The residents and staff are at it again! As you may know, we like to keep busy at Valerie Manor and if we can combine it with raising money for a good cause then even better!
We would like to invite you to a Go Green for St Barnabas tea party on Thursday 17th June 2010 at 16:00. We will be asking visitors to make a donation for their tea and ‘green’ cake and of course the pleasure of seeing the residents and staff all dressed up for the afternoon! All donations will go directly to St Barnabas, whose staff have supported several residents, families and staff at Valerie Manor through difficult times. (Please see detailed information regarding the fund raising event below)
Robin (mum) is also busy organising the lounge / diner to be decorated in green, creating a green quiz for the residents and flower arranging during the morning which the residents suggested themselves.
If you are not able to attend then please do visit our just giving website to make a donation online for this worthy cause:
Information about the fundraising project:
The Herald and Gazette have been asking people to Go Green for St Barnabas for the past two months. St. Barnabas House is a local independent charitable hospice, first opened in 1973 by a local GP Dr. Francis Gusterson. It is a non-religious organisation that offers palliative care for patients with advanced cancer and other advanced life-limiting diseases. They are hoping the appeal will raise £5,000 which St Barnabas will put towards the cost of their new hospice, currently being built in Titnore Lane, so far they have raised just under £3,000.
We have taken on the challenge and the residents, staff and Robin, our activities coordinator, have been coming up with ideas to help raise money towards this worthy cause.
>Find out more on the St Barnabas website
We've been busy updating our press articles page on the website this week. Even I was shocked to see how
much we have been in the press for several good reasons! Please do visit the
news and links page on our website to view the many articles that Valerie Manor
has featured in!
Joyce has been keeping the residents busy again! More residents
have enjoyed planting the lettuce and flowers that are now growing within
our patio area, how long until we can start to enjoy eating them?
The weather has been strange this week – on Thursday morning it was
bright sunshine and so I sent Sheri and Emma out in the Jalopy along with three residents
armed with summer hats, drinks, spray for their faces and sun tan lotion! By
the time they made it to their destination the sun had gone in and the mist had set in! It didn’t
stop them from enjoying a coffee in the warm sea breeze though. The weather has
been glorious today and we hope for a lovely weekend for the residents to
enjoy.
As we have limited access to the gardens I asked the
residents what flowers they would like to see around their patio area and Joyce
has now planted them all with each and every resident getting involved, one of
the residents suggested we had some lettuce, the next day Joyce brought some in
and was busy planting it with the residents.
Things are happening slowly but surely! The site set up is
gradually developing and there is a lot of ‘behind the scenes’ disconnecting
and enabling works going on.
I have been extremely impressed with the contractors so far,
there has been a lot of internal work taking place over the past two weeks and
their staff have been very mindful of the environment. I have been on hand
24/7 during this time where they have been in the existing building. I am
pleased to say that most of the work now will be behind the fencing and closed
doors causing minimal disruption to everyone here.
Hello again.
Goodness me April was a busy Month. We enjoyed three Themed
Days. The first was the Queen’s Birthday with decorated dining room, a
marvellous DVD of the life of our Queen all topped off with a lovely cream tea
to celebrate! Two days later was St. George’s Day... decorations again and a
themed quiz our third celebration was Cook reaching Australia... another themed
quiz with typical Australian lunch and supper.
We enjoyed lots of physical activities including warming up
our bodies with a gentle exercise before learning the Lambeth Walk from our
chairs ending up with a riotous Rhyming Slang session. Giant Snakes and
Ladders, Target Toss, Throwing Rings and Musical Hats were also great
fun.