Pinnacle Place Menu Big Meadows 1000 Longmoor Ave. Savanna, IL 61074 Phone: 815.273.2238 Website: www.bigmeadows.biz SEPTEMBER 2015 Pinnacle Place 1125 N. 5th Street Savanna, IL 61074 Phone: 815.273.2105 Website: www.aheinc.biz/pinnacleplace A joint publication of Big Meadows and Pinnacle Place Inside this issue: Outside - Big Meadows Riddle - Pinnacle Place Big Meadows Highlights Americorp Group Visit 1 2 3 Big Meadows Announcements Connections Unit News 5 Big Meadows Activity Calendar Pinnacle Place Social Calendar Pinnacle Place Announcements Pinnacle Place Menu 9 4 6 7 8 Some of the residents enjoyed Patio Time on Thursday, July 30, 2015. We have quite a few residents that love getting outside for some fresh air and sunshine. Pictured above are Mildred Etnyre and Emilea Castro with their hats from the Mother s Day Banquet.
On Saturday, August 1, 2015 a group with the Americorp came out to Big Meadows to do some volunteer work. They cleaned up our courtyard, led trivia, ate lunch with the residents, spent some 1 on 1 time with a few residents, had a popsicle and played UNO with the residents. Americorp is a 10 month National Service Program. The group consists of 9-12 team members aged 18-24. They are based out of Vinton, Iowa and travel to 10 Midwest states doing community service work. They spent five weeks camping at Palisades Park here in Savanna where they worked with the US Army Corps of Engineers, YMCA, Jo Davies Soil and Water Conservation, and the Army Depot. They headed out Sunday, August 2 to Chicago to work for the next six weeks. And will be living just north of Wrigley Field! Thank you Americorp for your work here, the residents enjoyed your visit! Our Annual Cupcake Wars took place Monday, August 17. We had six varieties of cupcakes. Pictured to the left top L to R: 1. M&M by Michelle Boyer, 2. peanut butter and jelly, 3. Rumchata both by Jaime Zastrow, bottom L to R: 4. Raspberry Lemonade Cooler (the winner) by Lois Moore, 5. root beer float by Pam Darrow, and 6. tie dye by Becky Wiebenga. Thank you to all those who participated!
We celebrated National Senior Citizen Day Friday, August 21, 2015 with a beach day! We grilled out and had beach themed activities outside for the residents. The residents enjoyed the sun, sand, and shade. What great August weather we ve been having, great for picnics. On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 five of our residents enjoyed a picnic lunch at Old Mill Park in Savanna. They had turkey and cheese sandwiches, potato chips, vanilla pudding, Oreos and bottled water. Pictured below left to right are: Rosemary Shafer, Dennis Rose, Marlyce Yeager, Shirley Eckman, and Bernadine Tenley.
Savanna s River City Reader Page 4 Big Meadows Announcements *Paul Grissinger *Shirley Eckman *Wilma McFadden *Merton Mert Loomis *Shirley Hill *Mark Leavens to Big Meadows Important dates to remember: *September 9 Community Coffee 9:30 a.m. *September 13 Grandparent s Day brunch 11-1. Invitations have been sent out, be sure to RSVP. Mark your calendars! Saturday, September 26, 2015 is our 5th Annual Fall Festival. It will be held out front from 10a.m. 1p.m. We will have games, a cake walk, vendors, food, bounce houses, pie in the face contest, and cow chip bingo. If you d like to purchase a cow chip bingo ticket stop in and get one. We are selling tickets for $5 for a chance to win $250! Oh, and the pie in the face contest: tickets may be purchased from now until 12 p.m. September 26. Tickets are $1 and you can choose who you throw a pie at from the following people: Pat Boomgarden, Administrator; Julie Johnson, Social Services; Stan Schleuning, Marketing; Gary Stephens, Maintenance; Michelle Boyer, MDS Nurse; Missy Wilcox, Housekeeping/Social Service; or Lisa Johnson, Medical Records. September birthdays Residents: Staff: 03 Lillian Schmit 02 Malissa Arteaga 19 Violet Merryman 10 Rebecca Wiebenga 20 James Fulton 11 Shane Edwards 21 Shirley Eckman 14 William Schall 23 Patricia Niss 27 Tiffany Sack 23 Herman Deutscher
Savanna's River City Reader Page 5 Connections Unit News On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 FHN Hospice held a VFW Military Pinning ceremony for Cecil Jim Drawhon on the Connection s Unit. Cecil served in the Navy from 1951-1954 as a commissary. He was aboard the USS Tolovana (AO-64) all 4 years of service. During his time, Cecil was in the Philippines, Taiwan and China. Cecil s homeport was Pearl Harbor. Thank you for your service! 2 From spending time outside in the courtyard, to dancing along to special music, to potato chip tasting, it s never a dull moment in the Connection s Unit! We sure have fun!
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Big Meadows 1000 Longmoor Ave. Savanna, IL 61074 Pinnacle Place 1125 N. 5th Street From the residents and staff at Big Meadows and Pinnacle Place