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2019-01-23 06:43:18 PM ruthiesister enter the chat room
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2019-01-23 06:45:24 PM ruthiesister welcome
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2019-01-23 06:48:30 PM ruthiesister welcome
2019-01-23 06:48:37 PM salinass hello
2019-01-23 06:49:23 PM ruthiesister it is still a little early we will at 8
2019-01-23 06:49:53 PM salinass okay sounds good, i try to get on a little early so that way i know everthing is working okay
2019-01-23 06:50:06 PM ruthiesister me too .
2019-01-23 06:50:31 PM ruthiesister i just hope the power stays on ,, we are having a bit of a strom here
2019-01-23 06:51:09 PM salinass i will try to keep up, i am not feeling well
2019-01-23 06:51:18 PM salinass oh wow, where do you live
2019-01-23 06:51:19 PM ruthiesister and i got a bug from work me too
2019-01-23 06:52:22 PM ruthiesister i live in the catskills of ny ,, i got the stomach bug
2019-01-23 06:52:39 PM ruthiesister so if i don't answer rigt away , i ran to the bathrm
2019-01-23 06:53:06 PM salinass i have an upper respitory infection with acute bronchitis. i went to the doctor yesterday and then again today. i feel worse today than i did yesterday
2019-01-23 06:53:33 PM salinass i understand, stomach bugs are not good.
2019-01-23 06:53:37 PM klinetiffany enter the chat room
2019-01-23 06:53:58 PM salinass oh wow, new york, yeah i saw that yall are getting some storms.
2019-01-23 06:54:06 PM ruthiesister no it is not good ,
2019-01-23 06:54:11 PM ruthiesister welcome
2019-01-23 06:54:19 PM salinass hello
2019-01-23 06:54:26 PM klinetiffany Hello
2019-01-23 06:54:29 PM ruthiesister i i'm going to do my best , but i may cut it short
2019-01-23 06:54:47 PM salinass sounds good, i think we all will understand
2019-01-23 06:54:53 PM ruthiesister can i have everyone mep and start date
2019-01-23 06:55:09 PM klinetiffany I also have sinus infection, it is that time of year*-)
2019-01-23 06:55:12 PM salinass mine is 010119
2019-01-23 06:55:19 PM klinetiffany Hope you feel better
2019-01-23 06:55:37 PM ruthiesister me too , sal is it mep 1-2
2019-01-23 06:55:47 PM salinass it is 2 sorry
2019-01-23 06:55:48 PM klinetiffany start date of me pap 1 or me pap2?
2019-01-23 06:56:15 PM ruthiesister when did you start taking classes
2019-01-23 06:56:37 PM ruthiesister and are in the mep 1 or 2 class
2019-01-23 06:56:46 PM klinetiffany I think mine was january 2019 for mepap2 and for mepap1 it was june 2018
2019-01-23 06:57:10 PM klinetiffany I am currently in mepap2
2019-01-23 06:57:22 PM ruthiesister ok, so the same as sal ,
2019-01-23 06:57:33 PM ruthiesister 010119
2019-01-23 06:57:48 PM salinass yes :)
2019-01-23 06:57:54 PM ruthiesister so were is everyone from
2019-01-23 06:58:09 PM salinass i live in lubbock texas
2019-01-23 06:58:42 PM ruthiesister so no ice storm there like here in the catskills of ny
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2019-01-23 06:59:18 PM ruthiesister kline where are you from
2019-01-23 06:59:21 PM salinass no we do have ice storms, and we just have not had any thie winter.
