Nathan Hoffman
January 24-30, 2021 news


With Valentine’s Day coming soon, a special Secret Valentine Week is being organized at the Home for the residents by staff. The lobby is beautifully decorated in red, pink, and white hearts in anticipation of this fun event.
Each morning we take a small amount of time to set our focus by reading from the Daily Guidepost over the intercom. This is done at 9:00 am each weekday. It reminds us of our priorities to love God and love others. The verse on Monday, February 1, was “And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.” 2 Peter 1:5-7 KJV
Another Manicure Monday arrived and activity staff assistants were back to filing & polishing nails. The ladies are always delighted for this!
In the afternoon was BINGO in residents’ rooms with numbers called over the intercom. After counting up their lines of BINGO, the residents chose from an array of chocolates, mints, and Twizzlers that staff takes around to each room.


Following the hustle and bustle of BINGO, the bird aviary in the lobby received a very thorough cleaning as well as all the birds were inventoried and received a health checkup by the aviary serviceman. This was quite entertaining for those who were watching as each bird had to be caught in a net. Some birds were just fluttering around and were easily gathered. But others quickly darted to and fro, making it quite the chase to capture them. All the birds including the new babies were placed in a small cage while their large home was completely emptied and washed. When it was ready for their return, each bird had his nails clipped along with receiving a drop of medicine as needed. Many commented how sparkling clean the aviary looked and how happily the birds were singing the next day.
Tuesday our verse was Deuteronomy 5:13-14 “Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God.”
The travelogue that morning was a Sentimental Reflections featuring “The town built on chocolate” Hershey, PA. From the cozy comfort of their arm chairs, residents visited The Hershey Museum, learning about Milton Hershey and his chocolate factory built in the early 20th century. What a delicious legacy!

