ANNLINES St. Ann’s Residence Newsletter

March 2020

Mission: To provide a caring home for seniors where they can find calm from the storms of life, regardless of status.

Hello Everyone,

First off, we would like to start out by saying THANK YOU to everyone who

helped us get through the recent flu outbreak. Our residents, family and staff

are remarkable! Thank you to everyone that cooperated by remaining in your

rooms and the staff that worked extra trying to care for everyone and sanitiz-

ing our public areas to slow the spread of this illness. Hopefully all our efforts

have stopped the spread and we are on the mend.

March looks like it is going to be a busy month here with another of our fa-

mous Rummage and Bake Sales. It will be held on Friday, March 20th from

10am -4pm and Saturday, March 21st 9am to 2pm. Make sure to tell you fam-

ily and friends to come and to spread the word. If you would like extra post-

ers to help advertise please see Jan Lappy or Sharon Lenzen. The Resident

Program Service Department always has a lot of different activities planned

each month. If you have ideas or suggestions, please let Sharon know or one

of your Resident Council Representatives and they can bring it to the council

meetings.

Also, a reminder that on Sunday, March 8th, Daylight Savings Time Begins so

remember to set your clocks one hour ahead when you go to bed Saturday

night , March 7th.

Sincerely,

Scott and Jan

Administrator’s Letter

Nurses Corner

Hello Residents and Family Members:

I want to introduce myself. My name is Lynn Shepard and I started at

St. Ann’s in the beginning of February as your Director of Nursing.

My office is on the 1st floor across from the nursing station. I have

been in the Long Term Care and Assisted Living industry for the past

10 years and am happy to be at St. Ann’s.

What a busy month it has been! I want to say that I think we are get-

ting past the recent GI outbreak that we endured this past month. I

would like to thank everyone that suffered through this for your will-

ingness to stay in your rooms when required and visitors limiting

your visitation which helped in preventing the spread of illness as

much as possible.

Although past the peak of the GI illness we are still not out of the

window for the respiratory flu. If you have any symptoms of cough-

ing or fever please report this to the staff as soon as possible.

If you have any questions or just want to stop by and introduce your-

self please feel free to drop by anytime.

Lynn Shepard RN

Employee Anniversaries

Janet Lappy 3/22/1999 21

Sharon Lenzen 3/03/2014 6

Scott Johnson 3/07/2016 4

Megan Schnepel 3/27/2018 2

Kira Rivers 3/27/2018 2

Marla Levitt 03/20/2019 1

Brandi Jones 03/20/2019 1

Keara Jones 03/20/2019 1

The Food Service Department would like to extend a personal thank

you to each and every one of you who helped out during our Virus Out-

break. We really appreciate all that you did to help everything run as

smooth as possible. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without all of

your help. Thank you very much!

ABOVE AND BEYOND

Please remember to nominate any employee you see going above and

beyond their job. The Above and Beyond box is in the Patio Room.

Remember the nomination slip must be completely filled out and must

be an act Above & Beyond normal duties.

RUMMAGE SALE DONATIONS

We will be accepting donations for our Rummage and Bake Sale start-

ing March 1st. You can bring your donations down to the RPS office

on 1st floor, or you can put them in the Social Hall to be picked up

each morning. Don’t forget, the Rummage and Bake Sale is Friday,

March 20th and Saturday, March 21st. Hope to see you there!

Once again we are looking for residents who are in-

terested in serving on our Resident Council. We are

in need of two people to fill our vacancies. If you are

interested, please contact Sharon in RPS.

Once again we have had an anonymous donor to put on a St. Pat-

rick’s Day “Special Bingo”. Please come and join us on Saturday,

March 14th at 2:00pm in the Social Hall. Let’s test your Luck of

the Irish! Hope to see you then.

Looking for Organist/Pianist for the 3:00pm Sun-day afternoon service

Janet Pearson has moved from Duluth, so we are without a regular person to play hymns and some prelude music for this

service. If any of you who read this are willing to fill in even oc-casionally or if you know of someone who might be interested, please contact Rev. Bob here at St. Ann’s with ideas or for more

information.

Daylight Savings Time begins

on Sunday, March 8th, so re-

member to set your clocks

forward one hour on the

evening of Saturday, March

7th.

