Garden Terrace resident
Victor Laprade carves pumpkins with students from
Holy Trinity Catholic High School in Kanata.
OMNI homes get into
Halloween spirit
Wednesday, November
1, 2006 -- Natalie Miller
Seniors and students together unleashed their
imagination and carved pumpkins at Garden Terrace
Monday.
Twenty-five students from nearby
Holy Trinity Catholic High School in Kanata joined
the long-term care home’s residents in the
Halloween activity.
“The teacher contacted me
looking for something for them to do with the
residents,
Rosebridge Manor
resident Clarence Dennie dresses up as a
viking.
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an interactive sort of program,”
says Shannon Boisvenue, life enrichment co-ordinator
at Garden Terrace.
“We decided the pumpkin carving
would be something fun for them to do. It all
went really well. We had several residents participate,”
says Shannon. The students and residents were
quite creative and had a lot of fun.”
The carved pumpkins now decorate
each of Garden Terrace’s home areas where
residents live. Keeping with the autumn theme,
Garden Terrace also held recently a harvest ball
which included refreshments, treats, a disc jockey
and dancing.
Other homes got into the festive
spirit, including Rosebridge Manor, where staff
and residents dressed in costume Tuesday.
“Everyone got involved this
year,” says Nelly Hobbs, administrator of
the Jasper long-term care home.
Staff and residents took part in
a Halloween party, with dietary staff creating
scary concoctions including a goblin and ghost
pie.
Meanwhile, at Burnbrae Gardens
management donned an array of costumes from a
Sumo wrestler sported by life enrichment co-ordinator
April Anderson to administrator Mary Anne Greco
dressed as a Geisha.
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