Thief River Care Center

11/27/2025

Turkey GOBBLE contest was won by Marky today! Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

11/27/2025

Thanksgiving started with a Bellabot wishing Linda a Happy Birthday! Then a turkey shoot, Thanksgiving parade and topped off with a great Thanksgiving meal. Lots of smiles & FULL Bellies!!

11/26/2025

Our auction is officially LIVE! 🎉
When you browse and bid, you’re doing more than shopping—you’re helping keep quality care alive in our rural communities.

✨ Every dollar raised goes right back into supporting our residents and the individuals we serve, ensuring they receive the care, comfort, and connection they deserve close to home. ✨

Your support helps us protect and uplift the small-town care centers that mean so much to so many.
Thank you for being part of this important work. ❤️

11/25/2025

This month's Resident Spotlight was on Douglass Steiger. Born 6 miles west of St. Hilaire in 1933, Doug lived on his family farm for 50 years before moving into Thief River Falls. A fount of stories, Douglass told us about find the skeleton of an airplane when he was about 16 or so and how he and a friend covered it in oilcloth and attached it to the back of a car to make it into a glider. Not only were the directions reversed on the stick, but the boys forgot a very important nut on a wing...at one point, Douglass tried to go back down to the ground, but went up and lifted the back wheels of the car off of the ground. The missing nut ended up sending the whole plane spinning like a propeller and sent Doug crashing into a ditch; miraculously, he walked away without a scratch. In true teenaged boy fashion, Doug and his friend had the hilarious idea to cover the plane debris in a bottle of ketchup to prank the neighbor whose ditch it was in.

While there were some stories about the Steiger legacy, this evening was more focused on Doug's personal life. Doug shared that one of his biggest regrets is that he "always thought [he] was too busy" and turned down various travel opportunities throughout his life. He shared fun memories of driving his goat, Flossy, around his front yard with a cart and harness while his sister pushed her cat, Honey Darling, around in her buggy. After losing his first wife to Huntington's, Doug was lucky enough to find his wife of 35+ years, Kay. Interestingly, both of Doug's wives have the same name, are blonde-haired and blue-eyed Norwegians, both were teachers, and both of their mothers had the same name. The whole room agreed that this means they were meant to be together. When asked what the secret to their long marriage is, Kay said the "best ingredients in a good marriage are kindness and respect" and Doug said he was lucky enough to find two good women who have treated him well. An incredibly shy child and young adult, Doug was forced out of said shyness by the nature of being a businessman once the Steiger brand really took off. Between making memories with his family, traveling all over the world for work (his favorite is the Germany/Austria area), and being a force in the tractor world, Douglass Steiger has led a very interesting life; but he remains the same kind, unassuming soul he seems to have been his entire life, always ready with a story and a smile.

Thank you, Doug and Kay, for sharing with us this month.

11/20/2025

Mark your calendars!!

11/20/2025

Inviting all children to come and share some Christmas time with or residents! Collecting food shelf items and a fun afternoon of games crafts & stories.......

11/20/2025

Help keep quality care close to home- Support Thief River Care Center today!~ Your generosity makes all the difference.

Today is Give to the Max Day — and it’s also Rural Health Day.
Both remind us of something Minnesotans understand deeply: care close to home matters.

Across the state — in small towns, farming communities, and our larger cities — thousands of seniors and adults with disabilities rely on local nonprofit care centers like ours. And what many people don’t realize is this:

👉 We are a nonprofit organization.
👉 Every single one of our care centers is nonprofit.
👉 We help keep quality care close to home.

For more than 60 years, our mission has been to provide dignity, joy, safety, and connection for those who depend on us. Families count on us. Communities trust us. And when care has been at risk in Minnesota, we’ve stepped in to keep it local.

But continuing this work takes all of us.
And today, your support matters more than ever.

➡️ Give now at SFHS.org/foundation
➡️ Share this post to help us reach more Minnesotans
➡️ Follow our page to grow this movement

Every dollar stays right here in Minnesota.
Every gift strengthens care.
And together, we can protect the promise of care for generations to come. 💛

11/20/2025

Our rural communities rely on you. Give today and help us continue providing compassionate, local care in Thief River Falls! 💙

Today is Give to the Max Day — and it’s also Rural Health Day.
Both remind us of something Minnesotans understand deeply: care close to home matters.

Across the state — in small towns, farming communities, and our larger cities — thousands of seniors and adults with disabilities rely on local nonprofit care centers like ours. And what many people don’t realize is this:

👉 We are a nonprofit organization.
👉 Every single one of our care centers is nonprofit.
👉 We help keep quality care close to home.

For more than 60 years, our mission has been to provide dignity, joy, safety, and connection for those who depend on us. Families count on us. Communities trust us. And when care has been at risk in Minnesota, we’ve stepped in to keep it local.

But continuing this work takes all of us.
And today, your support matters more than ever.

➡️ Give now at SFHS.org/foundation
➡️ Share this post to help us reach more Minnesotans
➡️ Follow our page to grow this movement

Every dollar stays right here in Minnesota.
Every gift strengthens care.
And together, we can protect the promise of care for generations to come. 💛

11/20/2025

We are proud to be Thief River Falls’ non-profit care center. We need your support more than ever. Please follow along and consider making a donation if you can.

In towns all across Minnesota, one thing has always mattered most: taking care of our own.

For more than 60 years, our nonprofit care communities have been places where people find safety, joy, dignity, and connection — close to home and close to the people they love.

But here’s the reality we’re facing:
👉 Rural care is disappearing.
👉 Families are losing the option to keep parents, grandparents, neighbors, and friends close.
👉 Many don’t realize how many small-town care centers have closed in the last few years.

A few weeks ago, we introduced our new foundation — built on the 60-year legacy of nonprofit, faith-based, compassionate care St. Francis Health Services has provided since 1963.
Our mission is simple:
💛 Protect care close to home
💛 Bring daily joy to seniors and adults with disabilities
💛 Ensure every Minnesota community has care for life

This work matters. And it only happens because of people like you — people who care deeply about their hometowns, their neighbors, and the generations who built our communities.

If you believe Minnesota is stronger when we look out for each other, we’d love for you to follow along, share this post, and be part of this growing movement.

💛 Together, we can protect the promise of care in Minnesota.

11/18/2025

Yesterday we turned our horse races into the Turkey Trott. Sharon & Larry were the winners!!

11/18/2025

On Saturday the residents enjoyed a Fall Tea Party with tea cups, hats & English delicacies.