2019-01-23 06:59:34 PM salinass in december we had 11 inches of snow
2019-01-23 06:59:47 PM klinetiffany Near Chambersburg, PA
2019-01-23 07:00:06 PM ruthiesister i saw that on the new , we just a foot of snow over the weekend and now rain and ice and wind today
2019-01-23 07:00:12 PM salinass wow, yall are all the way up there :)
2019-01-23 07:00:38 PM ruthiesister yea, i live in the woods on a dirt rd , on top of a mountain ,
2019-01-23 07:00:56 PM salinass yeah i saw that on the news. we had lots of wind yesterday and on friday. that is why i am sick
2019-01-23 07:01:10 PM klinetiffany Love the woods, I live in the sticks with amish buggies
2019-01-23 07:01:13 PM klinetiffany I love it lol
2019-01-23 07:01:17 PM salinass wow, that must be awesome
2019-01-23 07:01:33 PM ruthiesister so what kind of facility do you all work at
2019-01-23 07:01:37 PM salinass wow!
2019-01-23 07:01:39 PM klinetiffany Grew up here most of my adolecent life
2019-01-23 07:01:43 PM malloryjbean enter the chat room
2019-01-23 07:01:48 PM klinetiffany Nursing Home
2019-01-23 07:02:08 PM ruthiesister welcome
2019-01-23 07:02:10 PM salinass i work in a skilled nursing facility. i work in the memory care unit
2019-01-23 07:02:15 PM klinetiffany Was born in the Phillipines, my dad was in the navy
2019-01-23 07:02:16 PM malloryjbean Good evening, everyone!
2019-01-23 07:02:24 PM salinass hello
2019-01-23 07:02:25 PM malloryjbean I work in a SNF
2019-01-23 07:02:50 PM klinetiffany We are skilled, but lately a lot of rehab. They are getting ready to open a new rehab center that was just built on our campus
2019-01-23 07:02:55 PM ruthiesister what is your start date and mep mallory
2019-01-23 07:03:00 PM klinetiffany hi mallory
2019-01-23 07:03:32 PM ruthiesister and how do you like the rehab part , not the same as your ltc
2019-01-23 07:04:08 PM salinass our facility is also has rehab
2019-01-23 07:04:13 PM klinetiffany Honestly I love LTC, with rehab the residents are in and out and you really do not get to know them
2019-01-23 07:04:32 PM sgross enter the chat room
2019-01-23 07:04:37 PM ruthiesister it is much different , but can be fun also
2019-01-23 07:04:45 PM salinass we also have ltc
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2019-01-23 07:04:51 PM sgross hello
2019-01-23 07:04:55 PM ruthiesister welcome
2019-01-23 07:04:55 PM salinass hello
2019-01-23 07:05:16 PM ruthiesister so let me tell you a little about myself
2019-01-23 07:05:26 PM ruthiesister i have work in ltc for 10 yrs
2019-01-23 07:05:29 PM malloryjbean I started in October, and I am in the Own Pace course
2019-01-23 07:05:32 PM klinetiffany I will say a good thing with them being combined is that rehab love to help the ltc residents and it makes them feel purposeful
2019-01-23 07:06:09 PM sgross wow
2019-01-23 07:06:09 PM ruthiesister then went to our local hospital and work in there phamarcy
2019-01-23 07:06:28 PM salinass wow
2019-01-23 07:06:32 PM ruthiesister they ask if i would be interested in work in the swingbed program
2019-01-23 07:06:40 PM sgross i started with my grandparents care
2019-01-23 07:06:50 PM klinetiffany Have you worked in LTC for 10 years as a ADC or do you also have other healthcare background
2019-01-23 07:06:58 PM ruthiesister which is another name for rehab
2019-01-23 07:07:03 PM salinass i have been at my facility for 9 years.
