Fund, Inc.
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News and Notes .... .... ........ .. ...... 2 Warm Springs Roll Call ... ......... 3 Staff Guest Column ... ..... ..... ..... 11
Tributes ....... ... ... .......... ..... ........ 14 Georgia Hall Society ............. ... 15 Cornerstones ... ..... ........ ...... ...... 16
Individual Success Story:
Perry Voe Rehab Office + Institute = Success
"Fantastic Five" just One Recent Example ..... ... .... ...... ... .. .............. ..... 4
Program Feature:
Leadership Redwood Replacing Yesterday's Leaders, Investing in RWSIR's Future .. .......... .... 6
Cover Story:
Leaming the Ropes at Roosevelt Institute
Internship Program Pays Big Dividends .... ......... .......... .......... ........... 8
History Story:
Presidential Sightings in Warm Springs
FDR's Legacy and Those That Followed ..... ..................................... 12
''JOURNEY TO SIAM" ON TAP FOR GHS BALL
Remember the movie 'The King and !"? Well that's where the 17th Georgia Hall Society Ball at the Roosevelt Institute is headed in 2005. Taking "a different, more exotic approach," this year's GHS Ball will feature the theme ''.Journey To Siam" when it takes place on Saturday, February 12 at historic Georgia Hall. An annual highlight o[ the West Cenrral Georgia social calendar, the black-tie affair atrracts approximately 400 invited guests each year, with proceeds from ticket sales, corporate sponsorships and both a live and silent auction benefiting programs and services at the Institute (see Georgia Hall Society page for this year's chairmen). To make an auction donation or for Ball sponsorship infonnation, call 706-655-5670. For invitation infonnation , call 706-655-5666.
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Housed in on-campus co ttages such as Physio
(shown here), interns like these are an integral
part o f the lnstitute's on-going educa tion and
recruitment process.
Kinne Brings Wealth of Rehab Experience to VRU Leadership With 30 years of vocational rehabilitation experience in Georgia to her credit, Elizabeth Kinne has assumed leadership of the Vocational Rehabilitation Unit at the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation.
The Columbus resident was recently named chief of vocational rehabilitation services at RWSIR after beginning her vocational rehab career in 1975 as an adjustment instructor at A. PJarrell Pre-Vocational Center in Atlanta. Since then, she has served as a vocational evaluator at the Atlanta Rehab Center (1980-84), as a staff assistant for the state director of Rehabilitation Services (1985-88), as an assistant to the commissioner in the Department of Human Resources (1989-93), as director of Georgia State University's Rehab Cultural Diversity Initiative (1994-9 7), as regional director for vocational rehabilitation in Columbus (1997-98) and as vocational rehabilitation program director at the state level in Atlanta since 1999.
In accepting her new assignment in Warm Springs, Kinne indicated the job's attraction has to do with everything she has been involved with over the years. She said, "This gives me the chance to help initiate program leadership and direction; it allows me to meet and interact with our customers, the vocational students and their families; and it affords me the opportunity to help guide the development of educational and informational services as they relate to trends and issues involved in vocational rehabilitation. It's a way of pulling everything together that I have done for the last 30 years. It's a good way to cap off a career during which I have enjoyed serving people with disabilities."
A native of Tampa, Fla. , and a graduate of both Talladega College (1971) and the University of Georgia's graduate program for rehabilitation counseling, Kinne's arrival and new status with the VRU coincided with Jay Coughenor's selection earlier this summer as chief of medical services at the Roosevelt Institute, forming a new leadership tier
Filming Held On Campus For HBO Movie "Warm Springs"
Home Box Office (HBO) recently began production of a made-for-TV movie entitled "Vvarm Springs." Filming in Warm Springs was to begin in mid-October, including extensive cottage scenes on campus and much more at the Historic Treatment Pools. Many other sites throughout the state were also being utilized and the movie was scheduled to air next spring.
A casting call was held in the Roosevelt lnstitute's Roosevelt Hall on Sept. 17. Extra roles were available
for men and women of all ages with no previous experience. Over 300 hopefuls turned out.
With the script centered on Franklin D. Roosevelt's early visits to Warm Springs in the 1920s, individuals in wheelchairs and those dependent on crutches were encouraged, since much of the casting was to portray polio patients. British actor Ken Branagh, well-known for his work in 44 movies and TV productions, including "Mission Impossible 3," ''.A.lien Love Triangle," "Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets," "Road To Eldorado," and "Wild, Wild West," as well as Shakespearean plays such as "Hamlet" and "Henry V" was to portray FDR. In addition, well-known actress Kathy Bates was slated to portray original therapist Helena Mahoney and Emmy-winning actress Cynthia ixon was set to play Eleanor Roosevelt.
73 Qualified For Paralympics On Roosevelt Institute Track
A total of 73 qualifiers for the recent USA Paralympic Track and Field Team that competed in Athens, Greece, were athletes who qualified in competitions on the Roosevelt Institute track in Vvarm Springs.
The vast majority of those (70) qualified at the annual Dixie Games Quly, 2003), but three also qualified at the 2003 Fader Invitational in Warm Springs last October.
Donors Also Sought For Larger Columns Behind Georgia Hall
The seven-month-old Roosevelt Institute Column Campaign had surpassed 60 as October neared its midway point and plans were being put in place to also attract donors for the four large wooden columns at the rear of Georgia Hall.
Approximately 20 feet in height and 24 inches in diameter, the four massive wooden columns directly behind Georgia Hall's glass exposed exterior and adjacent to the Callaway Fountain Courtyard are in the same need of replacement as the smaller 10-foot columns surrounding the historic Quadrangle.
