Cherish the Journey: November Events

Life is a journey filled with lessons, celebrations and special moments that ultimately lead us to our destination, our purpose in life. The road will not always be smooth and we may encounter many challenges. Some of these will test our courage, strengths, weaknesses, and faith. Along the way, we may stumble upon obstacles that must be overcome. But, sometimes these obstacles are really blessings in disguise, although we may not realize it at the time. How we react to the situations we face will determine what the rest of our journey will be like.

This month Juniper Communities will honor our Families and cherish the journey we have taken together. November is all about celebrating the bonds we share and recognizing where we’ve been and where we’re going. We will do this through autobiographical journaling, reminiscing about family celebrations and breaking bread together in Thanksgiving. In order to support our families along this journey we will continue to develop our support groups and provide additional resources when needed. We will give back through our Annual Food Drive. From November 1 through November 30 all non-perishable food items collected will be donated to a local food bank.

Our fabulous activity offerings this month include our Annual Food Drive where you can drop off non-perishable food items for the Food Bank of South Jersey anytime all month long; our Annual Community Candlelight Vigil where we join together to celebrate the lives of our precious family members and friends that have passed on during the year on November 4^th from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm; our Annual Veterans’ Day Tribute Celebration honoring all the veterans in our community as well as remembering family, friends and others who were also veterans with a wonderful patriotic tribute concert on November 11^th from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm; or our Community Harvest Celebration Event as we enjoy the beauty of the season with all of its vibrant colors, a special country ho-down musical celebration along with singing, dancing and great seasonal refreshments on November 13^th from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

Look through our calendar and plan to join us for family celebrations, Thanksgiving dinners and many events and activities allowing us all to reflect and Cherish the Journey!

Showing Your Colors in Williamstown!

This month we were so very excited to join forces with our local educational schools & universities to to "show our colors"and give demonstration of what the spirit of community looks like in the Williamstown area!

Earlier this year, we hosted a "Back To School" outreach event with Bell's School, donating new book bags and school supplies to all of the children in need. It was a huge success and each child was able to begin their school year prepared with all they would need to begin their new school year! In return, the wonderful children of Bell's School decided to do something wonderful for the seniors in our community this month and hand created beautiful crafts for the fall harvest season! They had them hand-delivered by their teacher, so we could give them to the residents just in time to display for harvest!

The residents were over joyed and picked all of their favorites to display on their doors! It was such a touching and beautiful gesture and together we have created such a beautiful synergy across the generations!

In addition, we have developed a wonderful relationship with our students at Rowan university and this year we were asked to take part in Freshman Welcome Week, welcoming new freshman to the community! We were overjoyed to accept this honor and we hosted a beautiful day! The senior students, freshman and residents had a wonderful time!

Join us as we stay connected and "Show Our Colors" with our friends throughout the community in the Williamstown Area!

Show Your Colors: October Events

October brings forth vibrant color in our foliage as well as our sports teams. Our high school football teams will be in full swing and hockey season will prepare to fill the stands with team colors and spirit. Juniper Communities will also be honoring our colors with many sports-themed activities and events. We will be enjoying the changing colors of the season as we transition from summer to fall and the crazy costumes of our annual Halloween celebrations.

While showing our colors we not only focus on our team colors, but also showing our true colors. We recognize that working together as a team, results in better coordination of care, better quality of care and as a result better lives for our residents. This is evidenced by our excellent clinical outcomes data. We are happy to see the results of collaboration resulting in decreased re-hospitalizations and better quality of life for our residents.

Our fabulous activity offerings this month include our Juniper Village Country Music Jamboree featuring Guitarist Bruce Copp with sounds of the legends of country music from back at the Grande Ol’ Opry up to today’s great country artists from Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash all the way to Tim McGraw & Keith Urban on October 5^th from 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm; our Show Your Colors Sports Presentation a fun, colorful and educational lecture on the sport of Running with Professional Sports Fitness runner Priscilla Fredericks as she shares with us her inside knowledge of the sport as well as fun experiences she has had along her journey on October 13^th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm; or our Community Halloween Celebration where residents, families, friends and everyone in the surrounding areas  enjoy great sounds and music of Halloween, fun and festive refreshments, dancing, bobbing, costumes and more on October 31^st from 2:30 pm to 3;30 pm!

Please look through our calendar to celebrate the spirit of autumn with us and Show Your Colors!