2019-01-23 07:07:38 PM sgross i have worked in senior care for 5 yrs
2019-01-23 07:07:42 PM ruthiesister i work in ltc as a aide and then in activities ,, i didn't get my director till i was in the hosp setting
2019-01-23 07:07:55 PM klinetiffany okay awesome
2019-01-23 07:07:57 PM ruthiesister i have been in health care for over 20yrs
2019-01-23 07:08:09 PM klinetiffany I have been a CNA for 10 years
2019-01-23 07:08:14 PM salinass in our facility, our 4th floor is accelerated rehab and i feel that is a swing bed setting
2019-01-23 07:08:21 PM klinetiffany and in activities 2.5
2019-01-23 07:08:29 PM malloryjbean My facility is mostly SNF, with some LTC. We also have an attached Assisted living. I run the activities program for our Memory Care residents, but we do not have a specific MIU
2019-01-23 07:08:43 PM ruthiesister how swingbed (swb) is different in every setting
2019-01-23 07:09:07 PM ruthiesister i work in a hospital setting which is much different then in a LTC place
2019-01-23 07:09:42 PM salinass i started out as a dietary aide, for 3 years, then when there was an opening in our activitiy department and i applied and i got the job and have been in that acitivtiy department for 6 years now.
2019-01-23 07:09:46 PM ruthiesister we get many different kinds of patients ,, and like most swb place patient can be there for a 3 days to 3 months
2019-01-23 07:10:07 PM klinetiffany Could you describe how activities varies from LTC to SWB?
2019-01-23 07:10:27 PM salinass yes that is what it is like on our 4th floor rehab, some are there for 3 days to 3 months.
2019-01-23 07:10:27 PM sgross good question
2019-01-23 07:10:46 PM ruthiesister there are lots ,, we make a calendar ,, but mine is not the same as when i work in ltc
2019-01-23 07:11:05 PM salinass its very different
2019-01-23 07:11:06 PM ruthiesister i do many community project , and i don't have bingo
2019-01-23 07:11:22 PM salinass do you have a lot of voulunteers?
2019-01-23 07:11:39 PM malloryjbean I don't think we could live without bingo! haha It would be the slowest moving riot you have every seen!
2019-01-23 07:11:39 PM ruthiesister i make a calendar but at the bottom it states that all act are stubject to change
2019-01-23 07:11:54 PM ruthiesister lol,
2019-01-23 07:11:55 PM malloryjbean Do you have care plans for SWB?
2019-01-23 07:12:09 PM klinetiffany HAHA@ Mallory< agreed our residents love bingo
2019-01-23 07:12:10 PM salinass lol
2019-01-23 07:12:24 PM salinass yes so do mine
2019-01-23 07:12:25 PM sgross llthats right. that allows for flex
2019-01-23 07:12:43 PM ruthiesister i do assessments ,, and i make a plan on how i feel the patient will beneafit from our program
2019-01-23 07:12:53 PM ruthiesister i work a lot with our OT ,
2019-01-23 07:13:12 PM sgross ot?
2019-01-23 07:13:24 PM salinass do you think its easier or harder to plan for swing bed than ltc
2019-01-23 07:13:25 PM ruthiesister ON games nd things we think can help the patient i also work with socialwork
2019-01-23 07:13:40 PM malloryjbean OT = occupational therapy
2019-01-23 07:13:48 PM ruthiesister thank you
2019-01-23 07:13:56 PM sgross thank u
2019-01-23 07:14:27 PM sgross Im trying to find a flow with activities dir nd STNS
2019-01-23 07:14:37 PM malloryjbean What types of games do you use? Physical exercise, board games, etc?
2019-01-23 07:14:39 PM ruthiesister i like to make our patient feel like they are part of the community still and that they can always be part of it
2019-01-23 07:14:49 PM sgross My position want bouth job descr to do bouth
2019-01-23 07:15:06 PM ruthiesister i am a dept of 1
2019-01-23 07:15:20 PM malloryjbean How many beds in your unit?
2019-01-23 07:15:21 PM sgross Bth STNA and AD
2019-01-23 07:15:24 PM ruthiesister i do everything , make the calendars and do the activities
2019-01-23 07:15:34 PM klinetiffany SAme here
2019-01-23 07:15:45 PM salinass ruthie, do you have volunteers come in to help?
