Activities director gets training

Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, five residents played Dominoes with Dora Martin winning. On Monday afternoon, six residents played Yahtzee with Charlotte Gibbons winning. On Tuesday morning, four residents played Dominoes with Charlotte Gibbons winning. On Wednesday afternoon, 13 residents played Bingo, and Friday afternoon, 10 residents played Bingo. Frank Jereb, Truth Karstoft, Dora Martin, Charlotte Gibbons, and Pat Rust won Four Corners. Janet Kennaday won Blackouts. Our Bingo helpers were Lila Worden, Dawna Erickson, Gloria Rakness, Michaela Jackman, Kennison Spiering, Elder Christiansen, Elder Pineranda, and Joni Johnson. Six kids from Big Brother/Big Sisters helped residents with Bingo also on Friday.

During evening every day, residents watched the Turner Classic Movies Channel on television. On Sunday morning, four residents watched the DVD movie, “Somewhere in Time”. On Saturday morning, residents watched the DVD movie, “It Takes Two”.

On Sunday afternoon, Pastor Stinson of the Saratoga Missionary Alliance Chruch led at our church service. Doris Davis assisted on the keyboard, and Joe Gaspari assisted with hymn singing.

For Lunch Out at the Saratoga Senior Center, three residents had baked ham on Monday.

On Wednesday morning, Lynda Healey, Georgia Schroer, Kathy McMorrow, and Janice Kerpan gave Hair Care to 11 residents and Nail Care to 10 residents.

On Thursday afternoon, the Awana kids from the Saratoga Missionary Alliance Church hosted our monthly birthday party. We celebrated the birthdays of Russell Cox, Pat Rust, and Charlie Bartlett with ice cream and cake.

On Thursday and Friday, I attended a workshop in Lander with the Wyoming Activity Coordinators Association with learning sessions on one to one activities with low functioning and dementia residents, arts and crafts, teamwork, and sensory stimulation activities.

The Activities program relies on the assistance of volunteers to enhance the lives of residents. If interested in being a volunteer, pleas call Tom Mansfield, Activity Director, at 326-8212.