2020 Annual Report

Wybe & Marietje Krontje Heritage Society A Legacy to Remember

One of the special things about working for the Warm Hearth Foundation is hav- ing the opportunity to help donors achieve their philanthropic goals. Our con- versations often focus on the impact donors want to make on their community. Many of our supporters call Warm Hearth Village home, and as residents want to see the legacy of our founders Wybe and Marietje Kroontje continue while leav- ing their own mark on the community that has provided them with friendships, joy, and security through their later years. This year, the Warm Hearth Foundation said goodbye to several long-term do- nors that will long be remembered in our community for the impact they had on the lives of those around them thanks to their generous gifts of support through their estate planning.

Jacqueline “Jackie” Byrd , moved with her husband Roland to Warm Hearth Village in 2011. Jackie genuinely enjoyed her nine years as a resident until her passing in December 2019. She loved the natural beauty of the Warm Hearth Village campus and spending time with her children, grandchildren and friends in her townhome at Woodside Terrace. Jackie served as a leader on the Founders Forest Resident Council for four years and was a volunteer with the Warm Hearth Foundation’s Micah’s Program. As a volunteer, Jackie saw the needs of seniors on our campus and the impact of the Foundation programs serving those in need. As a result, Jackie’s focus as a donor was on helping neighbors in need on our campus. Her daughter Debbie shared that, “the Warm Hearth Foundation was at the top of her list of organizations for charitable giving, especially the Neighbors in Need fund.” Jackie’s generous bequest gift has made an impact on the lives of seniors in need on our campus in the form of basic necessities including food, personal care items and health care.