We are in full swing of Christmas here at Mahoning Valley. Activity staff decked the halls which involve putting a wreath on each room’s door and throughout the hallways. Decorating each Dining Room with a small tree and getting the Nurses’ Desk all decked out. Our big Christmas Tree in the Grande Room was decorated by Activity staff, while Glenn Miller, THE ONE MAN BAND, came to entertain our residents.
On Veteran’s Day, we held our annual Celebration where Nick Hawkey came and he and Nancy S performed a ceremony to honor our Veterans.
We sang some Patriot songs, listened to poems, Pledged the Flag, and each Veteran was presented with a Certificate from the facility.
It was a very heartwarming ceremony seeing our Veterans salute the flag as well as salute Nick when they were receiving their Certificates.
God Bless the USA
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Dietary staff provided all that was needed along with some homemade corn muffins to try on once we were done.Each resident had a small container of heavy whipping cream and used their muscles to shake until it turned into butter. Once turned, we were able to have it on a muffin and boy o boy was it tasty.
We reminisced on how they all remembered making it on the farm. Bertha was quick to come saying, “I will show you how to make real butter.” Lamonte and Isabelle even had to milk their cows first for the cream and used a butter churn to make big batches at a time.
Helena was a little worried about its taste since we didn’t put salt in it, but she was pleasantly surprised. Mary is from Brooklyn and reminded us that she couldn’t have cows on the subway.
Hope you enjoy the pictures of our fun afternoon as much as we did making and eating it. Thanks to the Dietary staff for the use of their strong arms also to help us.
MVNRC is allowing visits with the following stipulations:
Friday, October 29th we had our annual Halloween Celebration where staff and some volunteers came all dressed up for the occasion. Our participants paraded down from the Administration Office to the Emerald Grande Room where they paraded around our residents and judges showing off their costumes.
When talking to our judges Suzanne stated, “They all look really good.” Our other judge Anne added, “Wow some of these costumes had to take some time.” Although it was a hard task, our judges picked the best in 4 categories.
Winners are as follows:
Cutest – Lit Dutch girl aka Snickers the dog
Scariest – Scary skeleton man aka Nick Hawkey
Funniest – Ostrich rider aka Karen
Craziest – Bank Robber aka Kaleena
As you can see when looking at the pictures many of our residents had Halloween headbands provided by the Therapy Department. We had some Lions/Witches/Spider Ears/and Pumpkins. Thanks, Therapy!!
When our treats were all finished some residents wanted to sing some songs. (We all love to sing.) So Nancy and Vicki led everyone in doing an old-time favorite…”The Hokey Pokey.” There are some videos of this craziness. Vicki and Nancy loved to make things into a contest, so we separated the group into 2 and the judges judged who sang the loudest. There is a video of this also so you can be the judge! We all enjoyed our fun-filled afternoon and hope you do as well after reading and viewing the pictures and videos. Until next time……
Resident Isabelle was one of the many residents that went through the whole COVID-19 pandemic without seeing one of her family members in person. She did do video calls weekly to stay in touch with her family until visitations were able to be done. When visitations started, she was able to visit with her daughter weekly but hadn’t seen her grandchildren besides through video calls. Well today (Wednesday, July 28th) that changed. To her surprise her daughter, granddaughter, and great granddaughter and grand puppy came to visit with her. Here is a 4 generational picture and some videos of Isabelle enjoying all the puppy kisses from Dunkin. At the end of this week she is due for another surprise with another granddaughter being able to make the trip.
4 generations
Isabelle
Alice Miller
Annie Polinger
Madalyn Polinger
And Dunkin P. Fritz
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