The Leland Home Newsletter


	Newsletter Winter Fest 2011 We celebrated the New Year amidst snowflakes, streamers, and balloons with Winter Fest 2011 on January 22nd at The Leland Home. Our residents spent an enjoyable afternoon with their family and friends. A delicious assortment of appetizers and sweets were prepared by our kitchen staff and served by volunteers from Brandeis Companions to Elders group and the Pre-Health Club members. The tasty treats were followed with music brought to us by Marti Sawyer. We sang along with Marty and tapped our toes as she entertained us with a winter themed program. What a lovely way to spend a January afternoon with those we care about. Special thanks to the students from Brandeis, Marcia MacClary, Kim Bouris and all of the staff at The Leland Home who helped to make this a memorable event! Leland Happenings - Infants to Independence play group visit us on June 1st! - First graders from the Meadowbrook School share their memory books, June 6th. - Dawn and Dick bring Music and Magic to Leland on June 7th. - Our next COOKOUT is June 14th! Flag Day! - Richie Bern returns to sing for us at Leland on June 15th. - Our first Ice Cream Eat-In of the season is June 21st! The first day of summer! - SUMMER CELEBRATION 2011 is June 22nd! Family and friends are invited to join us for a special evening. There will be food, fun and entertainment by The New Bostonians, a barbershop chorus. Invitation to follow. - Caring Canines visit for the last time before their summer break, June 26th. - Our next outing is an Ice Cream Outing to Dairy Joy, June 27th! Family and friends are invited to join us for these special events or any of our regularly scheduled programs. Questions, comments, or suggestions? Call Candy Bouris (781-893-2557). SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday, June 22nd! Our Summer Celebration! This is a special party for our residents, their families, and friends Invitations will follow. Due to space limitations, kindly limit to two guests per resident. Volunteer Appreciation Tea Our annual Volunteer Appreciation Tea was held at the Leland Home on March 21st. Lively conversations were enjoyed that afternoon over a cup of tea and a delicious assortment of sweets. We had the opportunity to recognize the contributions of over 70 individuals and groups, who have volunteered at Leland over the past year. These volunteers have shared much of their time, many special talents, and ALL of themselves! Candy Bouris, our Director of Activities and Volunteers, highlighted the gifts of music, business sense, ministry, friendship, love, and service that each had generously made. A special note was taken to recognize the service given by Winnie Kniesel, who has been calling Bingo for over 16 years! A board member was heard to say “I learned a lot of good things about the Leland home this afternoon!