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2017-02-23 06:55:58 PM marissavega1274 i keep looking at it
2017-02-23 06:56:02 PM kathyhughes Then it won't work....but let me see what I can come up with
2017-02-23 06:56:09 PM marissavega1274 ok
2017-02-23 06:56:24 PM saragrace Ok great! Thank you! Also, for the Activity trap assignment- is there a form we need to fill out or just the powerpoint to read over? I could only find the powerpoint attached in the forum.
2017-02-23 06:56:57 PM kathyhughes Nope just the Powerpoint
2017-02-23 06:57:03 PM michaelthorsonad enter the chat room
2017-02-23 06:57:11 PM saragrace ok great!
2017-02-23 06:57:20 PM kathyhughes Hello Michael
2017-02-23 06:57:27 PM nursesusie Has anyone heard anything through the grapevine?
2017-02-23 06:57:35 PM michaelthorsonad Hey Kathy how you doing
2017-02-23 06:57:40 PM jmorris84 enter the chat room
2017-02-23 06:57:49 PM kathyhughes I am great
2017-02-23 06:58:02 PM kathyhughes Hello Jessica
2017-02-23 06:58:10 PM kathyhughes About what Sue????
2017-02-23 06:58:14 PM jmorris84 HI, how are you?
2017-02-23 06:58:18 PM sueg enter the chat room
2017-02-23 06:58:19 PM wandapoulson enter the chat room
2017-02-23 06:58:28 PM nursesusie I have been learning how to use the grapevine for positive feed-back
2017-02-23 06:58:34 PM kathyhughes Hello SueG and Wanda
2017-02-23 06:58:46 PM sueg Hi everyone
2017-02-23 06:58:55 PM wandapoulson hi all
2017-02-23 06:58:59 PM jillm enter the chat room
2017-02-23 06:59:05 PM kathyhughes I think thats a great idea!
2017-02-23 06:59:11 PM nursesusie Nothing it is just a great way to help promote a more positive attitude.
2017-02-23 06:59:15 PM kathyhughes Hello Jill
2017-02-23 06:59:17 PM michaelthorsonad Hey Kathy, i was wondering, i have completed all my class work and have turned in my last packet noterised, how long does it take to get my certificate?
2017-02-23 06:59:23 PM jillm Hi Kathy!
2017-02-23 06:59:45 PM kathyhughes Well Michael it will take a couple of weeks to process the certificate
2017-02-23 06:59:49 PM 26rosemarie enter the chat room
2017-02-23 06:59:57 PM kathyhughes I will let the office know
2017-02-23 07:00:12 PM michaelthorsonad cool, just realy excited to complete it all.
2017-02-23 07:00:16 PM rebeccaa enter the chat room
2017-02-23 07:00:22 PM 26rosemarie hello everyone hi Ms. Kathy
2017-02-23 07:00:27 PM mlmusic enter the chat room
2017-02-23 07:00:34 PM rebeccaa Hello everyone!
2017-02-23 07:00:38 PM nursesusie It took three to four weeks to get mine.
2017-02-23 07:00:50 PM kathyhughes Hello Rose and Rebecca and MichaelM
2017-02-23 07:00:59 PM mlmusic Hello Kathy
2017-02-23 07:01:12 PM rebeccaa do we have a subject/
2017-02-23 07:01:20 PM wandapoulson hey michael how hard was the course
2017-02-23 07:01:34 PM michaelthorsonad it has been an amazing ride, i am truly thankful for the learning experience!
2017-02-23 07:01:39 PM kathyhughes It is almost Spring! What do you all have planned for Spring activities
2017-02-23 07:02:07 PM wandapoulson outings scenic drives
2017-02-23 07:02:09 PM nursesusie Our first big activity is a yard sell.
2017-02-23 07:02:10 PM marissavega1274 picnics and easter egg hunt with the kids from our daycare on campus
2017-02-23 07:02:10 PM saragrace We are selling hand made products by our clients and flowers the week before easter!
