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.

St. Patty's Day at the Williamstown Pub!

 What a gorgeous day in southern New Jersey to celebrate St. Patty's Day at Juniper Village of Williamstown!  Families, Grandchildren, Residents, Staff, Volunteers, Associates, Guests  and Partners in Caring joined the great celebration at the "Williamstown Pub"!  The event began on March 16th in preparation for the event, many residents joined in the making of Irish Potatoes!  We had such a great time, residents were singing & sampling and sampling & sampling & singing. They had to test the potatoes to be sure they were really great to serve at the party.  Then on the "Top of The Morning" on March 17th, St Patty's Day, our resident, Mr. Ralph Joyce treated our residents to a wonderful concert of Irish songs with a sing-a-long. In addition to that, the daugther of our resident, Mrs. Martha Rizzo made beautiful Irish bookmarks for everyone and we handed those out as gifts to everyone.  The residents then enjoyed a traditional Irish lunch with corn beef & cabbage and mint chocolate chip ice-cream for dessert.   To complete our day's events, we were entertained by the wonderful traditional Irish songs by Southern New Jersey's well-known entertainer, Mr. Tom DelMoore!  He engaged the residents, guests and even the dog sang along with the mike.  In our Wellspring area, our resident, Mr. Tom Carson, also helped Mr. DelMoore and took the stage singing beautifully all the traditional Irish songs in harmony to Mr. DelMoore.  Everyone had the most beautiful day all decked out in their Irish green from start to finish!  We welcome everyone to come to Williamstown and let your treasure within emerge with us!

Mardi Gras Family Celebration

Juniper Village of Williamstown hosted a Spectacular Mardi Gras Festivity on "Fat Tuesday/March 8, 2011!  Residents, Families & Friends were kicking it up to high gear opening up the secret treasures within while freeing their spirits in celebration of Great Performances!  Beautiful, colorful masks creating the mystique and intrigue of the true inner self  to emerge in dance, song jubilation for everyone in attendance.  We were treated to the "Hot New Orleans Jazz Sounds" of Mr. David Dowell & Company on Sax & Keyboards!!  Spirits were high on Lemon-Lime Margaritas & the Decadence of Sweet New Orleans Style "King Cake", pastries & sweet desserts!  This great event removed the barriers of the ordinary and allowed residents, families, friends & staff to celebrate their very own "Treasure Within" at Juniper!

Awaken Your Passion at Williamstown

February has been full of captivating moments and Our Valentine's Day family celebration was a very festive event for all!  New friends celebrated the day with prime rib, shrimp and pink champagne!  The residents and families were entertained with the warm sounds of the saxophone by a local musician.  Later that week our very own Ralph Joyce, who is a well known resident and an integral member of the ambassador program at Juniper, gave a solo performance on his violin.  Musical celebrations are just one way we Celebrate Art and awaken your passion!  Encouraging Ralph to continue his artistic expression is another way we Nurture the Spirit here at Juniper!

Snowday at Wellspring!

Today at Juniper Village at Wellspring there was a chill in the air as our residents had a  memorable snow day.  Many of our ladies gathered snow and made snow men to show off to the staff!   Despite the chill, the associates and residents hearts were warmed by the fond memories this program welcomed.  Join us this quarter as we celebrate winter and our commitment to exploring creative expression!  For more opportunities to engage with your friend or loved one, call today for your Juniper Village calendar of events!