2019-01-23 07:15:49 PM ruthiesister my hospital is very small
2019-01-23 07:15:51 PM klinetiffany I also am a neighborhood coordinator
2019-01-23 07:16:02 PM ruthiesister once in a while
2019-01-23 07:16:11 PM salinass there are 3 of us in our department , my director, my partner and myself
2019-01-23 07:16:26 PM ruthiesister but like i said we are small , 16 bed small and that is the whole hosp
2019-01-23 07:16:38 PM klinetiffany Oh my goodness that is small
2019-01-23 07:16:43 PM ruthiesister so i have acute and rehab
2019-01-23 07:16:49 PM angelagalloway enter the chat room
2019-01-23 07:17:07 PM salinass my partner and i do are own activities, we lead them, train our CNA's on how to lead activiites and how to appoach our residnets in our memory care unit
2019-01-23 07:17:10 PM ruthiesister so i get a diffrent view of people i really get to know them
2019-01-23 07:17:14 PM klinetiffany Hi angelagalloway
2019-01-23 07:17:24 PM ruthiesister welcome
2019-01-23 07:17:27 PM klinetiffany Yeah that is really nice
2019-01-23 07:17:39 PM salinass that is small, but i think its good that it is small
2019-01-23 07:17:43 PM angelagalloway Hi! Sorry, I was in the wrong chat room I guess. :(
2019-01-23 07:17:46 PM ruthiesister i try and have lunch with my patient 3-4 times a wk
2019-01-23 07:17:47 PM klinetiffany We are in the process of building "memory care houses" thre will be 2
2019-01-23 07:17:54 PM klinetiffany and each one only has 12 beds
2019-01-23 07:18:08 PM salinass oh wow, that is awesome
2019-01-23 07:18:11 PM klinetiffany Thats really nice
2019-01-23 07:18:17 PM salinass that is really nice
2019-01-23 07:18:27 PM ruthiesister do any of you do luncheons with your rehab people
2019-01-23 07:18:52 PM angelagalloway I have a lunch with Angela every other week. I work in an AL facility.
2019-01-23 07:19:05 PM angelagalloway Sometimes we will have a lunch outing.
2019-01-23 07:19:16 PM malloryjbean I've never had a lunchoen, but we have done lunch outings.
2019-01-23 07:19:19 PM klinetiffany Yes, we do "lunch-ins and lunch-outs"
2019-01-23 07:19:20 PM salinass we have a volunteer that is studying here at the university. he is from london, england and he was telling me that his father is voluntering in amsterdam at the dementia villages they have there
2019-01-23 07:19:20 PM ruthiesister with your rehab peopel
2019-01-23 07:19:24 PM ruthiesister people
2019-01-23 07:19:41 PM klinetiffany yes
2019-01-23 07:19:58 PM ruthiesister there is a eason behind it ,,
2019-01-23 07:20:02 PM ruthiesister reason
2019-01-23 07:20:06 PM salinass i mainly work with memory care, but we do have luncheons with them. we had a thanksgiving/chritmas luncheon.
2019-01-23 07:20:15 PM malloryjbean I've never thought to eat lunch with my residents. I don;t know what the health regs are with that type of stuff. If i'm in a dining area, it is usually to help feel my memory care residents
2019-01-23 07:20:26 PM malloryjbean *feed...not feel.
2019-01-23 07:20:32 PM sgross we had 15 volunteers however we moved to a new location and now we have only one
2019-01-23 07:20:35 PM malloryjbean it's been a long day!
2019-01-23 07:20:41 PM salinass we are encouraged to eat lunch with our residents. but lately i have not been able to
2019-01-23 07:20:46 PM ruthiesister how about any of your rehab people ,
2019-01-23 07:21:04 PM angelagalloway We don't have any rehab people at our facility.
2019-01-23 07:21:10 PM ruthiesister can i tell you why it is inportant
2019-01-23 07:21:17 PM angelagalloway Yes, please.