The larger replacement columns will be made of the same permanent poly-marble substance as the smaller new ones and are being offered with equally larger, raised-letter bronze plaques that will face the interior of Georgia Hall. For more information, call Joe Bankovich at 706-655-5010.
VIPs Visit Roosevelt Institute During August Camp Season
Two very important people made first ever visits to the Roosevelt Institute during the month of August. Chick-fil-A founder and owner Truett
Cathy and his friend George Glaze ofJonesboro toured the Institute with RWSIR Executive Director Frank Ruzycki and Trustee Edwin Johnston, and Joni Eareckson Tada, a quadriplegic who has attained worldwide recognition as an artist and founder ofJoni and Friends, was here to take pan in one of her organization's regional family camps at Camp Dream.
While he was here, Cathy also addressed the Joni and Friends campers and met with the 2004 RWSIR Leadership Redwood Class.
RWSIR Executive Director Frank Ruzychi welcomed Chicl1jil-A founder Tniett Cathy and Joni a11d foends founder Joni Earechson Tada to Wam1 Splings in August.
RWSIR Earns 2nd Place Award In Quality/Safety Competition
Led by Linda Loeffler, director of research and development, the Roosevelt Institute recently took second place in the 2004 Georgia Hospital Association Quality and Patient Safety Awards.
RWSIR's honor came in the Hospitals Under 100 Beds category and was based on the outstanding work done through its project "Fall Prevention." Loeffier and her Institute team were to be recognized at the GHA's Patient Safety Summit on Nov. 11.
Lynn Longbottom Rice ln May of 1944, 10-year-old Lynn Longbottom
of Avon Park, Fla., was admitted as a polio patient to the Georgia Vvarm Springs Foundation hospital in Wmn Springs. Her original stay lasted until the following December, but during that time, she was also fortunate to auend President Franklin Roosevelt's annual Thanksgiving Day Dinner. Another famous guest that day was the internationally famous actress, Bene Davis.
Longbottom recently visited the lnstitute to share her many memories and scrapbook, including photos dating from 1944-52. Among them was an autographed Bene Davis photo and a picture of a 15-year-old boy by the name of Ike Skelton, also a polio patient and today a U.S. Congressman from Missouri. She also had a program and menu from that historic Thanksgiving Day celebration, which would prove to be the final one for Roosevelt, who died just five months later.
Longbottom returned for two surgeries in 1947, a muscle transplant and a procedure to prevent her foot from turning inward. The Old Brace Shop engineered a back brace for her to wear Qike a jacket) to prevent curvature of the spine, which she wore during her daytime hours.
She last visited Wann Springs for her final check-up just prior to attending Florida State University (music major) in the early 1950s.
She graduated in 1955 and married in 1959. Now retired, she lives with her husband of 45 years, Joe Rice, in Manvel, Tex.
Ivan Carr !van Carr contracted polio in October 1941
at age 16. Sixty-three years later, he considers himself very lucky to have received treatment at the Georgia Wann Springs Foundation.
Contacted recently by telephone, he still remembers his physical therapist, Beanice Vlahoos, doctors Roberr Bennett and Hal Stuarr Raper, and Alice Lou Plasnidge, the director of therapy in the 1940s. Carr was among the first to receive the now famous Sister Kenny hot pack treatment.
He left Vvarm Springs in ovember of 1942, well enough to return to his hometown of Lakeland, Fla. , with only the assistance of two walking canes.
Carr reporrs that he went on to graduate from college, get married, have three children and a successful career, and "always did most of the things that physically nonnal people do. " He is now 79, retired and living in Ocala, Fla. He thanks the good and dedicated people at the Georgia Wann Springs Foundation for the good life he has enjoyed.
He recently memorialized his time in Vvarm Springs with the purchase of a column in the historic
Leonard "Noohie" Meadows (ce11te1), chainnan emeritus of the Roosevelt Wann Sp1ings Development fond, was joined by RWSIR Executive Director Frank Ruzycki and cunent RWSDF Board Chain11a11 Bnice Williams for the naming of a Georgia Hall classroom in his honor in 2001.
Quadrangle. lt's located to the Roosevelt Hall side of the Columbus Colonnade.
Leonard "Nookie" Meadows Leonard "Nookie" Meadows was the first
chainnan of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund. He held that position from 1986-1992. Currently he is chairman emeritus. A lifelong resident of Meriwether County,
Meadows has owned and operated numerous successful local businesses, and still resides in Manchester. Most employees and visitors to the lnstitute pass by the classroom in Georgia Hall that bears his name, which was dedicated in his honor on Dec. 14, 2001. Meadows tumss 78 in December
Frank & Freddie (Keys) Trovillion
Frank Trovillion was a patient at the Georgia Vvarm Springs Foundation in ovember 1944. His future wife, Fredrica (Freddie) Keys, arrived in August the following year. Both auended the lntemational Symposium on Polio held here during the summer of 1947. They were married in December 1950. Over the years they returned to Wann Springs many times. Their most recent visit took place in 2000, when they visited the lnstitute's Polio Clinic.
Frank recalled being fortunate to have the director of physical therapy, Alice Lou Plasnidge, as his physical therapist. Under her care, he was able to improve his muscle test from "poor" to "nonnal." He credits her extraordinary efforrs for his ability to walk with only the use of a shorr-leg brace.
Both of the Trovillions retain wonderful memories of early Wann Springs, especially Plastridge and more recently Dr. Anne Gawne.
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A Peny resident, )ava1is Clark values what the COOL provided at RWSIR.
Dollar General is now the beneficiary of Ma llory Magaw's job skills train ing.
Th e VRU arrangedJo i the reta il experi.ence j ohn G1iffin had "always wanted."
Assisting in Outpatient Th empy got Dan ielle Yeager ready for wo1k at Taiget.
