In a Manor of Speaking News & Views of Activities at Christian Care Manors

TM In a Manor of Speaking News & Views of Activities at Christian Care Manors

Anyone may view this newsletter at May 2021 www.christiancare.org/campus/az/phoenix/ ~ VOLUME 21, NO. 8 ~ ------Manors’ Addresses: M-I: ...... 11830 N. 19th Avenue M-II: ...... 11802 N. 19th Avenue M-III: ...... 1944 W. Sunnyside Drive (plus Apartment #), Phoenix, AZ 85029 Alex Periut, HUD Apartment Manager Rima Banerji, HUD Assistant Manager (602) 861-3970 (Hours: p. 6) ~ M-I Office Susan O’Connell, Dir. Subsidized Housing: Phoenix and Cottonwood (602) 443-5449 - M-I Office Ricky Dodd’s, Manors’ Service Coordinator Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last (602) 443-5446 Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died SECURITY/INFORMATION/MAINTENANCE while serving in the U.S. military. Memorial Day 2021 will (602) 678-4939 or (602) 443-5400 occur on Monday, May 31.

SALONS / BARBERS: Health Center: (602) 443-5432 Oasis: HAIR: (602) 443-5463 (Nancy) NAILS: (623) 332-1367 (Frida) Fellowship Square: (602) 443-5422 (Sue) Chaplain Brad Auten...... (602) 443-5486 Outpatient Rehab...... (602) 443-5447 Home Health Services...... (602) 443-5447 8:00am to 4:00pm, Monday-Friday Health Center Admissions (602) 443-5470 Sr. FITness ...... (602) 443-5479 Volunteering...... (602) 443-5419 2

Trivia Whiz Flower of Remembrance It’s a flower that has come to represent all those who have given Thank You, their lives in times of war. Around Nurses! As the largest Memorial Day, Buddy Poppies group of health care start popping up. workers, nurses The bright red artificial flowers, provide care in jobs each with a tag that says “Wear It throughout our Proudly,” are given out by communities. members of the Veterans of Worldwide, there Foreign Wars. The group began are 20 million nurses. the tradition in 1922. The flowers Over 4 million nurses got the name Buddy Poppies are on the job in because they honored the many the U.S. military buddies who never The majority of came home. registered nurses work Today, men and women in in hospitals. The rest Veterans Affairs hospitals and serve in long-term homes assemble the poppies, an care facilities, at activity that provides them with clinics and schools, financial help and a form of and in other settings. physical therapy. VFW posts Every year, there’s a distribute the poppies to the whole week dedicated public, and the donations to them. Celebrated collected for them are used to fund programs for veterans and May 6–12, National Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring the Nurses Week ends mother of any child, and/or maternal military families. bonds, and the influence of mothers in on the birthday of Using the poppy as a memorial society. It is celebrated on various days in flower was inspired by the famous Florence Nightingale, many parts of the world. This year it is on battlefield poem “In Flanders the founder of May 9th. modern nursing. Fields,” written during World The world’s first War I by Canadian army doctor nursing school is John McCrae. Poppies were later said to have started adopted as symbols by veterans in 250 B.C. in India. groups in the U.S., Canada, the Only men could U.K., Australia, New Zealand and attend. parts of Europe. Today, women make up 90% of the field. For the past two decades, nursing has been voted the most- trusted profession. 3

Wit & Wisdom Signs of a Stroke “We’re all different. ACT NATIONAL That’s what makes us special.” —Carrie Underwood

“In life, there is always that FACE ARM SPEECH TIME special person who DROOPING WEAKNESS DIFFICULTY TO CALL 911 shapes who you are, who helps to determine the Stroke.org person you become.” —Molly Ringwald

