Selby rallies in attempt to keep nursing home and its 45 residents, 50 employees
Aberdeen American NewsOct 10, 2018
That's why the town is rallying in an attempt to keep its nursing home.
The Good Samaritan Center has 45 residents and employs 50 people.
That's one-fourth of the workforce in town, said
"(The nursing home has) been in our town a long time," he said.
Preventing the job losses alone is an incentive, but there are a lot of local people who live in the home, Biel said.
"It would be catastrophic to move those residents at this stage in their lives. We don't want people to have to move, so we gotta try (to keep it open)," he said.
While the
"When there are significant challenges we look at alternatives," he said.
Discussions are ongoing in
"What's significant about this relationship is that if we're successful in gaining approval from the city it will ensure sustainable operations for those that we are care for," he said. "And that's been our mission all along ... We believe
When Biel and a few other concerned citizens first heard of the potential closure, they decided something had to be done.
"We had a choice to let it go or try to form a nonprofit and make a go of it," he said.
There were about 450 people at a
"It's a good facility that we're proud of, and we'd like to keep it for our town," he said.
That means raising
Two fundraisers have already been scheduled.
A prime rib meal with both a silent and live auction is planned for
There are a few other things in the works, Biel said, but nothing else set in stone.
"We've been getting some money in already, as we needed money to start," he said.
There is also a bank account set up at BankWest in
"It's the way the industry is, the way business works, the way small towns are going," he said. "But we're going to try to save ours, and we will."
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