A .nu rse's assistant now, Ca lvin Ragan rema ins proud of his Peach Cou nty roots.
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Houston, Pulaski and Peach Counties are truly in the heart of Georgia and connected in more ways than just shared borders . One of those ways is the Georgia Department of Labor Vocational Rehabilitation Office in Perry, Ga.
Led by the dedicated stewardship ofveteran field counselor Belinda Hudson, the Perry office has developed a winning formula for voe rehab, especially when it comes to the disabled young people served in its three-county area. It's driven by both an individual and group approach, its results almost always generate successful outcomes, and most of the time it involves a stay at the Roosevelt Institute's Vocational Rehabilitation Unit (VRU).
In fact, Hudson believes her Perry office has probably referred more students to the Institute (with exception of Metro Atlanta) than any other office of similar size in recent years and the numbers would seem to back that up. Between 2001 and 2003 , the Perry office referred 100 young people to the Roosevelt Institute VRU and 15 more have already been admitted in 2004.
Five such students referred by the Perry Office recently enjoyed, completed and benefited from their Roosevelt Institute experience all at the same time. They hadn't all known each other before they arrived, but by the time they finished their individual programs in Wirm Springs last year, they had achieved the combined moniker of "The Fantastic Five."
Better known as Calvin Ragan and John Griffin of Ft. Valley, Mallory Magaw of Bonaire, Danielle Yeager ofWimer Robbins andJavaris Clark of Perry, they each called the VRU their home-away-
from-home fromJuly 2003 through March 2004. Actually, Jimmie Wishington, a rehabilitation
employment specialist at the Perry Office, didn't coin their collective nickname until after their stay in Wirm Springs. According to VRU Vocational Coordinator Gary Corday, Wishington based his Fantastic Five remark on their working status. "They all had jobs so quickly, all within 30 days of graduation, thatJimmie took a lot of pride in their progress, and justifiably so," Corday said.
Hudson also takes pride in the Perry-Roosevelt relationship. She said, 'Those were five good students with good family support. They were motivated and we knew the Institute would give them access to academic education, work adjustment training, independent living instruction, medical services, driver education, worksite internships and life skills training. It offered them an opportunity to grow and be more independent, an experience similar to what other people have when they go off to college. It's independence with support and kids like these need that. It's also no coincidence that the majority we send (to the Institute) end up going to work. "
Agroup field trip to the Institute every other year is just one way the Perry office helps prospective students in their decision making process. "For many, it's their only opportunity to go off to school," Hudson added. "They have reached a transition point, but no other agency offers them the comprehensiveness they find in Wirm Springs. "
Part of that comprehensiveness includes both off and on-campus worksites. For The Fantastic Five, that included clerical duties at the Institute's Center for Therapeutic Recreation (Ragan), stocking
shelves and unloading trucks at Greenville's Super Dollar Store (Griffin), working with animals at the Good Shepherd Riding Academyjust outside Wirm Springs (Magaw) , assisting patients at RWSIR's Outpatient Therapy Clinic in Wirm Springs (Yeager), and kitchen chores at the Manchester Middle School Cafeteria (Clark). Corday was responsible for securing and coordinating each JOb.
Also instrumental in their progress at the Institute were independent living instructor Lavonia Tucker and behavioral specialist Rhonda Miller, like Corday members of the VRU's West Central Georgia Hub - one of four hubs covering the whole state.
Roosevelt Institute Staffers Making A Difference Gary Corday
Born in Ruidoso, N.M., VRU Vocational Coordinator Gary Corday is in his 15th year at the Roosevelt Institute. He also did an undergraduate internship at RWSIR in 1979. Part of a military family, Corday moved to Wimer Robins, Ga., when he was 14 years old and now lives in Columbus. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Auburn University and the University of Alabama, respectively (talk about divided loyalties) and majored in rehabilitation services. He is currently in his 20th year as a State of Georgia employee.
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1999 featured the first Leadership Redwood Class. Oliginator and first coach, Carolyn McKinley, is seated on thefirst row,far light.
By Martin Harmon
For almost eight decades, the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation has been evolving. Like any organization, change over that length of time has been inevitable and fraught with leadership issues as key personnel were selected . . .conoibuted ... and ultimately retired.
Concerns for the future are natural when individual changes occur, especially when they involve top-level administrators. But true leaders at any level are hard to replace. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin seemed to echo those sentiments recently when she emphasized that "any organization must have leaders at least two or three levels deep" to be successful.
Addressing such concerns while soiving to ensure multi-tiered leadership was one reason the Roosevelt Institute introduced a new program six years ago designed to help develop future leaders. Its name, Leadership Redwood, was derived from the mighty trees of the Pacific Coast, massive living organisms that regenerate even when faced with nature's most destructive forces, fire and man.
The philosophy of Leadership Redwood is based on the belief that potential leaders do exist at every level throughout an organization and by enabling, empowering and encouraging participation, these same leaders will help shape the future, using sound and ethical business practices to achieve a shared vision.
Open nominations are held each fall with individual applicant information and co-worker endorsements both integral parts of a process that results in six
Interviews with area leaders, like this one with Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin (center) by the Class of 2004, have become an important part of Leadership Redwood.
to eight nominees. Once approved, this group forms a yearly class (as in Leadership Redwood Class of 2004) that begins an annual set of activities at the first of each calendar year.
The five original program components included (1) formal training sessions with recognized experts; (2) a class project that directly benefits the Institute to be accomplished as a team over the course of the whole year; (3) frequent meetings whereby each class develops camaraderie and alasting kinship; (4) selected leadership readings and reports, enhancing each member's knowledge of leadership traits; and (5) attendance at various campus-wide leadership meetings, including some in totally unrelated areas from each person's normal job.
