Business Name BIG MEADOWS 1000 Longmoor Ave. Savanna, IL 61074 Phone: 815.273.2238 Website: www.bigmeadows.biz MAY 2015 Pinnacle Place 1125 N. 5th Street Savanna, IL 61074 Phone: 815.273.2105 Website: www.aheinc.biz/pinnacleplace Inside this issue: SAVANNA S RIVER CITY READER A joint publication of Big Meadows and Pinnacle Place Easter Egg Hunt - BM Thank you - P Place Big Meadows Announcements 1 2 Big Meadows Highlights 3 Big Meadows Highlights 4 Connections Unit Highlights Big Meadows Activity Calendar 5 6 Pinnacle Place Menus 7 Pinnacle Place Menus Announcements 8 Above Mae Robbe and Phyllis Young enjoy the weather and watching the children looking for eggs. 4/4/15 Easter Bunny with Aiden Pinnacle Place Social Calendar 9 Reminder: National Nursing Home Week is May 10-16. Join us for the weeks activities!
Savanna s River City Reader Page 2 Big Meadows Announcements Our annual Mother s Day Banquet will be held Thursday, May 7 at 5pm in the main dining room. Invitations have been sent out and a reminder RSVP s need to be made by May 1st. The menu will include: taco salad, quesadilla s, refried beans with cheese, pico de gallo, fruit salad, and fried ice cream. The theme is Fiesta Time please feel free to dress for the theme. Birthday s: Residents: 11 Maxwell West 16 Janet Schreiner 19 William Klemme 21 Judy Cayard 22 James Bradley 28 Mae Robbe 29 Cindy Backes Staff: 28 Mary Jane Jacobs We are always looking for volunteers! With the approaching nice weather we are looking for volunteers to sit outside with residents and assist with community outings including Timberlake plays. If you are interested, please call Jaime at 815.273.2238 or stop by and talk with her. National Nursing Home Week Bring on the Fiesta is the theme for National Nursing Home Week (NNHW), May 10-16, 2015. Check out our calendar on page 6 for the all activities during Nursing Home Week. Feel free to participate in our dress up days as well. Monday (11): Twin Day, Tuesday (12): Red Carpet Day, Wednesday (13): What I Want to be When I Grow Up, Thursday (14): Fiesta Day, Friday (15): Favorite Color Day. On May 15 from 11-1 Resident Council will be holding a bake sale. Proceeds from the bake sale will be used for resident activities including purchasing trick-or-treat candy, Easter egg hunt and many other activities. If you would like to donate baked goods for the sale, please contact Jaime at 815.273.2238. 19th Annual Hot Dog Hurrah! Please join us on Friday, May 15, from 11am to 1pm, for Big Meadows Employee Committee s Hot Dog Hurrah! On the menu will be a hamburger, cheeseburger, or hot dog with all the fixins with baked beans, chips, dessert, and a pop or water. The cost is $5.00 and you can call 815.273.2238 ahead of time for orders to go or delivery, or fax your order to 815.273.7294.
Savanna's River City Reader Page 3 Big Meadows Highlights Boy, Oh Boy! On Friday, March 27, 2015 the Big Meadows Employee Committee threw a baby shower for CNA s Samantha Yenney (left), Ashly Bourette (right) and sons Kya (3 months old) and Aiden (5 months old). The middle picture is Terry Mattison holding Kya and the picture to the right is baby Aiden sitting on Dorothy Yates lap. We all enjoyed cake while the moms opened gifts. We had beautiful weather and a great turn out for our annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 4, 2015. We had over 10,000 eggs, 5 age groups sectioned off, and a visit from the Easter Bunny.
Savanna's River City Reader Page 4 On Friday, April 17, 2015 some ladies from the Trinity Lutheran Church in Lanark donated these beautiful quilts to our residents at Big Meadows. Thank you! Pictured with the quilts are from left to right: Cathy Stasch, Bernadine Tenley, Janet Schreiner, and Ida Hebeler. We love when Furry Friends Petting Zoo visits us at Big Meadows! They were here Wednesday, April 22, 2015 with animals for us to pet, hold, and see. Pictured to the right is Ida Hebeler with a duck and below left to right are Janet Schreiner holding a cat (her favorite!), Zonia Ryniewicz with a couple birds on her arm and JoAnn Perez holding a rat.
Savanna s River City Reader Page 5 Connections Unit Highlights Pictured to the left and right is a make and take cookie station at the Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 28. Violet Merryman and Mary Yenney are manning the table. And to the right is a child receiving his cookie. Pictured to the left are: Florence Remrey, Courtney Gilman, and Paul Schindel filling eggs for the Easter egg hunt. We enjoy spending time outside in the sunshine on nice days. Pictured to the left are Florence Remrey, Mary Yenney, and Renee Bogue soaking up the sun. And to the right is Lee Hernandez enjoying the sunshine while taking a walk out in the courtyard with staff member Madison Parker. Furry Friends visited Wednesday, April 22 and pictured to the left is Mary Irons and CNA Amber Phillips with the chinchilla. And to the right is Timothy Patterson working on his drawings.
Savanna s River City Reader Page 8 Pinnacle Place Announcements
Big Meadows 1000 Longmoor Ave. Savanna, IL 61074 Pinnacle Place 1125 N. 5th Street From the staff and residents at Big Meadows and Pinnacle Place