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2018-09-13 06:16:17 PM jackiem you may have to simply some of the steps depending on your group
2018-09-13 06:16:18 PM jenniferr2018 bummer on the wreaths
2018-09-13 06:16:35 PM jadams69 nicole it worked out great we also did it for halloween and made pumpkins
2018-09-13 06:16:40 PM jackiem soda bottles..tissue paper...glue..glitter..ribbon
2018-09-13 06:16:43 PM jogood make your wearths out of ribbon
2018-09-13 06:16:44 PM jessicas We have a special Thanksgiving catered meal every year
2018-09-13 06:16:45 PM jackiem bells
2018-09-13 06:17:00 PM jadams69 its very easy and cheap
2018-09-13 06:17:03 PM pennyhunt we use yarn
2018-09-13 06:17:05 PM jogood or construction paper
2018-09-13 06:17:07 PM jackiem it's on pintrest...santa boots from pop bottles
2018-09-13 06:17:11 PM kathyhughes You have to keep the can in a metal container
2018-09-13 06:17:17 PM jogood oh pintrest ill look
2018-09-13 06:17:18 PM donnalova2 We made chocolates, gingerbread men and cookies last year. Our residents loved it.
2018-09-13 06:17:20 PM nicole1 will have to try that sounds cool
2018-09-13 06:17:28 PM jackiem or search things made from two liters
2018-09-13 06:17:39 PM jogood chocolate covered pretzel rods
2018-09-13 06:17:39 PM jackiem they are cute
2018-09-13 06:17:46 PM marylogan We invite the families for dinner a week before thanksgiving and they bring the resident's favorite dish. We had way too much food last year!
2018-09-13 06:17:48 PM maryb My favorite is Gingerbread Houses
2018-09-13 06:17:48 PM tfrost83 we make gingerbread houses and decorate cookies
2018-09-13 06:17:52 PM nicole1 okay thanks great idea
2018-09-13 06:17:55 PM jenniferr2018 we do gingerbread houses out of milk cartons from schools
2018-09-13 06:18:00 PM jackiem no problem
2018-09-13 06:18:00 PM jogood FUDGE
2018-09-13 06:18:13 PM jackiem you can even put candy canes inside the boots
2018-09-13 06:18:20 PM merrinoelpeterson we are trying to put on a lighted wheelchair parade for christmas this year also when we do our tree lighting ceremony
2018-09-13 06:18:24 PM maryb We hot glue graham crackers for the houses we use.
2018-09-13 06:18:27 PM sburgess Thats a neat idea MaryLogan....we have done family bbq in the summer where everybody brings a dish...thanksgiving would be fun too
2018-09-13 06:18:28 PM nicole1 oo fudge would be fun our residents love sweets
2018-09-13 06:18:30 PM patriciabates we made fudge in the microwave
2018-09-13 06:18:39 PM jenniferr2018 yep we do it that way sometimes
2018-09-13 06:18:41 PM donnalova2 Yes fake wreaths so we can put them out again this year.
2018-09-13 06:18:45 PM jogood fudge is easy
2018-09-13 06:18:48 PM jackiem i cannot get thin in this job ...LOL
2018-09-13 06:18:50 PM jogood fudge is GOOD
2018-09-13 06:18:58 PM jackiem mmmm FUDGE
2018-09-13 06:19:02 PM pennyhunt one of our kitchen staff wants to make the gingerbread houses and have the residents decorate them i think its good that she wants to get involved with helping us do activities during the holidays
2018-09-13 06:19:02 PM jenniferr2018 mm
2018-09-13 06:19:02 PM nicole1 ill have to pintrest a recipe
2018-09-13 06:19:17 PM kathyhughes Thats great Penny
2018-09-13 06:19:18 PM feleciap18 good idea about the hot glue
2018-09-13 06:19:20 PM merrinoelpeterson pennyhunt your lucky
2018-09-13 06:19:22 PM jogood pintrest has everything
2018-09-13 06:19:23 PM sburgess We have done gingerbread houses,
2018-09-13 06:19:33 PM maryb Would love the kitchen staff to get involved in activities!
2018-09-13 06:19:34 PM patriciabates aint that the truth we justhad rootbeer floats yesterday
2018-09-13 06:19:37 PM donnalova2 Our residents can put anything they want on their doors. I guess we have different rules.