To these have been added an annual off-campus, ovemight(s), team-building retreat in February or March hosted by the outgoing class and in honor of the
new one, and three to five group interviews with established leaders from throughout the area, including those in business, government and healthcare (2004 examples: Vince Dooley,James Blanchard, Mayor Franklin, Truett Cathy). It all leads up to graduation exercises at the end of the year and the start of another Leadership Redwood cycle.
Recently, former Institute Programs and Services Director Carolyn McKinley, who came up with the original Redwood concept, said:
"It is both rewarding and humbling to see that Leadership Redwood has become part of the organizational fabric of the Roosevelt Institute. I am confident that the program will continue to grow, evolve and always be an origin of new life for the organization. Each person who enters the program. whether as a participant, coach or trainer leaves an imprint. It has been a powerful vehicle for both personal and professional growth, giving voice and eneJXY to leaders throughout the organization."
This year's class of eight is scheduled to graduate in December and will bring to 52 the total number of RWSIR Redwood graduates so far. For more information, call 706-655-5231.
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Just as physical therapy and physical therapists have been part of the \Minn Springs landscape for almost 80 years - ever since Franklin Roosevelt founded what would become the Roosevelt Wirm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation in 1927 - so too have physical therapy interns (or as they were once known, post-graduates).
That's the history of a self-perpetuating system that now involves about 40 colleges and universities, eight disciplines and countless former and current Roosevelt lnstitute staffers. They come from all over the country for anywhere from two to three months, and by they time they leave, they have acquired the hands-on skills so necessary to their craft, skills that cannot be acquired in a classroom. Many of them also return. -advantage RWSIR
Rene James, a physical therapist at RWSlR since 1994 who manages the PT part of the lnstitute intern program, reports that nine of the current 15 full-time physical therapists in inpatient and outpatient care at Wirm Springs, including herself, are former Roosevelt lnstitute interns. That's 60 percent, a lofty figure that has remained fairly consistent in recent years.
"Replenishing our therapy staff with people we are familiar with takes away a lot of the guess work," stated Melanie Wird, who now directs the lnstiture's Orthopedic Program. "Knowing the quality of a person's work on the front end is a big advantage when it comes to recruitment and hiring. We've been able to see our interns firsthand and how they deal with patients. We've also been able to impart what we like to call 'the Roosevelt way' in terms of how we do things. Thar's an obvious advantage in the process of bringing in new, full-time therapists. "
A recent interview with three current physical therapy interns seemed to again bear this out. When asked what they hoped to do once they graduate, one expressed simply a broad interest in working for an outpatient facility and one was more general stating, "l just want to help people get better, so l'm open to anything." But the third sounded much more specific when she said, "! would like to work in a place just like this. " - advantage RWSIR
owadays, the same advantages that physical therapy has always garnered through internships at the Roosevelt lnstiture can also be observed with occupational therapy, therapeutic recreational therapy, general recreation therapy, speech therapy, rehab counseling, general rehab services and even psychology. LikeJames, those internships each have individual coordinators in Sona! Nakrani and Katie Abney (occupational therapy), Lesley Mcinvale and Stephanie Stewart (therapeutic recreational therapy),
Cathy Gares (vocational rehabilitation counseling), Daydra Cain and Randy Evans (speech therapy), Mary Dickens (general recreation) and Dr Mike Martin (psychology). Managing the overall internship program for the last 19 years has been RWSIR Director of Education Carolyn Moreland. She is assisted by Cassy Jordan, who coordinates intern housing.
"Our internships obviously provide a good recruitment tool, bur there are other reasons the program has been so valuable and successful," Moreland said. "By constantly bringing in new interns, we are always bringing in new ideas and new ways of doing things, directly from the classroom. As a result, we learn from the interns and the interns learn from us. We've also heard from many of our past interns about how interaction with interns from other disciplines while they were here helped when compared to places where their discipline was the only internship available. ln other words, we've learned that our inter-disciplinary teamwork and rehabilitation diversity is a real bonus ro their overall development. " - advantage RWSIR
For Shanilw Shannon of Miami, Fla. , Cl11issy Shinabery of Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Elilw Munson of Savannah , Ga. , all PT interns, medical chai1s are now a way of life.
An RWSLR intern herself while attending the University of Georgia in 1983 (rehab counseling), Moreland points to the clinical coordinators, a more centralized approach and innovation as reasons the program continues to prosper and improve. "These days, our clinical coordinators really do an excellent job of marketing their programs, which makes my job so much easier. And in recent years we have done some innovative things such as offering additional internships to schools that are willing ro send professors here to help with our staff education requirements and as a way of offering continuing education units (CEUs). To do that requires schools that are fairly close (recent examples: Medical College of Georgia and Ft. Valley State University),
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SCHOOLS REPRESENTED BY 200'4 RWSIR INTERNS
Valdosta State Univ. - Speech (4) Alabama State Univ. - PT (2), OT (1) Grand Valley St. Univ. - Recreation (2) Brigham Young Univ. - Recreation (1) Marquette University - PT (1) Univ. of Tenn .-Memphis - OT (1) College of Misericordia - OT (2) Ithaca College - OT (1) Eastern Kentucky Univ. - OT (3) Univ. of Tenn .-Chattanooga - OT (1) Washington University - PT (2) Medical College of Ga . - PT (3) Univ. of Indiana - PT (1 ),
Rec. Therapy (1) Emory University - PT (3) New York University - OT (1) Univ. of New Hampshire - OT (2) Univ. of Virginia - OT (1) Univ. of Ala .-Birmingham - PT (1) Duke University - PT (2) Univ. of Tenn .-Knoxville - PT (1) Troy State Univ. - Rehab Counseling (2) North Ga . College - PT (2) Univ. of Miss. Medical Ctr. - OT (1) Florida A&M Univ. - OT (3) Georgia State Univ. - PT (1) Univ. of South Ala. - PT (1) Auburn University - Psychology (1) L. Superior St. Univ. - Rec. Therapy (1) Univ. of Southern Miss.- Rec. Therapy (1) Univ. of Kentucky - PT (1) Medical Univ. of S.C. - PT (1) Gwinnett Tech - PT (1) Belmont University - OT (1) Univ. of Sciences-Philadelphia - PT (2) Univ. of Georgia - Speech (1) Univ. of Toledo - Rec. Therapy (1) Grand Valley St. - Rec. Therapy (1) East Carolina Univ. - PT (1) CIOS Inst. of The Netherlands -
Recreation (2)
Assisting director of edt1cation Carolyn Moreland (second from light) and Cassy Jordan (far light) with management of the Institute's Internship Program are clinical coordinators Katy Abney, Daydra Cain, Rene James, 01: Mike Martin, Stephanie Stewa1t and Cathy Gates. Not available were Lesley Mcinvale, Sonal Nahrani, Mary Dickens and Randy Evans.