We will be having a St. Ann’s Auxiliary meeting on at 3:00pm on Tuesday, March 3rd. Our Auxiliary Boutique Sale made $117.00. Thank you to everyone who came to the sale!

Darlene’s Salon at St. Ann’s

Salon services available for men and women

We are open every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday

Stop in for a haircut, style, perm, color, wax and more

Current clients are always appreciated, new clients are always welcome!

MONTHLY DRAWING: FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW & DROP IT OFF IN THE SALON FOR

A CHANCE TO WIN A $20 SALON GIFT CERTIFICATE.

NAME:_________________________________________

RM #:__________________________________________

PHONE #:_______________________________________

Enter by 3/31/20

Just to make it clear about the special orders that you can

place in the Little Shoppe, if you are on medication admini-

stration, you CANNOT order any over the counter medica-

tions. We will not be carrying cough drops or pain patches

in the Little Shoppe any longer. You can order cough drops

or pain patches if you need them, and I will check with Nurs-

ing to see if I can purchase them for you. Thank you for un-

derstanding.

SPECIAL ORDERS IN THE LITTLE SHOPPE

RPS HAPPENINGS: 3/2 KFC Sign up 2pm SH

3/3 Auxiliary Meeting 3pm SH

3/4 Discussion Group 1pm Library

3/4 50 Cent Bingo 2pm SH

3/5 KFC Luncheon 11:30am SH

3/6 Cooking Group 2pm SHK

3/11 Music w/Shane Nelson 2pm SH

3/12 Treats & Trivia 2pm SH

3/13 Decorate Shamrock Cookies 2pm SHK

3/14 St. Patrick’s Day “Special Bingo” 2pm SH

3/18 Admin Luncheon 11:30am All dining rooms

3/18 Discussion Group `1pm Library

3/23 Hawk Ridge Presentation 2PM SH

3/25 Baking Group 2pm SHK

3/26 Monthly Birthday Party 2pm SH

3/27 Blood Pressure & Wt. 1:30pm SH

3/27 Crafting w/Leisa 2pm EWMR

3/30 Movie Monday 2pm SH

3/31 Auxiliary “Think Spring” Crafting 3pm EWMR

Please come and join our many different activities that we provide

for your enjoyment! If you have any suggestions on what activities

you would like to partake in, please let Sharon in RPS know.

FIRST FLOOR EWMR – East Wing Meeting Room

WWMR – West Wing Meeting Room

Wellness Room – Located on the West Wing

Patio Room – Behind Elevators THIRD FLOOR SH – Social Hall

Sunday

1

9:30am-Rosary– Chapel & 10:00am-Mass– Chapel 3:00pm- Lutheran Service w/ Rev. Dave Carlson– Chapel

Monday

2

8:30am-Rosary 10:00am- Exercise-SH

2:00pm– Sign up for KFC– SH

(Cost is $6.00)

Tuesday

3

8:30am- Rosary– Chapel 10:00am– Gentle Movement Exercise/Tai Chi– SH 1:00pm- Prolife Rosary- Chapel

