The Mahoning Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center had a great time dyeing eggs this year.
We had so much fun that we did not want to stop. We experimented with new colors and even created some new hues after experimenting. The residents also had fun coloring plastic eggs that they could then keep as a token of the special day.
We hope you enjoy our pictures and have a Happy Easter!
Who doesn’t like to make Christmas cookies?? The dietary staff of Mahoning makes sure every year the residents get to make some cookies to eat during our Friendship Tea of December. We make AP, chocolate chip, and peanut butter cookies. It is so much fun to cut out and decorate them. But the best part is to eat them. Here are some pictures of the residents prepping the cookies.
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
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……