2018-09-13 06:19:41 PM nicole1 yes it does we pintrest all day long
2018-09-13 06:19:43 PM jenniferr2018 watch the diabetics...we had afew start stealing candies off them when they were displayed..lol
2018-09-13 06:19:52 PM jogood we do rootbeer floats one a month res love em
2018-09-13 06:20:07 PM kathyhughes We would have each dept make a gingerbread house so we could make our own village...each nursing unit, each shift and the residents
2018-09-13 06:20:22 PM nicole1 haha of course they would we have to be careful of that too!
2018-09-13 06:20:22 PM jenniferr2018 awesome
2018-09-13 06:20:25 PM jogood thats sounds FUN Kathy
2018-09-13 06:20:34 PM feleciap18 good idea kathy
2018-09-13 06:20:36 PM tcarswell55 sounds fun might have to try it
2018-09-13 06:20:46 PM nicole1 great idea kathy
2018-09-13 06:20:48 PM tfrost83 that sounds fun kathy
2018-09-13 06:20:50 PM donnalova2 I'm thinking of making bark this year. They like the gingerbread men instead of the houses. Much easier.
2018-09-13 06:20:50 PM kathyhughes It was a good team building program
2018-09-13 06:21:02 PM jenniferr2018 liike that
2018-09-13 06:21:11 PM maryb I have a question about resident families. Do any of you have some that are hard to ever please??
2018-09-13 06:21:19 PM jackiem always
2018-09-13 06:21:19 PM feleciap18 yes
2018-09-13 06:21:20 PM jogood we decorate out "office ares" and let the res vote
2018-09-13 06:21:23 PM tfrost83 always
2018-09-13 06:21:23 PM jenniferr2018 yep
2018-09-13 06:21:24 PM marylogan Plenty,
2018-09-13 06:21:30 PM tcarswell55 yes
2018-09-13 06:21:39 PM donnalova2 There's a no bake fudge recipe on the Fluff jar. it's really good and easy.
2018-09-13 06:21:45 PM jadams69 we do a contest with each hall. they decorate we have 3 residents judge the halls and we give the hall a tropjhy and a prize. it motivates them to decorate the halls
2018-09-13 06:21:45 PM patriciabates oh yea,
2018-09-13 06:21:58 PM patriciabates you can't please everyone
2018-09-13 06:22:02 PM kathyhughes Yes they will always be hard to please because you are taking care of their mother or father and they feel guilty
2018-09-13 06:22:06 PM jackiem sure can't
2018-09-13 06:22:08 PM jogood of course there will be ona ya can never please ...KILL EM WITH KINDNESS AND HUGS
2018-09-13 06:22:11 PM jenniferr2018 yep
2018-09-13 06:22:17 PM marylogan What about Halloween? We do costumes, music, party stuff but what are some other good ideas?
2018-09-13 06:22:19 PM jenniferr2018 lol
2018-09-13 06:22:35 PM maryb The guilty ones are the worst!!!
2018-09-13 06:22:36 PM donnalova2 Sounds like fun Kathy.
2018-09-13 06:22:37 PM tfrost83 it is always the ones that are barely involved ..just guilt
2018-09-13 06:22:40 PM merrinoelpeterson witches brew
2018-09-13 06:22:42 PM jessicas We have preschool trick or treaters come
2018-09-13 06:22:44 PM karenfabian halloween scavenger hunt
2018-09-13 06:22:44 PM jogood LUV HALLOWEEN
2018-09-13 06:22:45 PM patriciabates We are having a costume party
2018-09-13 06:22:45 PM sunshine2018 We are getting ready for Holloween, our theme is going to be "The Wizard of Oz
2018-09-13 06:22:50 PM jackiem many times they feel helpless ,so all they know to do is bark orders or complain because they feel usefull that way
2018-09-13 06:22:52 PM nicole1 witches brew?
2018-09-13 06:23:02 PM merrinoelpeterson yes, dry ice and everything
2018-09-13 06:23:03 PM kathyhughes Correct Jackie
2018-09-13 06:23:07 PM marylogan Yes, what is witches brew?
