Happenings
Complimentary News & Events
Summer 2015
Messer honored as Volunteer of the Year
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Ask Carla Messer and she’ll tell you
- there’s nothing more rewarding
than volunteering.
National
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Nursing Home Week
“I always considered myself a professional volunteer,” she said. “My
mother and my grandmother were
always ones who did for others. It
was just a way of life for me.”
Father’s Day buffet 3
Summer Concerts
and theme meals
Messer was named the 2015 Volunteer of the Year at Presidential
Oaks. She and nearly 30 other volunteers, including Board of Trustee
members, were applauded for their
dedication and efforts during the
annual appreciation luncheon on
April 15, held in the spacious dining
room.
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Rehabilitation services
Save the Date
(See “Messer,” Page 5)
Meet the Team
Patricia Kenney
Presidential Oaks CEO Anne Purington, right, congratulates
Carla Messer as Volunteer of the Year. Carla is the current
President of the Presidential Oaks’ Board of Trustees and has
spent decades volunteering.
Thank you!
To all of the presenters and guests who made our
Spring Senior Education Series a big success
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Each guest of honor was presented
with a certificate of appreciation and
a gift to thank them for their work on
behalf of the residents and staff at
Presidential Oaks.
Carla has served on the Board of
Trustees since 1988 and is the cur-
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Carter Higginbotham
Marc Boyd
Tina Annis, Esquire
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Pam Manes
Anne Purington
Retirement & Assisted Living
Administrator
225-6644, ext. 337
[email protected]
Krista Marrs
Director of Communications &
Marketing
225-6644, ext. 184
[email protected]
Anne Purington
Chief Executive Officer
225-6644, ext. 101
[email protected].
Visit us at
www.presidentialoaks.org
and find us on Facebook
Celebrating National Nursing Home Week 2015
Presidential Oaks marked National Nursing Home Week, May 10-16,
with a variety of activities for residents that aligned with the 2015
theme, “Bring On the Fiesta!” including baking Mexican-themed treats,
musical entertainment and a fiesta party.
Each day of the week Presidential Oaks Activities Director Jane Teahan and her staff had programs planned for nursing home residents,
starting off with arts and crafts on Monday. Tuesday was Intergenerational Day where children from Presidential Oaks’ Child Care Center
celebrated with residents by playing pin the tail on the donkey and
other fun games. The Concord High School Chamber Choir came by
in the afternoon to sing to residents.
On Wednesday there was a lot of baking going on! Residents not only
made a Mexican flag cake – which featured red and green layers covered with vanilla frosting – but also cinnamon sugar churros, which
were a big hit as a special treat.
Resident Appreciation Day was celebrated on Thursday, which featured a play and an afternoon fiesta.
Activities Director Jane Teahan displays the Proclamation from Gov.
Maggie Hassan marking National Nursing Home Week at PresidenMarguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers of Portsmouth’s Pontine Thea- tial Oaks.
tre entertained residents with the performance of “New England Utopia,” which looked at the legacy of 19th Century New England Tran- Later in the day, residents enjoyed the delicious Mexican flag cake
scendentalists Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott and George they made while entertained by the musical talents of Bill Parker on
Ripley. The play was paid in full by funding from the Lincoln Financial keyboard and harmonica. He sang tunes such as “On the Road
Foundation.
Again,” “Blue Skies” and “Tennessee Waltz,” among many other familiar tunes that residents enjoyed. Many toes were tapping and hands
were clapping during Parker’s hour-long show.
As part of the fiesta, Teahan announced the King and Queen of Nursing Home Week – residents Loretta Rayhill and Ed Russell - and presented them with their crowns.
To wrap the week, students from Concord High School stopped by to
create wind chimes and paper flowers with the residents on Friday
morning. Residents also took part in a gardening activity in the afternoon.
Teahan also received an official proclamation from Gov. Maggie Hassan marking National Nursing Home Week, which Teahan shared with
Presidential Oaks residents as they were baking. The document will
be framed and on display for residents and their families to see.
Greg Gathers and Marguerite Mathews, co-directors of Pontine Theatre, perform “New England Utopia” for residents as part of National
Nursing Home Week.
“It was a great week, a lot of fun,” said Teahan. “Residents really enjoyed the visit from the Concord High School Chamber Choir and the
performance by Pontine Theatre.”
See an event you would like to attend?
Call Krista Marrs, Director of Communications & Marketing, at 225-6644
or email [email protected] today!
