Community news from our beautiful assisted living and memory care communities.
We offer a wide variety of activities at our communities. Below are just a few examples of the fun we are having at White Pine, Comforts of Home and Gracewood Senior Living.
It’s Spring!! I hope everyone has survived another winter. At White Pine in White Bear Lake we are embracing spring with colorful crafts, flowers and our famous walking club. It’s great to get out and stretch our legs and enjoy the day! Come join us for some fun coming up this month. We have Treats and Music with the LARKS on April 15th at 2pm and METRO MAN music group coming April 23rd at 2pm. Don’t miss out!
Representatives from White Bear Smiles, a local dentist office, did a presentation of dental care at Gracewood of Hugo. They talked about proper dental hygiene and special issues of dental care as you age. They also had a little quiz for all of us and they handed out special goody bags for everyone, even the staff.
White Pine and Gracewood Senior Living are proud Sponsors of the 39th Annual Minnesota Gerontological Society Conference to be held on April 24th at the Earle Brown Center, Brooklyn Park. Please see the Conference Flyer Agenda for details. This Conference is open to the public, all healthcare professionals, housing managers, marketing individuals and others providing services to the elderly population. Early Bird registration ends March 31st! Register now for this educational and entertaining Conference.
Conference Details:
Available at www.mngero.org
The residents of Gracewood in Hugo celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a guitar sing-a-long with Steve Rosa. Steve played a variety of familiar songs with a few Irish favorites mixed in. When the music was finished, the residents enjoyed green frosted cookies and shamrock shakes.
We have had an exciting week at Gracewood Senior Living in North Branch! We have been so happy to see the sunshine, and not only that, the amaryllis that we have been waiting for, has bloomed! Some of us took bets on how many flowers would come of it, and we ended up with four beautiful red flowers!
The Homemakers Club brought a load of different hats for us to try on and walk back in time with. Everyone talked about the different kinds of hats they wore through the years. We loved seeing which one suited each other. It was truly a fun day.
Our first letter from our new pen pal came in the mail from South Carolina. It was so fun to hear about their weather and about their new baby! We wrote back and had more to tell than we thought we would! We can’t wait to see what will be on our agenda for next week!
Happy almost Spring!
The residents at Gracewood of Hugo spent an entire week in February doing Valentine activities. The residents searched for 100 hearts hidden in the common areas all over the building. They also searched for one special chocolate filled heart. Jackie and Trudy were gracious enough to return to Gracewood to lead a Valentine’s Day sing-a-long for us. The songs were all about love and marriage. The week concluded with delicious valentine treats with raspberry cheesecake, chocolates, and red punch.