2018-09-13 06:23:08 PM sburgess We are doing trick or treating in the neighborhoods and a witches brew the nigh before
2018-09-13 06:23:14 PM jadams69 yes mary we do a fall (halloween) carniva and we dress up in costume and trick or treat with the kids and have residents pass out candy
2018-09-13 06:23:26 PM tcarswell55 we are doing trick or treating in our building
2018-09-13 06:23:35 PM patriciabates we also have a spooktacular for the staff and residents families
2018-09-13 06:23:49 PM marylogan what do you do at spooktacular?
2018-09-13 06:23:49 PM jenniferr2018 love the title
2018-09-13 06:23:50 PM sunshine2018 The hospital has a pumpkin contest
2018-09-13 06:23:53 PM tfrost83 its hard to get the rest of the staff to dress up ... we are usually the only ones
2018-09-13 06:23:56 PM jackiem it is hard to watch a loved one suffer while all you can do is watch
2018-09-13 06:23:57 PM donnalova2 I agree with Kathy. They feel guilty. Most of our families are great but we do have a few that are so unappreciative.
2018-09-13 06:24:02 PM nicole1 spooktacular sounds interesting
2018-09-13 06:24:08 PM sunshine2018 so we always enter the contest
2018-09-13 06:24:09 PM maryb Im doing a halloween parade with the residents decorating their wheel chairs!
2018-09-13 06:24:23 PM sunshine2018 thats great maryb
2018-09-13 06:24:29 PM merrinoelpeterson we are having a party on devils night where we all dress up like witches and go dinning room to dinning room inviting the residents in our best witch voice to come to our witches brew after dinner, black out the windows play some spooky music and sing some witchy songs
2018-09-13 06:24:33 PM kathyhughes Freeform TV is having the 31 nights of Halloween...we would make up trivia of 10-15 questions and have the residents fill them in while they watched the movie that night
2018-09-13 06:24:37 PM jogood the guilty fam members are actually jealous that you are spending more time with their pRENT THEN THEY ARE SO OF COURSE THEY ARE ANGRY...BE A duck AND LET IT ROLL OFF YOUR BACK...THEY WONT RETUN FOR AWHILE
2018-09-13 06:24:37 PM jackiem then some people are just born nasty and will die nasty...you just blow it off and let it roll off your shoulders
2018-09-13 06:24:42 PM jogood ooppss
2018-09-13 06:24:45 PM patriciabates Cidar and donuts, trick or treat, music residents love it
2018-09-13 06:24:49 PM merrinoelpeterson plus make a witches brew.. you can get the recipie online
2018-09-13 06:24:50 PM kathyhughes They would then return the paper and we would have winners
2018-09-13 06:24:55 PM sunshine2018 that seems like fun Kathy..
2018-09-13 06:24:56 PM nicole1 kathy thats a really good idea
2018-09-13 06:24:56 PM donnalova2 We don't do much for Halloween. We really are not allowed to decorate that much.
2018-09-13 06:25:13 PM sburgess Yes I like that idea Kathy
2018-09-13 06:25:21 PM jogood i hit my cap lock ...didnt mean to scream
2018-09-13 06:25:23 PM jadams69 Kathy how do you eep up with all these conversations ? lol
2018-09-13 06:25:36 PM feleciap18 lol
2018-09-13 06:25:39 PM jogood lol
2018-09-13 06:25:44 PM sunshine2018 we usually dont do much but one of the nurses wanted to do holloween so I said lets do it
2018-09-13 06:25:49 PM donnalova2 I like the cider and donuts idea and the halloween music. Our residents love donuts.
2018-09-13 06:25:54 PM jenniferr2018 Hey Kathy I was seeing in the news that they are trying to change our ability to show movies to the residents...without charging them..what do you think
2018-09-13 06:26:14 PM nicole1 our residents love donuts too and coffee they want that every morning
2018-09-13 06:26:16 PM kathyhughes I try
2018-09-13 06:26:17 PM jogood instead of popcorn we switch to party mix
2018-09-13 06:26:28 PM jogood for movies and such
2018-09-13 06:26:32 PM merrinoelpeterson jennifer that would be amazing there should be a way to play movies overhead with out worry about copyright laws and such
2018-09-13 06:26:33 PM pennyhunt our residents are not really into movies maybe 1 or 2
2018-09-13 06:26:36 PM marylogan We might try best costume contest again. They came up with great costumes.
2018-09-13 06:26:36 PM tfrost83 we ahve coffee and tea every morning before activities
2018-09-13 06:26:39 PM maryb Charge the resiedents for movies?