2:00pm– Bible Study– WWMR

3;00pm– Auxiliary Meeting– SH 6:00pm– Cribbage– Patio Room

Wednesday

4

8:30am- Rosary & 9:15am- Mass- Chapel

10:00am– Exercise– SH

1:00pm– Discussion Group– Library

2:00pm– 50 Cent Bingo– SH

3:00pm– Stations of the Cross– Chapel

Thursday

5

8:30am- Rosary- Chapel 9:30am-Ceramics- EWMR

11:30am– KFC lunch (must be signed up)- SH

6:00pm– 500 Card Game– Patio Room

Friday

6

8:30am- Rosary- & 9:15 am- Mass- Chapel 10:00am- Exercise-SH

2:00pm– Cooking Group– SHK

3:00pm– Holy Hour– Chapel

Saturday

7

8:30am- Rosary- Chapel

March 2020

Sunday

8

Daylight Saving

Time Begins

9:30am- Rosary- Chapel & 10:00 am- Mass- Chapel

3:00pm– Episcopal Service w/ Jill Peterman- Chapel

**Remember to set your clocks forward one hour**

Monday

9

8:30am- Rosary- Chapel

10:00am– Exercise– SH

1:30pm– Resident Council Meeting– SH

Tuesday

10

8:30am- Rosary– Chapel

10:00am- Gentle Movement Exercise/Tai Chi– Library

1:00pm- Prolife Rosary- Chapel

2:00pm- Bible Study - WWMR

6:00pm– Cribbage– Patio Room

Wednesday

11

8:30am- Rosary & 9:15 am- Mass- Chapel

10:00am– Exercise– SH

1:30pm– Music w/ Shane Nelson– SH

3:00pm– Stations of the Cross– Chapel

Thursday

12

8:30am- Rosary- Chapel

9:30am- Ceramics – EWMR

2:00pm– Treats & Trivia– SH

6:00pm– 500 Card Game– Patio Room

Friday

13

8:30am- Rosary- Chapel & 9:15 am- Mass- Chapel

10:00am– Exercise– SH

2:00pm– Decorate Shamrock Cookies– SHK

3:00pm– Holy Hour– Chapel

Saturday

14

8:30am- Rosary- Chapel

2:00pm– St. Patrick’s Day “Special Bingo”- SH

March 2020

Sunday

15

9:30am- Rosary- Chapel & 10:00am- Mass- Chapel 3:00pm– Service w/ Salvation Army– Chapel

Monday

16

8:30am- Rosary- Chapel

**NO ACTIVITIES IN THE SOCIAL HALL THIS WEEK DUE TO THE

SET UP OF OUR RUMMAGE & BAKE SALE**

Tuesday

17

HAPPY ST. PAT-

RICK’S DAY

8:30am- Rosary- Chapel

10:00am- Gentle Movement Exercise/Tai Chi– Library

1:00pm- Prolife Rosary- Chapel

2:00pm- Bible Study- WWMR

6:00pm– Cribbage—Patio Room

Wednesday

18

8:30am- Rosary & 9:15am- Mass – Chapel

11:30am– Administrator’s Luncheon– All dining rooms

1:00pm– Discussion Group– Library

1:30pm– Food Committee Meeting– Main Office

3:00pm– Stations of the Cross– Chapel

Thursday

19

8:30am- Rosary- Chapel

9:30am- Ceramics- EWMR

6:00pm– 500 Card Game– Patio Room

Friday

20

8:30am- Rosary- & 9:15 am- Mass- Chapel

3:00pm– Holy Hour– Chapel

Saturday

21

8:30am- Rosary- Chapel

March 2020

Sunday

22

9:30am-Rosary– Chapel & 10:00am-Mass– Chapel 3:00pm– Presbyterian Service w/ Cindy & Deb– Chapel

Monday

23

8:30am-Rosary– Chapel

2:00pm– Hawk Ridge Presentation– SH

**Rummage and Bake Sale Clean Up**

Tuesday

24

8:30am- Rosary– Chapel 10:00am– Gentle Movement Exercise/Tai Chi– SH 1:00pm- Prolife Rosary- Chapel 2:00pm– Bible Study– WWMR

6:00pm– Cribbage– Patio Room

Wednesday

25

8:30am- Rosary & 9:15am- Mass- Chapel 10:00am– Exercise– SH

2:00pm– Baking Group– SHK

3:00pm– Stations of the Cross– Chapel

Thursday

26

8:30am- Rosary- Chapel 9:30am– Ceramics– EWMR

2:00pm– Monthly Birthday Party– SH

6:00pm– 500 Card Game– Patio Room

Friday

27

8:30am- Rosary & 9:15am- Mass- Chapel 10:00am– Exercise– SH

2:00pm– Crafting with Leisa– EWMR

3:00pm– Holy Hour– Chapel

Saturday

28

8:30am-Rosary-Chapel

10:00am-11:00am- Confession with Father John-Chapel

March 2020

Sunday

29

9:30am-Rosary– Chapel & 10:00am-Mass– Chapel 3:00pm– Church Service w/ Rev. Bob Stevens- Chapel

Monday

30

8:30am– Rosary– Chapel

10:00am– Exercise– SH

2:00pm– Movie Monday w/popcorn– SH

Tuesday

31

8:30am– Rosary– Chapel

10:00am– Gentle Movement Exercise/Tai Chi- SH

1:00pm– Prolife Rosary– Chapel

2:00pm– Bible Study — WWMR

3:00pm– Auxiliary “Think Spring” Crafting Group– EWMR

6:00pm– Cribbage– Patio Room

March 2020

The miracle is this-

The more we share,

The more we have.

Leonard Nimoy