Thursday, September 28, 2023 – TIME FOR BURGERS AND FRANKS IN THE GARDEN
FROM THE ARCHIVES
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
THE LAST BBQ
OF THE SEASON AT COLER
ISSUE# 1086
TODAY BRIGHT IN THE SUNSHINE THE COLER RESIDENTS HAD A GRAND BBQ IN THEIR GARDEN.
THE DIETARY DEPARTMENT AND THERAPEUTIC RECREATION DEPARTMENTS CAME TOGETHER TO BRING HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS TO THE GARDEN FOR THE FUN AFTERNOON.
IT TAKES A MULTI-DEPARTMENT EFFORT TO SAFELY SERVE THE RESIDENTS. EVERY RESIDENT HAD A COLOR CODED STICKER INDICATING THE MEAL THAT THEY WERE BEING SERVED.
A GROUP OF HUNTER COLLEGE DIETARY STUDENT ARE INTERNING AT COLER AND THEY MADE GREAT SERVERS AND HELPERS TODAY.
WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PHOTOGRAPH THE RESIDENTS, BUT WE ASSURE YOU THAT THERE WERE LOTS OF SMILES AND CHEERFUL RESIDENTS TODAY ENJOYING A SPECIAL END OF SUMMER BBQ.
RECREATION THERAPISTS ROBERT, GENARO AND ASHLEY FORMED AN ASSEMBLY LINE OF HAMBURGER ASSEMBLY. DIRECTOR OF THERAPETIC RECREATION JOVEMAY SANTOS WAS BUSY ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE TOO.
GEORGE IS COLER’S BEST M.C. AND MUSIC MASTER AT ALL EVENTS.
RECREATION THERAPISTS MARGARET AND MARIA TOOK A BREAK TO GREET AND SERVE THE RESIDENTS
THERAPIST ASHLEY LOVES FOOD EVENTS AND DOES SPECIAL SNACKS FOR RESIDENTS EACH WEEK
THURSDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
THE NEW POWER CELL AT THE OCTAGON
HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETED. THE BUILDING REPLACED THEIR
ORIGINAL UNIT THIS YEAR.
Text by Judith Berdy
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JUDITH BERDY
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