Weekly Update October 20, 2023
October 20, 2023
To: Solheim Employees, Residents, Family Members and Stakeholders
From: Sam Oden, CEO of Solheim Senior Community
We are currently putting the final touches on our Centennial Masquerade Ball, which will be held on October 28th! I want to thank everyone who has donated and/or is planning to attend… this event is sure to be the highlight of our Centennial Year celebrations. There’s still time to help support our Centennial fundraising efforts. Your donation of $150 helps us care for one resident a day through our Charitable Care fund. $1000 covers a week of care! Solheim was founded in 1923 on the premise of caring for seniors even when they didn’t have resources, and we continue to strive to fulfill that mission today. Visit www.solheimsenior.org/donate to make a gift towards our Centennial and Charitable Care Fund, and please contact Tina Antypas if you’d like to learn more and visit our centennial website at www.solheimsenior.org/100.
Halloween decorations also now abound here at Solheim, and we’re looking forward to some fun activities in the upcoming weeks. We are holding a candy drive through next Friday to collect candy for our “Trick-or-Treat” event on October 31st. Trick-or-Treaters are invited to stop by Solheim’s front lobby to show off their costumes, and they will receive candy that has been lovingly packaged by our residents! If you’d like to make a donation of candy (no suckers, starbursts, or Skittles please!), just drop them off at our front desk or with Ashley Brayman. Our doors will be open to Trick-or-Treaters on Halloween from 6pm-8pm!
On Tuesday October 31st, we’ll also be holding our annual Solheim Halloween Costume Party at 2:30pm. Staff and residents are encouraged to wear costumes – please plan to join the costume display and party at 2:30pm in the Health Center Patio! We’re looking forward to seeing what everyone wears this year...
You may have noticed a lot of pink around campus this past Wednesday. If so, that’s because each Wednesday during the month of October, we are encouraging everyone wear pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month as a way to help raise awareness of Breast Cancer.
As I mentioned last week, we have a “Refer-a-Friend” program which is still underway! Any resident who refers a friend to Solheim will receive an incentive when that referral moves into our community and becomes part of the “Solheim Family.” And in fact, it’s even better than that: Both the current resident and the referred resident will also receive a $1,000 credit on their fourth month’s rent. Please contact Emily Pierce for more information about this program at 323-257-7518 or email epierce@solheimsenior.org.
Visitation Guidelines remain unchanged from last week. All Solheim visitors and staff members must continue to conduct self-screening for symptoms of possible COVID-19 infection prior to entry.
If you have any specific questions, please direct them to Tina Antypas at 323 257-7518 X225 or tantypas@solheimsenior.org.