Juniper Village of Williamstown, NJ celebrates our 23rd Anniversary this spring while honoring our "Alive In All Seasons" Theme of "Believe In Yourself"! Our residents in both the Village & Wellspring are encouraged to continue a strong belief in all the wonderful joyful activities that they engaged in all through their lives. In preparation for our 23rd Anniversary these residents in our Wellspring program have just completed beautiful spring floral centerpieces and are now celebrating the beauty of the items they, themselves have created. These activities and events foster a strong personal belief in oneself, while at the same time providing an enhancement in self esteem at every level of life. In addition, everyone engaged in singing and dancing with wonderful entertainment. A great time was had by all!
In April, we also had the privilege of celebrating the outstanding staff at Juniper Village of Williamstown. Staff Appreciation is a very important component at Juniper with a mission of Nurturing the Spirit of Life in everyone! We had a wonderful celebration for the staff which continued for a full week! Festivities included a very beautiful and emotional slideshow of staff going above and beyond with all residents throughout the year along with music entertainment, raffles, prizes and of course lots of delicious cake and goodies! We honor and celebrate our wonderful staff at Juniper as a whole and most especially in Williamstown, NJ.
Juniper Village at Williamstown embodies the "Alive In All Seasons" program to "Nurture The Spirit of Life" engaging in wonderful, festive celebrations of Cultural & Holiday Events with residents, families, children and guests! This spring we have just enjoyed a very enlightening and culturally rich Passover "Seder Experience" with Rabbi Rappaport of Vineland, NJ. Our residents of Jewish faith enjoyed their Passover Holiday with a very special "Seder Experience" enjoying traditional jewish music, the history of the exodus from Egypt and the traditional seder plate commemorating their very rich history. These residents along with residents of all other faiths entertained special guests such as Rabbi Rappaport, his son, Mr. & Mrs. Wagner and a very special Passover Dog that came in to give a warm Passover wish! He also brought along his very special sister the "Easter Dog" who brought wonderful Easter wishes to those of the Christian faith. 
To continue our family/inter-generational festivities we had a very colorful Easter Brunch for residents, staff, families and friends. Everyone was there in their bright Easter Colors enjoying a celebratory brunch with bagels, fresh fruits, delicious pasties and Easter Hot Cross Buns... We enjoyed the many special guests of families, staff, Philadelphia's own Jazz Pianist, Mr. David Dzubinski of N.J. School of Music and the Easter Bunny himself! The children were so surprised and came from all over the area to take photographs with the Easter Bunny and participate in an outdoor Easter Egg Hunt. We had Easter Basket Prizes and our very own Mr. Nelson Santos won the Jelly Bean guessing contest, taking home over 1200 jelly beans to enjoy..... We were all very enriched kicking off the Spring season by learning all about the uniqueness of our cultures and very special traditions of our faith. We look forward to continued events as the summer approaches.