2018-09-13 06:26:46 PM sburgess Cheese balls are always a hit for snacks
2018-09-13 06:26:51 PM jogood no free ...we have a theater
2018-09-13 06:27:02 PM jogood orange fingers lol
2018-09-13 06:27:04 PM jenniferr2018 I agree..when we are in our homes we might haveguests...nocharge
2018-09-13 06:27:08 PM merrinoelpeterson we are getting a theatre....
2018-09-13 06:27:08 PM feleciap18 imma try the cheese balls
2018-09-13 06:27:12 PM donnalova2 We only show movies twice a week and every other Saturday.
2018-09-13 06:27:30 PM jogood wends then FOOTBALL on Sunday
2018-09-13 06:27:34 PM jadams69 oh my residents get cheese ball every friday night at happy hour they love those things
2018-09-13 06:27:34 PM jackiem awesome that you havea theater
2018-09-13 06:27:36 PM maryb We have been doing movies twice a week too
2018-09-13 06:27:51 PM jogood yea...we do :D
2018-09-13 06:27:53 PM donnalova2 We offer football both Saturday and Sunday.
2018-09-13 06:28:05 PM marylogan Really awesome! Is hearing a problem for some?
2018-09-13 06:28:13 PM kathyhughes We would also have a Stephen King movie marathon which really only the alert residents would attend, but they loved them
2018-09-13 06:28:13 PM jogood some res are scared to go in tho
2018-09-13 06:28:14 PM jenniferr2018 we have one it is nice.. resident hate the new chairs...im workingtoget them replaced they are only a year old.
2018-09-13 06:28:19 PM jackiem we watch all kinds of things on you tube...my residents love all the old shows we can find
2018-09-13 06:28:46 PM maryb Wow, Stephen King movies are hard core. Not sure I can even watch too many!!
2018-09-13 06:28:52 PM tfrost83 we ordered a bunch of halloween movies for next month they like the older ones
2018-09-13 06:28:54 PM jenniferr2018 I have some that like a marathon on the animated ones...we do those too
2018-09-13 06:28:57 PM pennyhunt they have asked about watching the movies that our theme dinner is about now that we are down to 1 left
2018-09-13 06:28:59 PM jackiem anything from Hee Haw which they love to Billy graham and dean martin etc
2018-09-13 06:29:02 PM jogood my res like the newere movies..they sy "Iv seen that old flick..play nEW mvies"
2018-09-13 06:29:06 PM kathyhughes They would request them...not for everyone but we had them
2018-09-13 06:29:09 PM merrinoelpeterson abbott and costello meet frankenstien
2018-09-13 06:29:21 PM sunshine2018 we watch alot of cultural and war movies
2018-09-13 06:29:38 PM karenfabian musicals....
2018-09-13 06:29:40 PM jogood comedy and drama
2018-09-13 06:29:47 PM nicole1 our residents always say play something newer then 2017 lol we always laugh
2018-09-13 06:29:48 PM jogood musicals simetimes
2018-09-13 06:29:49 PM pennyhunt we have one that likes westerns
2018-09-13 06:29:50 PM kathyhughes You can do your own marathon ....of course we also had a "Scrooge-a-thon" in Dec
2018-09-13 06:29:54 PM tcarswell55 comedy
2018-09-13 06:29:57 PM marylogan Thanks for all the great ideas. I have to bow out now.
2018-09-13 06:30:05 PM donnalova2 We use Netflix and it's so hard to find movies for our residents. We have one that only wants disney movies and the others only want PG stuff. I am running out of choices.
2018-09-13 06:30:06 PM jackiem our smart tv with you tube has been thebest thing that ever happened,,,we get cardio music to exercise instructors,you name it we can find it
2018-09-13 06:30:07 PM marylogan left the chat room
2018-09-13 06:30:08 PM patriciabates ours residents arn't big on movies
2018-09-13 06:30:11 PM nicole1 kathy you have great ideas that sounds fun
2018-09-13 06:30:28 PM donnalova2 I'll run holiday movies in November & December.
