Juniper Village at Williamstown Continues the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Today, we accepted our ice bucket challenge for ALS from Juniper Village at Meadville. As you watch the video, you will see who Williamstown challenged.  Heehee. You have 24 business hours! LOL

"Celebrating Life!"

We have truly enjoyed this summer and this month here at Juniper
Village of Williamstown. After the truly harsh winter of 2014, we were
ready for a summer out in the environment, enjoying the: "Breath of
Life"! And that we did here in Williamstown!

Residents, families and friends throughout the local communities have
enjoyed a summer filled with outdoor fun which included trips to
parks, horse farms, the beach and much more! We enjoyed visits from
the Ice Cream Man at our facility with ice cream for everyone! We
also enjoyed great beach & block parties, Annual Community Shredder
Event as well as our Annual Book Bag Community event!

This year, we welcomed a new Principal, Ms. Ginny Grier at Bells
Elementary School and she so graciously visited us along with
Educator, Susan Canzonese for our Annual Book Bag Beach Party Outreach
Event! The best part is that it ensured that all of the children of
Bell's Elementary will receive a brand new book bag with school
supplies to begin their school year. All of these events provided
opportunities to be out in the beautiful environment and providing
service to our communities at the same time! This summer and in
particular, this month was a Win/Win for everyone!

We wish all students a great school year as they prepare to return
back to school! We also welcome our wonderful Rowan University
students and the new oncoming Freshman as they visit our residents
this month and through the school year! Go Rowan!

We welcome you to enjoy the fall season with us as we begin our new
events this September celebrating "Assisted Living"!

"Breathe In Life at Juniper of Williamstown"!

As we celebrate the gift of life this month in conjunction with our
"Alive In All Seasons Theme": "Breathe in Life", we are overjoyed with
providing services to our community that allow us to do everything in
our power to protect the environment for future generations! As we all
have enjoyed the beautiful environment that has surrounded us each day
and, in particular the glorious days of summer; it is our heart at
Juniper Village to ensure that our children and grandchildren and
future generations to come will be able to enjoy this rich environment
as well!

In this effort, we began this month with our Annual Community Wide
Shredder Event, which has become one of our trademark events in the
community! This year even topped all of our previous years for the
huge success of this community wide clean up event. Everyone enjoyed
an outdoor festival with music, summer refreshments, entertainment and
more! People were dancing in the streets as our team "The Ciocca
Boys" & "Juniper Team" assisted in traffic control and ensuring all
items were safely put into the shredder! It was an old fashioned
block party in Williamstown.

We continued through the month with lots of outdoor activities, patio
time, trivia, fitness and more. We welcomed new residents and they
have been having a ball. Of course the star of every event and Major
Show Off, our family dog, (Gunner) just couldn't resist modeling and
literally taking center stage as seen in this photo!!!!

Join us for the many wonderful summer events to come and celebrate our
environment with us!

Breathe in Life: August Events

Our Alive in All Seasons’ theme for August is The Environment. Our communities will focus their efforts on maintaining healthy environments through environmentally conscious activities. Our “Green Canopy” program emphasizes designing and operating buildings that meet new standards of environmental sustainability. We are proud to be the first long-term care company with a building in the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.

According to research by Go Green, Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour; 25 billion Styrofoam cups and 40 billion soft drink bottles and cans each year. Eighty-four percent of the average American’s household trash can be recycled. If we recycled just 1/10 of our newspapers 25 million trees could be saved. Are we all doing our part?

Join us this month as we learn more about the environment, expand our wide-scale recycling program, learn more about environmental sustainability programs and work with our community Green Teams to promote our “Green Canopy” initiative. We encourage you to accompany us on this environmental journey so that we can all continue to Breathe in Life!

Our fabulous activity offerings this month include our Annual Community Shredder Event where you can get rid of all of your unwanted documents that have been clogging up your closets in a safe and secure manner while dancing to music and enjoying summer refreshments on August 7^th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm; our Annual Community Back To School Outreach Event to assist children returning back to school please join us for summer music, refreshments and more after donating a brand new book bag filled with notepads, pens, markers and pencils (to which we will add a note of inspiration written by our residents) on August 14^th from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm; or our Conquering Compassion Fatigue Presentation by Jennifer Parker of Samaritan Hospice to teach us tools to reduce stress and fatigue as we provide care to those we so dearly love on August 19^th from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Take a look at our calendar and join us for any and all activities that will help you make the most of these last few weeks of summer.

