Juniper Village at Lebanon co-worker Patty Spancake had a dream of reaching $1,000.00 for our team to be able to turn in at the annual Heart Walk that we have been participating in for the past four years. Even though we have been working all year long having various fund raising events such as The Big Yard Sale in May, bake sales, book sales and quarter raffles, it is doubtful that anyone thought we would ever reach Patty's goal for us. But then WE DID!!! Resident Mary Behney did the final count of the money, and she came up with around $850.00, well short of our goal. That was our total even as we began to pick people up on our bus, which was full of residents ready to walk; however, our Environmental Services Director, Jon Davies, pulled into the parking lot while we were still loading up our picnic lunch and gave us the rest of the money to reach our goal and even beat it by $1.00! So we were able to turn in $1,001.00, truly a Juniper Village miracle! Thanks for dreaming big for us, Patty! And thanks so much to everyone who participated in one way or another throughout the year--every quarter and every dollar plus all of the many donated items helped us to reach our goal! Get ready--we'll be starting in November with another quarter raffle to reach our goal for next year:$1,002.00!!!!!
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