2018-09-13 06:30:36 PM jenniferr2018 We have netflix Dvds so I sit with them and pick the ones they want to watch..it works ..less complaints
2018-09-13 06:30:39 PM jogood i played famou faces in the theater
2018-09-13 06:30:44 PM sunshine2018 we are getting ready for Indignous Peoples Day
2018-09-13 06:30:46 PM maryb LOVE the SMART TV and Amazon
2018-09-13 06:30:50 PM jadams69 we do the christmas movie marathon , my E.D. is not that hip on halloween so we show just a few movies depending on the residents
2018-09-13 06:31:03 PM jackiem they also love karoakeand name that croon game on lifeshare
2018-09-13 06:31:04 PM kathyhughes We had some alert people who wanted the stuff...but the Scrooge-a-thon was always a hit
2018-09-13 06:31:12 PM sunshine2018 Celebrating our Native Heritage day
2018-09-13 06:31:18 PM jogood lots of things depend on the residents they are the ones im there to make happy
2018-09-13 06:31:23 PM jenniferr2018 cool..explain
2018-09-13 06:31:40 PM jenniferr2018 yep
2018-09-13 06:31:41 PM donnalova2 I don't think horror movies would go over too well with our residents.
2018-09-13 06:31:50 PM merrinoelpeterson ours either
2018-09-13 06:31:54 PM jogood nope
2018-09-13 06:31:54 PM pennyhunt i think more would watch them if they would try a few and get some they like
2018-09-13 06:31:57 PM sburgess ditto
2018-09-13 06:31:57 PM jessicas No horror movies here
2018-09-13 06:31:58 PM jadams69 donna i have a few that would watch them
2018-09-13 06:31:59 PM nicole1 ill have to try that my activities director is leaving at the end of the month and ill be taking her place i can use all the ideas lol
2018-09-13 06:32:18 PM jogood funny horror movies wud be cool
2018-09-13 06:32:21 PM jenniferr2018 cool nicole
2018-09-13 06:32:28 PM sunshine2018 Congrats nicole
2018-09-13 06:32:36 PM feleciap18 funny horror?
2018-09-13 06:32:44 PM feleciap18 congrats
2018-09-13 06:32:46 PM jadams69 the ghost and mr chicken.. its funny adn scary Don Knots movie, they love it..
2018-09-13 06:32:48 PM patriciabates awesome nicole
2018-09-13 06:32:49 PM merrinoelpeterson what about all the claymation (?) christmas movies....rudolph...santa claus is coming to town...
2018-09-13 06:32:50 PM jogood like frankinsen
2018-09-13 06:33:01 PM nicole1 thanks guys ive been working there for 11 years but new ideas are always good lol
2018-09-13 06:33:09 PM jogood or the guy in the strips cant remeber his anme
2018-09-13 06:33:09 PM donnalova2 Yes like Beetlejuice or Frankenstein with Mel Brooks
2018-09-13 06:33:11 PM kathyhughes It was requested by the residents so we would have it available and we would also tell the residents before they attended
2018-09-13 06:33:13 PM tfrost83 young frankentstein
2018-09-13 06:33:16 PM jenniferr2018 you can check community websites to see what others are doing around you Nicole...sometimes you see somethingyou want
2018-09-13 06:33:23 PM patriciabates Beetle juice
2018-09-13 06:33:25 PM jogood beetlejuice TY
2018-09-13 06:33:33 PM patriciabates yw
2018-09-13 06:33:41 PM nicole1 yeah i joined one on facebook they had cool ideas too.
2018-09-13 06:33:44 PM donnalova2 yes young frankenstein
2018-09-13 06:33:49 PM kathyhughes And they can watch the Freeform Halloween marathon in their rooms
2018-09-13 06:33:50 PM jenniferr2018 yep
2018-09-13 06:33:50 PM jogood :D
2018-09-13 06:33:56 PM maryb I'm getting great halloween movie ideas from all of you!
2018-09-13 06:34:00 PM feleciap18 right
2018-09-13 06:34:00 PM donnalova2 I may try those next month.
2018-09-13 06:34:05 PM sburgess Hocus Pocus
2018-09-13 06:34:08 PM nicole1 same here im writing them down
2018-09-13 06:34:13 PM jogood Adams Family
2018-09-13 06:34:17 PM nicole1 we all love hocus pocus
2018-09-13 06:34:21 PM jessicas Hocus Pocus is great
2018-09-13 06:34:22 PM jogood yes
2018-09-13 06:34:25 PM nicole1 thats a classic
2018-09-13 06:34:31 PM jenniferr2018 hocuspocus is a good one even if spelling is poor tonight
2018-09-13 06:34:39 PM sunshine2018 yes thanks to everyone I am getting lots of ideals too.
