Best Friend Bracelet Fun at Juniper Village

Many thanks to our Business Office Coordinator Assistant "Extraordinaire" for sharing her talents in jewelry design with our Best Friends group recently.  Lindsay brought her own beads and everything else needed to make gorgeous bracelets for staff and resident Best Friends.  We also had special autumn-themed bracelets on stretchy cords for those who preferred that type.  Some crafty people made one of each!  It was very helpful to have a Best Friend to help choose colors and patterns and prevent beads from going everywhere! Everyone went home with a beautiful new creation.

Cedar Crest School District Salutes Our Veterans!

Seventeen people from Juniper Village at Lebanon were treated to a front row center table at the recent Breakfast for Veterans held at the Cedar Crest Middle School.  The chorus sang several patriotic numbers, and then everyone enjoyed a multi-course breakfast with all the "fixins"!  Several members of the student council stopped by our table to make sure that we had plenty of everything.  Then Major General (Ret.) Randall Marchi gave a moving tribute to all veterans. Imagine how surprised we all were when we got a knock on our bus door just as we were about to leave, and General Marchi came onboard to get a photo with our group!  It was the perfect ending to a very special morning for all of us!  To all Veterans and Active Duty Military Personnel, thank you for your service!

A Spooktacular Day for the Juniper Village Halloween Event

The weather couldn't have been nicer for our annual Halloween Event at Juniper Village at Lebanon.  This year we had a Carnival theme, complete with a hayride and a variety of canine "Trick-or-Treaters"!

Over 50 children attended the event, spinning for prizes, playing games, doing crafts, and filling their candy bags.  The residents wore a variety of disguises and costumes and probably ate more candy than they handed out!  It was wonderful to see all of the generations having fun together.

November 2016 Events in Lebanon, PA: Cherish the Journey

Each November we turn our attention to Family with our Alive In All Seasons Theme: Cherish the Journey. We have always enjoyed helping our residents chronical their individual life journeys through journaling. In addition to keeping track of the daily happenings in our lives, journaling has surprising health benefits as well. University of Texas at Austin psychologist and researcher James Pennebaker contends that regular journaling strengthens immune cells, called T-lymphocytes. He also believes that writing about stressful events helps you come to terms with them, thus reducing the impact of stress on your health. Other research indicates that journaling decreases the symptoms of asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. Scientific evidence also shows that writing your thoughts down can help clarify your thoughts and feelings, help you to know yourself better, reduce stress, and problem solve more effectively. An additional benefit of journaling is that you are leaving a legacy for future generations. Review your journal together! Reminiscing about the events in one’s life is a way to affirm who they are, what they’ve accomplished in life and relive happy times. So, pick up a pen and Cherish the Journey, the benefits are endless!

Join our journey through November as we honor and celebrate family and the journey of life with our autobiographical journaling. Help us support our greater community with our annual Food Drive and our on-site support groups. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Our fabulous November 2016 events in Lebanon, PA at Juniper Village at Lebanon include our:

§  4^th Annual Juniper Village Fall Food Drive as Juniper Village Residents are collecting canned goods and nonperishable food items for their Fourth Annual Food Drive, help us fill the empty baskets located in our entryways to donate to Lebanon County Christian Ministries by dropping off non-perishable goods anytime during the month of November.

§  Veterans’ Aid & Attendance Information Session because Veterans who qualify for the Aid and Attendance Program may find their financial situation actually improves, so find out if you qualify by attending this FREE informational session, which is open to all veterans and their families on November 9^th from noon to 1:00 pm. (RSVP by November 7^th by calling 717-272-8782.)

§  Holiday Bazaar and Bake Sale when Juniper Village Residents, their Friends and Relatives will be selling handcrafted one of a kind items perfect for Holiday gifting, and we will also be having a bake sale with all proceeds going to Lebanon County Christian Ministries, so don’t miss this opportunity to get a jump-start on your holiday shopping in The Club of the Community House on November 12^th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

§  Farm-to-Table Series Cooking from the Heart with Kaitlyn Berkheiser, RD, LDN of WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital, for a lunch experience that demonstrates how to prepare healthy alternatives to holiday favorites at this FREE informational session with a light lunch provided held in The Club of the Community House, so bring a guest and learn the value of working together to create healthy nutritious meals on November 16^th from noon to 1:30 pm. (RSVP by November 14^th by calling 717-272-8782.)

We look forward to sharing our November 2016 events in Lebanon, PA at Juniper Village at Lebanon with you as you Cherish the Journey.