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MARCH 2018

Celebrating Life Each Day...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RESIDENTS!

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Anne Morgan 3/01

Ivan Stone 3/04

Shirley Walker 3/04

Margaret Crofford 3/05

Alvin Garrison 3/09

Kathy Reams 3/10

Wanda Hess 3/10

Glendora Harris 3/13

Darrell McPherson 3/15

Kendall Bowers 3/21

Ann Radebaugh 3/22

Sam Day 3/26

Evelyn Wilcoxson 3/27

JoAnn Gilstrap 3/30

This February, Village on the Park got to participate in something we don't get to do very often! As the Winter Olympics was happening on the other side of the world....it was also happening right here at VOP! Gold, Silver, and Bronze metals were awarded to residents and staff who volunteered for many events including the Biathlon, the Luge, a Hockey tournament, a snowball toss, and Bobsled races! Our mighty Executive Director, Bill, ran the torch in to get us started, and all of our spectators had a blast cheering for their favorites. Just like to the real Olympics brings the world together for a common purpose, our afternoon

was full of fun and fellowship and included not only our Independent residents, but also many from our Assisted Living and Memory Care halls and all of our employees as well! We snacked on U.S.A. cupcakes and even ate the flames from right out of the torch! (Cheddar Popcorn!) We have so much fun around here, and we hope that you never miss out on any of it! In February our gold was around our necks and this month you'll find in it a pot under a rainbow as we celebrate all things Irish! You just never know what might happen, but we can guarantee that you' ll have a great time finding out!

Going for the Gold

Shirley Walker Nate Barber Sari Miller Doris Martin

Village on the Park

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What's Happening at Village on the Park?

March 2018

Welcome New Residents!

Edith, Wanda, and Juanita enjoyed the music at our Valentine's Day Party!

Beautiful smiles from Pat and Jackie at our "Love is in the Air" Director's Special!

We are so glad to have this new couple...Lovely and Eloise Wilson

Welcome home to you, Joan Sanders! Proud Biathlon winners, Penny, Dennis, and Robert! Our Hockey tournament was close, but Helen and Kendall took the gold!

March 2018Village on the Park

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Community Events Entertainment Special Act ivit ies Trips

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* ACTIVITIES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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1:00 Pool- Hall 92:00 Church Services

w/ Herb Dickinson3:00 Cards4:00 Dominoes5:00 Brain Teasers6:00 Sunday Night Movie

HUG A GI DAY

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Chair/Ball Exercises10:30 Famous Brands

Clothing & Jewelry1:00 Grief Support Group2:00 Ice Cream 2:30 Bonus Bucks Store:

Halls 1,2,33:00 Bonus Bucks Bingo5:00 Variety Cards6:00 Dave Rosco Sings

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Nordic Pole Walking10:00 Hallway Scrabble11:15 Bill ie Smith- Piano1:00 Mayridge Baptist Choir2:00 March Resident

Birthday Partyw/ Bob Merril l

5:00 Puzzles

THUNDER BLUE HOCKEY GAME

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Thai Chi10:00 Where's Waldo?10:00 Bible Study w/ Georgia1:00 Wii Bowling2:00 Ice Cream2:30 Bonus Bucks Store:

Halls 4,5,83:00 Bonus Bucks Bingo

EAT THE MIDDLE FIRST DAY

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Take a Walk Time10:30 Avon2:00 Chocolate Chip Cookies4:00 DIRECTOR'S SPECIAL:

"Luck of The Irish"w/ Pierce & Hart

6:00 Bridge6:30 Church

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Yoga Stretch2:00 Ice Cream Social2:30 Bonus Bucks Store: Hall

9& Cottages 3:00 Bonus Bucks Bingo4:00 Happy Hour6:00 Bob Welp Sings

1:00 Pool- Hall 92:00 Church Services

w/ Herb Dickinson3:00 Cards4:00 Dominoes5:00 Brain Teasers6:00 Sunday Night Movie

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Chair/Weight Exercises10:00 Blood Pressure Checks1:00 Old Time Gospel

w/ Doug, Kurt & Bob2:00 Ice Cream3:00 Bonus Bucks Bingo5:00 Variety Cards6:00 Triple L Boys Sing

GIRL SCOUT DAY

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Nordic Pole Walking10:00 Hallway Scrabble11:15 Bill ie Smith- Piano1:00 Chicken Foot2:00 Coconut Cream Pie5:00 Puzzles6:00 Larry Darnell SIngs