bur it's a swap of services char ultimately serves both organizations," she said.
Although no direct compensation is provided, interns ac the Roosevelt Institute do receive free room and board, a perk not generally offered elsewhere. Donna Jones, a nurse educacor whose daughter is currently doing her undergraduate work in physical therapy ac the Medical College of Georgia, knows how
In 1997, the Institute hosted a PT reunion that in.eluded these former interns (post-graduates) from the polio era. At the time they were dubbed "Plime Timers. "
Recent interns like Emily Byam of Wakefield, Mass. (and the University of New Hampshire) become adept at on-the:floor computer entlies.
much of a bonus char can be, especially when most schools' therapy curriculurns require more than one internship rotation. "lc's not easy co find good, shon term housing and ic can be very expensive,"Jones said. "You wane a place chat's convenient and one where you feel they are going co be safe, bur chose kind of places are really cough co find when they are only going co be there a couple of months. Thar's what makes the lnstituce's housing arrangemencs so beneficial. For parencs, ic means savings and peace-of-mind." - advantage RWSIR
The accompanying chan liscs the nearly 40 schools represented by 63 Roosevelt Institute interns in 2004 and, according co Moreland, both numbers
are about average for any particular yea[ Ac the same time, with on-campus housing available in cwo expansive coccages, the number of interns on campus ac any one time usually cocals about 20 and doesn't always include local interns like Janice Henson of Newnan, a Georgia Scace speech therapy major who was recently able co stay ac home while completing her Roosevelt internship just 35 miles away. le also doesn't include nursing interns, who are only scheduled for two weeks ac a time through direccor of nursing inpatient services Kathy Clark, and accompanied by their own insrruccors and don't generally require housing. For more information, Moreland can be reached ac 706-655-5233.
By Ed Friend
Consider for a moment that we are all time travelers. We simply travel through time in a constant direction at a constant rate, interacting with our environment and affecting how the future unfolds. Now, hold this idea as you read the following.
The Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation has a rich history and a promising future and our actions today are what link the institute's history to its future . Since you are reading this, i can assume that you have an interest in the Roosevelt institute. This means that you are a part of the link through time to the future of this facility. The decisions you make, your contributions, will determine how the RWSIR of the future looks. That is an awesome responsibility! What will be your legacy?
Many may already be familiar with the following metaphor; but I believe it is relevant and worth including. Listed on a headstone are the dates of birth and death. It is said that these dates are not nearly as important as the dash that separates them. You see, the dash represents your life. We cannot control the dates, but we can control the dash. The message here is to choose wisely how you spend your dash (time). i believe this applies to all aspects of our lives: family, fun, religion, education, society and work. lt is easy for us in
worthy cause, we are still a business. Key players on the RWSIR team are:
clients, front-line staff (representing every discipline) , volunteers, management, financial supporters and the community. Do any of these surprise you? Each group listed above plays a critical role in the life of the Roosevelt Institute. They all add meaning to the dash. Many staff can clearly see how their efforts tie directly to the Institute's purpose: "to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve personal independence." For many, though, the relationship of work to mission is not so clear ... or obscured during the performance of routine daily tasks. Whether we recognize it or not, each of us contributes to the mission in our own unique way. Pause for a moment and consider your role in helping the Roosevelt Institute achieve its mission. Every single employee and volunteer should be able to visualize how his or her job ties directly to RWSIR's mission.
Financial contributors should also see how their support adds meaning to RWSIR's dash. The Roosevelt Institute
our everyday endeavors to forget the impact our decisions and actions will have on the futureour personal future and our organization's future. We should ask ourselves daily how to best spend our dash.
Roosevelt Institute has been around for a long time. Since organizations are long-lived, hopefully, Roosevelt lnstitute's dash will be more like a line-longer than a dash. Much as a baton is passed in a relay race, the organization's dash is passed from one group of people to another as shifts change and as clients, staff and contributors come and go. We each carry the organization's dash forward by wisely using our time spent for the facility. hat action will you take today to lengthen and enrich RWSIR's dash?
