The Holiday Project's Father's Day Visit

The Holiday Project Volunteer Visit - Father's Day Visit - June 16th

Holidays are the times for connecting … with family...friends...the community at large. Many people are cut off from this connection due to health problems, advanced age, or other circumstances. The Holiday Project provides volunteers with opportunities to let these persons know that they have not been forgotten and to brighten their lives by brightening their day!
This is done through organized visits to skilled nursing facilities in celebration of selected holidays throughout the year:
Remaining Visit dates scheduled for 2012 are as follows:

Mother's Day Saturday - 5/12/12 (9:30 a.m.)
Father's Day Saturday - 6/16/12 (9:30 a.m.)Grandparents Day Saturday - 9/9/12 (9:30 a.m.)
Thanksgiving Day - 11/22/12 (9:30 a.m.)
Christmas Day - 12/25/12 (9:30 a.m. / 12 Noon)
Volunteers gather at their choice of the three meeting sites listed below and are organized into teams visit assigned locations. (Each volunteer is responsible for his/her own transportation.) Each volunteers will be given a map to their assigned visit site and greeting cards to share with the persons they visit. Time spent at the assigned sites varies from visit to visit, but typically a visit lasts from 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours.
Volunteers meet at either of the following two locations:
CENTRAL -- Volunteer Houston Office -- 3015 Richmond (77098)
or
CY-FAIR -- Grace Care Center of Cypress -- 9602 Huffmeister (77095)
or
KATY -- Grace Care Center of Katy -- 23553 West Fernhurst Drive (77494)

(Click on either of the above location references to see a map of each respective area.)
Click here to visit our new Holiday Project page on Facebook and see photos from some of our most recent visits.
Click here for additional information about our next scheduled visit date (June 16th, Father's Day Saturday") and our easy-to-use online signup form to register as a volunteer for that date.
Additional note: If you would like to get involved in making greeting cards for any of our Holiday Project visits, click here to see some simple guidelines for making the cards and information on the locations to which the cards can be mailed or delivered.


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Upcoming Events at Grace Cypress - June

Please join us as we “Spring Into Summer”.  June is considered the month of perfect weather days and it is also Great Outdoors Month. June 3^rd begins National Garden Week. Our Garden Club Kick Off is June 4^th at 4:00pm. If you have any plants, or cuttings you would like to share we would appreciate any contributions for our gardeners. Also, if you have a green thumb and would like to join our Garden Club please contact Carolyn or Ann Marie, in the activity department.

A copy of our activity calendar is available in the activity room and at the receptionist desk. Please encourage your loved one to look over the calendar and participate in activities that they enjoy.

The Family Council of Grace Care Center of Cypress will meet Saturday, June 2^nd in the Activity Room at 10:00 am.  Our speaker this month is Laura Powell, our Executive Director. She will talk about the Hurricane plans for Grace Cypress, to shelter in place.

If you have a sweet tooth you may want to join your loved one on Monday afternoons at 3:00, in our Silver Spoon Café, for our weekly ice cream social. On Monday, June 18th at 2:30 we will celebrate all the June birthdays with entertainer Karen Pfeiffer in the main lobby, instead of the weekly ice cream social.

We will recognize our dedicated and kindhearted nursing assistants and show our sincere appreciation for their work during Nursing Assistants Month!

Please join us, Friday June 15^th for our Father’s Day Party.  We are encouraging all the men to enter our Father’s Day “Funniest T-Shirt Contest”.  If the men do not have a funny t-shirt they can bring one of their plain t-shirts and decorate it during arts and crafts.  (We will have supplies available for decorating the t-shirt). We will have a prize for the most original t-shirt, the funniest saying and the funniest picture. Be creative and let’s have fun!

Our June County Bus trip is Tuesday, June 19^th.  The residents are looking forward to a Tea Room Luncheon. For more details see the June Activity Calendar. Please contact Ann Marie Ryan in the Activity Department if you would like to join us on our County Bus Trips.  

For more information on upcoming events contact Donna Martin, Community Marketing Liaison at Grace Cypress, 832-515-3862 or

E-mail dmartin@hmshealthcare.com.

