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 Recycle America collection of newspapers and portable durable medical equipment for recycling from August 4th to August 29th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; our Caregiver Support Group Meeting where we will discuss how the environment can affect dementia patients and ways to create a more calming environment for your loved one on August 13th at 1:30 pm; our Home Safety For Seniors presentation to learn how to make your home safer by discovering what to look for, obstacles to remove, and ways to prevent trips and falls in your elderly loved one’s home on August 19th at 2:30 pm; our 3rd Annual Outdoor Summer Concert featuring a variety of memorable songs from the 50s as performed by members of the local band “Jimmy Sapienza’s 5 Guys Named Moe” with refreshments out on the lawn (bring a blanket or folding chairs) on August 21st at 6:30 pm; or our Diabetes Support Group Meeting providing knowledge, education and understanding of the illness to make living with Diabetes a little easier (open to all Borderline, Pre, Type I and Type II Diabetics and their families) on August 26th at 1:30 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.