The historical significance of what has been accomplished at our organization does not guarantee us a secure future. We have to guard against focusing so much on what we have done that we lose sight of what we can do. In other words, we must acknowledge and celebrate our past, but focus our sights on the future, continually seeking and seizing opportunities. Roosevelt Institute does not have a right to success. We must earn it. And we must earn it over and over again. This is the way of business - and although we are a government agency and engaged in a
represents a distinguished past blended with growth and opportunity for the present and potential for the future. In the Old Brace Shop hangs an aerial photo of the institute probably taken in the 1950s. This photo could have easily been taken a few days ago and it would not look significantly different. Most of today's buildings are visible in the photo, along with old cars and a few unfamiliar features that have changed somewhat over the years. An aerial photo of the same space in a couple of years will look dramatically different with Blanchard Hall standing prominently in the southeast comer thanks to contributions today's stakeholders have made and their wise handling of the organization's dash . The eradication of polio forced this facility to change. Moving from a private facility to a state, government facility forced change. Reimbursement regulations have forced us to change. All of our stakeholders want what is best for RWSIR and we have demonstrated we are able and willing to make necessary changes to survive. Blanchard Hall is one of several examples of how people with vision have proactively contributed to RWSIR's future and success. What might we accomplish if we all approached our business from the perspective of leading change by reading key indicators and predicting needs before we find ourselves in positions requiring response?
I believe we could do more than survive. I believe we could thrive. The good news is that we can choose to be proactive and seek out opportunities to improve. Imagine how far this facility could go if we all spent our time seeking opportunities, focusing on improving our service...focusing on improving our dash.
How will you spend your dash today?
Our Guest Columnist Ed Friend began working for the State
of Georgia in 1988 with the Department of Transportation as a transportation enforcement officer. A third generation lawman, he married in 1994 and transferred to RWSIR, where he first served as motor transport dispatcher for the Institute's Transportation Department. He's now director of RWSIR's Housekeeping and Transportation Departments. Currently a junior majoring in business management at Columbus State University, he lives in Manchester with his wife, Tina, and his three "four-legged children" (dogs): Crash, Nopi and Oscar.
By Mike Shadix
In this election year, those of us at the Roosevelt Institute remain proud that Franklin Roosevelt chose Wum Springs as his second home. From 1924 to 1945 he made 41 visits, spending many days and nights exercising in the historic pools, relaxing from his political duties, and visiting friends and neighbors in the surrounding cities and towns. The people ofWum Springs accepted FDR as one of their own and appreciated the opportunity to know a president of the United States. The locals have always had a sense that FDR used his knowledge of them and this place in the formulation of his nationwide policies and programs.
FDR, of course, is the president that we know best, but he was not the only president or future president to walk across our West Georgia landscape. John F Kennedy visited brie!ly during his 1960 campaign for the presidency. Jimmy Caner played a key role in the state's acquisition of Wum Springs in 1974. And, more recently, Bill Clinton helped commemorate FDR's life on the 50th anniversary of his death in 1995.
JFK came to Wmn Springs during the height of his
closely fought presidential campaign against Richard ixon. The second of the famous Kennedy/Nixon
debates had taken place on Oct 7, 1960, and he !lew into Columbus early in the morning of Oct. 10 for a speech at the Little White House.
According to news reports, Kennedy's plane landed at 8:31 a.m. followed by two more airplanes filled with reporters and campaign staffers. A crowd of about 3,000 persons had gathered at the airport to greet him, the first Democratic presidential candidate to personally campaign in Georgia for many years. After a few brief remarks at the airport, Kennedy traveled by motorcade to Wum Springs where an estimated 13,000 to 15,000 spectators jammed the natural amphitheater in from of the little White House to hear the man who would become the 35th President of the United States.
The campaign rally began around 10:15 a.m. when then Georgia Governor Ernest \futdiver introduced Kennedy to an enthusiastic crowd, and the candidate spoke for 30 minutes on a variety of campaign issues. Invoking the mantle of Roosevelt for a new generation of Democrats, Kennedy called for improvements in healthcare for the elderly and
expansion of rehabilitation services for people with disabilities. He also called for the creation of at least 20 new medical schools to meet the nation's growing demand for physicians and for a system of low interest loans and fellowships to help doctors pay for their education. Kennedy also pledged his support for public/private research into the rreatment of cancer, heart disease and psychiatric diseases in hope that these efforts would emulate the success of the ational Foundation for Infantile Pmalysis.
A Kennedy administration, he told the crowd, would ensure the constitutional rights of every citizen and work to make the United States "a source of inspiration to the world ." Acknowledging the anxieties of the Cold Vvar, Kennedy envisioned a strong America living up to its responsibility to "defend freedom around the globe." By continuing the "good neighbor" policies of FDR, Kennedy hoped that the nations of the world would always be asking what America was doing around the world and be more impressed with us than the actions of ikita Khrushchev.
After the speech, Kennedy took a quick tour of the Institute before returning to his motorcade. By 12:15 p.m. he was at the LaGrange airport where another large crowd had gathered to see him off Eventually he would board a plane for another campaign stop in Columbia, S.C., and from there to victory in November by a mere 118,574 votes.
Jimmy Caner may not have set foot in Wum Springs while president of the United States, but he did play a pivotal role in the history of the Institute when he was Governor of Georgia. Caner assumed the governorship on January 12, 1971. About two years later he would be faced with the question of what to do about Wum Springs.
In February 1973, the March ofDimes decided to stop making annual contributions to the Georgia Wum Springs Foundation Hospital. Dr Robert L. Bennett, medical director at the time, told the Atlanta Constitution that the decision was reasonable. "Having cured polio, the March of Dimes went on to arthritis and birth defects ... and they feel that their money should not be used for a phase of medical care that is not in line with its current goals." In anticipation of the decision, the Foundation directors had already approached state officials with the announcement that it could no longer
operate the hospital after mid-1974. On the same day that news broke about the
March of Dimes decision, Governor Caner announced that the state was "actively" studying the possibility of a state takeover of the facility and pledged his personal involvement in the process. Caner had already consulted with local state representatives Render Hill of Greenville and Claude Bray of Manchester, and asked Richard Harden, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Human Resources, to examine the takeover issue. "The Foundation," he said, "is offering it (the hospital) to the state at no cost for the conduct by the state of any program compatible with the Foundation's historic role." Caner went on to tell the Columbus Ledger Enquirer and other newspapers that he saw the offer as an opportunity for the state to make up reductions in federal programs for persons with disabilities.