2017-02-23 07:02:13 PM jmorris84 Spring Fling, Many Scenic bus rides, gardening and much more
2017-02-23 07:02:19 PM mlmusic St Patrick's day party, of course, with a fiddler
2017-02-23 07:02:21 PM wandapoulson sittin on the front porch
2017-02-23 07:02:33 PM wandapoulson gardening
2017-02-23 07:02:35 PM jillm High Tea: decorating big floppy hats, music, finger foods and tea.
2017-02-23 07:02:39 PM sueg gardening
2017-02-23 07:02:54 PM michaelthorsonad Starting this saturday, i have a church bringing some of the young teens to come plant some bulbls with our residents, it should be fun!
2017-02-23 07:03:01 PM kathyhughes What kind of activities are the residents interested in having?
2017-02-23 07:03:03 PM pamgoodwin Gosh I wish we could just go for a drive. We have to have a destination
2017-02-23 07:03:07 PM nursesusie Antique car show, We have bought a new grill for cook-outs.
2017-02-23 07:03:11 PM jmorris84 that sounds nice michael
2017-02-23 07:03:17 PM jillm rodeo! bbq, country music, horses & clowns
2017-02-23 07:03:20 PM mlmusic Gardening and getting out
2017-02-23 07:03:21 PM sueg ice cream socials
2017-02-23 07:03:27 PM marissavega1274 gardening outdoors stuff
2017-02-23 07:03:28 PM rebeccaa We visit the parks department and go on a drive to see the eagles nests before the leaves are on the trees. We also follow the decorah eagle nest on my laptop at work.
2017-02-23 07:03:38 PM michaelthorsonad Love the car show ideas
2017-02-23 07:03:45 PM tvs320 enter the chat room
2017-02-23 07:03:51 PM tvs320 hi
2017-02-23 07:03:58 PM jillm It's already high 80's in Houston. Spring is here!
2017-02-23 07:03:59 PM pamgoodwin We are going to the Tampa Lowery Zoo tho and our botanical gardens
2017-02-23 07:04:02 PM jmorris84 Bingo! LOL
2017-02-23 07:04:04 PM wandapoulson residents like just going for a drive
2017-02-23 07:04:06 PM michaelthorsonad I am also going to apply for music for memory program
2017-02-23 07:04:07 PM nursesusie We have a big Hee-Haw festival.
2017-02-23 07:04:18 PM jmorris84 Bus rides and crafts
2017-02-23 07:04:20 PM michaelthorsonad has anyone heard of it?
2017-02-23 07:04:20 PM kathyhughes Hello Teresa
2017-02-23 07:04:23 PM marissavega1274 pam the zoo is buy a ticket and its good till the end of the year
2017-02-23 07:04:24 PM wandapoulson bingo yea
2017-02-23 07:04:25 PM pamgoodwin I know right Michael!!!
2017-02-23 07:04:40 PM kathyhughes What is a Hee Haw Festival?
2017-02-23 07:04:44 PM bestkat4u enter the chat room
2017-02-23 07:04:47 PM rebeccaa We also start going on lots of walks outside toe see what is popping up and blooming
2017-02-23 07:04:53 PM pamgoodwin Ohh really marrissa...i will check into that
2017-02-23 07:05:01 PM marissavega1274 :)
2017-02-23 07:05:02 PM pamgoodwin Thanks
2017-02-23 07:05:03 PM nursesusie For Easter we plan and Easter Parade Called in you Easter Bonnett
2017-02-23 07:05:03 PM kathyhughes Hello Kathy
2017-02-23 07:05:03 PM bestkat4u good evening all
2017-02-23 07:05:05 PM ninajacobs enter the chat room
2017-02-23 07:05:11 PM bestkat4u hi kathy
2017-02-23 07:05:18 PM michaelthorsonad hee haw festival sounds like a normal day in health care jk
2017-02-23 07:05:19 PM wandapoulson we go to museums
2017-02-23 07:05:22 PM ninajacobs hello everybody!
2017-02-23 07:05:29 PM kathyhughes Hello Nina
2017-02-23 07:05:39 PM bestkat4u hi knina
2017-02-23 07:05:40 PM 26rosemarie hello nina
2017-02-23 07:05:41 PM bestkat4u nina
2017-02-23 07:05:42 PM pamgoodwin I can not get my people to go to a museum
2017-02-23 07:05:59 PM tvs320 How many people can you take out at one time?