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MOBILE DOCTORS Sunday Monday Tuesday Dr. Jensen 801-874-3135 Fellowship Bus Drivers & Info MOBILE DENTIST - Tony Lopez - Supervisor - Smile Direct (602) 443-5622 623-584-4746 DRIVERS: - Abe - (480) 204-2206 MOBILE - Anthony - (480) 340-5251 DERMATOLOGY - Damion - (602) 448-8094 Care 2 You- - Jeffrey - (602) 768-4967 - Tony - (602) 531-6902 480-202-3914

COUNSELING 2 3 4 AND ACTIVITIES Arizona Facts of Life- 602-254-2704 Romans 8:25, KJV: “But if We HOME HEALTH Hope for That We See Not, 12:30 - Super Walmart Trip Front Office: Then Do We With Patience Wait 19th Ave & Bell Road for It.” 602-443-5447 ______ALTCS Arizona Long Term Care 9 10 11 System: Helps pay for assisted living if approved. Call Service Coordinator for details. Call to start application or ask questions: 602-417-6600 SAINT MARY’S FOOD BOXES 16 17 18 Call to apply for box delivery to campus: 602-242-3663 John 16:33 KJV. *Must be homebound or “I Have Told You These Things, So That in Me You May Have 12:30 - Super Walmart Trip have a disability Peace. In This World You Will 19th Ave & Bell Road Have Trouble. But Take Heart! I Faux for Show Have Overcome the World.” A vase of faux flowers is a quick and easy way to freshen up a room, and many of today’s artificial 23/30 Memorial Day 24/31 25 selections look like the real deal. Designers recommend faux orchids, peonies and magnolias for the most authentic-looking blooms. Calendar of Events Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

Romans 8:27 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

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9:00 - Bank Trip - Chase, DSFCU, Wells Fargo, And B of A - Check Bulletin Board 8:30 Fry’s Trip - 43rd & Cactus 1:30 - Dollar Tree, Ross & Fry’s Trip - 35th Ave and Thunderbird

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9:00 - Post Office Trip 1 John 4:8 Departs From FS 8:30 Fry’s Trip - 43rd & Cactus 8 He that loveth not knoweth 1:30 - Sprouts & Walgreens not God; for God is love. Trip - 19th Ave and Northern

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9:00 - Bank Trip - Chase, DSFCU, Wells Fargo, And B of A - Check Bulletin Board 8:30 Fry’s Trip - 43rd & Cactus 1:30 - Dollar Tree, Ross & Fry’s Trip - 35th Ave and Thunderbird

26 27 28 29 Ezekiel 13:20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your 9:00 - Post Office Trip pillows, wherewith ye there Departs From FS 8:30 Fry’s Trip - 43rd & Cactus hunt the souls to make them 1:30 - Sprouts & Walgreens fly, and I will tear them from Trip - 19th Ave and Northern your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. 6

Manor-isms: designs. A handcrafted serape from the 1800s could take as long as two years to finish and was cherished as a work of art, as well as a practical item. Used as a blanket or worn as a poncho, a serape provided warmth MEAL CARD: on chilly desert nights, but could Two ways to use your also serve as a saddle blanket, Meal Card: pillow, sleeping mat, curtain or 1. Pre-pay (cash or check) Bright Blankets tablecloth. OR Beautifully woven blankets called Mexico’s northeastern city of 2. Use it and be billed serapes are one of the most colorful Saltillo has been a major production for meals purchased on emblems of Mexican culture. hub since the early days of the your monthly rent The serape can be traced back to the statements. serape, which is why it is also known Available at the M-I 16th century, when the Aztec people as a saltillo blanket. office: of what is now Mexico wore The popularity of serapes has (602) 861-3970 blanketlike garments in vivid hues, spread to the United States, where woven from cotton and cactus fibers they are often used as festive décor and dyed with crushed fruits and and clothing. insects. The bright colors were believed to bring good fortune. In the following centuries, The serape is a Europeans introduced domesticated Mexican tradition that Alex Periut, sheep to the country, and the animals can be traced back to the HUD Office Manager days of the Aztecs & supplied lots of wool to weave large Rima Banerji, blankets in intricate geometrical HUD Asst Manager