Apparently there was much public pressure for a quick decision about Wum Springs because an article appeared in the Atlanta]oumal on April 25, 1973, saying that Caner had refused to make a decision until the state had thoroughly studied all of the issues involved.
ByJuly 1, 1973, however, the decision had been made. The state would assume the operation of the hospital. A year of rransition began at that time with the state assuming ownership and complete operation of the facility on July 1, 1974. Caner and his wife Rosalynn visited the Foundation inJuly 1973 and again in August 1973 when he told the Institute family of his continuing support for its activities. "I can promise you," he said, "this center will always be maintained."
Caner participated in the formal conveyance ceremony onJuly 7, 1974. In December of that year, he announced his candidacy for the presidency. Since his term in \MJ.shington, Carter has distinguished himself around the world for his humanitarian works. In April 1995, Caner returned to Wum Springs to participate in the 50th annual commemoration of FDR's death at the Little White House. That year, the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute of Hyde Park, New York, presented its "Four Freedom's Awards" during the commemoration ceremony. Caner received the Freedom Medal. At the same time, Mary McGrory
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received the award for Freedom of Speech, Andrew Young received the award for Freedom of Worship, Lane Kirkland received the award for Freedom from Wmt, and Elliot Richardson received the award for Freedom from Fear FDR first listed his four freedoms during a speech to Congress on January 6, 1941 , saying they were the essential ingredients for peace and prosperity in the world. Carter later received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
During the 50th Anniversary commemoration ceremony, Carter and the other Four Freedom award winners shared the stage with then President Bill Clinton, the third such Commander in Chief to pass through Wmn Springs since FDR.
Clinton came to Warm Springs for the commemoration about midway through his first term. During his keynote address, Clinton praised FDR's accomplishments, but also called for a new look at the role of government at the end of the 20th Century.
"In the 50 years since Franklin Roosevelt died in this house behind me," Clinton said, "many things have happened to our country. Many wonderful things have changed life forever for Americans and have enabled Americans to change life forever for people all across our planet. This is a time when we no longer think in the terms that people thought in then, and pemaps a time when we cannot feel about each other or our leaders the way people felt then."
"My fellow Americans," he went on to say, "there is a great debate going on today about the role of government, and well there ought to be. FDR would have loved this debate. He wouldn't be here defending everything he did 50 years ago. He wouldn't be here denying the existence of the lnformation Age. Should we re-examine the role of government7 Of course, we should. Do we need big, centralized bureaucracies in the Computer Age? Often, we don't. Should we reassert the importance of the values of self-reliance and independence7 You bet we should. He never meant for anybody to become totally dependent on the government when they could do things for themselves."
Thus, Clinton invoked the mantle of Roosevelt in a very different way than Kennedy.JFK invoked FDR to get elected and to extend Roosevelt's vision to new groups of people. Clinton, on the other hand, invoked Roosevelt's openness to new ideas as way of encouraging the country to look at government in a new way without forgetting to offer a hand-up to those in need. Of the three men discussed in this article, Carter had the most effect on the lnstitute. His decision to assume operation of the lnstitute set us on the course we are on today and enabled us to continue offering a hand-up to people with disabilities.
Top Right: Then Governor and future President Jimmy Carter, his wife Rosalym1 and daughter Amy were recipients of a framed photograph presented by Georgia Rehabilitation Center student Annie Person in 1973 in appreciation of their strpport for rehabilitation and Wam1 Springs.
Middle Righ t: Fom1er President john E Kennedy and Georgia Wann Springs Fow1dation head Basil O'Connor visit with a young patient during Kennedy 's campaign stop in Wann Springs October 10, 1960. Kennedy also gave a JO-m inute speech at the Little White House.
Bottom Right: Then President Bill Clin ton poses with FDR's granddaughter Anna Eleanor Roosevelt prior to speaking at the 50th Anniversary commemoration of FDR's death on April 12, 1945,jtist outsi.de the Little White House.
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Our graceful appreciation co these individuals who have made gifts in tribute of others to benefit the programs and services of the Roosevelt lnstirute. Many families have thoughtfully designated the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund as a recipient of memorial donations in lieu of flowers. It is our sincere wish that these families take comfort from the outpouring of affection for their loved ones demonstrated by these memorial gifts.
To make an honor or memorial gift, fill out the enclosed response envelope . If you do not wish to have your name published in The Spirit, please make note of this preference. Gifts to the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund are tax deductible.
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Presidential Mr. and Mrs.]. Bruce W illiams, Jr.
Roosevelt Ors. J. Harper and Anne Gaston
Founders Georgia Power Company Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F Dougherty Mr. and Mrs. Larry McDaniel Mr. and Mrs. Erik Vonk
Georgia Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc. Couon Pickin' Fairs, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Dan iel W Bri nks Mr. Jack P Buchanan Mr. and Mrs. Lenn Chandler Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Edgar E. Chapman, Jr. Dr. and Mrs.]. Emmen Collins Mrs. Mary Jane Dunlap Rep. and Mrs. Carl Von Epps Mr. Gordon Flournoy
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THE GEORGIA HALL SOCIETY
Annual membershi ps in the Georgia Hall Society are used to supplemem a variety of needs, including purchases of medical equipment, advan ces in research and technology, fac ili ty improvemen ts, staff recruirmem and many others. The Georgia Hall Society incl udes six levels of giving, each wi th its
own specific benefi ts and privileges. For more information on membershi p, com act Dawn Freelin, annual gifts manager, at 706-655-5670 .