2017-02-23 07:06:14 PM kathyhughes Outings are great....we would take the residents to the Science Museum
2017-02-23 07:06:23 PM wandapoulson our bus takes 12
2017-02-23 07:06:24 PM ninajacobs HI everybody it has been a while for me! Sorry about this , but it is hard to be motivated after a 8 plus non stop day at work to keep going
2017-02-23 07:06:29 PM nursesusie Our female residents are making their Easter Bonnetts
2017-02-23 07:06:39 PM tvs320 12 in seats?
2017-02-23 07:06:41 PM jmorris84 I can take 11 residents, a helper, and 2 wheelchairs in our bus
2017-02-23 07:06:45 PM rebeccaa In May we always go to a nursery that also serves lunch and the residents help pick out our flowers for the boxes on the patio
2017-02-23 07:06:47 PM pamgoodwin My folks only want to go to the Dollar Tree, Walmart or a restrauant. I got them to agree about the zoo with some trickery...:)
2017-02-23 07:06:48 PM jillm every museum I take the memory care residents to puts lots of security guards on us. The residents like to "touch" stuff
2017-02-23 07:06:51 PM ninajacobs Eabonnets already? ster
2017-02-23 07:06:52 PM marissavega1274 we go to the art museum on mondays its free
2017-02-23 07:07:03 PM bestkat4u our van only takes 6 but we have 2 vans
2017-02-23 07:07:10 PM tvs320 All of my residents are in wheel chairs so I can only take 4 out at a time.
2017-02-23 07:07:12 PM michaelthorsonad you can do 12 without an enhancement?
2017-02-23 07:07:13 PM severest enter the chat room
2017-02-23 07:07:17 PM wandapoulson picnic in parks watching kis play
2017-02-23 07:07:20 PM mlmusic Barbecues in a the park
2017-02-23 07:07:21 PM ninajacobs we go to lunches and walmart
2017-02-23 07:07:24 PM jmorris84 I took mine to the zoo and I think the Memory care residents enjoyed it soooooo much
2017-02-23 07:07:25 PM wandapoulson kids
2017-02-23 07:07:27 PM kathyhughes Hello Sunita
2017-02-23 07:07:33 PM ninajacobs picnic was requested also!
2017-02-23 07:07:40 PM bestkat4u hi Sunita
2017-02-23 07:07:41 PM severest Good Evening Everyone.
2017-02-23 07:07:57 PM michaelthorsonad love the picnic idea1!
2017-02-23 07:07:57 PM jmorris84 Hello
2017-02-23 07:08:02 PM nursesusie We plan a fishing trip when the weather gets better.
2017-02-23 07:08:21 PM ninajacobs I will bring my guines pig in next week
2017-02-23 07:08:26 PM wandapoulson some like fishing
2017-02-23 07:08:26 PM kathyhughes We did picnics to area parks
2017-02-23 07:08:32 PM severest hi sorry i was little late i had to pick up my son from band practice.
2017-02-23 07:08:34 PM bestkat4u omg we do fishing trips too so much fun
2017-02-23 07:08:40 PM michaelthorsonad thinking about doing a yard sale to earn a little extra money for activities
2017-02-23 07:08:46 PM kathyhughes Would stop at the Hot Dog stand and get the food
2017-02-23 07:08:59 PM tvs320 good idea
2017-02-23 07:09:02 PM jmorris84 Does anybody else expereince residents suggesting ideas and you find the way to make it happen, then no one shows up????
2017-02-23 07:09:03 PM 26rosemarie i wish we could go out but our van still not working
2017-02-23 07:09:04 PM ninajacobs we are not allowed hot dogs.....
2017-02-23 07:09:09 PM rebeccaa go to a local campgroud shelter for a picnic. Some of our residents camped frequently and love it. We can fish as well
2017-02-23 07:09:13 PM michaelthorsonad they forbid hotdogs at my facility
2017-02-23 07:09:22 PM pamgoodwin Oh yeah JM--all the time
2017-02-23 07:09:22 PM tvs320 whats wrong with hot dogs
2017-02-23 07:09:22 PM wandapoulson ya true no one comes
2017-02-23 07:09:26 PM kathyhughes Happens all the time Jessica
2017-02-23 07:09:35 PM michaelthorsonad choking hazurd
2017-02-23 07:09:39 PM saragrace Kathy, where is a good place to look concerning finding a job as an Activity Director? Any websites I should check out?
