Celebrates 40 Years of

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• Celebrates 40 Years of
• Serving Those in Need

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40 Years Ago...
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1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964

• In 1964...
• President Johnson won an easy victory over
  Senator Goldwater.
• The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show,
  introducing their sound and style to millions of
  American teenagers.

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. became the second
  African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
• The United States Surgeon General issued a report
  in which it was reported that cigarette smoking
  posed a clear health danger to smokers.

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In the beginning In the beginning In the
beginning

• During the Christmas season of 1958, an informal
  holiday program was started by hospital staff and
  religious personnel in response to poor families
  who sought assistance by knocking at the kitchen
  door of Providence Seattle Medical Center.
• Sister Mary Regina Bomber, a Sister of
  Providence, began collecting food, clothing and
  toys and storing them in a room near the kitchen
  hospital.

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1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963

• In January 1963, Sister Mary Regina was appointed
  director of the Mother Emilie Gamelin Department,
  dedicated to giving aid to any person in need on
  a year-round basis.
• March 25th marked the official opening of the
  department at Providence Hospital.

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1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964

• Upon its creation, the Mother Emilie Gamelin
  Department moved into a more spacious facility, a
  two-story house on Cherry Street that became
  known almost exclusively as The Pink House.
• Less than a year later in 1964, the Pink House
  was sold and Sister Mary Regina moved into the
  The White House located at 1814 E. Jefferson
  St.

Interesting note Forty years later, Stephanie
Myers became the manager of Regina House while
living in a townhouse, built sometime in the late
1970s, at the exact same address as The White
House.
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1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970

• Funds were raised from the Providence Employees
  Bazaar and the Pennies From Heaven Fund organized
  by Sister Mary Regina in which people donated a
  penny for each year of their life.
• In 1970, the revenue only totaled 680 and
  expenses were less than 1700. However, Sister
  Regina was still able to help hundreds of
  families.

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30 years ago
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1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974

• In 1974...
• Gerald Ford assumed office as president following
  the Watergate Investigation of then-President
  Richard Nixon.
• The first class postage stamp increased to
  ________.

10 cents

• The NFLs Seattle Seahawks became a franchise in
  1974, taking the field for its first season in
  1976.
• Happy Days began an 11-year run on ABC.
• Expo 74, the Worlds Fair, was held in Spokane.

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1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974
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1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977
In 1977, the ministry moved houses once again, to
559 19th Avenue, where it would remain for the
next 14 years.
Sister Mary Regina was awarded The Seattle Times
Humanity Award.
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1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982
In 1982, Providence Archives references the
House of Poor for the first time in an article
titled House of Poor Burglarized. On January
16th, the house was broken into and everything of
value was stolen, including Sister Reginas
personal items.
On January 27th, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
reported the story and the following day, more
than 3,000 in cash and checks arrived at the
House of the Poor.
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20 Years Ago
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1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984

• In 1984.
• President Ronald Reagan was in office.
• Baby Fae got a heart transplant from a baboon
  and lived 21 days.

• Six-year-old Texan Stormie Jones received the
  first heart liver transplant.
• Apple Computer unveiled the Macintosh personal
  computer.
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar broke Wilt Chamberlains
  all-time career scoring record.

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1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984
On September 18th, 1984, Sister Mary Regina,
often hailed as waging a one woman war against
poverty, died from injuries sustained when she
was hit by a car one block from her home.
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1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984

• On November 1st, Sister Beatrice LaFramboise
  was appointed the new director.

• On December 6th, the house at 559 19th Avenue
  was blessed and renamed Providence Regina House.

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1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985
One of Sister Beas most significant memories
happened only a few weeks after she began.
She fondly remembers the Husky Apple Cup Food
Drive when an army truck completely full of food
arrived at Regina House and everything needed to
be unloaded and sorted. This partnership
continues to this day.
Under Sister Beas direction the programs of
Regina House expanded to include an
Adopt-a-Family holiday program, homebound
deliveries to seniors and people living with AIDS
and services specific to helping children and
infants.
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1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989

• In September 1989, Sister Judy Johnson, a Sister
  of St. Josephs of Peace, became the Associate
  Director of Providence Regina House.
• One year later, Sister Judy became the Director
  when Sister Bea left for a year long sabbatical
  and then became the new Formation/Vocation
  Director for the Sisters of Providence of Sacred
  Heart Province.