OVERHOLSER MANSION TOUR & LUNCH

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Thai Chi10:00 Where's Waldo?10:00 Bible Study w/Georgia1:00 Skip Bo3:00 Potato Chip Bingo5:00 Variety Cards

NAT'L POTATO CHIP DAY

9:00 Exercise & Devotions10:00 Take a Walk Time11:30 South OKC Library1:00 Buzzword2:00 Cherry Cobbler &

Ice Cream6:00 Bridge6:30 Church

1:00 Pool- Hall 92:00 Church Services

w/ Herb Dickinson3:00 Cards4:00 Dominoes5:00 Brain Teasers6:00 Wade Tower Sings

EASTER EGG SCAVENGER HUNT BEGINS

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Chair/Ball Exercises10:00 Veteran's Visit ing Hour2:00 Ice Cream2:30 Bonus Bucks Store:

Halls 1,2,33:00 Bonus Bucks Bingo5:00 Variety Cards6:00 Rachel "Goldie" Lahr

Sings

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Nordic Pole Walking10:00 Hallway Scrabble11:15 Bill ie Smith- Piano1:00 Bunco & Tenzi2:00 Cherry Fried Pies2:00 Golden Age Health Talk:

Living with Fibromyalgia

5:00 Puzzles6:00 Last Chance Band

SPRING EQUINOX

WARREN THEATER & LUNCH9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Thai Chi10:00 Where's Waldo?10:00 Bible Study w/ Georgia10:00 Pioneer Hearing Aid

Checks11:00 Mary Kay Cosmetics1:00 Wii Bowling2:00 Ice Cream2:30 Bonus Bucks Store: Halls

4, 5 & 83:00 Bonus Bucks Bingo

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Yoga Stretch2:00 Ice Cream Social2:30 Bonus Bucks Store:

Hall 9 & Cottages 3:00 Bonus Bucks Bingo4:00 Happy Hour

1:00 Pool- Hall 92:00 Church Services

w/Christ the Redeemer

3:00 Cards4:00 Dominoes5:00 Brain Teasers6:00 Gathan Graham Piano

PALM SUNDAY

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Chair/Weight Exercises10:00 Blood Pressure Checks2:00 Ice Cream 3:00 Bonus Bucks Bingo5:00 Variety Cards6:00 Gary Johnson Piano

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Nordic Pole Walking10:00 Hallway Scrabble11:15 Bill ie Smith- Piano1:00 Who Wants To Be A

Mill ionaire?2:00 NEW RESIDENT

WELCOME PARTY w/ Rachel "Goldie"Lahr

3:00 Caregiver Support Group5:00 Puzzles

CASINO TRIP W/ BILL9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Thai Chi10:00 Where's Waldo?10:00 Bible Study w/ Georgia1:00 Skip Bo2:00 Ice Cream Bars3:00 Bonus Bucks Bingo5:00 Variety Cards

SOMETHING ON A STICK DAY

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Take a Walk Time10:00 Trinity Jewelry 1:00 "Make It Yours" Easter

Candy Boxes2:00 Rice Krispie Treats5:30 St James Bingo Trip6:00 Bridge6:30 Church

TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULEMon.-Wed. Dr. AppointmentsMon: Mercy/Baptist/Deaconess AreaTues: South OKC & NormanWed: Downtown, MWC, South OKCThurs: Beauty Shops AM, Errands PMFri: Southside Dr. Appts, Southside ErrandsSun: Church (AM Services)

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Wii Bowling10:00 Take a Walk Time10:00 Dollar Tree2:00 Dreamsicles3:00 Candy Bar Bingo6:00 Skip Bo

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Wii Bowling10:00 Take a Walk Time10:00 Target2:00 Lime Sherbet Cups3:00 leprechaun Bingo6:00 Skip Bo

ST. PATRICKS DAY

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Wii Bowling10:00 Take a Walk Time10:00 Dollar General2:00 Ice Cream Drumsticks3:00 Candy Bar Bingo6:00 Skip Bo

EASTER EGG SCAVENGER HUNTENDS

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Take a Walk Time1:00 Just Me Gospel Singer2:00 Cinnamon Rolls &

Coffee3:00 Bonus Bucks Bingo6:00 Bridge6:30 Church

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Yoga Stretch10:30 Catholic Spirituality

Class w/Father Pruett2:00 Chocolate Chip

Cookies4:00 Happy Hour

w/ Margaritas

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Wii Bowling10:00 Take a Walk Time10:00 Hobby Lobby2:00 Ice Cream Sandwiches3:00 Candy Bar Bingo6:00 Skip Bo