2017-02-23 07:09:43 PM ninajacobs we had one choke on one
2017-02-23 07:09:46 PM kathyhughes But I would document it in the residents progress notes
2017-02-23 07:09:47 PM rebeccaa No hot dogs?
2017-02-23 07:09:58 PM jmorris84 Thats nice to know thanks its not just me (lol)
2017-02-23 07:09:58 PM kathyhughes Sara what state are you in?
2017-02-23 07:10:02 PM saragrace PA
2017-02-23 07:10:03 PM sueg no hot dogs...that's so wrong
2017-02-23 07:10:16 PM saragrace 45 minutes northwest of Philly
2017-02-23 07:10:17 PM nursesusie Sometimes when we plan the trips residents are for it till it comes time to go
2017-02-23 07:10:18 PM kathyhughes Where in PA?
2017-02-23 07:10:22 PM michaelthorsonad we do theriputic diets with diff. textures at my facility and i belive there was an issue in the past
2017-02-23 07:10:26 PM wandapoulson some residents need puree
2017-02-23 07:10:31 PM ninajacobs plenty of other things to eat your heard out on!
2017-02-23 07:10:32 PM saragrace Pottstown/ Limerick area
2017-02-23 07:10:34 PM jmorris84 Thanks
2017-02-23 07:10:41 PM saragrace 45 Minutes outside of Philly
2017-02-23 07:10:45 PM kathyhughes OK I would join the PA activities group
2017-02-23 07:10:49 PM tvs320 Bring something for the people with special diets
2017-02-23 07:10:50 PM marissavega1274 we are going to a baseball game and our residents are ok to have a hotdog as long as family agrees to it along with dietary
2017-02-23 07:10:51 PM mlmusic Hi Sara, I work in Phoenixville pa
2017-02-23 07:10:52 PM wandapoulson free stuff they all love
2017-02-23 07:11:05 PM kathyhughes they have newsletters and have a job board I think
2017-02-23 07:11:15 PM saragrace How cool!! What facility do you work at?
2017-02-23 07:11:22 PM saragrace Ok thanks kathy!
2017-02-23 07:11:24 PM rebeccaa I would love to have a small fire pit outside but it is probable against the fire code
2017-02-23 07:11:29 PM mlmusic It was Golden Living. It
2017-02-23 07:11:41 PM kathyhughes You can have one away from the facility
2017-02-23 07:11:45 PM saragrace very cool!
2017-02-23 07:11:45 PM mlmusic It's now Phoenixville Care and Rehab center
2017-02-23 07:11:48 PM jmorris84 left the chat room
2017-02-23 07:11:51 PM bestkat4u kathy do you think the news paper will donate papers to the facility
2017-02-23 07:11:53 PM rebeccaa Good to know
2017-02-23 07:11:58 PM tvs320 How far away from building
2017-02-23 07:12:02 PM mlmusic Where do you work sara?
2017-02-23 07:12:15 PM michaelthorsonad people at my facility love our free cornical most places you can google free daily cronical and the residents love it
2017-02-23 07:12:21 PM ninajacobs How often do you do the progress notes. So far I have on admission, quaterly and yearly. Do you do them at any other times?
2017-02-23 07:12:22 PM kathyhughes I know of a couple of facilities who have bonfires they ask the Fire Dept to sponsor it and they have it in their parking lot
2017-02-23 07:12:32 PM nursesusie I have startes apotholder class. How to make them.
2017-02-23 07:12:34 PM tvs320 oh ok.
2017-02-23 07:12:42 PM rebeccaa I like that idea Kathy!
2017-02-23 07:12:42 PM mlmusic Bonfires sounds hot!
2017-02-23 07:12:46 PM kathyhughes You can ask for a Free newspaper Kathy
2017-02-23 07:12:47 PM michaelthorsonad wow the bon fire would be so cool!
