December 2018 Terrace Talk 275 South LaSalle Street Aurora, IL 60505 630-897-6947 Celebrating December Write a Friend Month Hanukkah December 2–10 Christmas Around the World December 14 First Day of Winter December 21 Christmas Day December 25 New Year’s Eve Day December 31 Zodiac Sagittarius & Capricorn Birthstone Topaz Welcome New Residents Nursing Center: Ervin Gemmer, Christine Haight Assisted Living: Diane Knies, Alvin Skyles Our Condolences Our Heartfelt Condolences go out to the family and friends of David Perona and Gwen Jungels. Welcome New Staff The Jennings Terrace family would like to welcome Tiffany Parker, Tatiana Thomas, SueAnn Dolusic, Kisha Young, Bianca Avila and Paxton Pearson. We would also like to welcome Candiss Julian, our new Director of Nursing! We are so excited to have you all on board! Jennings Terrace Fall Bazaar Our 60 th Annual Fall Bazaar and Pancake Breakfast went over quite well this year! Thank you to all of our partnered companies that donated our raffle baskets and our lottery tickets. Also, thank you to all who donated Grandma’s Attic items, baked goods, books, jewelry and more. We couldn’t have pulled this off without all of you! Thank You Volunteers! Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers that assisted with our pancake breakfast, the production of crafts and baked goods for our booths and selling tickets of all kinds. We appreciate all of you! Many Thanks Thank you to our friends at Kindred Hospice for putting on our Veteran’s Pinning Ceremony for all of our veterans throughout the building. What a perfect way to honor our vets! December Outings 3 rd Target Shopping 10 th Mother’s Pancake House 14 th Walmart Shopping Sign up at the front desk or tell your Activity Director if you are interested! Sheltered Care Birthdays 14 th Shirley Miller 25 th Carolyn Nunley Nursing Center Birthdays 19 th Robert Prewett 24 th Floyd Raspiller 25 th Ruth Hogan Staff Birthdays 3 rd Cindy Rodriguez 7 th Tracy Jeffries 8 th Giovanna Hernandez 9 th Jennifer Donegan 11 th Mia Sanders 12 th David Lies 19 th Jeffery Hickey 27 th Andy Hannon 27 th Emmah Tande Enjoy Your Special Day! Activities Department Fundraiser! We will be selling handmade “Sweet Peas” through Christmas! These coin purses are $6 a piece or 3 for $15! They come in several different patterns, and were all handmade by Jean Sterrett, Kara’s mother! They make great stocking stuffers! If you are interested, please visit the front office or contact: Kara Frye Activity Director (630)-897-6947 Ext 19 Upcoming Events & Entertainers! ❖ Oak Park Elementary Carolers 12/1 ❖ First Presbyterian Carolers- 12/2 ❖ Holiday Sing-A-Long with Joe- 12/4 ❖ Restoration Christmas Carols-12/6 ❖ Oswego Senior Singers- 12/7 ❖ Foot Soldiers Presentation- 12/8 ❖ Sinatra Day w/ Jerry- 12/11 ❖ Christmas Around the World- 12/14 ❖ Cub Scout Carols and Crafts- 12/15 ❖ Cosmic Montessori Christmas Play- 12/17 ❖ Jennings Christmas Party- 12/20 Staff may not accept any gifts or gratuities. Thank you for your cooperation.