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1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991
In May 1991, Providence Regina House moved out of
the house on 19th Avenue and back to the
Providence Seattle Medical Center, where the
ministry began.
In December, Sue Emery, formerly a volunteer,
became the Food Bank Coordinator.
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10 Years Ago
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1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994

• In 1994
• Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked by Tonya
  Hardings bodyguard, Jeff Gillooly.
• The Brady Bill, imposing a wait period to buy a
  hand gun, went into effect.

• The OJ Simpson trial is conducted, following the
  murders of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman.
• Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks, won best
  picture at the Academy Awards.

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2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
In July 2000, an alliance was formed between
Providence Health System Washington Region and
Swedish Medical Center. Although it was located
on the Swedish Campus, Regina House continued as
a Providence ministry. At the request of John
Koster, who was Senior VP and Chief Medical
Officer of the Washington Region at the time,
Sister Susanne Hartung assumed oversight of
Providence Regina House as part of the Washington
Regions Office of Mission and Ethics.
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2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001
In June 2001, Sister Judy retired after many
years of developing strong and long-lasting
relationships with volunteers and community
members. Her favorite memory is
To better understand how the many homebound
seniors he visited and delivered food to on a
weekly basis saw the world, a student volunteer
from Odea High School decided to confine himself
to a wheelchair for a day and go downtown on the
metro bus. He said that people treated him
differently than he was used to, that instead of
talking to him, they just looked away.
For Judy, this story is a reminder of what we
strive for in our ministry-to not look away, but
to open our door to the hungry, or homeless, or
hurting person and to see the world as they see
it so that we may know how to best serve them.
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2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002

• Sue Emery served as interim manager until October
  2002 when Dave Franklin was hired as manager.
• During Sues many years of service, she brought
  her passion for childrens safety to hundreds of
  families at Regina House by providing free child
  car seat checks.

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2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002
In October, Dave Franklin was hired as the
manager. Daves favorite memory is...
In early 2002, a father of four showed up at
Regina House after recently moving from Portland
to take a job as a baker. When he arrived in
Seattle, he learned the job was no longer
available and he had no immediate income. That
day he received several bags of groceries from
Regina House and came back one more time for
food. Three weeks later, he brought bags of
freshly baked bread and other treats he had baked
at a new job he had found. He said that he wanted
to give back and replace what his family had been
given.
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2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002
In July 2002, a new Advisory Board was formed
under the direction of Sister Susanne.
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2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002
In August 2002, Lisa McAlister became the Regina
House manager.
One of Lisas favorite memories is of visiting
the Providence Archives and discovering all of
the old photos and stories of Sister Regina. This
experience helped her realize just how important
the ministry was to the Central Area and how long
Regina House had been serving people. While Lisa
never met Sister Regina, she found that the
stories of her incredible life made her feel as
though she did. Lisa also felt touched to be a
part of the work Sister Regina began.
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2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003

• After learning that the building Regina House was
  currently housed in was scheduled for demolition
  in June 2003, Lisa began to do extensive research
  to find a new location.
• On May 15th, 2003, Regina House closed its doors
  at the hospital and faced an uncertain future.
  However, it was soon decided that the South Park
  neighborhood would become Regina Houses new
  home. There were many unmet needs in the South
  Park area, where the local food bank had been
  closed for over six years.

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2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003
In October 2003, Stephanie Myers became the
manager of Regina House after Lisa retired from
the position to stay home with her newborn
daughter, Grace.
On November 22nd, Providence Regina House
re-opened its doors to serve the people of the
South Park community.
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2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004
Since opening in South Park

• Approximately 600 families have visited Regina
  House at least once.

• Nearly 4000 requests for food have been met.

• An average of 100 families visit the food and
  clothing bank every week. 42 of those served
  are children under the age of 18.

• Nearly 100 families received food and gift
  baskets through the holiday Adopt-a-Family
  program.

• 180 volunteers have contributed more than 2000
  hours of their time.

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• Celebrates 40 Years of
• Serving Those in Need