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 Wringer Center Traveling Antique Show presenting a one of a kind humorous and entertaining program featuring wash-day related items held in The Club on August 6th at 3:00 pm; our Art of Making Paper activity in the Garden Room where we will re-purpose and recycle items to create beautiful pieces of paper which can be used in a variety of ways on August 15th at 1:30 pm; our Ice Cream Social and Live Barbershop Quartet sponsored by Grane Hospice featuring sweet treats in the Village followed by a performance of the “33 1/3 Barbershop Quartet” in the Village Lobby on August 23rd at 2:30 pm; our Community Yard Sale where you can walk our beautiful campus while you look for bargains on August 30th from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm (to reserve space for a table please contact Tanya at 717-272-8782). 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.
