Up do

Simone Rector sported a new hair do' around Serenity this afternoon! Cheers to goofy faces!

Spirit of Christmas

Spreading Christmas cheer, youth from the Dilworth Lutheran Church and St. Elizabeth teamed up with Serenity Assisted Living to collect, sort and pack donations for Operation Christmas Child.
This particular charitable event is the biggest holiday charity event in the world. Since 1993, more than 61 million shoe boxes have been packed, shipped and delivered across the globe. People of all ages can be involved while focusing on the true meaning of Christmas—Jesus Christ.

Boxes brimming with toys, hygiene items, school supplies and more were collected by the very generous parishioners of Dilworth’s local church.
Not only were boxes packed with goodies for children across the world, but each youth and individual wrote a letter to the possible recipient of the box!
After an evening of packing, the boxes were ready to load into Charles Borgen’s truck to be delivered to Triumph Lutheran Church in Moorhead. Charles just happens to be a member of this particular church!
This has truly been a full circle, generational project. Starting at the churches, families of all ages brought in donations. Geriatrics and youth alike, teamed together to pack boxes. Finally, longtime church member makes a delivery of 141 boxes to an organization that returns the gift to thousands of children each year!

Portraits of a Geisha

Tonight at Serenity, there was the smell of Chinese in the air. That's because Danielle Hendrickx (Concordia Intern) planned an oriental theme dinner for the ladies and gentlemen of Serenity.

We all learned a lot about oriental culture; the number 4 is considered unlucky and that the Great Wall of China is over 1,500 feet long!

On the menue this evening was homemade cream cheese wontons, mini egg rolls, pineapple stir fry and sweet walnuts for dessert. Yum!

Taters

Hubert 'Sonny' Asplin took charge in the kitchen this afternoon. Her insisted that he had more experience in peeling potatoes than everyone in the building combined. He wasn't lieing. Hubert was peeling potatoes faster than anyone had ever seen!

Vote!

Abbie Moe sported her "I Voted" sticker this evening for Serenity's Election Party. Everyone competed in Presidential Trivia while dining on patriotic foods.

Concordia intern, Erin Johnson, planned the evening's event which hailed much enjoyment. Claryce Stohle won the trivia game, beating everyone with her knowledge of American History. Way to Go!

Witch Hunt

Elaine Anderson (Administrator) surprised everyone during the lunch hour on Halloween by dressing up as a fun-loving witch! Here she had Carol Thompson in hysterics!

Treats

Arlene Marshall, along with some other ladies at Serenity, joined in the fun of making popcorn balls this afternoon. In purple, blue and green...we have popcorn bottles in so many fun colors for the trick-or-treaters tomorrow!

Thanks ladies for all of your hard work!

It's a....WEREWOLF!

Hubert 'Sonny' Asplin was wandering the hallways of Serenity in his frightening Halloween costume this afternoon. Good thing it's not a full moon!

Children

Elaine Anderson was better known as Mickey Mouse today. She dressed up as everyone's favorite Disney character and had everyone's attention as she was reading a children's story to the "Grandpa's & Grandma's" of Serenity along with the local Head Start group. The kids were excited to see Mickey Mouse. At the end of the story hour, each child had to go up to a different "Grandpa & Grandma" to introduce themselves and tell them what they were going to be for Halloween the next day. Bentley the dog came trotting in halfways through the story however and seemed to get more attention than Mickey Mouse!

Pop...pop...popcorn!

Thursday was a busy day for some of the ladies at Serenity. Bowl after bowl of popcorn was popped in the old-fashioned popcorn maker. Some of it was used to make popcorn balls and the other half was strung by the ladies at Serenity to make popcorn garlands. Some strings were long, others were shorter...but the ladies sure had a blast making the popcorn garlands. Claryce Stohle (Serenity's self-described 'Birdkeeper') suggested hanging the garlands on the trees for the birds to munch on. They turned out great and were hung on the trees all around Serenity!