Donors' Corner
Changing
Lives is happy to include in this issue a few of LSS' many donors who have
been recognized recently for their contributions to the community as well
as to LSS.
Dayton
Soby Receives Alumni Achievement Award at
Concordia
Dayton Soby, long-time LSS board member, was given one of four 2005
Alumni Achievement Awards from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. In
addition to his work with LSS, Dayton chaired the Fairview Southdale
Hospital Board of Trustees, and served on the boards of Fairview Health
System and the Luther Seminary Board of Trustees. He was a three-term
president of Calvary Lutheran Church in Golden Valley. He has also been a
consultant to the Lutheran World Federation and Lutheran World Relief.
Tributes to
Dayton were many and impressive: "A man who can be trusted with anything,"
"Always willing to spend himself for the public good," "The truth of the
matter is, there are only a few Dayton Sobys."
In an
interview at Concordia Homecoming, Dayton said: "Concordia prepared us to
go out and do. The college has a good understanding of the doctrine of
vocation. Concordia, like my family, believes in service and that's how we
were nurtured."
Dayton
graduated summa cum laude from Concordia in 1961, and earned a law degree
from the University of Michigan Law School. He is associated with the
Rider Bennett Law Firm in Minneapolis.
Tim
Pawlenty Appoints Kris Sanda, Chair of the LSS
Foundation, to the Metropolitan Council
Kris Sanda is a well-known Republican, having served as director of
the Office of Consumer Services under Gov. Al Quie, and as commissioner of
the Department of Public Services under Gov. Arne Carlson. Currently, Kris
serves as a member of the state's Board of Medical Practice. In making the
appointment, Gov. Pawlenty said that Kris "is the kind of person who is
not afraid to ask tough questions and push for cost-effective solutions to
difficult problems."
When asked
why she supports the work of LSS, Kris had these comments:
"Lutheran
Social Service is important to our family because it is a vital part of
our heritage. In the 1930's, my uncles, Ebenhard and Stanton Gandrud of
rural Detroit Lakes, Minn., worked with the dairy herds and with the
youngsters at the Lake Park-Wild Rice Children's home in northwestern
Minnesota.
"When I was
growing up in Detroit Lakes, Minn. in the 1950's, my uncles would often
speak, glowingly, about the daily interaction between the children at 'the
Home' and the Holstein cows in the huge dairy barn. Teaching children to
feed and care for animals and assisting in the twice-a-day milking chores
was important to instill good work ethics and the joy of doing small
things well.
"That was an
exciting lesson for me. We have always believed LSS is all about doing
important things with people of all ages and in all situations. We're
happy to help!"
Bea
Ojakangas tops silent auction
in Duluth
When Ann Hockman, of Duluth, was organizing the annual silent auction
to raise money for the LSS Crisis Nursery in Duluth, she approached
internationally-known food writer, Bea Ojakangas, about being part of the
auction in August. Bea offered for auction: a Danish pastry-making
demonstration and a Scandinavian dessert bar at the elegant and historical
Kitchi Gammi Club, on Lake Superior, in Duluth. The whole package included
a "Scandinavian Coffee Table" (four separate coffees with different breads
and sweet desserts to accompany each). The item was "hot' on the auction
floor, with a winning bid of $125 and 31 eager buyers. In addition,
Ojakangas sold cookbooks that night and donated the proceeds to LSS.
Thanks to Bea Ojakangas and those who purchased the evening at the Kitchi
Gammi Club, and for raising almost $4,000 for the Crisis Nursery on this
one item alone. Ann Hockman reported that, overall, $21,000 was raised at
the auction.
