Oct 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Honoring Lana Remmers, Activity Director, Salvation Army Laura Danieli Senior Center
Lana Remmers
Age and declining health sometimes keep older adults from doing activities they once enjoyed, but that doesn’t mean seniors have to sit in their rooms and watch television or limit themselves to bingo. Activity Directors bring opportunities for entertainment and social interaction directly to residents in Senior centers.
Lana Remmers has been the Activity Director at the Salvation Army Laura Danieli Senior Center for thirteen years. The Senior Center is open to all that are sixty and over or disabled and is part of the Salvation Army Silvercrest Residence that comprises 125 apartments.
The Senior Center provides seniors with access to new computers and offers a wide selection of activities that keep Seniors educated while having fun. One of the activities that is available to seniors on a monthly basis is Gregory’s Fresh Market. The nutritional benefits of each item are displayed. “All of our seniors depend on Gregory’s Fresh Market because the fruits and vegetables are fresh and affordable,” said Lana.
Lana commented, “Working with seniors is a rewarding experience. I learn from their knowledge and history.”
We congratulate Lana on her passion for serving seniors and look forward to honoring her at the 2nd Annual Senior Awards Luncheon,
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Oct 2, 2013 | Giving, Independent Living, seniors
Honoring Centenarian Award Recipient, Ms. Hilda Jones, Tanner Terrace Apartments
There is nothing to fear about getting old, only more time to celebrate. When I talk to people about living to be 100 or longer, the first response I receive is, I don’t want to live that long. We as a nation are put off by the aging process and look to growing old as something to fear rather than celebrate.
Ms. Hilda Jones
At Gregory’s Fresh Market, we cherish and celebrate our seniors and centenarians. We assist in providing for them an important place in our communities, thus helping to break the stigma of aging. This is why we started the Centenarian Club and honor our centenarians and seniors at the senior awards luncheon.
The GFM Centenarian Club is a group of 6 distinguished centenarians whom we have identified at senior locations serviced by GFM. They receive fresh produce on a monthly basis, quarterly gift cards from retail stores and access to all GFM events.
Ms. Hilda Jones, centenarian will be honored at the 2nd Annual Senior Awards Luncheon. She personifies life, vitality, strength and courage. Her greatest strength is that of her mother. Her greatest pillars are faith in God and the power of forgiveness. She enjoys working on cross word puzzles.
Prior to retiring, she was an entrepreneur and a dressmaker. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cosby were two of her clients. She has one son, Matthew who is 82 years old.
This year at the 2nd Annual Senior Awards Luncheon, we honor and recognize the life and accomplishments of Ms. Hilda Jones, a gracious lady.
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Sep 25, 2013 | Health Eating, healthy eating, Independent Living, Volunteer
Honoring Volunteer Service Award Recipient, Louvie Gose
Manistee Manor Apartments
Research shows that seniors who volunteer enjoy better health, are able to make and grow more friendships, are able to stay active by becoming involved in the community and learn new skills.
Louvie Gose
Meet Louvie, who lends a helping hand and a helping heart. Resident’s depend on Louvie and she always has a listening ear.
Louvie’s volunteerism began a number of years ago. She sews pillows for heart patients at Banner Thunderbird Hospital ER. She sews Back to School shorts and shirts for boys, dresses for girls, is active in the Resident’s Council, cooks and plans meals for special events, shopped and prepared a three course lunch for 24-30 residents for three years, made aprons for the servers, upholstered small stools and chairs for residents, does alterations and sewing for residents clothing, makes walker bags, cart covers, bingo bags, tote bags, covers for residents plastic pass cards, bakes two sheet cakes and serves ice cream to the residents to honor their birthdays once a month.
In addition to assisting Manistee residents, Louvie assisted The Stratford Assisted Living facility with a facelift. She took all of her sewing supplies to the facility and sewed on site making the needed alterations to improve the facility.
We salute Louvie for being a bright and shining star and touching many lives.
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Sep 24, 2013 | healthy eating, Independent Living
Honoring Fran Watson, Service Coordinator, Westward Ho
Fran Watson, Westward Ho
Fran has been in the Service Coordinator field over twenty years, twelve of which have been at Westward Ho and will be honored at the 2nd Annual Senior Awards Luncheon.
Fran enjoys providing solutions to the residents for the little things that we take for granted, i.e. helping seniors with obtaining dentures at a price that they can afford, free cell phones, and services provided by insurance companies, just to name a few.
Fran comments, “I love the smiles on the residents face when I have helped them solve a problem.” “Bringing in services and vendors like Gregory’s Fresh Market to improve the quality of life, is rewarding for me.”
We salute Fran for her commitment to making a difference in the lives of seniors.
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Aug 13, 2013 | Fresh Foods, Giving
Tanner Terrace residents line up for blood pressure screening.
Over 300 seniors will receive complimentary fruits and vegetables donated by Walgreens through Gregory’s Fresh Market, as an avenue to promote living well and eating well. The Walgreens Senior Outreach Health and Wellness Series Part 2 continues through September. Senior housing facilities visited to date are Beatitudes Campus, Pine Towers, Westward Ho and Tanner Terrace.
Walgreen’s team of trained pharmacists will visit each location to provide blood pressure screenings, answer questions relating to prescriptions, and share tips on how to live well. In addition, seniors will enjoy food and juicing demonstrations presented by nutritionists on how to easily prepare and enjoy the donated fruits and vegetables to receive the maximum nutritional value. Because of a new collaboration with the University of Arizona Nutrition Network, this addition to the program has made it possible for seniors to receive healthy nutrition tips, education and recipes. The team of health professionals will visit Washington Manor on Tuesday, August 20 at 2 p.m.
“Health and wellness are the keys to living a full life”, Walgreens Community Affairs Director John Gremer explains. “We are honored to continue the Senior Outreach Health and Wellness Series Part 2, in partnership with Gregory’s Fresh Market. Seniors deserve to have easy access to fresh fruits and vegetables. We are proud to help make this possible through community programs such as GFM.”
Diana Gregory, President and CEO of GFMP commented, “Thanks to Walgreens, many seniors that don’t have transportation to travel for fresh fruits and vegetables will have the fresh produce delivered where they live and receive valuable information on nutrition and prescription medication. Fresh produce is extremely beneficial to help manage common health challenges such as hypertension, diabetes, heart conditions, high cholesterol, digestive issues, obesity and many more. The lives of many seniors will be impacted by Walgreen’s sponsoring this program.”
The Walgreens Senior Outreach Health and Wellness Series Part 2 began in June and will run through September.
ABOUT DIANA GREGORY OUTREACH SERVICES FOUNDATION
Gregory’s Fresh Market is a division of Diana Gregory Outreach Services Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization that provides programs in health, nutrition, and education. The mission is to enrich lives through providing on-site farmers markets for seniors and nutrition education.
ABOUT WALGREENS
As the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2012 sales of $72 billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) vision is to become America’s first choice for health and daily living. Each day, Walgreens provides more than 6 million customers the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and mail service, along with respiratory services. These services improve health outcomes and lower costs for payers including employers, managed care organizations, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the public sector. The company operates 8,096 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health and wellness centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.
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