2018-09-13 06:34:42 PM patriciabates My residents like to watch tv in their rooms but when it comes to activity time they dont want to watch movies
2018-09-13 06:34:59 PM jogood movies taht make ya LAUGH
2018-09-13 06:35:16 PM kathyhughes So what are you all planning for Veterans Day???
2018-09-13 06:35:18 PM jogood pippylongstockings
2018-09-13 06:35:26 PM jogood mary poppins
2018-09-13 06:35:27 PM jenniferr2018 why do you think it is ...the lighting? noise?on why they dont. Have they ever said
2018-09-13 06:35:35 PM tfrost83 we are having a honoring our veterans party
2018-09-13 06:35:52 PM patriciabates we have a veterns day dinner for our veterans
2018-09-13 06:35:52 PM tcarswell55 i need new ideas for veterans day
2018-09-13 06:35:57 PM jogood we ALWAYS HONOR out vets
2018-09-13 06:36:02 PM maryb We have a few WWII vets and would like some ideas for Veterans day.
2018-09-13 06:36:02 PM donnalova2 We don"t use movies as an activity. it's put on at night.
2018-09-13 06:36:04 PM kathyhughes What are you going to do for the party???
2018-09-13 06:36:22 PM merrinoelpeterson i was trying to get some of the younger veterans to come in and talk with our vets have like a social
2018-09-13 06:36:26 PM jogood we acyually have 4 WW1 Vets in our facility
2018-09-13 06:36:28 PM jenniferr2018 Big awards ceremony...music program...soldier from FT Carson comes and does a speech and salutes the veterans at the end for all they have done for their country
2018-09-13 06:36:32 PM kathyhughes We would have a world map and pin where our residents served with their picture
2018-09-13 06:36:35 PM sunshine2018 weare having a veterns celebrations. we have about 5 veterns that we are giving them a certificate
2018-09-13 06:36:47 PM merrinoelpeterson thats a good idea
2018-09-13 06:36:54 PM jogood 26 vet all together
2018-09-13 06:36:59 PM nicole1 we have a social and have someone volunteer and speak we have a activities leader that works with us and hes a veteran and he speaks infront of the residents and then we eat and have a good time
2018-09-13 06:37:00 PM tfrost83 we hand out thank you certificates and pins along with a brochure with their names and a poem
2018-09-13 06:37:03 PM kathyhughes and we made displays of each branch of the military and have the residents prictures there
2018-09-13 06:37:07 PM patriciabates We currently have 2 WWll veterans in our facility they are getting fewer
2018-09-13 06:37:08 PM jenniferr2018 we have a wall of honor for the veteran in our community
2018-09-13 06:37:10 PM donnalova2 We had a really nice service for our vets last year. We invited people in and did a great ceremony.
2018-09-13 06:37:10 PM maryb I like the world map idea too.
2018-09-13 06:37:26 PM jadams69 we have the guys from the ase that come to our facility and see our veterans
2018-09-13 06:37:29 PM jogood i meant WW11 lol
2018-09-13 06:37:54 PM jogood we post photos and have flag ceremonies
2018-09-13 06:38:02 PM sburgess We have a Veterans wall, each branch has shadow box and the resident's name are in it with the emblem of the branch.
2018-09-13 06:38:05 PM donnalova2 We only have 3 veterans in our place
2018-09-13 06:38:12 PM jenniferr2018 wedo a special luncheon that week too for all of the veteran
2018-09-13 06:38:30 PM nicole1 sburgess that sounds neat
2018-09-13 06:38:32 PM kathyhughes We invited the neighborhood VFW in a couple days before for a luncheon
2018-09-13 06:38:34 PM jenniferr2018 I haveclose to 26 veterans with 3 on them being ladies
2018-09-13 06:38:34 PM jogood our VFW come in and put on a program
2018-09-13 06:38:38 PM donnalova2 We also recognize the wives of veterans.