17th Annual Ball Slated For February 12
Make plans now to be on hand Feb. 12, 2005 for an enchanting Asian advenrure, 'J ourney To Siam ," counesy of me 17th annual Georgia Hall Society Ball.
This year's black tie gala promises to b e an exrraordinary evening. Special musical guest, Dr. Pat Sallur.alo, will provide entertainment
while guests socialize and peruse me large array of silent auction items.on display An exotic gourmet dinner fo llows, with just a hint of Asian cuisine. Following me excitement of me live auction , 14 Karat Gold ,
a top-notch Motown band , will provide plen ty of musical inspiration.
The Ball provides a special opportunity to thank loyal donors, me Georgia Hall Society, who suppon me lnstirute's mission to "empower individuals with disabilities to achieve personal independence.,,
"We have high expectations. This will be me best Georgia Hall Society Ball ever - an elegant evening mat will be remembered by all who auend,"
said ball chair Phyllis Oxendine. "I hope as many as possible will join us for a fun and exotic evening, and suppon a wonhy and important cause. " All proceeds from me event benefit the programs and services of me Roosevelt Vvarm Springs lnstirute for Rehabilitation. For information on me
Georgia Hall Society Ball or to request an invitation, call me Development Office at 706-655-5666 or send a fax to 706-655-5673. - awn Free/in
Honorary Chairs Coach Vmce Dooley and Mrs. Barbara Dooley Ball Chairs Senior judge James Oxendine and Mrs. Phyllis Oxendine
Sponsorship Chair Mr. Vvayne Reece Auction Chairs Mr. Jim Dykes and Mrs. Gwendolyn Dykes
Harris Brings 30 Years of Fundraising Experience to Development Post
Meet Our New Director
On October 1, 2004, Kenneth R. Harris, Sr.,
joined the development team at the Roosevelt
Institute as Director of Development. Coming
to Warm Springs with more than 30 years of
fundraising success, Ken has led the development
efforts of nationally recognized nonprofits, including
15 years with the United egro College Fund and
concurrent development of the Arthur Ashe Tennis
Tournament. He has also provided critical direction
to colleges and smaller charities, most recently as a
consultant based in the Atlanta area.
A veteran of numerous multi-million-dollar
campaigns, his experience includes strategic
planning, fiscal planning and management,
campaign design, major gifts, planned giving,
donor cultivation, team development, board
management, public relations, marketing and
development of publications.
A native of Tucson, Arizona, and raised in ew
York City, Ken received his secondary education at
the St. Emma Military Academy in Powhauan,
Virginia, followed by a stint as a math major at the
City College of ew York, and continuing education
with the American Management Association.
Why would he wish to trade in the city lights
for rural Warm Springs? "I have a passion for the
advancement of the rights of all disabled people, to
have access to rehabilitative services and the dignity
of a quality life," he explains. In addition, he has
been an active volunteer in the disability community
for nearly a decade, including participation as a
parent trainer in a program known as "Project
DOCC," which requires all of Emory Medical
School and Hospital's second-year medical students,
interns and residents doing pediatric rotations to
spend six hours with the parents of special needs
children. He also appears bi-annually as a presenter
at Emory Medical School Grand Rounds and
speaks at disability conferences and workshops
throughout the region.
Ken and his wife, Deborah , live in College
Park, Ga., with their eleven-year-old son, Sterling.
He is also the grandfather of a one-year-old boy
and four-year-old girl of his oldest son and
daughter-in-law.
-By Jacqueline Davis
If you live in West Central Georgia, Warm Springs is probably less than 45 minutes away, but chances are you don't have to drive even that far to experience outpatient rehabilitation ... Roosevelt Style.
Comprehensive treatment with a variety of diagnoses and individualized therapy with the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation is also available in LaGrange (706-845-7002), Newnan (770-252-4799) and Griffin (770-233-9922). In Warm Springs, call 706 -6 5 5 - 5 7 3 8 .
Contact any of our Outpatient Clinics for more information about our extensive outpatient services.
Examples of services offered and diagnoses treated include, but are not limited to, the following:
Sports Rehabilitation Wound Care Foot Care Ligamentous Deficiencies Sprains/Strains Chrondromalacia of Patella Arthritis Spinal Cord Injury DegenerativeJoint Disease Patella Femoral Syndrome Sciatica Rotator Cuff Syndrome Joint Instability Dysfunctions of the Spine Child Development Conditions Hemiplegia
Pain Syndromes Plantar Facitis Tendonitis Fractures Carpal Tunnel Joint Contractures Cerebral Palsy Amputation Nerve Lesions Muscle Spasm Meniscus Tears Epicondylitis Bursitis Scleraderma Radiculitis Frozen Shoulder
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West Central Georgia's Premier Black-Tie Affair Held annually in Historic Georgia Hall at the Roosevelt Institute in Warm Springs, Georgia, the Georgia
Society Ball has become one of West Central Georgia's premier social events. Hosted by the Roosevelt Wann Springs Development Fund, the yearly gala attracts 400 guests each February
from all across the state of Georgia, with proceeds benefiting the programs and services of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation.
Elaborate decorations, gourmet food, great music and exciting live and silent auctions are all ingredients for what has become one of the most popular black-tie affairs to be found
The GHS Ball honors the loyal group of donors that supports our programs arid services year after year-mernbers of the Georgia Hall Society. For Georgia Hall Society membership and benefit information or ball sponsorship opportunities, contact the Development Office at 706.655.5670. Invitations may be requested at 706.655.5666.
For more information on the GHS Ball or the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund, e-mail Dawn Freelin at dawn.freelin@dol.state.ga.us or visit the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation website at www.roosevelrrehab.org
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