Neshaminy News Neshaminy Manor * 1660 Easton Rd. Warrington, Pa. 18976 * 215-345-3205 * Administration Update September Entertainment Striving to keep our residents happy in Sharing Hope with Kim mind, body and spirit while keeping them safe and healthy! Monday September 13th & 27th on C1 Thursday September 2nd & 16th on A2 & C2 Dear Residents, Family Members and Staff: Thursday September 9th & 23rd on A0 & A1 We hope you have had a great summer! It’s been wonderful to see so Music with Bronwyn many residents and families enjoying our outdoor patios. We are also happy Monday September 13 & 27 that we’ve been able to resume so 9:45 on A2 10:30 on C2 11:10 on D1 many group activities in the all th Monday September 20 purpose room the past couple months. 9:45 on A1 10:30 on A0 11:10 on C1 We continue to be vigilant in keeping Ballroom Dancing Show our residents and staff safe and healthy. We appreciate your Friday September 17th cooperation with following the current 10:30 for Units D1, A1, C1 in the APR guidelines per CDC, CMS and Dept. of Health. 2:00 for Units A0, A2, C2 in the APR Bob Tomlinson Guitar & Vocal Wedensday September 29 10:00 on A1 11:15 on D1 2:00 on A0 Come to the APR and check out the amazing art work our Thursday Sepember 30th residents have created over the 10:00 on A2 11:15 on C1 2:00 on C2 last year News You Can Use Hairdresser Hours Paige: Mon 9:30 am-3 A1 & A0 50/50 TICKETS Ellie: Tues 10 am–3 pm - every other Tues – D1, alternate Tues - C1 Ellie: Fri 10 am-3 pm A2 & C2 We are selling 50/50 tickets in the rotunda again. Barber Hours Proceeds benefit our Arts for Every other Thurs in the Salon the Manor programs Cafeteria Hours 9:00am to 10:30 am All Welcome Business Office 11:00am to 1:30pm Staff Lunch Monday through Friday Period 9 am – 3 pm 2:10pm to 4:00pm All Welcome 4:00pm to 6:00pm Staff Dinner Period GIFT SHOP HOURS 6:00pm to 6:30pm All Welcome Monday through Friday 10:30 am – 12 pm & 2 pm -4 pm Weekend Hours: Closes at 4:00 pm Subject to Change Subject to change Neshaminy Manor Community Channel 70 Featuring special programing every day at 11:30 am, 3:30 pm & 7 pm Tune in anytime for our daily menu, Neshaminy Manor news and info on upcoming programs! Mondays – Special Music Programs & Meditation Monday @ 1:30pm Tuesday – Virtual Travel Tours Wednesday – Entertaining Animals & Rosary @ 2pm Thursday – Cultural Icons & Jerry the Piano Man @ 2pm Friday – Sharing Hope & Shabbat Service Saturday – Classic Movies Sunday – Catholic Mass @ 10am & Church Service @ 2pm The 1st & 3rd Sunday – Doylestown Presbyterian Church The 2 nd & 4th Sunday – New Beginnings Church Tune in every morning @ 10am M-S for Exercise & @ 11am on Sunday morning 2 M Keeping Engaged st Warrington Rotary Birthday Visits Wednesday September 1 on all Units @ 8:30am Gadgets & Gizmos Rosary Every Monday Afternoon in the CH @ 2:30pm Neshaminy Manor Art Fair Opening Wednesday September 1st in the APR @ 2pm ~Samsung’s Becon scalp scanner is a device that tells men whether their hair is starting to thin. An Together Let’s Chat Friday September 3rd, 10th & 24th in the APR @ 10:30am app connected to the scalp scanner then offers advice for products or treatments that will slow hair Catholic Mass Friday September 3rd in the CH @ 2:30pm loss. This device is best for men who are perhaps a little nervous to see a hair specialist. Doylestown Presbyterian Church Service Sunday September 5th in the CH @ 2:30pm ~The Free Parasol is a hands-free flying umbrella that uses a camera to follow you around Labor Day – Holiday Monday September 6th town during a downpour. The ultimate accessory for someone too busy to hold an umbrella, th st the parasol is useful only for short trips outdoors, as it can hover for only about 20 minutes. Arts for the Manor for Units A2 & A1 on Tuesday September 7 & 21 in the APR @ 10am Rosh Hashanah Service / Dinner Tuesday September 7th in the CH @ 4pm ~Wickedbone is advertised as the first dog toy that will play with your pet. It’s more Memorial Service Wednesday September 8th in the CH @ 2pm than just a chew toy. The bone will move, spin, and make plenty of noise to keep your Barbershop Men’s Group Thursday September 9th & 23rd in the APR @ 10:30am dog happy. Controlled by an app on a smartphone, owners can set it to play while they Resident Sponsored Pretzel Sale Friday September 10th by the 1st floor elevator @ 10am are away or even control it remotely. Shabbat Service Saturday September 11th