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• St. Ann’s Adult Day Care established in 1983.
• St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care opened in 1999.
• St. Ann Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, community-based facility

• Over 60,000 square feet in two locations.
• An annual budget of over $5 million.
• We serve over 200 children, older adults, and people with disabilities each day.
• We have a caring, licensed, professional staff of over 130.
• 460 student and community volunteers provided over 19,000 hours of service in 2008.

• Pre-school (6 weeks to age 4)
• Before-and-After School (school age children)
• Summer Camp (school age children)
• Buddy Program (mentoring program for 12 to 15 year olds)
• Swim / Aquatic classes

• Day services for older adults and adults with dementia or other disabilities.
• Outpatient Rehabilitation (occupational, physical, speech, and restorative therapies).
• Skilled nursing care.
• Whirlpool baths.
• Aquatics program in our warm-water pool.
• Hair and nail care.
• Art, music, and massage therapy.
• Overnight respite care.

• Whirlpool baths.
• Aquatics.
• Rehabilitation.
• Hair and nail care.
• Massage.
• Psychotherapy.

• First Place Service to Seniors Award from the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (May 2001) for sponsoring the Milwaukee Community Service Bank, which makes donated goods and services available to Milwaukee County residents on a waiting list for government services.

• Intergenerational Shared Site Best Practices Award from Generations United in Washington, D.C. in 2008 and 2009.

• Model Project Award from the White House Conference on Aging in 1995.

• Torch Award for Business Ethics (runner up) from Wisconsin Better Business Bureau (2007)

• St. Ann Center: One of the 12 Best of the Great Lakes Region in Aging from Grantmakers in Aging (2006).

• St. Francis Citizen of the Year Award from St. Francis Association of Commerce (2009).
• William C. Frye Civic Leadership Award from The Greater Milwaukee Foundation (2008).
• Platinum Award from Mature Worker Committee of Greater Milwaukee & Interfaith Older Adult Programs (2007)
• Advocacy for People in Need from the Wisconsin Alliance of Retired Americans (2006).
• Women of Influence Award for Non-Profit Leadership from the Milwaukee Business Journal (2003).
• Ageless Heroes Award for Intergenerational Advocacy from the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups (2002).

• Faithful Citizenship Award from the Christian Stewardship Foundation (Oct 2005)
• Milwaukee County Senior Citizen Hall of Fame (May 2009)
• Maggie Cary’s volunteer service was featured on Milwaukee Public Radio WUWM (Dec 2008)

• The Milwaukee Business Journal featured our CFO, John Glaser, as CFO of the Year in the Nonprofit category (Oct 2009).
• The New York Times featured St. Ann Center as “one of the few dedicated overnight respite facilities” in the nation in a 1600 word article (8-19-08).
• U.S. Catholic magazine gave profiled St. Ann Center’s intergenerational programming (Oct 2007).
• Milwaukee Magazine rated St. Ann Center as “one of the 20 best places to work” in Milwaukee in 2002.
• St. Ann Center president, Sr. Edna Lonergan, OSF, was featured in the Milwaukee Journal as one of the “People Who Shaped Our Lives from 1900—2000” on December 27, 1998 along with Frank Lloyd Wright, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, and Melvin Laird.

• $61 per day for adult day services (8-10 hours per day).
• $19 per hour for home health aides ($152 for 8 hours).
• $137 per day for nursing home care ($50,000 per year).
• The average adult day center care recipient to staff ratio is 6:1. (St. Ann Center ratio is 4:1.)

• Wisconsin Adult Day Care Certification
• Wisconsin Child Day Care License
• Medicare / Medicaid Rehabilitation Facility