Let Wellbeing Thrive in Celebration with Family & Friends at Juniver Village of Williamstown!

Let Wellbeing Thrive this season at Juniper Village of Williamstown, NJ. As a component of our Alive in All Seasons Program, Juniper celebrates all of life's most special occasions with family & friends!  This season we honored our most precious service men & women and all of our Veterans with a Blow Out Memorial Day Event!  This event was Amazing! It was led by the "Yellow Ribbon Club" which was founded and organized by our very own, Director of Wellness, Mrs. Leslie Drummond! The opening of the event was a full on Motorcycle Parade of over 30 motorcycles from 3-4 different clubs including Road Warriers, Riders of The Lamb, Yellow Ribbon Riders etc.  The residents & family members & Juniper Veterans welcomed them with waving American & Military Flags in Salute!  This was followed by an opening prayer and the special honors of three of our veterans, "Being Pinned"; Mr. Nelson Santos, Mr. William McCartney, and Mr. Robert New for there years of service & dedication in the military!  This was not only beautiful but very tearful! Leslie gave a beautiful speech honoring all veterans and the importance of Welcoming Our Veterans Home whether or not we believe in the conflict they are engaged in! The family of Mr. Christopher Ianacone also received honors and a certificate for his years of service as well!  It was so touching!  We then celebrated with great fun foods and beverages & a dancing extravaganza with our band Dejavu!!!!  Everyone is still talking about the event and how beautiful it was and what fun they had dancing the entire day!   This wonderful event brought so much honor to our veterans and their families and also was a great demonstration of love, family, community and honor that the young children and grandchildren will foster and incorporate into the fabric of their lives and futures as well!  We celebrate our Veterans and we celebrate the U.S.A and the freedom that came with such a high cost! Join us at Juniper as we continue to Celebrate Life!!

Energy Is In The Air!

Juniper Village in Williamstown, NJ embraces the philosophy of "Growing Strong Daily" by creating an environment of warmth, family, friendship and home! It is our goal to utilize all of the resources available to us to bring a sense of great celebration of life to our residents each and every day!  We strive daily to create an environment that is inviting, and brings love, compassion, and great joy to everyone.  Bringing new and wonderful surprises for everyone to become involved in and to look forward to creates a positive expectancy in all of our hearts! We also believe in celebrating all that life has to offer, by making something special out of even the simplest of moments. We embrace our wonderful families, staff, volunteers and Care Partners in bringing the most joyful experiences possible to enrich each day spent in our home.  We begin this beautiful month of May with a very colorful and festive Cinco De Mayo Party which included a traditional Mexican Lunch of fajitas, rice, and beans! Wow!  Following that, we engaged in a "Happy Hour with frozen Margaritas, Lime taco chips, salsa and "Muy Caliente" "Hot! Hot! Hot! Salsa Dancing for everyone!  What an amazing party!  Everyone was dancing and as you can see, also participated in keeping the great salsa rhythms going!  One of our wonderful families even donated additional beautiful Mexican Hats and Morracas to participate in the event with us!  We are so fortunate to be a part of such a wonderful community of family here at Juniper Village in Williamstown.

In continuing on with the celebrations we had a most beautiful "Mother's Day Tea" on Saturday, May 7th which included Mothers, daughters, sons, granddaughters, great granddaughters and very special friends!  Everyone was included.  All in attendance enjoyed a very special day with the most angelic harp of Miss Kitty Juregi, a Certified Harp Therapist.  Kitty strolled through the crowd playing the most beautiful music while posing for photos for all of the families and never missed a note.  Kitty is out of the Philadelphia area and is a most talented harpist!  After our tea, Kitty also performed for all of the residents in our Wellspring building to ensure that everyone was enriched by the most therapeutic and heavenly music on this delightful Mother's Day!  In addition, we had a very extensive hand crafted jewelery design display by Ms. Linda Richardson.   Our residents and families really enjoyed the beautiful, unique designs as they browsed and shopped, selecting the most dazzling piece as a gift for the day.We captured many photos of our beautiful mothers, their children and grandchildren enjoying these precious moments.

 They say a picture is worth a thousand words and I say "creating one moment of joy in another's life compels a greater value than can ever be named!" We hope everyone enjoyed a very happy Mother's Day!  

Family Spring Festivities!

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.

Celebrating 23 years!

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.