Food and Friends

As we conclude the month of June 2015, our residents, care associates, families and community wide friends have enjoyed our "Alive in All Seasons" Theme: Food: "Live in Wellness"!  Our dining team here has really gone all out under the direction of Raymond Bradley Richardson, with delicious & beautiful dining experiences and entree presentations that entice our desires!

In addition, we have enjoyed wonderful dining out trips to sample the most delicious foods in our local area and if that isn't enough, residents have been enjoying the most delicious fresh veggies and fruits of the season.

We also celebrated our Juniper Associate Appreciation week in June this year!  What a wonderful experience it was to give thanks to all of our team for all they do and the beautiful service they provide to all of our residents and families!  Everyone joined in the week long celebrations and enjoyed every moment!

We have so much more to come & invite you to join us for our summer events to come!

Living in Wellness!

As we enjoy our Juniper Alive in All Seasons Theme This month, of Food: "Live in Wellness", we are engaging in many wonderful new experiences!

First, we have welcomed our new Executive Director, Maryjane Eicke this month at Juniper Village of Williamstown.  Maryjane is enjoying the process of getting to know our wonderful residents, families and all of our wonderful community friends here in Williamstown! In addition, we have also welcomed our new Maintenance Director, Tyrone Beal.  Tyrone is also enjoying his new beginnings in our community!

As part of our celebrations we have been enjoying many delicious food items.... but Maryjane has introduced all of us to the best bagels ever!

We also have given out our awards for all of our Route 66 Fitness winners and had a beautiful celebration!  All of our residents did great and enjoyed their accolades, awards and prizes!  We are so very proud of all of them!

As we continued on in our month residents enjoyed a wonderful day out in Cape May enjoying a delicious lunch and of course we all enjoyed our last stop of the day, our favorite Ice Cream Shop for homemade ice cream sundaes, frozen yogurt and more!

Join us as we continue to celebrate "Living In Wellness" this month at Juniper Village of Williamstown and don't forget to stop by and meet our new Executive Director, Maryjane Eicke and our new Maintenance Director, Tyrone Beal!

Fitness With A Flair

As we bring the month of May to a close, we were delighted to celebrate the winners of our Annual "Route 66" Fitness Challenge!  The top winners of each category were super excited to receive their honors, awards & prizes!  We are so proud of all of them, as they pushed their endurance and are "Growing Strong Daily Together" at Juniper Village of Williamstown!  Everyone who participated did receive a special gift from Juniper along with our Partners in Caring, Genesis Rehab!  We had a great celebration and everyone that participates is a WINNER!  As you participate you receive the ultimate gift, which bears no price tag high enough, the gift of increased health & wellbeing!

In addition we celebrated in Juniper style with a blow out Spring Kick Off Party with our very own resident stealing the show on his pink electric guitar with blues brother shades as he railed a rif, even Eric Claptan would be proud of!

Join us for more to come as we kick off the summer in style!

June 2015 Events in Williamstown, NJ: Live in Wellness

We close this quarter’s theme of Healthy Aging: “Let Wellbeing Thrive” with a focus on Food, as we Live in Wellness through our June 2015 events in Williamstown, NJ at Juniper Village at Williamstown. Hippocrates advises, “Let food be thy medicine”. Research shows that eating a well-planned, balanced mix of foods every day has many health benefits such as reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, bone loss, some kinds of cancer, and anemia. But, food has other benefits. There are also emotional needs that are satisfied by food. Most of us have fond memories of food from days gone by. Whether it was our mom's homemade chocolate chip cookies, a hotdog from a street vendor or our wedding cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past. It is in that spirit that Juniper’s dining program is called the H’art and Soul of Dining. The philosophy is that we impart spirited service, companionship and nourishment through the sharing of good food. In addition to meeting our resident’s unique nutritional needs, we also meet their emotional and social needs as well.

Join us for our June 2015 events in Williamstown, NJ at Juniper Village at Williamstown to share in our hydration program, complete with healthy snacks and learn more about healthy food and wellness with our dietitian presentations as we continue to Live in Wellness.

Our fabulous June 2015 events in Williamstown, NJ at Juniper Village at Williamstown include our:

§  “Live In Wellness” Presentation by our Genesis Rehab Team a very informative and fun seminar where we will learn the latest in the field on creating wellness and maintaining wellness in our lives at every stage of life, so join us as we attain vibrant health and wellness together on June 8^th from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

§  “Slight of Hand” Father’s Day Event as we invite everyone to join us for this “magical” father’s day experience as we pay honor to the greatest men in our lives, our dads with a very special Magic Show, refreshments and a wonderful time celebrating all the great stories and memories of life with our dads on June 21^st from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm.

§  “Nutrition For Champions” Presentation by Mary Lou Bialon M.S., R.D., L.D.N. who will provide the most up-to-date information on nutrition for optimum health with tips that the best licensed dietitians and nutrition coaches all across the globe utilize in achieving optimum wellness in training champions as we gather the latest facts for optimum health and nutrition as we live in wellness and live long and strong on June 22^nd from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

We hope to see you at one or more of our June 2015 events in Williamstown, NJ at Juniper Village at Williamstown!