THE HIGHLANDS HAPPENINGS The Highlands at Wyomissing Weekly Newspaper Wyomissing, PA July 16, 2021 HIGHLANDS UPCOMING ATTRACTIONS Residents of The Highlands are very active members of our surrounding community. As such, we understand your schedules are full of volunteering, doctors’ appointments, social events, and more. To better encourage engagement and being conscious of your time, the Programming Department is excited to announce an enhancement to program advertisement. In the Mailroom on the bulletin board, you will find a document titled “Highlands Upcoming Attractions.” This document provides residents information about all of the upcoming programs, trips, and socials scheduled for the upcoming months thereby allowing residents to save the date. Full details about each event will be included in the Highlands Happenings closer to the event date. Registration for events will begin once officially advertised in the Highlands Happenings. THE HIGHLANDS’ WEEKLY PSA invited to select vegetables from the table to spruce up their summer As we are in the middle of the dog days of summer, it can reach north salads, lunches, dinners or just for a health snack. Bring your own bag. of 90 degrees during the daytime and in the low 80s at night. Senior Please note that there may be days when there are no vegetables adults’ bodies have trouble regulating their internal body temperature available for sharing. In that case, residents can check again on another making residents more susceptible to overheat. While taking a break day to see what vegetables have appeared. from outside heat, here are some tips to make the inside of your home cooler. Tip #1: Ensure your heating and air condition unit is set to SHRED DAY EVENT “cool” and not “heat”, this ensures a nice steady flow of cool air in Protect your privacy and identity. Join your fellow residents at our your home. A good temperature is between 68 and 74 degrees. For the annual Shred Day on Friday, August 6 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. safety of our housekeeping staff, we ask that residents turn on their air outside the Transportation Center. The Highlands at Wyomissing will conditioning at least 15 minutes in advance of their scheduled be providing onsite, safe, secure shredding services through our partner, housecleaning. Doing so will help provide the staff member will safer DocuVault. Items to be shredded should be brought to the working conditions. Thank you for helping! Tip #2: Keeping your Transportation Center on the day and time blinds or curtains closed prevents the “greenhouse effect” from heating of the event. You are welcome to watch your home through your glass windows. Tip #3: Stay hydrated, your information be shredded. If you keeping your body properly hydrated allows for the proper regulation need assistance bringing your items to the of your body temperature. If you are thirsty, you are already shred event, please call the Home Care dehydrated. Office at 484-220-8281. For a nominal fee, Home Care will schedule a time to SONGS FROM BROADWAY pick up your items for shredding. Any Join us on Thursday, July 22 at 7:00 p.m. for a program entitled other questions, please call Beverly Szymborski at 484-220-8222. "Songs from Broadway Musicals". Resident Elton Richards will Acceptable items for shredding include financial and personal papers, narrate the program & give inside information about Broadway. staples & paper clips, manilla and hanging folders, and credit cards. Resident Barbara Witman will play songs from favorite Broadway Unacceptable items for shredding include computer discs, digital shows such as Phantom of the Opera, Cabaret, Oklahoma, Cats, media, newspapers, plastic bags, binder clips, needles, batteries, Camelot & many more. This notebooks, and magazines. will be an evening of musical memories. Residents will be BALL-O-FLEX asked to scan their key fob During the pandemic, residents had an opportunity to experience a upon entering. Register at the wonderful, virtual exercise class called Ball-O-Flex. This class was Concierge Desk. Limited to taught by a resident’s family member, Jani Ott. Residents are in for a 100 residents. special treat as she will be here on Friday, July 23 at 10:00 a.m. in the Fitness Studio to teach her class live, in-person. VISITINGS LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS IN ANOTHER LEVEL OF CARE Residents visiting residents in another level of care are reminded they PLUM CREEK need to complete three things before visitng: (1) complete a screening Plum Creek is home to a delicious creamery and wonderful farmer’s at the front desk; (2) obtain a visitor badge from the front desk; and (3) market. The Highlands will be providing transportation to Plum Creek wear a mask. on Friday, July 