Green Acres Cedar Springs Noteworthy News March 2018 Issue The desire of Retirement Living is to honor God by providing the elderly with a lifestyle that values their identity, their independence, and their dignity. March Events 3/5 Irish Tunes with Tom Cotter 3/7 Building 2 Outing; Out to lunch at Cedar Café leave at 11:30am 3/16 Senior Line Dancing with Milli 3/16 St. Patrick s Party/Bingo and Shamrock Shakes 3/22 Cedar View Friends visit @1:45-2:45 3/22 Music w/ Anita @4:00pm 3/27 Elder Music @7:00pm 3/28 Building 1 Outing; The Mud Room leave at 1:00pm Resident Spotlight Dorothy! March Birthdays Jeanette S. 3/1 George W. 3/5 Larry A. 3/15 Roberta H. 3/20 Dorothy was one of our very first residents who moved in to Green Acres! Dorothy grew up in Rogers City Michigan and raised 5 children! Her best memories were when she would go swimming in Lake Huron. Dorothy worked in a bakery on the NE side of Grand Rapids where she sold cookies and breads. Dorothy met her spouse in school. Her and her husband Don lived all over as he served in the Army. Dorothy enjoys watching her TV shows, games, Bingo, Yahtzee, cards, enjoys shopping, and swimming. Dorothy enjoys traveling to Roger City to see family, going to Cheboygan and Alpena to do shopping! Her hobbies are crocheting, and working on puzzles. We are thankful for Dorothy and she graciously provides us with her personal BINGO set every Friday to play with! Reside ~ Reflect ~ Relax
Welcome Our New Home Manager! This month we want to take the opportunity to welcome our new Home Manager, James Wyman. He has worked at several of the Green Acres campuses over the past eight years, and brings a verity of skills. Among other job duties, his major role will be to help oversee all tasks HR related. When not at work, he enjoys spending time with his wife Abigail and son Nicolas. When it comes to hobbies, you will find him coaching his younger siblings sports teams, or playing in the local softball league. James stresses teamwork when it comes to making the dream work! He also is looking forward to meeting all of our wonderful Green Acres family members. Please feel free to stop by and say hi! Staff Spotlight Meet Jeannette! Jeannette loves working at Green Acres because she enjoys spending time with them and seeing the smiles on their faces! Jeannette is 1 of 8 children in her family! She is a mother to 6 children, 1 boy, 5 girls, a daughter-in-law, 3 son-in-laws, and 12 grandchildren! Jeannette grew up in Forest Hills and attended school there. She also attended ITT Technical school. Her most favorite hobby, on her days off, are sewing, counted cross stitch, and in the summer, work in her garden! Jeannette has been working with older adults since she was 18 years old and has many years experience. One of her many talents are that she was in gymnastics when she was younger! Jeannette feels that being a team player with her co-workers makes her good at her job as a DCW. We are so thankful and blessed to have Jeannette at Green Acres! Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of both Lucille and Emma. Our staff were blessed by them both. Thank you for allowing us to care for such special ladies. May you find comfort during this time. Reside ~ Reflect ~ Relax Wish List for March Green Poster Board, Sugar Free Candies, BINGO Prizes, Green Ribbon, St. Patrick s Day decorations! Thank you to all the wonderful families for donating much needed items last month! We are so blessed by you all!
March 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Morning Message Daily @ 10:00am Exercise Daily @11:00am Hair w/brittany Thursdays 9am-2pm 1 Welcome March/Trivia Jeanette s B-day 2 3 4 Pilgrim Bible Pet Week Begins 5 What is in a name? @1:00pm Irish Tunes w/ Tom Cotter George s Bday 6 Painting Pots 7 Men s Coffee Club @9:30am Building 2 Lunch at Cedar Café Group Bowling Building 1 8 Meet w/dieter 9 Clover all Over @11:00a 10 11 United Methodist 12 Make and Take Planting Potted Flowers 13 Clover Mosaics 14 Bean Bag Competition 15 Art in the Afternoon Larry s Bday 16 Line Dancing w/ Milli St. Patrick Party/Bingo 17 St. Patrick s Day 18 Rockford Springs 19 Karaoke Time! 20 Lucky Pins Roberta Bday 21 Group Bowling Building 1 22 Cedar View Friends Visit @1:45-2:45p Music w/ Anita @4:00pm 23 24 25 Maranatha Bible 26 Make and Take 27 Elder Music @7:00pm 28 Building 1 Outing The Mud Room @1:00pm Shuffleboard 29 Trivia Teams 30 31
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Management Team (Available Monday - Friday) Melissa Collins RN, Administrator Dieter Panzer, Dietary Manager Anna Papke, Life Enrichment Coordinator James Wyman, House Manager Retirement Living Management s Other Locations are: Aspen Ridge - Gaylord Chestnut Fields - Muskegon Green Acres - Allendale, Cadillac, Fremont, Ionia, Lowell, Manistee, Mason, Mt. Pleasant, Standale, Wayland Nottingham Place - Midland Royal View - Mecosta Turning Brook - Alpena; Tawas Village - East Tawas Green Acres Retirement Living PLEASE SEND US YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SO WE CAN KEEP YOU UPDATED ON IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT GREEN ACRES! SEND YOUR ADDRESS TO : greenacrescedarlec@rlmgmt.com