2019-01-23 07:21:17 PM ruthiesister ok
2019-01-23 07:21:25 PM sgross i enjoy eating with my participant however my manager doesnt want us too
2019-01-23 07:21:43 PM salinass a lot of my residents are ltc, but we do have some that come in for rehab and they leave after 2 to 3 months
2019-01-23 07:21:46 PM ruthiesister when sit and eat with them , you talk to them as people not as a worker
2019-01-23 07:21:56 PM salinass that is right ruthie
2019-01-23 07:22:07 PM sgross i agree
2019-01-23 07:22:09 PM ruthiesister and most time they will open up to you and you will earn a lot more about them
2019-01-23 07:22:26 PM salinass it makes them feel better too and a lot more comfortable
2019-01-23 07:22:28 PM sgross thats right
2019-01-23 07:22:29 PM angelagalloway I think that is true for any resident - rehabe or not.
2019-01-23 07:22:41 PM angelagalloway rehab*
2019-01-23 07:23:00 PM klinetiffany Yes we go out to eat with them and go out to eat with them
2019-01-23 07:23:09 PM ruthiesister right ,, so in a rehab when you only have a week or so to help them ,, it make life eassier to eat with them and know them
2019-01-23 07:23:27 PM salinass very true
2019-01-23 07:23:28 PM klinetiffany makes sense
2019-01-23 07:23:34 PM ruthiesister find there likes and dislike
2019-01-23 07:23:47 PM malloryjbean That's a great point!
2019-01-23 07:23:50 PM ruthiesister they are more willing to give things a go ,, with you ,
2019-01-23 07:23:58 PM salinass make small talk with and you can learn a lot about them in one conversation
2019-01-23 07:24:01 PM ruthiesister even if it
2019-01-23 07:24:16 PM ruthiesister not there thing ,, they trust you
2019-01-23 07:24:17 PM angelagalloway Would that also count as 1:1?
2019-01-23 07:24:22 PM sgross i love to small ta;lk with my participants
2019-01-23 07:24:28 PM klinetiffany Even the grumpiest of residents enjoy to be taken the time to get to know lol
2019-01-23 07:24:39 PM salinass i do count it as a one to one
2019-01-23 07:24:41 PM angelagalloway I am finding getting people to participate in activities is so difficult lately.
2019-01-23 07:24:42 PM klinetiffany Yes
2019-01-23 07:24:44 PM ruthiesister sure , i try to get as many swb people as i can making it very social
2019-01-23 07:25:01 PM klinetiffany Does everyone have resident council?
2019-01-23 07:25:13 PM ruthiesister i do not
2019-01-23 07:25:15 PM angelagalloway We do.
2019-01-23 07:25:16 PM salinass yes they we do
2019-01-23 07:25:25 PM klinetiffany I know thats we all residents are invited to state their grievences and wants and likes
2019-01-23 07:25:32 PM malloryjbean we do!
2019-01-23 07:25:50 PM ruthiesister so what are you do this week for activities wk
2019-01-23 07:25:53 PM klinetiffany that is how we plan where to go for lunch ins and where to get from for lunch outs
2019-01-23 07:26:13 PM salinass but my memory care unit, we have our Happy Friendship Club, a lot of my resdidents get very confused and agitated when they attend the actual resdient council. so a lot of there families will attend it.
2019-01-23 07:26:44 PM klinetiffany Country Drive, Bingo, Balloon Tennis, Uno, Scrabble, Basketba;ll, ring toss, Bible study, Chapel, Music and Manicures
2019-01-23 07:26:51 PM angelagalloway I am out of work for a month due to a surgery yesterday. :/ I already miss my residents! I have some volunteers coming in to help with activities and I also put together a ton of puzzle packs.
2019-01-23 07:27:09 PM malloryjbean My facility bought us lunch today! Activities wise we had our monthly birthday party today!