The Holiday Project Volunteer Visit - Mother's Day Visit - May 12th

Holidays are the times for connecting … with family...friends...the community at large. Many people are cut off from this connection due to health problems, advanced age, or other circumstances. The Holiday Project provides volunteers with opportunities to let these persons know that they have not been forgotten and to brighten their lives by brightening their day!
This is done through organized visits to skilled nursing facilities in celebration of selected holidays throughout the year:

Remaining Visit dates scheduled for 2012 are as follows:

Mother's Day Saturday - 5/12/12 (9:30 a.m.)
Father's Day Saturday - 6/16/12 (9:30 a.m.)
Grandparents Day Saturday - 9/9/12 (9:30 a.m.)
Thanksgiving Day - 11/22/12 (9:30 a.m.)
Christmas Day - 12/25/12 (9:30 a.m. / 12 Noon)
Volunteers gather at their choice of the three meeting sites listed below and are organized into teams visit assigned locations. (Each volunteer is responsible for his/her own transportation.) Each volunteers will be given a map to their assigned visit site and greeting cards to share with the persons they visit. Time spent at the assigned sites varies from visit to visit, but typically a visit lasts from 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours.
Volunteers meet at either of the following two locations:
CENTRAL -- Volunteer Houston Office -- 3015 Richmond (77098)
or
CY-FAIR -- Grace Care Center of Cypress -- 9602 Huffmeister (77095)
or
KATY -- Grace Care Center of Katy -- 23553 West Fernhurst Drive (77494)

(Click on either of the above location references to see a map of each respective area.)
Click here to visit our new Holiday Project page on Facebook and see photos from some of our most recent visits.
Click here for additional information about our next scheduled visit date (May 12, "Mother's Day Saturday") and our easy-to-use online signup form to register as a volunteer for that date.
Additional note: If you would like to get involved in making greeting cards for any of our Holiday Project visits, click here to see some simple guidelines for making the cards and information on the locations to which the cards can be mailed or delivered.

Upcoming Events at Grace Cypress and in Our Community

The month of May brings many special events to celebrate. A copy of our activity calendar is available in the activity room and at the receptionist desk. Please encourage your loved one to look over the calendar and participate in activities that they enjoy.

The Family Council of Grace Care Center will meet Saturday,

May 5^th in the Activity Room at 10:00 am. The Family Council will assist family members and promote the health and happiness of the residents.

If you have a sweet tooth you may want to join your loved one on Monday afternoons at 3:00, in our Silver Spoon Café, for our weekly ice cream social. On Monday, May 14th at 2:30 we will celebrate all the May birthdays at 2:30 in the Main Lobby, instead of the weekly ice cream social.

We will celebrate National Nurses Week May 6^th – May 12^th. The theme this year is, “Nurses: Advocating, Leading, Caring”. This week we will focus attention on the diverse ways our nurses work to save lives and to improve the health of our residents and patients. We will recognize our dedicated and kindhearted nurses and show our sincere appreciation for their work!

Please join us for a special Mother’s Day Tea on Saturday, May 12^th in our front lobby from 2:00 – 3:00. Spend this special time together and enjoy flavored hot or cold tea and an assortment of appetizers and desserts. This will be a great opportunity to take family portrait photographs with your loved one. Photographer Barbara Edmondson will be available again this year for special family photos. You may have a sitting with up to 5 people. Each sitting is only $40.00 (cash or check). You can choose from two packages, either one 8x10 and three 5x7’s or a package of five 5x7’s. Prints purchased at the Mother’s Day Tea will be delivered to Grace for pick up. 

Our County Bus trip in May will be to Walmart on Wednesday, May 16^th from 10:30 – 2:00, for shopping and lunch. Please contact Ann Marie Ryan in the Activity Department if you would like to join us on this outing.

“Celebrating the Journey” is the theme for National Nursing Home Week this year. Throughout the week of May 13^th – 19^th we have planned events to honor the lives and milestones of our residents, patients and our staff. Celebrating the Journey reminds us that every life should be honored, every life’s story needs to be told and every day we have the chance to begin writing a new chapter.  Please see our May Activity Calendar for a complete list of activities during this very special week. Everyone is invited.

 For more information on upcoming events contact Donna Martin, Community Marketing Liaison at Grace Cypress at 832-515-3862 or by

e-mail dmartin@hmshealthcare.com.