NEWSLETTER

ACTIVITIES:

Celebration of Life will be on Friday, September 10th at 2:15 pm in the Garden Room.

Artsway concert will be on Tuesday, September 14th at 2:15 pm in the Garden Room, followed by tea and coffee in the Dining Room.

Our last BBQ, Spareribs will be on Wednesday, September 15th at 12:30 pm in the Dining Room and Patio.  Sign up in the Lodge Activity Room.

Resident Council meeting will be on Thursday, September 16th at 11:00 am in the Activity Room.

Nostalgic Mood will be entertaining for us on Thursday, September 16th at 2:15 pm on the 3rd Floor.

Manor Birthday Parties: Manor 1st Floor  September 21st at 1:30 pm.  Manor 2nd Floor September 22nd at 2:00 pm.

The Londoners will be entertaining for us on September 23rd at 2:15 pm in the Dining Room.

Confederation Singers will be here Tuesday, September 28th at 2:15 pm in the Lodge Dining Room.

Monthly Birthday Party for the Lodge will be on Thursday, September 30th at 2:15 pm in the Activity Room.

VOLUNTEERS:

Our Auxiliary is selling the ENTERTAINMENT 2011 BOOK again this year.  Please help us raise money for our Auxiliary by purchasing a BOOK.  The money raised is used to provide Residents with special entertainment and supplies.

Packed with money-saving coupons for dining out, travel, entertainment, shopping and much more, ENTERTAINMENT is only $46.00 incl. taxes.

You’ll not only save a lot of money with ENTERTAINMENT, you’ll also enable us to provide extra enjoyment for our Residents.

*We need to sell a minimum of 41 BOOKS to reach our goal of $400.00.

PLEASE SUPPORT OU FUNDRAISER by purchasing a ENTERTAINMENT 2011 BOOK and tell you friends about it as well.

To order your ENTERTAINMENT 2011 BOOK……CONTACT:  Eunice Kruse, Coordinator of Volunteers at Lynn Valley Care Centre 604-924-0520 or ekruse@nsph.ca

FOOD SERICES:

 We’ve had some fabulous weather this summer which has assured that our barbeques have been a great success.  Our most recent barbeque, August 18th, featuring hamburgers, was also much enjoyed, although the weather was a little cooler than we would have liked.

Our final barbeque of the season will be held on September 15th and will feature spareribs, with corn on the cob.  Sign up early for this event to avoid disappointment.  Remember there is a limit of 2 guests per resident to ensure as many residents as possible can participate.  Hopefully the weather will be back to fabulous for this last BBQ!!

Again we remind everyone to take advantage of the water coolers located in all the lounge areas of the facility, especially during the hotter weather when dehydration can happen very quickly.

Let’s hope the great weather we’ve had carries on right into October!!

Fundraising For Artsway

We are delighted to let you know that our first attempt at fundraising was a great success!  The “gala” which was held on July 21st was a most enjoyable evening of beautiful music, cheese and wine and a silent auction.  Our summer basket raffle was also very successful.  Staff and family members were so enthusiastic about buying tickets that we decided to increase the number of prizes to 10.

We would like to thank all families, residents and staff who were able to participate and make these events so successful.  We raised approximately $6500.00 through the ticket sales, raffle and silent auction.  Some of this money went to expenses (eg. honorariums for the musicians who played at the gala and raffle prizes), $3600.00 went to Artsway for 10 concerts with professional musicians and the rest has gone towards the purchase of our new piano.  Artsway was instrumental in obtaining the piano for us and is matching our contribution.  They also arranged for the piano to be delivered as well as its first tuning.

The inauguration of our beautiful new Yamaha piano was held on August 10th, the first of our Artsway concerts.  It was a great success and was enjoyed by all those who attended.  Concerts from now on will be held in the Garden Room at 2:15 pm on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, except for December and July.

We will be having additional fundraising events such as raffles and 50-50 draws to continue fundraising for our piano as well as our next year (2011-2012) of Artsway concerts.  Thanks again for all your support.  And, remember, all fundraising ideas are most appreciated.

Infection Control

It’s that time of year and gastroenteritis is on the increase.  So, once again, we ask you to be vigilant with your hand washing and not visit when you are ill.

Foot Care

As of August 31st, we will no longer be using the services of “We Care” to provide foot care to our residents.  The contract has been terminated because of on-going issues with billing that were never resolved.  As of September 7th, we will have a new foot care nurse, Sarah Haines, who owns the company “Good for the Sole”.  She comes highly recommended and is an active member of the Best Practice Nurses Foot Care group for the Lower Mainland.

ACCOUNTING:

Resident and Family

This is to inform you as of September 1st a few changes are going to happen:

1 – Room Differential for Funded Beds will no longer be charged to your account.  The Room Differential cost for Funded Beds will be paid by the Vancouver Coastal Health.

2 – We will not charge you HST on the following services:

  • Cablevision
  • Long Distance Telephone Calls
  • Internet

3 – Due to cost increases of Shaw Cable we have to regretfully pass on some of the charges to you.  Cablevision will be charged at $23.00 per month.