2019-01-23 07:27:30 PM klinetiffany Wow, thats nice!
2019-01-23 07:27:45 PM salinass our facility has not done anything for us, but i am out sick, so i am not sure if they did
2019-01-23 07:27:59 PM malloryjbean Oh, they only bought us lunch because I hung excessive signage on our office door that they could not ignore!
2019-01-23 07:28:09 PM salinass lol
2019-01-23 07:28:13 PM malloryjbean They had no idea until I put the signs up!
2019-01-23 07:28:17 PM sgross lol
2019-01-23 07:28:21 PM angelagalloway I am the only one in the activities department and I'm sure no one remembers. I even posted it on our Facebook page.
2019-01-23 07:28:29 PM ruthiesister lol,, that is always the way
2019-01-23 07:28:45 PM ruthiesister ok, i have a question
2019-01-23 07:28:59 PM malloryjbean I am lucky. We have our Director, Myself in Memory care with 1 full time aide, 3 full time activities aides and 1 part time aide.
2019-01-23 07:29:00 PM sgross okay
2019-01-23 07:29:08 PM salinass okay
2019-01-23 07:29:11 PM klinetiffany Wow you are lucky
2019-01-23 07:29:21 PM sgross ery lucky
2019-01-23 07:29:32 PM ruthiesister how many of you do community actvities ,, to help the community you like in
2019-01-23 07:29:32 PM klinetiffany We had a budget cut in april of last year lost 3 people
2019-01-23 07:29:48 PM malloryjbean oh man!
2019-01-23 07:29:49 PM ruthiesister you live in
2019-01-23 07:29:53 PM klinetiffany we do community events
2019-01-23 07:30:01 PM sgross all kinds
2019-01-23 07:30:13 PM malloryjbean We just recentlly did a gala event that was a basket party fundraiser to benefit our local Veteran's Community Initiative
2019-01-23 07:30:15 PM salinass we havent done much yet, that is one thing i would like to do this year
2019-01-23 07:30:20 PM klinetiffany Such as big events for cottages, PC, Independent and nursing
2019-01-23 07:30:45 PM sgross canwomen health mens health
2019-01-23 07:31:01 PM angelagalloway I haven't done any community events yet. Most of our residents are memory care - even though we are an AL facility. I can only take 4 people out at a time so it is kinda hard to be involved a lot. But, I'm open to any ideas or suggestions.
2019-01-23 07:31:07 PM ruthiesister sorry had to run to the bathrm
2019-01-23 07:31:13 PM sgross Alzheimiers
2019-01-23 07:31:17 PM sgross Cancer
2019-01-23 07:31:27 PM ruthiesister ok,, it doesn
2019-01-23 07:31:52 PM malloryjbean We have also done fundraisers for our Humane Society, a Hat/Scarf drive for our Women's Shelter, and we are doing another fundraiser in February for a local Backpack Project, which sends needy kids home with a backpack full of food each weekend.
2019-01-23 07:31:58 PM sgross taste of ohio
2019-01-23 07:32:02 PM sgross tech fest
2019-01-23 07:32:05 PM klinetiffany Thats okay! We hope you feel better
2019-01-23 07:32:06 PM ruthiesister t matter what kind of patients you have there is alway something you can do to help your community and make your patient still feel like they are part of it
2019-01-23 07:32:09 PM sgross one dollar bookseap
2019-01-23 07:32:24 PM ruthiesister great that wat i love to hear
2019-01-23 07:32:40 PM sgross once a month we have to go out to the community
2019-01-23 07:32:55 PM sgross and help
2019-01-23 07:33:03 PM ruthiesister do any of you work the relay for life
2019-01-23 07:33:20 PM malloryjbean My memory care residents helped me bake dog treats for our local animal shelter, too!
