PACIFIC OAKS Memory Care 1185 Acacia Street • Montara, CA 94037 • (650) 322-2022

September 2020

MEET THE TEAM

MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR I hope everyone has been enjoying their summer and the hot weather. Here at Pacific Oaks, we’ve been drumming up all kinds of PACIFIC OAKS MANAGEMENT thirst quenching treats and beverages for our ADMINISTRATOR IRIS RONG residents to enjoy. CARE COORDINATOR OLLIE VANCE We had a great luau (pictures on page 3) and MARKETING DIRECTOR BILL HEADY have been enjoying s’mores and banana splits. DINING SERVICES DIRECTOR SUSANA SANCHEZ I know times are challenging not being able to visit in person. But we have many options for SPECIAL EVENTS you to see your loved ones through social September 6th NATL READ A BOOK DAY media, FaceTime, newsletter, social distance September 7th LABOR DAY CLAM BAKE visits. My goals are to provide as much SEPTEMBER 13TH NATL FORTUNE COOKIE DAY connection as possible through all of these platforms. I hope that you can get a glimpse of what your loved ones are doing as we work diligently through this time to keep your loved ones safe and healthy. As always, my door is always open. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Coffee Break LUAU SEASON At home or on the go, plain Summer is always the best or flavored, hot or cold, coffee is time to have a Luau! And this often part of our daily routine. year, we celebrated summer with Percolate on some details about our very first luau here at Pacific this beloved brewed beverage. Oaks. Residents had Piña colada • More than 2 billion cups of from our very own Tiki bar, Surf coffee are consumed every and Turf with jasmine rice and day across the world, S’mores cheesecake for dessert. making it one of the most popular drinks. • First discovered in Ethiopia, the coffee bean is actually a seed inside the coffee cherry, which is a fruit that grows on small trees. • Brazil is the biggest producer of the globe’s coffee supply. • You’ll find two main types of coffee beans: The most common is Arabica, and robusta is the variety used for instant coffee. • The country of Finland consumes the most coffee. • There’s scientific evidence that shows drinking coffee may help you live longer. It’s linked to a reduced risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes. • With over 30,000 locations, Starbucks is the world’s largest coffee shop chain.

“To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.” —Hugh Jackman HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLLIE Wit & Wisdom AND JULIETA “Every generation is going to It has been a challenging time keep changing, and you just and we are all working have to embrace the change.” extremely hard. But we still have —Wyclef Jean to make time to capture the precious moments in life that “We need to remember across make us appreciate each other, generations that there is as much the team, our health and last but to learn as there is to teach.” not least, the celebrations of —Gloria Steinem birthdays! In August, we celebrated “I always think about the next Ollie, our care coordinator and generation and creating a Julieta, our medication different blueprint for them. ... technician’s birthday with food, We don’t all have to take the cake and presents! We love and same coordinates to get to appreciate all that you do! the same destination.” —Janelle Monáe

“You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it’s up to you to make something new.” —Jackson Browne Commemorating the Gen. Douglas MacArthur, End of World War II commander of the Allied forces in the South Pacific, accepted “If I were given the opportunity This month marks a historic to present a gift to the next milestone, the 75th anniversary and signed the agreement. The six-year war was finally generation, it would be the of the end of World War II. ability for each individual to In May 1945, fighting in over, but many would not be returning home. More than learn to laugh at himself.” Europe ended with Germany’s —Charles M. Schulz surrender. Three months later, 400,000 Americans and an estimated 65 million people the battle in the Pacific ceased “The thing that makes my after Japan surrendered. People worldwide gave their lives in the conflict. generation the greatest is across the globe celebrated with our ability to hang out. joy and relief. Efforts quickly turned to rebuilding battle-torn countries. We’re spectacular at it.” Then on Sept. 2 in Tokyo Bay, —Lewis Black the deck of the battleship The following years ushered in a baby boom and an era of USS Missouri served as the site “Hopefully, generations after us of a momentous but solemn post-war prosperity in the U.S. The USS Missouri is now a will continue to protect, moment. In a ceremony preserve, and look after broadcast throughout the museum and memorial ship that rests next to the this wonderful land.” world, Japanese delegates —Wilford Brimley boarded the ship and signed USS Arizona Memorial at formal surrender documents. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Funny Papers

Newspaper readers often turn to the comic strips for daily laughs. Which funnies have been your favorites over the years?

Decade Comic Strip Debuts 1930s “Blondie,” “Dick Tracy,” “Flash Gordon” 1940s “Brenda Starr, Reporter,” “Gordo,” “Buz Sawyer” 1950s “Peanuts,” “Beetle Bailey,” “Dennis the Menace” 1960s “The Family Circus,” “The Wizard of Id” 1970s “Garfield,” “For Better or for Worse,” “Cathy” 1980s “The Far Side,” “Calvin and Hobbes,” “Dilbert” 1990s “Baby Blues,” “Over the Hedge,” “Get Fuzzy” 2000s “Pooch Cafe,” “Baldo,” “Pearls Before Swine”

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