Author: Ryan Winiarski

It’s More Than Just a Job – It’s an Opportunity to be Part of a Family

“The residents treat me like a kid because I’m only 63-years-old!” said Diane Ringo, laughing. Diane is a direct care provider through Caring Hearts Home Care at The Thome Rivertown Neighborhood. She began working there about three months ago, and it is her first experience working with seniors. Working part-time, Diane spends her day with Joyce […]

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Better than IKEA

IKEA makes beautiful, cost-effective furniture—almost everyone can agree to that. But the instructions of how to put their furniture together? Questionable. What if you could still have the beautiful furniture, but it was made with the love and care of your grandpa, and the directions were clearly marked and had real instructions with them? Gordon […]

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Jill of All Trades

Renovator, genealogist, designer, entrepreneur, businesswoman, artist, sister, mother—this woman does it all. Connie Pickering Stover moved from Arizona to Chelsea in the fall of 2015 after her husband passed away. “We enjoyed a beautiful 30 years together, but I knew I would have a life after him, so I started planning,” said Connie. “Soon after […]

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Practice What You Preach

“I have a heart for the community and serving people. That’ s why I chose to work at UMRC,” said Wendy Lato, Human Resources Manager and Benefit Administrator. Wendy loves making a difference and intentionally focuses her skills and time to build strong communities. As an Associate Minister at Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, Committee […]

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In Sickness and In Health

He was a Vietnam War veteran who loved John Wayne movies and could fix anything. She, a sassy Ohioan who worked at the University of Michigan and had more positivity than Pollyanna. Their first date was spent talking and laughing for five hours. Marrying later in life, Donald and Sharon had both experienced pain and […]

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