2019-01-23 07:33:21 PM salinass i have been planning a welcome committee. in this committee, we have our residents make bookmarks, or yarn dolls. then i can get the lists of new rehab patients and take a couple of my memory care residents to go and welcome them to the facility and give them a doll or bookmark.
2019-01-23 07:33:29 PM sgross winrt time is slow how ever we wright letter to leytter writter
2019-01-23 07:33:38 PM klinetiffany I join in the relay for life, but its with family, we hold our own bingo every year to raise money
2019-01-23 07:33:45 PM malloryjbean We havent done relay for life, but our facility does Light the Night and Alzheimer's walk
2019-01-23 07:34:01 PM ruthiesister ok,, let me tell a little story
2019-01-23 07:34:08 PM sgross welcome committee yes that were i want to get invold in
2019-01-23 07:34:13 PM ruthiesister i have been part of the relay for 18yrs
2019-01-23 07:34:18 PM klinetiffany wow
2019-01-23 07:34:32 PM ruthiesister i got my patients involve a yrs ago by chance
2019-01-23 07:34:41 PM salinass we also do the alzheimer's walk. we are planning on having the residents make paintings so that we can have them auctioned off
2019-01-23 07:34:46 PM ruthiesister have any of you ever hear of kindness rocks
2019-01-23 07:35:12 PM salinass yes, we have a family that makes them and puts them everywhere in our facility
2019-01-23 07:35:47 PM salinass they are so beutiful
2019-01-23 07:36:00 PM ruthiesister will your patient can make them for the relay to put in the bags they hand out to everyone , that walks , with kind word of encouragemnt
2019-01-23 07:36:03 PM malloryjbean I made them with my residents last spring!
2019-01-23 07:36:20 PM salinass that is a great idea
2019-01-23 07:36:23 PM malloryjbean I took them to a local park and hid them for people to find!
2019-01-23 07:36:29 PM ruthiesister we made over a 100 ,
2019-01-23 07:36:40 PM salinass oh wow, that is awesome
2019-01-23 07:36:47 PM ruthiesister we make them and hind them around the hospital
2019-01-23 07:36:50 PM salinass that is something you can work on all year
2019-01-23 07:36:57 PM ruthiesister right
2019-01-23 07:37:17 PM salinass a never ending actitity! :)
2019-01-23 07:37:19 PM ruthiesister we also make the center pieces for the tables
2019-01-23 07:37:42 PM salinass i love it!
2019-01-23 07:37:48 PM sgross wow good idea
2019-01-23 07:37:51 PM ruthiesister we stuff envelopes
2019-01-23 07:37:57 PM ruthiesister for them
2019-01-23 07:38:06 PM sgross i like that isea
2019-01-23 07:38:24 PM ruthiesister you can do the same for the churches in town , the local legions
2019-01-23 07:38:26 PM salinass its also great therapy for them too
2019-01-23 07:38:29 PM klinetiffany Kindness rocks are awesome
2019-01-23 07:38:39 PM ruthiesister YES THEY ARE
2019-01-23 07:38:47 PM ruthiesister vets ,
2019-01-23 07:39:10 PM klinetiffany Last year elder day (ault daycare) made some and placed them around campus. I put NC residents on the tram and we drove around to find them
2019-01-23 07:39:13 PM klinetiffany It was fun
2019-01-23 07:39:18 PM angelagalloway Ok, I just remembered - we did shoeboxes for the military this past Christmas.
2019-01-23 07:39:47 PM ruthiesister we also started making them for the people that went home , we will make one for them and about a wk or 2 later i will drop it at there house so they know we didn't forget about them
2019-01-23 07:39:50 PM salinass hopefully, we will be able to make christmas cards for soldiers
2019-01-23 07:40:04 PM salinass aww i love it
2019-01-23 07:40:25 PM angelagalloway Is there any particular kind of rock that you use for these?
2019-01-23 07:40:33 PM sgross that what i want to do is make the cards
2019-01-23 07:40:48 PM klinetiffany Thats nice!