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News at the Pointe!!!!! October Hello From Activities!!!! • Just a reminder to check your News at the calendar daily to see what activities you have for which day and times. The times and Pointe!!!!! activities will be changing for October. If you would like to Facetime or Skype your loved ones, please contact me and we can set up a date and time for your virtual visit!!!! • Lets have fun and have a great October!!!! • Christie (activities) This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC Meetings!!! October Important Meetings Wednesday 7th Menu Meeting (DR) Friday 23rd Activity Meeting (DR) October Craft!!! Wooden Scarecrows & Pumpkins!!! Please make sure that your menus are filled out and turned into the kitchen. We appreciate everyone's understanding and help with filling out the menus. Thank you for all your help. Any questions please let us know. Elizabeth . October is National Breast Cancer Month!!! • Breast cancer deaths have been declining since 1990 thanks to early detection, better screening, The Nurse!!!!!! increased awareness, and new treatment options. Each year it is estimated that over 220,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die. 11 FACTS ABOUT BREAST CANCER • Breast cancer is the second leading cause of • Welcome to DoSomething.org, a global cancer death among women in the US and the movement of millions of young people first leading cause of cancer death among women making positive change, online and off! globally. The 11 facts you want are below, and the • In the US today, there are more than 3.5 million sources for the facts are at the very breast cancer survivors — the largest group of all bottom of the page. After you learn cancer survivors. something, Do Something! Find out how • Every 2 minutes, a woman is diagnosed with to take action here. breast cancer in the US. • In the US, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed • Every minute, somewhere in the world, a woman with breast cancer in their lifetime. dies from breast cancer. That’s more than 1,400 • The most significant risk factors for breast women every day. cancer are being female and aging. About • A man’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 95% of all breast cancers in the US occur in 1,000. women 40 and older. • Each year, it’s expected that about 2,670 men will • Women who get regularly screened for be diagnosed with breast cancer in the US, and breast cancer have a 47% lower risk of about 500 will die. dying from the disease compared to those who don’t. 10 fun facts you didn't know about Halloween Halloween is a celebration of all things . spooky, and in the United States, it's surrounded by a few odd traditions like trick-or-treating and pumpkin carving. Here are a few interesting facts about how some of today's practices got started as well as other fun tidbits about the unique holiday. • 2. Candy corn was originally called 1. "Jack o'lantern" comes from the Irish Chicken Feed legend of Stingy Jack • Legend has it that Stingy Jack invited the devil to • Though many would argue that candy corn tastes have a drink with him, but Jack didn't want to pay like chicken feed, that's not how it got its original for the drink, so he convinced the devil to turn name. Created in the 1880s by George Renninger, it was sold to the masses by Goelitz himself into a coin. Instead of buying the drink, he Confectionery Company (now Jelly Belly Co.) at pocketed the coin and kept it close to a silver cross the turn of the century. in his house, preventing the devil from taking • Because corn is what was used to feed chickens, shape again. the creation was called "Chicken Feed" and the • He promised to let the devil go as long as he box was marked with a colorful rooster. would leave Jack alone for a year – and that if Jack • 3. Trick-or-treating comes from "souling" died, the devil wouldn't claim his soul. • Having children dress up in costumes and go • After a year, Jack tricked the devil again to leave door-to-door like little beggars demanding treats is kind of weird. Like several other Halloween him alone and not claim his soul. When Jack died, activities, the tradition can be traced back to the God didn't want such a conniving person in Middle Ages and the rituals of Samhain. heaven and the devil, true to his word, would not • It was believed that phantoms walked the earth allow him into hell. on the night of Samhain, so people would dress • Jack was sent off into the night with only a burning up in costumes in an effort to repel the spirits. coal to light his path. He placed the coal inside a • As the Catholic Church started supplanting pagan carved-out turnip and has been roaming the earth festivals with their own holidays (like All Souls' ever since. Day), the act of souling became popular, and poor children and adults would go door-to-door • People in Ireland and Scotland began creating dressed as spirits accepting food in exchange for their own creations of Jack's lanterns out of prayers. turnips, beets and potatoes. The tradition traveled to the United States along with the immigrants and people began to use pumpkins, native to North America, for the lanterns instead. 4. The most lit jack o'lanterns on display is On November 2nd, Dia de los Muertos, families 30,581 honor adults who have died and place orange According to Guinness World Records, the marigolds on grave sites. highest number of lit jack o'lanterns on The original Aztec celebration actually lasted a display is 30,581 by the City of Keene, New month long, but when Spanish conquistadors Hampshire in 2013. Keene, represented by came over to Mexico in the 16th century, they Let it Shine, has broken the record 8 times merged the festival with the Catholic All Saints' over since the original attempt. That's a Day. Today's celebration is a mix of both Aztec whole lot of pumpkins! rituals of skulls, altars to the dead and food with 5. Halloween folklore is full of fortune- Catholic masses and prayers. telling and magic 7. Michael Myers' mask is actually a Old English folklore about Halloween is full of William Shatner mask. superstition and fortune-telling that still lingers today, like bobbing for apples or avoiding black cats. The classic 1978 horror film "Halloween" can be One piece of folklore says that if a young unmarried easily recognized in just one image: the psychotic person walks down the stairs backwards at midnight Michael Myers in his iconic pale-faced mask. while holding a mirror, the face that appears in the Without a doubt, it's one chilling look that has mirror will be their next lover. struck terror into the hearts of partying teens in 6. Day of the Dead should really be called Days of slasher flicks. the Dead The Day of the Dead, or Dia de los The movie was actually filmed on such a tight Muertos, takes place October 31 through November budget that the crew used the cheapest mask they 2 in Mexico and a few other Hispanic countries. could find: a $2 Star Trek Captain James Kirk mask. November 1st, Dia de los Inocentes, honors children They spray painted it white and reshaped the eye that died, and family members decorate graves with holes, making William Shatner look incredibly baby's breath and white orchids. creepy. • 8. Halloween originated from an • Beggars' Night is very similar to regular ancient Celtic festival trick-or-treating, except kids are • According to History.com, the required to tell a joke, poem or perform Halloween we know today can trace its a "trick" for a treat. The best part? The roots back to the ancient Celtic end-of- jokes are notoriously groan-worthy like, harvest festival of Samhain. During "If April showers bring May flowers, Samhain, people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off evil what do May flowers bring?" spirits. • "Pilgrims." Get your best dad jokes • In the eighth century, in an effort to ready! spread Christianity, Pope Gregory III • 10. The White House is haunted decreed November 1 as All Saints' Day • and incorporated some of the rituals of The United States' most famous address Samhain. All Saints' Day was also called All Hallows and the night before, when has had several reports of ghostly the traditional Samhain festival used to appearances and eerie sounds – and take place in Celtic regions, was called that's not even including election years! All Hallows' Eve. The most common ghost sighting is of • 9. Des Moines has a hilarious tradition Abraham Lincoln who has been spotted called Beggars' Night. The night before by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Queen Halloween, young children in Des Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Sir Moines hit the streets for Beggars' Winston Churchill. Other paranormal Night. According to an article in the Des guests include Andrew Jackson, David Moines Register, the event began Burns and Abigail Adams. around 1938 as a way to prevent vandalism and give younger children a safer way to enjoy Halloween. October Birthday’s 10-2 10-10 10-16 Josephine Kathleen Marci 10-18 10-22 10-27 Jackie Betty Kristie Resident of the Month Employee of the Month OCTOBER!! OCTOBER!!! Faith J.
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