2017-02-23 07:13:04 PM jmorris84 enter the chat room
2017-02-23 07:13:15 PM kathyhughes The fire dept would help out and they got to know the residents
2017-02-23 07:13:16 PM ninajacobs Free Newspapers is next on my list to find!
2017-02-23 07:13:21 PM jmorris84 Sorry my laptop kicked me out!
2017-02-23 07:13:25 PM rebeccaa Marshmallows, smores, hotdogs
2017-02-23 07:13:27 PM nursesusie yeah where are themarshmellows?
2017-02-23 07:13:32 PM kathyhughes and then the residents would bake cookies for them
2017-02-23 07:13:41 PM kathyhughes and bring them to them
2017-02-23 07:13:43 PM mlmusic Oh, I bet the ladies love the firefighters
2017-02-23 07:13:44 PM rebeccaa a WIN WIN
2017-02-23 07:13:56 PM jmorris84 YES mlmusic
2017-02-23 07:13:58 PM michaelthorsonad that would be so cool to have the fire dept get involved with my residents!!
2017-02-23 07:13:59 PM jillm sounds like a winter activity in Texas! Too hot for that now
2017-02-23 07:14:01 PM kathyhughes The ladies loved the firemen
2017-02-23 07:14:09 PM marissavega1274 i do too lol
2017-02-23 07:14:25 PM rebeccaa I am so doing that
2017-02-23 07:14:25 PM severest yes they do.
2017-02-23 07:14:26 PM 26rosemarie lol
2017-02-23 07:14:27 PM pamgoodwin of course we do
2017-02-23 07:14:33 PM sueg they can buy a calendar when they're there
2017-02-23 07:14:45 PM kathyhughes Yes they can
2017-02-23 07:15:04 PM ninajacobs We will be going to the community park for a festival next week. but just a few residents not a lot
2017-02-23 07:15:23 PM kathyhughes You could ask for a family to donate a subsciption to the newspaper
2017-02-23 07:15:27 PM michaelthorsonad thinking about starting a volunteer list for fire and police dept thru my work, i still need to contact them and see what they would need. I think that would be good comunity reach out
2017-02-23 07:15:28 PM nursesusie You talking about people volunterring. I have a motorcycle club coming to do kaoroake.
2017-02-23 07:15:37 PM rebeccaa What is everyone doing for volunteer month in April?
2017-02-23 07:15:54 PM sueg a luncheon
2017-02-23 07:16:08 PM ninajacobs I want to have a nice luncheon for my residents !
2017-02-23 07:16:11 PM tvs320 We just had a luncheon so not sure.
2017-02-23 07:16:21 PM jmorris84 Have not thought about that yet
2017-02-23 07:16:33 PM bestkat4u hey kathy i wanted to get back on the activity connection and they wanted me to get an account
2017-02-23 07:16:38 PM jmorris84 Luncheon sounds good
2017-02-23 07:16:54 PM wandapoulson making home made thank you cards and gifts
2017-02-23 07:17:06 PM jmorris84 thats a good idea too
2017-02-23 07:17:08 PM kathyhughes We made cards for all the volunteers. But we sent Thank You cards every month for them
2017-02-23 07:17:19 PM pamgoodwin We are having a huge luncheon for our volunteers, it's a superman/superwoman theme base party. Our volunteer cordinator takes care of all that. we just have to go and serve the food.
2017-02-23 07:17:30 PM ninajacobs but also make a nice official announcement and pics and honoring all the volunteers to make them feel important because they are!
2017-02-23 07:17:35 PM kathyhughes That would be Activitiy Connenction and they have nothing to do with ADN
2017-02-23 07:17:36 PM rebeccaa I think we are going to start sending thank you cards monthly
2017-02-23 07:17:36 PM jmorris84 WE send thatnk you cards to and also christmas cards
2017-02-23 07:18:03 PM sueg I like the superwoman theme
2017-02-23 07:18:03 PM bestkat4u oh okay thought it was free
2017-02-23 07:18:08 PM wandapoulson we did your a life saver party last year
2017-02-23 07:18:16 PM jillm I only have 2 volunteers so the residents will make a basket of goodies for them.