23 at 12:00 p.m. Note change in departure time from previous advertisement: Residents can purchase items from the CALLING ALL RESIDENTS market, have lunch, enjoy ice The Highlands at Wyomissing is home to a diverse, talented group of cream, or just get off of the individuals with family and friends throughout the entire world. Do campus to enjoy the surrounding you have a family member, friend, or acquaintance with a special community. Plum Creek is ADA talent or knowledgeable in a particular field and willing to share their accessible with smooth walking skills and insights with residents who call The Highlands home? If so, surfaces and plenty of seating. contact Jared Martz, RL Programming Manager, at 484-220-8265 or Register at the Concierge Desk. [email protected]. The transportation fee will be $8.00 and charged to your resident THE HIGHLANDS ABUNDANCE GARDEN account. This trip will be unescorted. The Highlands gardeners are pleased to begin sharing some of the abundance from their HAVE YOU EVER HEARD A PHRASE YOU DON’T KNOW? gardens with the residents. Currently zucchini Residents are asked to contact Jared Martz, RL Programming and peas are the crops most bountiful. As the Manager, at 484-220-8265 or [email protected] with any summer progresses the abundant crops will phrases, words, or emojis that residents would like to know their include tomatoes and perhaps some basil and meaning. Resident input is the best way to ensure the program on flowers. Resident gardeners are invited to drop off July 28 is tailored to perfection! their excess vegetables at the Abundance Garden table located in the Main Lounge. Residents are MARK YOUR CALENDARS WEEK AT A GLANCE An international pizza party will be held on SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2021 Monday, July 26 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the 10:00am – Safe on your Feet on CH956 Cultural Center. Note change from previous 11:00am – Line Dancing in the FS advertisement: The pizza party will feature themed 7:00pm – The Greatest Showman in CCA pizzas to represent various countries participating in the Olympics such as Germany, Italy, Greece, and MONDAY, JULY 19, 2021 more. Additionally, there will be special themed 9:00am – Yoga Flow in the FS desserts such as Cannoli, Cookies, and Baklava. Iced 10:00am – Drum n’ Fit in the FS tea, lemonade, coffee, and water will also be 10:00am – Safe On Your Feet on CH956 available. The al a carte price is $8.00 and will be 10:00am – Weis Grocery in the TD* charged to your resident account or you can 1:30pm – Seated Exercise in the FS 3:00pm – AA/Alanon Recovery Group in the MR choose to use a meal credit. Make sure to wear 7:00pm – Card Party in the BR your best “Red, White, & Blue” outfit in support 7:00pm – The Greatest Showman on CH956 of the United States Olympic Team. Residents will be asked to scan their key fob upon entering. TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2021 Register at the Concierge Desk. Limited to 100 9:00am – Core Fitness in the FS residents. 9:00am – Fresh Air Walking Group in the ML 10:00am – Brain Fitness in the BR Ever hear your children, grandchildren, or great grandchildren use a slang term or 10:00am – Pilates in the FS using and emoji you didn’t know? Wednesday, July 28 at 7:00 p.m. in the Cultural 12:30pm – Dr. Winans in the HCHS Center will be your opportunity to learn the meaning behind these slang terms in a fun 1:00pm – Supervised Swim in the FCP atmosphere. Terms, phrases, and emojis such as “being woke”, “snap me”, “spill the 1:30pm – Fulton Bank in the TD* tea”, and much more will be fully explained and used in various sentences as example. 3:00pm – Ukulele’s Unite in the BR Residents will be asked to scan their key fob upon entering. Register at the Concierge 3:00pm – Father John Francis in the MR 7:00pm – Classic Movie in the CC* Desk. Limited to 100 residents. WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2021 Jay Smar a local, renowned folk singer will be here on Wednesday, August 4 at 7:00 9:00am – Cardio Boxing in the FS p.m. in the Cultural Center. His program titled “Ol Time Mountain Folk 'n Coal Mine 10:00am – Zumba Gold in the FS Music” is an uplifting interactive program of familiar folk, bluegrass, gospel, mountain 10:00am – Ted Talk Discussion in the BR and coal mine music performed with vocals and accompanied by guitar, claw-hammer 10:00am – Cornhole on the FCPP banjo to emulate the coal mining musicians of Northeast Pennsylvania. Register will be 10:00am – Safe On Your Feet on CH956 asked to scan their key fob upon entering. Register at the Concierge Desk. Limited to 1:30pm – CVS and Wine & Spirits in the TD* 100 residents. 1:30pm – Seated Cardio in the FS 7:00pm – Get Your Game On in the BR Resident Dr.