December Inside this issue: A joint publication of Big Meadows and Pinnacle Place

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1 1000 Longmoor Ave. Savanna, IL Phone: Website: December 2015 Pinnacle Place 1125 N. 5th Street Savanna, IL Phone: Website: Inside this issue: Retire - Word scramble - PP Highlights Announcements Connections Unit Highlights Connections Unit Announcements Activity Calendar Pinnacle Place Menu Pinnacle Place Announcements Pinnacle Place Social Calendar A joint publication of and Pinnacle Place We held a retirement party for Kathy Ehredt on Friday, November 6, Her last day at was Sunday, November 8. She will be missed. Kathy has worked here for 12 years, since February She has been a dietary aide, cook, and a dishwasher. When asked what her plans for retirement were she said, I plan to spend time with family, travel, and someday I ll make it to Hawaii. Kathy is going to Florida in February. And Kathy s husband, Ron, will be retiring the end of December. Good luck and congratulations!!! *RSVP for Christmas dinner at by Friday, December 11, 2015 by calling

2 Savanna s River City Reader Page 2 Highlights Above: We were busy in the ice cream parlor Friday, November 6. Ida, Marlene and Shirley were working on scarves for our Warming Hearts project, Paul was making flower arrangements, and Jan was getting her nails done by Lisa Collins. Left and below: Halloween fun! Staff dressed up for Halloween on Friday, October 30. Jaime was a wake up call, Kat was a spider, Christa was a smarty pants, Lisa was a cowgirl, Christa was a bag of Jelly Belly s, Michelle was the Operation doctor, and Emily was pizza. Below the residents handed out candy to trick-or-treaters on Saturday, October 31, We re getting in the Christmas spirit! The residents helped put up the Christmas Village in the dining room Friday, November 20.

3 Savanna's River City Reader Page 3 Announcements continued... Be sure to mark the following dates on your calendar and come out to join us: ~Tuesday, December 8 at 2:00pm our monthly birthday party with Scott K ~Wednesday, December 9 at 9:30am our monthly Community Coffee & Holiday Open House ~Saturday, December 19 at 2:00pm the YWCA traveling dance troupe will perform ~Wednesday, December 23 at 2:00pm our Resident Christmas Party with Santa ~Wednesday, December 23 at 6:00pm the New Spirit Band s annual Christmas concert December Birthdays Residents: 1 Janet Spoerl 11 Berneta Curtis 13 Victor Roggendorf 17 Mark Korn 31 Joyce Wickler Staff: 5 Beth Gundlach 6 Christina Laurent 8 Carla Siegwarth 11 Courtney Gilman 19 Catherine Stasch 20 Ashley Nepean 27 Erika Gonyier 28 Madison Parker 29 Jaime Griffith Christmas dinner will be served at 11:30 a.m. in the main dining room on Friday, December 25th. Please RSVP by December 11 by calling with the number of guests, the cost is $5 per guest. Up to 4 guests only per resident please. If reservations are not made, we won t be able to serve you. The menu is still being selected, but the meal will be exquisite and appetizing. Santa for Seniors: There is a tree at Sullivan s where you can adopt a resident from Big Meadows. Santa for Seniors will be delivering the gifts to the residents at on Wednesday, December 23 at 10am. Reminders: +Please make sure your loved one has a warm coat, gloves and hat for winter outings, as weather permits. +Please mark any new clothing a resident may get for Christmas or anything new brought in. Be sure to get an Additional Inventory Sheet paper from staff to fill out if you bring in anything new. It is a 1/4 sheet of green paper and can be turned in to the front office. Thank you! +Holiday season activities are subject to change due to special groups visiting. Changes will be posted on facebook at: bigmeadows.nursinghome

4 Savanna s River City Reader Page 4 Connections Highlights Martha Canavan and Bob Allen were a couple of the residents who enjoyed frosting cut out cookies Tuesday, November 10. Bob Allen had some visitors Friday, November 13.

5 Savanna s River City Reader Page 5 Connections Announcements Resident Christmas Party The resident Christmas party will be held Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. in the Connections Unit common area. Family is encouraged to join us. Santa will be handing out presents to each resident and refreshments will be served. Christmas dinner will be served at 11:30 a.m. in the main dining room on Friday, December 25th. Please RSVP by December 11 by calling with the number of guests, the cost is $5 per guest. Up to 4 guests only per resident please. If reservations are not made, we won t be able to serve you. The menu is still being selected, but the meal will be exquisite and appetizing. Announcements continued... is collecting plastic caps/lids to make a bench for the Connections Unit courtyard. We are going through a company called Green Tree Plastics, LLC. You may have seen some of these benches around. We ask that you start saving and bring what you save to. We need 400 pounds! What does that look like? The caps will fill approximately gallon yard waste/trash bags! What items are acceptable and what aren t? Acceptable caps: medicine bottle caps, milk jug caps, detergent caps, hair spray caps, toothpaste tube caps, deodorant caps, drink bottle caps, flip-flop caps (ketchup, mustard), spout caps (mustard), spray paint caps, ointment tube caps, caps with Recycle numbers 2, 4 or 5. Acceptable lids: cottage cheese container lids, mayonnaise jar lids, yogurt lids, peanut butter jar lids, ice cream bucket lids, cool whip container lids, coffee can lids, cream cheese container lids, butter container lids. Never acceptable items: metal or trash of any kid: drink bottles, plastic ziplock bags, trigger sprayers, fast food drink lids, food containers, soap pumps, lotion pumps, grocery bags. If you have additional questions, please contact Stan Schleuning at at Thank you and start saving!

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10 1000 Longmoor Ave. Savanna, IL Pinnacle Place 1125 N. 5th Street From the residents and staff at and Pinnacle Place