Ecumen Century Club: Happy 100th Birthday Helen Berger

Ecumen honors Helen Berger, a resident of Ecumen Le Center, who is 100.

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Local Newspaper Profiles Ecumen Le Center Housing Director Mandy Filter, Citing Her Leadership, Innovation and Caring Spirit

Mandy Filter, Housing Director at Ecumen Le Center, was recently profiled by the Le Center Leader’s Dana Melius, who writes that she is “passionate about her job, her work, her co-workers, her residents.  It resonates in her voice, her smile.”

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Sweet Pea, the Ecumen Le Center Hospice Cat, Gains Notoriety in Mankato Magazine Article

Back in January on the Changing Aging Blog, we told the fanciful story of Sweet Pea, a feral cat adopted by Ecumen Le Center in Le Center, Minn., who always seems to know when someone is ready to depart or needs special comfort.

Word of Sweet Pea’s exceptional sixth sense has spread to the surrounding area. In its May issue, the Mankato Free Press’s Mankato Magazine carries a touching profile of Sweet Pea by writer Leticia Gonzales, who gracefully tells the story of the cat who helps people in their time of greatest need.