mount ephraim house

Thursday, 24 January 2013

Saturday, 5 January 2013

if you go to ASDA tunbridge wells, be sure to put your green tokens in the MOUNT EPHRAIM box please - one of the chosen charities this month! Karen shows how its done, yesterday at ASDA after she bought some storage boxes for MEH.

Tuesday, 1 January 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 2013

reflecting on 2012 - a busy, interesting year...

we celebrated the queens diamond jubilee, st patricks day, valentines, the olympics as well as all the residents birthdays;we visited the london eye, burrswood, hadlow gardens, bexhill on sea and eastbourne and hastings; the residents got involved in lots of art and craft projects from mosaic to collage- we put on our own david hockney exhibition, made cards, visited hobbycraft for an art session; residents got involved with scrabble, computer lessons, magic tricks, walking in the garden and on the common, going out for tea, visiting the town centre for retail therapy; we had new volunteers, celebrated and thanked our regular wonderful volunteers with a luncheon, raised money at the spring and autumn fayres, plus the annual garden party and charity golf day; introduced 'my home life'-had reminisence hours, sing-a-longs, music of all sorts, welcomed Thomas the PAT dog, fed the chickens, stroked the cats,said goodbye to some beloved residents and welcomed in some new ones...

thankyou to everyone who has volunteered their time, donated money and prizes and helped in any way to make all this possible - we could not do it without you, but especially Manager Karen who believes in activity provision as key to a happy and healthy life for residents at mount ephraim house.

hilary was promoted to deputy manager, tim, mary, sheila, di, diane, hilary - all received long service medals presented by head office; meh were nominated for lots of awards and many staff recognized for their service - linda, lillo, sheila and di, to name a few... nikita had a beautiful baby girl called evie and brought her in to meet the residents, jess introduced her gorgeous baby boy, olivia announced she was expecting and daniel got married in the summer. Our gardener Julian has done an amazing job through the year and the garden has never looked so fantastic - especially with the red, blue and white theme for the jubilee year!

our residents have kept their minds, bodies and souls fit with Sonas, keep fit on tuesdays, walking in the grounds, communion and church visits, zumba, crosswords and jigsaw puzzles, bingo and quizzes, music and films,shopping,listening to music, singing and dancing (!) visitng the hairdresser, chirpodist, manicurist, masseur,opticians and dentists - & occasionally the doctors and nurses!!

highlights of the year include the 'going for gold' challenge, the garden party in july when marise cut the ribbon, patty and dorothy celebrating their 99th birthdays, trip on the london eye, hilary becoming deputy manager, the volunteer's lunch, trips to the coast, iris learning how to use her ipad.......the olympic torch coming past our door......

Monday, 31 December 2012

celebrating christmas MEH style

the staff and volunteer Vivienne helped to make christmas day special for our residents; good food, fun and a festive drink put a smile on everyone's faces!

Monday, 24 December 2012

the court jester and marian...

he has put a smile on her face! merry christmas from marian and gary...

FATHER CHRISTMAS HAS DELIVERED EARLY..

the presents have landed on top of the fireplace - father christmas and rudolph made a special stop to MEH

we are all ready now for the residents to open their gifts tomorrow on christmas morning over sherry and mince pies. If any family or friends wish to share in the event you are most welcome...

karen gets her christmas wish!

poor karen had run out of time to get her tree so her trusty elves (di, mary and michelle) came to the rescue! after mother christmas (alias debbie) helped to fix the lights, she somehow got it into her car, and now her christmas is complete!!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE.

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

st paul's choir visit MEH

The MEH Residents CHRISTMAS PARTY....

....on the 13th December was great fun for our Residents - thankyou to everyone for attending- especially the Rotary Club singers who came along to sing carols and encouraged us all to join in! The buffet was amazing, courtesy of Amanda and Daniel and Jonathan provided the entertainment which was excellent. We had a raffle (thanks to Sheila and Di) with some great prizes donated by very generous people, and Heidi, Michelle and Eileen ran the bar which we are happy to say did not run dry!

Friday, 7 December 2012

reminder...

...dont forget, its the Mount Ephraim House Residents' christmas party on thursday 13th december. if you have not already RSVP'd please do before monday!

P.S. latest newsletter on its way.

Saturday, 17 November 2012

happy birthday denis

70 not out! the theme of the day. denis organized a special birthday bash for his closest family, friends and residents today. amanda provided an amazing buffet lunch,sheila and di made denis a special 'cricket' cake which was delicious, karen stocked the bar and our lovely volunteers from TWGS decorated the rooms and blew up loads of balloons!! big thankyou to heidi, holly and everyone else who helped make the day go smoothly..special mention to Jonathan Pursell who performed on the guitar and sang; the highlight of which was a song he had written especially for denis. he had even printed out the words so that everyone could join in with the sing-a-long. the caricature artwork was also a gift from Jonathan who created it from a photograh of denis!

thank you to everyone who came to the party and made this a very special day for denis.

Thursday, 15 November 2012

our vintage xmas fayre

a big thankyou to everyone who helped make our vintage christmas fayre so successful today; our stall holders, marie, heidi, nirali, jenny and roy, christiane, marian and carolyn;

to di and sheila and the residents who made special things for our craft stalls,
jenny for all the decorations and knitting she has done and to
karens niece for the gorgeous cup cakes.

to the relatives & friends who donated gifts and items for sale...and
also big thankyou to everyone who visited our fayre and helped us to raise nearly £200 for our residents amenities fund.

it was a beautiful day and we even had our bric a brac stall on the patio! in november!!

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

lesley's classical ballet music selection...

we were lucky to have Lesley Orson today here today, to play a selection of musical pieces from the ballet - she tells the story of the music first and then plays it from her repertoire of cd's. the residents are always so appreciative of the time she gives them. thankyou Lesley.

Monday, 12 November 2012

jewellery making for the vintage fayre

joyce,marise,lucille,marie, peggy and patti were busy today making necklaces and earrings for our xmas fayre on thursday; helen obligingly modelled them for us!