Happy New Years from Haven in Allyn Staff

Gingerbread House

We had an afternoon of crafts with some local volunteer help. Interested in the box but the final product was beautiful!

Christmas Caroling at the Haven

  We had people visit for Christmas caroling by the fire. We served hot beverages and Christmas cookies. Everyone enjoyed the carols.

Thanksgiving like no other!

We celebrated Thanksgiving with a bang! Staff, reidents, family and friends were here. We ad so muh food -- turkey, ham, fried chicken, cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, mustard greends, macaroni and cheese, yams, and cranberry sauce, along with a variety of desserts. Some people were bold enough to sing Karoake, while others enjoyed the football game on the TV. Ron read PS 100 to everyone and asked several staff and family membes what they were thankful for. He then led us into a Thanksgiing prayer. It was absolutelywonderful-- the one big, happy family.

Halloween at the Haven

The Haven started decorating or Halloween the beginning of the month.Haven in Allyn was dcorated wildly with scary characters and baskets all over for our annual Halloween party. We took many pictures and the resident and caregivers all dressed up for the occaion. Everyone had a terrific time singing and we also had a vey scary cake ordered up for the event. Our cake decorator really outdid herself this year.

October birthdays

We had a large party for 2 residents and 2 caregivers. We had a Mexican theme for Gloria, complete with the margarita's that she requested!

Sally McDonnell's birthday

We outdid ourselves with Sally's balloons for her birthday party. P. J. the D. J. provided music and it was attended by many friends and family.

Lois Putnam's birthday

Lois's birthday was today and she told the cook she wanted lobster. So we surprised her ith lobster bisque. Of course, she had her choice of cake. Live entertainment contributed to a very special day.

Joyce Gough's Birthday

We celebrated Joyce G's birthday today with live entertainment, meal of her choice and the perfect cake.

4th of Jul at the Haven rocked

We had some small fireworks outside and bouquets with flags to designate the 4th celebration. The residents loved the decorations and the fireworks show that Ron did was dazzling! Thanks, Ron!

Father's Day

We celebrated Father's Day. It was the only celebration this month...no birthdays :-)  Summer flowers are in full bloom and our rhodies and window boxes look great!

Birthdays, birthdays, birthdays

We celebrated the birthdays of two care givers and one resident today. We let the resident pick the colors to be used for the celebrations. We also celebrated Mother's Day, Armed Forces Day and Memorial Day this month so the Haven was surrounded with flags and flowers to represent all the mothers and the armed services, too.

April Events

Write up what happened in April...include residents, staff, events and business...Did you have an inspection? New visitors? Open House??

Easter 2009

Debra loves Easter. It was on April 12th this year. Wecelebrated with a special service and enjoyed a deliciousham dinner. Yum!

April Birthdays

We celebrated two birthdays at the same time because Charlott Derry and Sandy Wentlandt were born on the same day, April 4th. We had two cakes because it is illegal at the Haven in Allyn to share th same birthday cake. We had lots of fun enjoying the music, dancing, laughing and eating good food. Sandy and Charlote had lots of people who love them and came to share their special day.

another post for march

Did you plant flowers...have a tea...new people...

St. Patrick's Day at the Haven

We decorated with four leaf clovers and festie flowers all ove the buiding -- it was beautiful and made us anxious for spring! Did I mention we had a cake?

Tom's Birthday

We celebrated Tom's birthday. Tom is a lot of our personality and everyone joined in to wish him a happy day. We surprised him with a two-man band and we danced and sang the afternoon away.  The party was well attended and the food was great! Word is getting out to our local community about our birthday parties!

Rosie's Birthday

Today, the residents and staff celebrated Rosie's birthday. We do love to celebrate birthdays! All the residents and caregivers sang happy birthday and we had cake and ice cream.

Valentine's Day

Of course we celebrated Valentine's ay on the 14th. We had a valentine part, where we celebrated the importance of ove. A few people shared their feelings about their parent and the staff. We had the band play all of our favorite songs and we danced the afternoon away.

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Jan Stevenson's Birthday

Jan Stevenson celebrathed her birthday with family and friends. We had an array of colorful balloons, a special cake decorated in her favorite color, green. She was serenaded by P.J., the D.J. For hours, Jan, family, friends and the other residents and staf sang song to Karaoke. We laughed and laughed and laughed. It was a great day!

New Year's Day at the Haven in Allyn 2009

We were so excited for the new endeavors awaiting us in this glorious new year. The weather was cloudy, but nothing stopped us from being joyful We all enjoyed egg nog near the fireplace while listening to music. Lovely, peaceful New Year day!