"Hearts of Integrity"

This month as we celebrate our "Alive In All Seasons" theme of:
Volunteerism: Stand In Integrity", we are all the more impressed with
the spirit of giving that exists within the human heart! Hearts full
of integrity!

Juniper Village of Williamstown has the expressed honor to extend our
deepest gratitude to all of the most precious volunteers, military,
police, fireman, and all of the beautiful people across the nation and
the globe who live their lives in such a way to be of service to
others! We thank you all! We also extend a very special thank you to
all of those who continually serve our community!

We enjoyed hosting a beautiful luncheon to honor the volunteers who
have dedicated themselves to serving our community! Guests enjoyed a
delicious Italian feast along with strolling accordion musician,
featuring all the beautiful sounds of Italy! Volunteers enjoyed a
great time with friends and received honors and gifts as we spent this
day in appreciation!

Residents also enjoyed a special photo shoot this month and our
"Village Steel" pumping iron team really had a blast with that! They
look so cool! We also enjoyed a beautiful & brilliant classical piano
concert featuring one of our students volunteering in our community!
In addition, we enjoyed a wonderful inter-generational day featuring
the students from Rowen University "Aim High" Science & Technology
Group! They volunteered their time playing games with our residents
as well as enjoying a social to provide a time of interaction with the
future leaders of tomorrow!

It was a wonderful month and we are filled with gratitude!
Join us as we continue to spread the joy of giving and live our lives
with purpose in service to others!

Standing In Integrity In Williamstown!

This month, as we celebrate our "Alive in All Seasons" theme of:
Volunteerism-"Stand In Integrity", Juniper Village of Williamstown is
proud to honor all of our Military and those in Service to our great
nation! We owe all of our freedom and liberty to them! In addition,
we honor all of the beautiful men and woman who give of themselves
freely in service to our country and to others as volunteers! We
honor you all and owe a great debt to all of you!

We kicked off the month of July 2014 with a great Summer Block Kick
Off Party and also kicked off the 4th of July weekend with back to
back events all weekend long! Residents, families and community
friends enjoyed great patriotic celebrations, patriotic musical
tributes, beach block parties and creating fun crafts and flower
arranging as well! Everyone participated in all of the great
festivities and enjoyed making fun patriotic crafts to honor people of
service in our community!

Join us this month as we celebrate all who dedicate their lives in
service to others and to our Country!

Stand in Integrity: July Events

July is the month in which we celebrate our nation’s independence with fireworks, cook outs and by cherishing our own personal freedoms. Nelson Mandela reminds us “to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” In that spirit join us as we honor those who “Stand in Integrity.”

Dr. Barbara Killinger, PhD, offers this definition of integrity: “Integrity is a personal choice, an uncompromising and predictably consistent commitment to honor moral, ethical, spiritual and artistic values and principles.” To “Stand in Integrity” does not mean that you are flawless or perfect, it means that you admit your shortcomings; you have influence, not because people like you, but because people trust you, believe you, and follow you.

We will also celebrate this month’s Alive in All Seasons theme of Volunteerism by volunteering our time to others, honoring those who volunteer with us, including our Resident Ambassadors; and learning more about volunteer opportunities in the greater community.

Our fabulous activity offerings this month include our Joyous Days of Summer Community Event where we celebrate with the best summer music vibe, balloon artists, and festive summer refreshments on July 1^st from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm; our 4th of July Patriotic Concert Celebration featuring the Lenny B. Duo as we salute America’s great and honorable history on July 4^th from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm; or our Annual Volunteer Celebration Luncheon where we honor all of our precious volunteers with a festive summer meal complete with strolling music and more on July 16^th from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. Take a look at our calendar and join us for any and all activities that will help you make the most of these last few weeks of summer.