in the CH @ 2:30pm ~Nissan’s “office pod” vehicle evolves the notion of “working from home” to Arts at the Manor for Units A0, C1 & C2 on Tuesday September 14th & 28th in the APR @ 10am “working from anywhere.” Simply drive your mobile office to any bucolic location. th What’s more, the roof is equipped with a patio chair and umbrella so that you can take your coffee Resident Council Meeting Wednesday September 15 in the APR Yom Kippur Service Wednesday September 16th in the CH @ 2:30pm break in style. Warrior Chaplains Church Service Sunday September 19th in the CH @ 2:30pm Toys of Yesteryear Sukkot Service Friday September 24th in the CH @ 2:30pm ~Fred Kroll’s father was in the toy business, and Fred knew he wanted to follow in his New Beginnings Church Service Sunday September 26th in the CH @ 2:30pm father’s footsteps. In the 1970s, Kroll found a game in Japan by the Agatsuma toy company House Birthday Party Tues September 28th on the Units called Hungry Game. By 1978, Kroll had brought the game to America and kids all across the country were trying to get their Hungry Hungry Hippos to eat a chaotic swirl of marbles. Check your unit calendar for more activities each week! ~Shut-the-Box was played for 200 years by the French fisherman of Normandy before becoming popular in southern England. The “Box” is a tray showing the numbers 1–9. Dice are rolled in the tray, and each time a number is rolled, that Many thanks to Perkasie Rotary for Evening Activities Schedule number is covered up. A player’s turn ends when the numbers rolled on the dice can no longer cover the amazing Ice Cream Social. any numbers in the tray. The remaining numbers are tallied to give you a score. All Purpose Room (APR) On the Units the Week of September Root of the Matter th th 6:45 pm 20 through the 24 ~Cut the mustard If something cuts the mustard, then it succeeds, passes inspection, or Monday Special Bingo – Buy Your Monday Unit C1 meets expectations. For centuries, the spicy taste of mustard has been associated with a person’s zest Card Tuesday Unit A1 or zeal for life. In 1692, as keen as mustard was used to describe a person’s high energy. Another Wednesday Unit A0 version of the expression up to mustard meant setting high standards for behavior. By the 19th Tuesday Travel the USA / World Thursday Unit A2 & D1 century, the expression was commonly used in the negative as “he couldn’t cut the mustard.” This Month we are traveling to Friday Unit C2 ~Ballpark figure If you give someone a ballpark figure, then you are giving them your best Argentina, Arkansas, Australia & estimate for an amount. This expression is related to another, in the ballpark, which means that your California guess or estimate is close and not too far off. This refers to batters who hit balls inside the confines of the park and not home runs out into the bleachers or foul balls into the stands. Keeping a guess in Come join us in the APR on Wednesday Bingo the ballpark meant that it was not outside of the realm of possibility. It wasn’t until 1968 that this phrase evolved into ballpark figure. Friday Morning’s for Thursday Fun & Games ~Corny If a joke is considered corny, then it is not ery sophisticated or funny. Some Together Let’s Chat group believe that the term originated with seed catalogs of the 19th century, which included @ 10:30AM with Social Friday Trivia Night unsophisticated jokes and anecdotes referred to as “corn jokes” by subscribers. Some of the first Worker Katherine Brown people to use the term corny were jazz musicians of the late 1920s, who used the word to deride old- fashioned, inferior, and trite types of jazz music. Corny implied that the music sounded like 3 unsophisticated country music. The word later took on the meaning of simple and overly sentimental. Culinary Highlights Don’t forget to tune into Channel 70 to see the Daily Menu Nutritional News: September is National Honey Month by Barbara Deegan, Registered Dietician September was designated “National Honey Month” in 1989 by the National Honey Board to mark the end of the honey collecting season and to bring awareness to this natural and delicious alternative sweetener. Honey has been used around the world for over 8,000 years as food and for medicinal purposes. Origin: Bees collect nectar from flowering plants and carry it back to their hives to be broken down into simple sugars. Within the hive, evaporation takes place, breaking the sugars down into a liquid form.