2017-02-23 07:18:16 PM marissavega1274 we did a western party all the volunteers dressed like cowboys
2017-02-23 07:18:17 PM ninajacobs Cards on a monthy basis is very nice idea!
2017-02-23 07:18:22 PM michaelthorsonad life saver party?
2017-02-23 07:18:26 PM pamgoodwin Last year was "Rock Star" lol
2017-02-23 07:18:43 PM kathyhughes We would send little things to the volunteers monthly which cost just as much as a luncheon that many could not attend
2017-02-23 07:19:00 PM tvs320 Thats nice
2017-02-23 07:19:07 PM ninajacobs I do not have any volunteers at this point but I am working on it
2017-02-23 07:19:09 PM nursesusie We usually have cake and punch and award certificates
2017-02-23 07:19:10 PM jmorris84 Good Idea
2017-02-23 07:19:10 PM wandapoulson ya not all volunteers can come
2017-02-23 07:19:26 PM kathyhughes Do you invite the residents that volunteer?
2017-02-23 07:19:33 PM tvs320 yes
2017-02-23 07:19:38 PM marissavega1274 yes but we only have 2
2017-02-23 07:19:40 PM rebeccaa yes we do invite residents
2017-02-23 07:19:50 PM sueg yes, them too
2017-02-23 07:19:53 PM ninajacobs It is for the residents !
2017-02-23 07:20:07 PM michaelthorsonad you can contact local stores, ask to talk to the maneger and they may help for free to get things for volunteers, talk to local flower shops
2017-02-23 07:20:15 PM nursesusie Residents are always a part of these functions
2017-02-23 07:20:26 PM kathyhughes Make friends with your local florist
2017-02-23 07:20:28 PM pamgoodwin Our campus is so big and our volunteers are all over the place. We have to do something like the luncheon so we can acknowledge them all
2017-02-23 07:20:35 PM bestkat4u i did
2017-02-23 07:20:45 PM jmorris84 yes, I have a resident that likes to volunteer to run exercise, she loves it, others teel her "you live here, you should not be working"
2017-02-23 07:20:50 PM kathyhughes we were able to order Russel Stover candies with ours
2017-02-23 07:20:57 PM ninajacobs We have unfotunately 2 feuding resident volunteers that will not attend anything where the other one would be....
2017-02-23 07:21:01 PM tvs320 nice
2017-02-23 07:21:06 PM michaelthorsonad very true kathy!! could be a big help for many diff reasons
2017-02-23 07:21:36 PM kathyhughes We would also buy our balloons through them as well
2017-02-23 07:21:48 PM nursesusie I only have one vol
2017-02-23 07:21:53 PM 26rosemarie sweet
2017-02-23 07:22:00 PM tvs320 the florist?
2017-02-23 07:22:02 PM kathyhughes so that her order was big enough for a discount for both of us
2017-02-23 07:22:03 PM kathyhughes Yes
2017-02-23 07:22:05 PM rebeccaa what about National Nursing home week in May? any ideas
2017-02-23 07:22:27 PM kathyhughes This year's Theme is the Spirit of America
2017-02-23 07:22:34 PM jmorris84 I'm required to find 2 new volunteers every 3 month
2017-02-23 07:22:36 PM nursesusie The drug store came by on Valentine day and gave out the extra flowers they had
2017-02-23 07:22:37 PM kathyhughes There is a lot that can be done for it
2017-02-23 07:22:39 PM wandapoulson I'll start reaching out
2017-02-23 07:22:46 PM tvs320 Do we have to take the mid term by Monday?
2017-02-23 07:22:55 PM kathyhughes Yes
2017-02-23 07:23:00 PM kathyhughes Please do
2017-02-23 07:23:14 PM tvs320 I was going to do Sunday.
2017-02-23 07:23:14 PM ninajacobs We have lots of churches that come and I need to figure out what to give/do for them. The groups are huge so it needs to be something as a group and not each individual
2017-02-23 07:23:18 PM michaelthorsonad thank you Kathy looking forward to my cert. and will keep doing live chat, however at them moment i need to cook dinner and get ready for work tomorow. wishing you all a good night!
