Good Samaritan Volunteer Bob Hill shows Sheila Anderson how a safety grab bar is installed on her bathroom shower wall.
(Le Mars) — Volunteers assisting with the Good Samaritan Society of Le Mars are today (Saturday) installing safety features in 50 different seniors homes around Le Mars in order to make their lives easier. The project is all part of “Founders Day” for the nursing care facility. Darci Athens serves as the Resource Director with the Good Samaritan Society.
Athens says 18 people are assisting with the installation of the safety grab bars. She says the safety grab bars have suction cups to help attach to any flat surface, not having to drill holes in the senior’s home.
Students from Gehlen Catholic and Le Mars Community assisted with the installation of safety bars within seniors homes.
The Good Samaritan Society official say the main idea behind Founders Day is to get around the community and help seniors.
Sheila Anderson is a Le Mars senior citizen who had a safey grab bar installed in her bathroom.
Anderson says she has a special connection with the Good Samaritan Society ever since her late husband was a resident of the nursing care following his debilitating stroke.
Anderson says she is grateful for the Good Samaritan Society of Le Mars, and the many volunteers, for having the outreach program to assist seniors.