2018-09-13 06:38:42 PM patriciabates I wondered jogood lol
2018-09-13 06:38:49 PM jogood opps
2018-09-13 06:38:51 PM jadams69 ours vfw comes in also
2018-09-13 06:39:03 PM feleciap18 it is only 3 inmy facility
2018-09-13 06:39:11 PM jogood they wud be ANCIENT
2018-09-13 06:39:13 PM jadams69 i have about 14
2018-09-13 06:39:16 PM nicole1 thats a good idea wives of veterans
2018-09-13 06:39:16 PM sunshine2018 we are getting a military personnel to come to present them
2018-09-13 06:39:20 PM merrinoelpeterson sburgess dont forget about when they pass we send the ingraved plate with their name on it to the family with a card from our facility
2018-09-13 06:39:37 PM jenniferr2018 cool
2018-09-13 06:39:49 PM pennyhunt thats a great idea merri
2018-09-13 06:39:52 PM patriciabates We have I believe 10 all together I just counted yesterday for the VFW
2018-09-13 06:40:03 PM jenniferr2018 our world would not be the same without their dedication
2018-09-13 06:40:10 PM sburgess Its special ..... I love our Veterans....today I had a Korean War vet(one of my residents) say to a Vietnam Vet(volunteer)...."Your war was a piece of Cake!" everybody laughed...great moment
2018-09-13 06:40:14 PM merrinoelpeterson thanks but it was all sburgess's idea
2018-09-13 06:40:18 PM jogood i am truley thankful for their service
2018-09-13 06:40:22 PM maryb Seems like all US citizens during the war were sacrificing. I'm hearing more and more stories about what people did back then for war efforts.
2018-09-13 06:40:45 PM sburgess Thanks Merri!
2018-09-13 06:40:54 PM kathyhughes You should look up v
2018-09-13 06:40:55 PM jogood i wil listen over & over to their stories
2018-09-13 06:41:09 PM kathyhughes Victory Gardens and then ask the residents about them
2018-09-13 06:41:10 PM jenniferr2018 the home front of wives and families gets forgotten
2018-09-13 06:41:11 PM pennyhunt ok i didnt catch that was chasing my grandaughter
2018-09-13 06:41:19 PM jogood 911 ... never forget
2018-09-13 06:41:21 PM jenniferr2018 left the chat room
2018-09-13 06:41:22 PM kathyhughes And the Ration stamps
2018-09-13 06:41:35 PM donnalova2 I agree. I thank all veterans for their service. We would not be living in a free country if it wasn't for them.
2018-09-13 06:41:50 PM sunshine2018 when I was in Germany in the 70's we had gas rations
2018-09-13 06:41:52 PM jogood always thankful/grateful
2018-09-13 06:41:55 PM merrinoelpeterson i just read to our residnets a story about peanutloaf instead of meatloaf during the war
2018-09-13 06:42:24 PM maryb They were telling me that the women would mark their legs with a marker to pretend they were wearing hose.
2018-09-13 06:42:27 PM pennyhunt always thank a vet when i see one no matter where i am or what i am doing
2018-09-13 06:42:29 PM sburgess I have talked and reminisced about Victory Gardens before, some of them remember these gardens
2018-09-13 06:42:29 PM donnalova2 Yes I was living on Long Island during 911 and I will absoulutely never forget. It was horrible.
2018-09-13 06:42:40 PM patriciabates I loved to listen to my grandma talk about her life while grandpa was in Germany in WWll
2018-09-13 06:42:56 PM jadams69 Yes Donna an my veterans get worked up about saluting the flag. Every resident council meeting we always say the pledge and salute. No knees taken here, lol
2018-09-13 06:42:59 PM jogood we will never know
2018-09-13 06:43:03 PM kathyhughes yes that is all true
2018-09-13 06:43:20 PM jogood respect the flag
2018-09-13 06:43:29 PM jogood respect our country
2018-09-13 06:43:31 PM kathyhughes Exactly
2018-09-13 06:43:34 PM merrinoelpeterson a couple weeks ago i greated a resident and asked him if he was a veteran , as we do all our residents, he started to tear up and stated yes...but for the German Army, he looked at me llike i was going to judge him and quickly stated I had no choice....it about broke my heart i had to leave the room
2018-09-13 06:43:35 PM nicole1 exactly
2018-09-13 06:43:36 PM tcarswell55 right
2018-09-13 06:43:40 PM sburgess I had a Navy vet who wasnt supposed to stand and he insisited everytime he heard the Star SPangled Banner

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