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Take a Walk Time1:00 COMMUNITY EASTER

EGG HUNT w/ The Easter Bunny

2:00 Easter Cookies2:00 Angel Care Health

Talk: Managing Chronic Pain

3:00 Smiles & Memories3:00 TOWN HALL6:00 Bridge6:30 Church

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Wii Bowling10:00 Take a Walk Time10:00 Neighborhood

Walmart Shopping2:00 Ice Cream Bars3:00 Candy Bar Bingo6:00 Skip Bo

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Yoga Stretch10:00 Super Walmart2:00 Ice Cream3:00 Bonus Bucks Bingo4:00 Happy Hour 6:00 Wayne Dickinson Sings

9:00 Exercise & Devotions9:30 Yoga Stretch1:00 GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE

w/ Doug & The Villagers

2:00 Ice Cream Dreamsicles

3:00 Bonus Bucks Bingo4:00 Happy Hour 6:00 Graystone Bluegrass

Sings

Anne Morgan 3/01 Glendora Harris 3/13Ivan Stone 3/04 Darrell McPherson 3/15Shirley Walker 3/04 Kendall Bowers 3/21Margaret Crofford 3/05 Ann Radebaugh 3/22Alvin Garrison 3/09 Sam Day 3/26Katherine Ream 3/10 Evelyn Wilcoxson 3/27Wanda Hess 3/10 JoAnn Gilstrap 3/30

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March 2018Village on the Park

We all have special talents that are unique to us. Talents are even more special when they are shared with others? this is where Carolyn Earles shines at Village on the Park! You may know her as the ?Card Lady? or recognize her beautiful smile when she hands you a personalized birthday card. Carolyn started making special cards several years ago for her family. After moving to VOP and meeting her ?new family?, she decided she would make a card for each resident?s birthday. Now understand, we

have 148 Independent Living apartments, some living with spouses? .that is a lot of cards! (She estimates that she has made over 700 cards for us!) She has quite the setup, her computer is connected with her TV and she sits on her sofa with the keyboard and works away! ?I enjoy it so much, it makes me happy. It is my service to God, I can?t do a lot of other things but hopefully I can make others days brighter.? What a ministry she has! She creates most of her own cards by making up the

sayings and poems to make each card individual, then scours the newsletters for each person?s picture. Carolyn says that everyone is ?So appreciative, they love them, especially if I am able to put their picture on the card.? When speaking with Carolyn, you can see in her face how much this means to her. ?It thril ls me more than it does them!? We are pretty thril led to be the recipients of her kindness!

Much Better Than Hallmark!

Mind, Body & Soul National Nutrit ion Month® is a nutrit ion education and information campaign created annually in March by the Academy of Nutrit ion and Dietetics. The campaign focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits."Go Further with Food" is the theme for 2018, and its importance is t imely for many reasons. Whether it 's starting the day off right with a healthy breakfast or fueling before an active day, the foods you choose can make a real dif ference. Preparing your foods to go further, by planning meals and snacks in advance can also help to reduce food loss and waste. This year's theme for National Nutrit ion Month® encourages us to achieve the numerous benefits healthy eating habits offer, but it also urges us to f ind ways to cut back on food waste. Learning how to manage food resources at home will help you"Go Further with Food",while saving both nutrients and money. A few tips when it comes to buying food for your apartment include:1. Consider the foods you have on hand before buying more at the store. 2. Buy only the amount that can be eaten or frozen within a few days and plan ways to use leftovers later in the week.3. Be mindful of portion sizes. Eat and drink the amount that?s right for you. 4 . Find activit ies that you enjoy and be physically active most days of the week.

Making a Difference

Mike Burcke has been on our Maintenance team for 2 years now and he feels that the residents and staff are an excellent group of people to work with, making everyday enjoyable! Mike is married and has two grown children and has lived all over the world thanks to his service in the US Air Force. He says, "I approach this job by asking myself, ' If I lived here how would I want it to look and how would I like the maintenance team to support me?'" That's what makes him great at his job! Mike not only works hard for us but also uses his free time to help friends and neighbors with their "work orders" as well! Word gets around when there's a Maintenance man in the neighborhood! Mike, we are glad you're here and very much appreciate all that you do for us!

Mike BurckeMaintenance Assistant

Let's eat right to celebrate National Nutrition Month!

Carolyn Earles...the Card Lady!