Father’s Day
Breakfast Buffet
Sunday, June 21
7:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Inside the Big Oak Café
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This hearty all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet includes:
Scrambled eggs
 Home fries
Bacon
 Baked beans
Sausage
 Buttermilk biscuits
Buttermilk pancakes
 Fresh fruit
French toast
 Sweet breads
Waffles
 Coffee, tea, juice, milk
Corned beef hash
Adults $12 * Seniors $8 * Children $6
Complimentary for the most senior father
Groups welcome
All fathers will receive a gift
Reservations kindly requested. Contact Krista Marrs at 225-6644
ext. 184 or email [email protected]
200 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
225-6644 or www.presidentialoaks.org
Summer Concerts on the Green
06/16/2015 Nevers’ 2nd Regiment
Patriotic, pop, musicals and more
06/30/2015 Fountain Square
Dixieland and jazz
07/14/2015 East Bay Jazz
Pop and Rhythm & Blues
07/28/2015 Bedford Big Band
Big Band Era classics
08/11/2015 Freese Brothers
Swing, Big Band and Beyond
08/25/2015 Concord Coachmen
Theme meal menus
06/16: Grilled salmon with teriyaki
sauce, Ginger rice, snow peas and
strawberry shortcake
07/14:Crispy fried chicken tenders,
buttered corn, potato salad, fresh garden
salad and ice cream sundae
08/11:Chicken & shrimp kabobs,
mango papaya rice, buttered green
beans and pineapple upside down cake
FREE * Public Welcome* Accessible Parking * Popcorn and Bottled Water
Rain or Shine
6:30pm to 8:00pm
During inclement weather, the concert will
take place inside our newly renovated, accessible Auditorium.
Just follow the
“Events” signs, and a team member will be
there to assist you.
Presidential Oaks
200 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
Call Krista for details
(Messer, From Page 1)
rent Board President. She is the former Vice President and has
served many years on the Executive Committee and as an Ex-Officio
member.
But Messer’s connection to the Odd Fellow’s Home, now known as
Presidential Oaks, goes back much further.
“When I was 12 my choir mistress was a Rebekah and every Christmas and Easter we would come here for the cantata,” she said. “I
have a lot of memories here.”
Messer also worked for 17 years at Camp NEOFA, the youth camp
associated with the Northeast Odd Fellows’ Association, in Liberty,
Maine, including serving as Director of the camp.
Carla Messer
has been
named the
2015
Volunteer of
the Year at
Presidential
Oaks. All
volunteers
were honored
in April with
the annual
awards
luncheon.
Other volunteer efforts to her credit include 15 years working on a
suicide hotline as well as teaching 4-H youth.
“I was very surprised. That was a total, total shock,” she said after
hearing that she had been named Volunteer of the Year.
When asked why she has always made volunteering such a big part
of her life, Messer simply replies, “It makes me feel like I’m making a
With more than six decades of dedicating her life to helping others, difference. But that’s the kind of person I am, I give of myself.”
Carla will soon be leaving her Keene home and moving to Florida.
However she said there are still plans for her to volunteer – just on a Great job Carla! And a big thank you to all our volunteers for their dedscaled-back schedule.
ication and hard work!
Save
the
date
Casino Night at
Presidential Oaks
Tuesday, October 20 ~ 5 to 7 p.m.
Mark your calendar now for
an evening of fun, games
and prizes as we turn the
Presidential Oaks Auditorium into an extravagant
Vegas-style casino!
Stay tuned for more details!
Calendar of Events
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Concord, NH 03301
Retirement
6/21/15: Father’s Day Breakfast Buffet, 7:30-10:30 a.m.
6/30/15: Fountain Square
Ramblers concert, 6:30 p.m.
Friends & Family dinner, 5 p.m.
is FULL of surprises!
Presidential Oaks
7/4/15: Happy Fourth of July!
Fine Dining with a View
Includes:
Starting at
$2,700 per month
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Complimentary Kitchens
Gourmet Meals plus Snacks
Weekly Housekeeping
Personal Laundry Service
Cable Television Included
Perennial Gardens on 11 Acres
Accessible Walking Paths
Events, Social Gatherings, Live
Entertainment, and Fun Trips
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7/14/15: East Bay Jazz concert, 6:30 p.m. Theme meal
served at 5 p.m.
7/28/15: Bedford Big Band
concert, 6:30 p.m. Friends &
Family dinner, 5 p.m.
8/11/15: Freese Brothers concert, 6:30 p.m. Theme meal
served at 5 p.m.
8/25/2015: Concord Coachmen
concert, 6:30 p.m. Friends &
Family dinner, 5 p.m.
Call Krista Marrs at 225-6644 ext.
184 or marketing
@presidentialoaks.org