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THE VILLAGE VOICE NEWSLETTER APRIL 2020 04-2020
THE
VILLAGE
VOICE Newsletter
APRIL 2020
A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
In This Issue
Director’s Message
Activities Announcement
April Birthdays
Welcome New Residents
& Employees
Charlie Chaplain
Easter
Holy Week
Passover
Media Attention
Staying Connected
Stay home. Stop the spread. Save lives.
As you know, we have had to put restrictions on receiving visitors
due to the COVID-19 virus so until those restrictions are lifted, we
will be mailing our monthly newsletter tofsamily. For more
information regarding these restrictions, please visit our website at
www.sterling-village.com .
To our residents and families, I can’t thank you enough for your
cooperation and understanding during this unprecedented time.
To our amazing staff, there are no words that can express my
gratitude for your dedication, commitment and flexibility.
The safety, health and emotional and spiritual well being of
EVERYONE in this building is my top priority. We have made
changes to activities and programs so that our residents remain
socially connected and engaged. Our department heads are working
tirelessly to ensure that all staff are kept informed of the sometimes
daily changes to our policies and procedures as we receive new
information. Our unit staff continues to remain positive and upbeat
while providing the best possible patient care.
The showing of support for one another; residents, staff and families
alike, is a true testament to our sense of community. I am confident
in our ability to continue to provide for those in our care and am
looking forward to the day when we can open our doors again to
friends and family.
Respectfully,
Kimberly Archambault Executive Director
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*UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE* Due to the recent
restrictions and social
distancing in effect, please
bear with us as we make
some creative changes to
our daily activity calendar
so that residents are safe
but still engaged. Please
refer to the printed daily
menu of activities that are
distributed each morning
for the times and locations
of these activities.
Quirky Holidays & Observations
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Margaret B, 81 Joan M, 84
Giles C, 79 Donald R, 86
Kenneth G, 69 Eleanor T, 85
Carol G, 74 Olga V, 96
Harriette K, 88 Rita L, 94
Henry L, 90
Residents celebrating birthdays
during the month of April
HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO YOU
Welcome New Residents
Francis B - Chestnut
Margaret R - Aspen
Doris M - Aspen
Donna J - Aspen
Jane G - Aspen
Charles B - Birch
Mary N - Aspen
Welcome New Employees
Jemima Boating, LPN
Natasha Roderick, Dietary
Robert Valliere, Maintenance
Charlie Chaplin was born to parents who were both music hall performers
in England, and young Chaplin made his stage debut at age five. He worked
in vaudeville until moving to California in 1913, where he brought his
physical comedy to the silver screen—making 35 movies in rapid
succession with Mack Sennett of Keystone Studios in a matter of years.
His output was almost as fast at other studios, and in 1919, he launched
United Artists with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and D.W. Griffith.
Chaplin's pacifist bent showed in his films, and drew the suspicion of J.
Edgar Hoover, who considered him a communist sympathizer.
Chaplin's offscreen activities got him in trouble, too. He lost a paternity
suit in 1944, despite that fact that a blood test showed he was not the father
of actress Joan Barry's child. The case led to a change in paternity laws,
and afterward, blood tests became admissible in court. Hoover got his wish
to rid America of Charlie Chaplin when the actor went to England for a
film premiere in 1952, and was denied a re-entry visa. Chaplin settled in
Switzerland with wife Oona O'Neill and children, and did not return to
America until 1972 to receive an Honorary Academy Award.
Happy Birthday
Charlie Chaplain
April 16, 1889
We will be celebrating April birthdays on Wednesday, April 22nd
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WHEN IS EASTER 2020?
This year, Easter will be observed on Sunday, April 12. (Eastern Orthodox Easter will take place the following Sunday, April 19.) Easter’s date is just five days after April’s full Moon (Tuesday, April 7), which is the first full Moon to occur after the spring equinox and is therefore known in the Christian calendar as the “Paschal Full Moon.”
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beginners guide to What is Easter? A Christian holiday commemorating the
resurrection of Jesus Christ. In modern
times it is celebrated by attending church,
having a dinner with family and friends as
well as participating in festive traditions like
coloring hard boiled eggs and hiding plastic
ones filled with candy or surprises.
What is Passover? A Jewish holiday that remembers the
exodus of the ancient Hebrew people from
Egypt. It is celebrated by having a meal
where families and friends of the family will
read scripture while drinking 4 glasses of
wine and eating foods that represent the
exodus from slavery.
The Differences Between Easter and
Passover Include:
Even though they occur around the same
time, they are celebrated with family and
close friends, and they involve a dinner,
they are very different.
The reasons for celebrating
-Jewish people celebrate being freed from
slavery
-Christians celebrate Jesus resurrecting and
atoning for their sins
What each holiday celebrates
-Jewish people gather to remember hard
times and celebrate freedom
-Christians gather to celebrate a miracle
When they occur
-Passover is set on the 14th of Nissan on the
lunar calendar
-Easter is based on the March equinox and
changes on the solar calendar
Who is the focus of the celebration
-Moses is the primary person associated
remembered on Passover
-Easter celebrates Jesus
Both have different lengths
-Passover is 7 – 8 nights
-Easter is 1 night
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Thank you to Jorgia, 7, Rebecca 7, and Cecilia, 11 of Westminster
Girl Scout Troop 65122 and Girl Scout Troop 64651. The residents
at Sterling Village are appreciative and grateful for your support and
will enjoy reading your cards and letters! Special thanks to Dali
Morales!
We received a bunch of beautiful and thoughtful handmade cards from Lillian and Sadie Morrilly,
ages 11 and 9, from Templeton, MA. Our residents are thoroughly enjoying reading them.
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Anna and Charlene, both residents here at Sterling
Village react to the Good Morning America piece
featuring Sterling Village and the France children
from Westminster who are writing to nursing home
residents. The story was also featured in People
magazine!
Our very own Millie turned 100 years old on March 16 and her
birthday celebration has been featured all over the world in print, online, and on the radio.
Happiest of birthdays to you Millie!
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Please call 978-422-5111 to schedule a virtual visit.
Our Skype User Name is
Sterling Village (look for our logo)
Our Facebook Messenger
User Name is Sterling Resident Calls
YOU MUST CALL TO
SCHEDULE A TIME FIRST.
As always, you are welcome to call your loved one at 978-422-5111 anytime and we will make every effort to accommodate the call.
To send a written message you may email us at [email protected] or visit our website at www.sterling-village.com and select “message to family”
All emails will be printed and delivered as soon as possible.
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Address:
18 DANA HILL ROAD, STERLING, MA 01564
Phone:
978-422-5111
Fax:
978-422-5925
E-Mail:
Website:
www.sterling-village.com
STERLING VILLAGE
18 DANA HILL ROAD
STERLING, MA 01564
