April Showers bring May flowers

May found us with our Mother's Day Socials: Strawberry had theirs on May 6th, we had a sheet cake and cut fruit..Zephyr had their social on May 11th with a sheet cake and cookies. Attendees of both socials went home with a mug planted with a spider plant. The mugs were previous donations from our residents. The spider plants are from the Mother plant in Strawberry's green house. Both Socials had Manor Care presentations and Blood Pressure checks. Rachael presented Pennsylvania facts and Nutrition Facts for Seniors.

Alex's Lemonade Stand

Is coming June 1st to August 31, 2011, 1-4pm, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.  Our group name is the Strawberry Patch Afternoon Delights. All monitary Donations are accepted. We are  looking for donations of drink mixes, baked goods or the ingredients to make them on site, volunteers for the table and to make the pitcher's of Lemonade, Fruit Punch and Iced Tea. Summer is a wonderful time for our Seniors residents come out and spend time in our COOL community room and socialize. I am looking forward to surpassing our donation goal of $300.

Mother's Day May Socials & News

   Our Residents had a wonderful time at Strawberry Patch (April 6th)and Zephyr (April 11th) Socials for Mother's Day. We ate cake, gave out Spider plants to each resident that came to the social. The plants were  planted in mugs that were donated by our residents. Each person  present also received a purple or pink carnation. Manor Care did blood pressure checks at both locations during our Mother's Day Social and Rachel from Manor Care, presented a Pennsylvania Trivia game and Nutrition Trivia with chap stick prizes.
    Games day at Strawberry on a Thursday Afternoons 1-2:30pm is a success. 3 gentlemen and 1 woman play poker for pennies. They are a hoot, listening to them reminise about the old days brings a smile to everyone in the room. While another groups of ladies play rummy, bean bag toss or just gab.
    It's nice to have our residents in our community room making noise, laughing and having fun.
The Seniors exercise to Senior friendly tapes, which has gone from 2 mornings a week to 3, we have a core 6-7 ladies that come faithfully depending on their busy schedules.