December 2018 Newsletter

‌ Welcome Timothy Weir, Aurora's New Executive Director On behalf of Aurora's Staff and Board of Directors, we would like to welcome Timothy to the team! Timothy will begin his new role on January 7, 2019, succeeding Aurora Program Director Susan Steinkamp, who has served as Interim Executive Director since October 2018.   Weir has been an active contributor to the Evansville community since relocating from Detroit in 2011.  In addition to managing Accuride’s local community engagement and philanthropic efforts, he has led several community initiatives as a volunteer, including three years as co-director of the Commission on Homelessness for Evansville and Vanderburgh County (2015-2018). He was appointed to the Commission role in May 2015 by Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke.  Weir was recognized by Leadership Evansville as the 2017 recipient of the Winternheimer/LaMar Award for Public Service and was named Homeless Advocate of the Year in 2016 by Aurora.

Adopt-A-Client A record 126 households and/or individuals received gifts from 77 donors this year! A huge thank you to those donors and to Aurora's Rose Duran for coordinating this program.

Happy Retirement Luanne! Aurora's Finance and Operations Director, Luanne Johns, will retire at the end of the year. She will be greatly missed!! Luanne has been with Aurora for 8 years. She said , "When I started 8 years ago, the agency had a smaller staff and budget with fewer programs. Over the years programs were added that integrated well with the mission to end homelessness in the community." Luanne is looking forward to having time to relax and travel to visit family and friends. She has several home improvement projects she plans on working on as well.

Merry Christmas From all of us here at Aurora, have a safe and blessed Christmas and New Year's.