Lucille Salhoff is the WCA Home’s Resident of the Month for February. Lou, as she likes to be called, became a resident of WCA Home in September of 2012.
Lou was born and raised in Fredonia and has spent most of her life in the area. She graduated from Fredonia Central School, with her first job being at the Laona Red and White Grocery. Lou is a lifelong member of the Laona United Methodist Church and enjoyed being very active in her church.
Lou smiles when she talks about her family. She has a son who lives in Florida and a daughter who lives in Fredonia. Lou also has two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
For many years until retirement, Lou worked for Interstate United which was responsible to provide workforce for local school lunch programs in our area. Lou worked on an as needed basis for mainly the Fredonia and Brocton school cafeterias. She would go in early in the morning to assist with lunch preparation, assist in serving the meal or be cashier for the lunch room students. Lou says that she really loved working with the children and never looked at her job as work. “The children would make my day”.
It was September of 2012 that Lou moved into the WCA Home and she readily tells you that she has made a lot of new friends and she goes on to say that it is a lovely place to live. She loves to be active and is involved in most outings and can usually be found in the activities room doing daily exercises, having a snack, working on a project or – doing something she has really taken charge of and that is washing dishes used in the activities room.
Lou is a welcomed addition to our Home.
Sally Hafner is WCA Home’s Employee of the Month for February.
Sally grew up in the Forestville area and graduated from Forestville Central School. After graduation, Sally took several computer classes at JCC North and earned a Certificate in Early Childhood Development. As a single mom, Sally raised her son and daughter alone and says that she has always worked at different jobs involving people and food.
Working in different jobs within the food industry for almost 20 years, Sally’s dream has been to someday attend a culinary arts school and open her own restaurant. Sally also enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, walking, swimming, bike riding and spending time with her cats.
Sally started working at WCA Home in May of 2012 as a part time kitchen aide but now is full time and works in activities and transportation.
Sally says she loves working at WCA Home and thinks everyone here is “wonderful”. Sally’s energy and thoughtfulness shows every day as she is so involved with every resident with a “can do” attitude and warm personality.
Looking to the future, Sally hopes to visit Oklahoma for a 3rd time later this year.
Congratulations, Sally, and thank you for all you do.