2017-02-23 07:23:33 PM wandapoulson we do assisted living week in sept
2017-02-23 07:23:37 PM jmorris84 Good night Michael
2017-02-23 07:23:47 PM michaelthorsonad left the chat room
2017-02-23 07:23:50 PM kathyhughes Make a donation to their church
2017-02-23 07:24:02 PM kathyhughes in their name
2017-02-23 07:24:11 PM saragrace nina- you could always frame a group picture and have the residents sign along the edges
2017-02-23 07:24:15 PM ninajacobs Hmm that is an idea
2017-02-23 07:24:20 PM rebeccaa I like the donation idea
2017-02-23 07:24:43 PM pamgoodwin left the chat room
2017-02-23 07:24:55 PM kathyhughes You can also see if they are having a Vacation Bible School and the residents can make the decorations for it
2017-02-23 07:24:56 PM wandapoulson I like the picture idea
2017-02-23 07:24:57 PM ninajacobs I like hte picure idea! that is quite personal and since we have 5 different churches come it would be expensive!
2017-02-23 07:25:04 PM nursesusie Have coffee and doughnuts for the church person
2017-02-23 07:25:14 PM rebeccaa I know it is last minute but is anybody doing anything for Mardi Gras
2017-02-23 07:25:17 PM jmorris84 All greta ideas
2017-02-23 07:25:36 PM nursesusie when is it
2017-02-23 07:25:45 PM mlmusic Faschnats, beads and New orleans jazz
2017-02-23 07:25:53 PM bestkat4u i didn't
2017-02-23 07:25:53 PM tvs320 We are just going to have a happy hour with some king cake
2017-02-23 07:25:58 PM jillm Mardi Gras party, second line band, king cakes and a parade with beads and doubloons!
2017-02-23 07:26:17 PM marissavega1274 we are doing a parade
2017-02-23 07:26:21 PM mlmusic king cakes ummmm
2017-02-23 07:26:32 PM jillm we made mardi gras masks this week
2017-02-23 07:26:34 PM ninajacobs No mardi gras here , I am overwhelemd with paperwork at this point and running behind in everything else....
2017-02-23 07:26:45 PM rebeccaa Mardi Gras is Feb 28
2017-02-23 07:26:51 PM sueg just a mardi gras theme happy hour,food, music & beads!
2017-02-23 07:26:56 PM nursesusie What month is it in? What are king cakes?
2017-02-23 07:27:12 PM tvs320 This month
2017-02-23 07:27:24 PM kathyhughes We would have Mardi Gras Bingo
2017-02-23 07:27:26 PM jmorris84 At our community were celebrating China, we are doing a travel around the worl theme, each month its a different country
2017-02-23 07:27:28 PM jillm Mardi Gras is next Tuesday
2017-02-23 07:27:30 PM tvs320 All the grocery stores should have them.
2017-02-23 07:27:31 PM pamgoodwin enter the chat room
2017-02-23 07:27:37 PM kathyhughes and all the prizes were green and purple
2017-02-23 07:27:46 PM ninajacobs I cannot get the residents be interested in doing crafts. They want us to do things for them but not do it them selves.
2017-02-23 07:27:53 PM kathyhughes and gold
2017-02-23 07:28:04 PM bestkat4u cute
2017-02-23 07:28:10 PM wandapoulson good prize idea
2017-02-23 07:28:14 PM rebeccaa How about punchkees?
2017-02-23 07:28:23 PM jillm I pick crafts that the care staff will enjoy and join in and help with
2017-02-23 07:28:26 PM severest good idea
2017-02-23 07:28:37 PM kathyhughes We also did a Bingo Marathon for Nursing Home Week
2017-02-23 07:28:50 PM 26rosemarie left the chat room
2017-02-23 07:28:52 PM pamgoodwin We have entertainment lined up
2017-02-23 07:28:53 PM wandapoulson fat tuesday pancakes and donuts
2017-02-23 07:29:00 PM mlmusic nina, sometimes if it's crafts that become decorations in a public room, you get a little more action
2017-02-23 07:29:10 PM tvs320 We just did a special bingo with local college students
2017-02-23 07:29:18 PM nursesusie How do you know all these extra things that go on.
2017-02-23 07:29:20 PM wandapoulson bingo marathon yes

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