8400 Vamo Road • Sarasota, FL 34231 • (941) 966-5611 January 2021 NICHOLS’ NOTES We nally turned the page on 2020 and are entering 2021. This New Year, 2021, will hopefully be a much better one than last year. 2020 will not be forgotten for a very long time. Let’s look ahead at what 2021 has in store for Bay Village. • Late last year I signed a contract with ME&S for the construction of The Tides at Bay Village Memory Care Household. The rst of February should be the start date with this project. The fourteen unit household Bay Village should be completed by the end of the year. Eric Nichols................................................ President/CEO Jennifer Grimes......................... Chief Operating Officer • As I write this article, the rst vaccines for the Covid-19 Christina Wizba......................... Chief Financial Officer virus are arriving in Florida. At some point this year (I Ron Simon...................................... Dir. of Dining Services just do not know when), Bay Village will have the vaccine Marvin Lunsford............................... Dir. of Maintenance available for our residents. Bay Village will be working Laura Pitcher........................................... Dir. of Marketing with Walgreens pharmacy to roll out the vaccine on Shirley Laurence.......................... Dir. of Health Service our campus. Ann Aldrich............................ Dir. of Human Resources Larry Buczkowski........................... Dir. of Housekeeping • In the late rst quarter, the renovation drawings for Diana Caughron............... Dir. of Resident Enrichment Bay Village will be going to the county for permit. This Rev. Dr. Chuck Moffett...................................... Chaplain will take until mid to late summer for review and Mission Statement issuance of a permit. We will have to see how Covid-19 is doing at that time to access if work can begin on the Established on Christian principles, Bay Village campus renovations. of Sarasota, Inc. offers a dynamic, secure and comprehensive residency for older adults, On behalf of all the Bay Village employees, I want to thank providing meaningful community life with the residents for the tremendous Christmas gift that was continuing care. raised for the employees. This year was unlike any other year www.bayvillage.org with the gift total. The generosity of the residents was www.facebook.com/BayVillageSRQ/ outstanding! THANK YOU. 2 Special Days... Of course January 1st starts o a new year. I think most of us are hoping 2021 brings some of our “normal” routines back to us. Tuesday, January 5th you have the opportunity to tell a joke to your fellow residents and sta. In addressing the emotional aspect of wellness, we hope a little laughter helps everyone. Just show up in the main elevator lobby between 2:00-3:00. Thursday, January 7th there is a class to help you make a table top calendar. Sign up in the activity book for this free class. Tuesday, January 12th is National Tea Day. A hot cup of tea can soothe most woes and warm up the coldest day, so come down to the main elevator lobby between 2:00-3:00 to get some. We will also be giving you a gratitude journal on this day. Monday, January 18th is the day we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. His actual birthday is on January 15th. Friday, January 22nd we are celebrating National Compliment Day (it is actually on Sunday, January 24th). We will be giving everyone the opportunity to give someone a compliment. We think it will make both the receiver and the giver feel better. Monday, January 25th will be the give-away for the 1940’s. Complete the trivia sheet about the 1940’s and bring it to the main elevator lobby between 4:00-5:00 to receive a gift reminiscent of the 1940’s. Volunteer Opportunities Bay Village has residents Bay Village is blessed to have so many resident Where in the World and sta from all over volunteers that help in so many ways to keep the world. We want things running smoothly. Are You From? everyone to see how Volunteering obviously greatly helps Bay Village, many dierent countries but many of the volunteers say it is also benetting we represent, so we them. The Country Store, Gift Shop and Down bought a map. The map Under all use volunteers to checkout shoppers. will be placed in the But they also have volunteers working behind card room along with small stickers. We would like every the scenes. The library is the same way. The mail resident and sta member to put a sticker on the place they room has volunteers who help every day. were born. After a few weeks, be sure to go check it out. Resident services uses volunteers to answer How many countries do think we can represent? phones, make copies, help with decorating, and during COVID-19 to help with sorting and giving out groceries. Floor representatives are volunteers as are committee members, and resident In December, Bay Village employees were recognized for their council ocers. years of service. Those who have achieved 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, If you are interested in volunteering, we can nd and yes even 35 years of service received pins or plaques and a something you would enjoy doing. Just call Lori monetary award as well. A in resident services for more information. For special recognition goes to those of you who volunteered in 2020, please Terry Jones of the turn in your volunteer hour forms and pick up Housekeeping Department new ones for 2021. for her 35 years of dedication to Bay Village. 3 Entertainment News We are very fortunate to be able to show the musical programs from the Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL) for our Thursday evening entertainment. In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, SILL is providing all of their programs for free this year! And there is some marvelous entertainment available. These programs will be available on Channel 195 at 4:00 and then again at 7:30. January 14th will feature a rising star in the opera world, Adelaide Boedecker. She is a native of Sarasota and frequently performs concerts with leading orchestras around the country. January 21st there will be a French horn concert by Joshua Horne. He is co-principal horn with the Sarasota Orchestra and principal horn of the Charlottesville Opera Orchestra in Charlottesville, Virginia. January 28th the concert will feature Bass-Baritone Kevin Short. He has been thrilling audiences around the globe including major roles at the Metropolitan Opera! Environews Do you know that only 10 percent of plastics get recycled? They are still inventing new plastics with dierent ingredients which makes it harder to recycle them into new products. Here at Bay Village the Dining Department lead by Ron and Sean is working hard to nd food and beverage containers that at least can be composted. They are trying to nd paper or glass containers for water, wine and other liquids that do not add to the huge amount of waste going into the landll. Also for special orders, when possible they will substitute paper boxes for the plastic domed platters that are denitely not recyclable. As a consumer, you also can make smart choices: 1. Choose paper or glass over plastic. 2. Buy larger amounts rather than individual portions, then divide the extras yourself. 3. Buy some reusable bags for your produce rather than using the plastic bags provided. 4. Bring your own bags to the grocery store. 5. Bring your own coee cup to get the free coee oered here at Bay Village. If you need yet another reason to stop using plastic, biodegradable items help contain the spread of the COVID virus which lingers on plastic surfaces. Wellness Corner...By Petra Mueller Welcome to 2021, a year of new beginnings and fresh starts. I want to take some time and celebrate the 7 dimensions of Wellness broken down over the rst 7 months of the year. From emotional Wellness in January, to spiritual, intellectual, physical, environmental, social and occupational Wellness we will touch on your natural needs and try to enhance your well-being. We will oer a variety of activities and experiences geared towards a dierent dimension each month. In January I see the need to focus on Emotional Wellness. This means coping eectively with life and creating satisfying relationships. Life has certainly not been easy during the pandemic and isolation is one of the objects to deal with.We want to oer you the opportunity to build a relationship with a new resident. During this time of COVID it is much harder for new residents to get integrated in our community since we do not have many social gatherings. If you are interested, please ll out the insert and return it to me, Petra (Ext. 4033) so I can set you up with a new resident and we can continue to build a meaningful community/family of Bay Village. We are concerned about the emotional wellness of all of our residents and have several other activities this month to address this. January 5th you will have the opportunity to tell a joke to cheer your fellow residents. Join us in the main elevator lobby from 2:00-3:00. January 12th is National Hot Tea Day and we will be giving out tea packets and gratitude journals. We think you will see an improvement in your emotional wellness by focusing on gratitude. And January 24th (we will be celebrating on January 22nd) is National Compliment Day. Giving a compliment makes both the receiver and the giver feel better. Later in the year I am planning a t-shirt design contest for the residents and we will have the winning design available for residents.