president's note steven r. jones
The Baptist Home is thankful for individual and church donors who have made this ministry possible for 97 years. Milford and Mary Riggs founded The Home in 1913 when they began taking residents into a rented house at Ironton in the Arcadia Valley.
The ministry has grown to three continuum of care campuses, offering independent living, assisted living and nursing care services at Arcadia Valley, Chillicothe and Ozark, and a senior adult ministries educational resource to churches and individuals. Recent changes in its admissions policy have opened the doors for residency to Baptists in nearby states, as well as those in Missouri from churches of like faith and practice.
As part of its global outreach, The Baptist Home is helping Belarusian Baptists start a home for their elderly at Kobrin Camp in Belarus. As a mission project, trustees authorized a $500,000 campaign to raise funds for the Baptist House of Mercy. Construction is over 90 percent complete and a dedication is planned in June 2010 at Kobrin.
The Home is moving ahead on the home front also. The Chillicothe campus, now in its 22nd year, has its own auxiliary of volunteers to help residents at The Home. The new auxiliary is indebted to the well-established women's auxiliary at the Ozark campus for helping them get started.
On the Ozark campus, a sixth new three bedroom duplex patio home was completed and occupied under a return of equity agreement. The main facility also received a much needed new roof---metal with a composite overlay which should be hail resistant and last for a long time.
At Arcadia Valley, the completion of the new atrium and kitchen on the first floor enabled The Home to offer a new restaurant style breakfast to residents who have the option of coming to breakfast anytime between 6:30 and 9:00 and selecting from a wide range of breakfast offerings. It has been extremely popular with the residents.
Even though major capital projects have been put on hold because of the economy, master plans are in place for all three campuses so that future remodeling and expansion can proceed according to a set plan and in a timely manner.
The Baptist Home provided approximately $1.8 million in benevolent care to residents on all three campuses in 2009. In long-standing tradition, The Home does not receive government funds for room and care which permits The Home to minister in a Christ-like manner and according to historic values.
Financially, The Home has suffered along with church affiliated and non profit agencies during the drastic downturn in the economy. The Home has not been forced to lay off employees or resort to any other drastic measures as a result of the downturn.
On behalf of all our residents and all of us at The Baptist Home, I thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Steven R. Jones
President
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