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Services & More... The Story Behind Brunch “Let’s do brunch!” A blend of breakfast and lunch, this leisurely weekend meal serves up a combination of foods as well as fun. The first printed mention of the term brunch goes back to 1895 in England, Christian Care Health where a writer promoted the idea of a Center Have an upcoming social late-morning meal on Sundays. surgery? Need skilled Contributing to the concept, the British nursing care? America’s Railroad also had a tradition of fox hunting Check out follow-up While some may consider traveling breakfasts, which included a large care by talking with by train part of the past, America’s Sonia Villalpando, variety of foods. passenger railroad service, Amtrak, is Admissions By the 1930s, brunch had gained Director: still chugging along. steam in the U.S., specifically Chicago, (602) 424-9420 From the late 1800s through the the halfway point on cross-country 1920s, trains were the main form of Manors SrFITness train trips. Wealthy passengers and transportation in the U.S. At the Hours movie stars on publicity tours would industry’s peak, in 1916, 98% of In Manor II - Fitness eat later in the morning on the travel between cities was done by Room stopover. The trend grew, especially railway. Yet in the following decades, Mondays: 7:30 AM - after World War II, with restaurants passenger train service began to 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM and hotels adapting their menus. dwindle, facing competition from cars - 3:00 PM As more married women began and planes. Fridays: 7:30 AM - working outside the home, going out By 1970, many of the country’s 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM for Sunday brunch offered them a passenger railroad companies were on - 3:00 PM break from cooking. Mother’s Day is the verge of failure. However, the (By appointment now among the most popular federal government saw a need to only) occasions for brunch. preserve and improve train travel to In M-I Activity room More than a meal, brunch has help save energy, support railroad jobs, -Stretch Class become a social activity, a way to and maintain a balanced, efficient Mondays: 11 - savor time as a family and to meet transportation system. That year, 11:30 AM with friends when schedules are Congress passed the Rail Passenger 602-443-5479 more relaxed. Service Act, which merged the country’s Monday 11:00 AM 20 passenger railroads into one service, SrFIT Stretch Class: the National Railroad Passenger M-I Activity Room Corporation, branded as Amtrak— An instructor-led, America’s track. chair-based, gentle Amtrak service began May 1, 1971, stretch class to help with 21 routes across 43 U.S. states. with flexibility & That’s now grown to 33 routes, serving posture. Get to 46 states and three Canadian provinces, exercise & relax along transporting over 30 million passengers with vibrant music! each year. May 2021

Audiobook of the Year

Called the Oscars for audiobooks, the annual Audie Awards honor the year’s top titles in a variety of categories. Check out some of the past winners named audiobook of the year. Year Audiobook/Author 2004 “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” J.K. Rowling 2006 “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase” Douglas Adams 2008 “The Chopin Manuscript: A Serial Thriller” Various Authors 2012 “Bossypants” Tina Fey 2015 “Mandela: An Audio History” Nelson Mandela 2017 “Hamilton: The Revolution” Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter 2018 “Lincoln in the Bardo” George Saunders

1963: High school junior Lesley Gore performs her first single, “It’s My Party,” on TV’s “American Bandstand.” The next week, the song topped the U.S. pop music chart. MAY 1971: Merging 20 of America’s passenger railroad 1922: The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated. It took services into one, Amtrak begins service. eight years to build the statue of U.S. President 1994: Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as Abraham Lincoln and its surrounding building on South Africa’s first Black president. Washington, D.C.’s National Mall. 2001: Thousands line up to be the first 1939: The caped crimefighter Batman makes his customers when tech company Apple opens its debut in issue No. 27 of “Detective Comics.” first retail stores in Virginia and California. The superhero was an instant hit with readers. 2019: New York City officially renames the 1945: Celebrations erupt worldwide after Allied intersection of West 63rd Street and Broadway leaders announce the end of fighting in Europe in to Sesame Street to honor the 50th anniversary World War II. of the kids’ TV show.