Laurelwood at The Highlands at Pittsford Calendar of Events December 2017
Friday 12/01 10:15am - Fitness: Class with Carol (Activities Room) 10:30am - Morning Connection: December Gazette (Gallery) 11:00am - Trivia: Proverbs (Hearth Room) 1:00pm - Catholic Mass with volunteers from St. Louis Church (Highlands Community Center) 1:00pm - Pause for Peace with Chaplain Jim Grobe (Highlands Music Room) 1:30pm - Game: Apples to Apples (Activities Room) 2:30pm - Music Mixer with Brad Batz Jazz Duo (Highlands Community Center) 3:45pm - Afternoon Connection: Current Events (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Nail Painting (Gallery) Saturday 12/02 9:15am - How s your day going? Greeting (Dining room & Library area) 10:15am - Fitness: Tai Chi (Activity Room) 10:30am - Puzzle: December Word Search (Gallery) 11:30am - Join us for our Annual Resident & Family Holiday Party! Get your picture taken with Santa, enjoy the sounds of the strolling carolers & have fun with friends during a beautiful buffet lunch! (Highlands Dining Room) 1:45pm - Craft: Pinecone Trees (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Afternoon Connection: Junk Drawer Detective (Gallery) 3:15pm - Game: Dominoes (Hearth Room) 4:00pm - Join your friends in the cozy Hearth Room for conversation before dinner 6:30pm - Movie & Trivia Night!! Fun facts about the featured Movie: Driving Miss Daisy (1989) then sit back and enjoy the movie with popcorn! (Gallery)
Sunday 12/03 9:45am - How s your day going? Greeting (Dining room & Library area) 10:30am - Catholic Communion Service (Activities Room) 10:45am - Fitness: Walking Group (meet near elevator) 11:00am - Trivia: What do you know? (Hearth Room) 1:30pm - Scenic Ride (Outing) Please call Emily 641-6350 to register 2:00pm - Discussion: Facts & Myths about the Moon (Gallery) 3:00pm - Afternoon Connection: Come work on our jigsaw puzzle! (Hearth Room) 4:00pm - Join your friends in the cozy Hearth Room for conversation before dinner 5:30pm - Art: Paint by Numbers (Gallery) Monday 12/04 10:00am - Fitness: Exercise Video (Gallery) 10:30am - Morning Connection: Jigsaw Puzzle (Gallery) 10:45am - Depart for Lunch at Pizza Hut (Outing) Please call Cheryl 641-6385 to register. 1:15pm - Inspirational Hymns with Chaplain Jim Grobe (Gallery) 2:00pm - Afternoon Connection: M&M conversation (Gallery) 2:00pm - U of R Lecture: Animal Cracks, witty verses about Animals with Melissa Balmain (Highlands Community Center) 2:30pm - Craft: Holiday Card Making (Activities Room) 3:30pm - Trivia: Languages (Hearth Room) 4:00pm - Gathering: Mocktail Party come join your friends! (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Game: You be the Judge (Gallery) 7:00pm - Evening Music: Rochester Rhapsody Choir (Highlands Community Center)
Tuesday 12/05 10:15am - Fitness: Walking Group (meet near elevator) 10:30am - Nail Cutting (Gallery) 11:00am - Morning Connection: Walt Disney Day! (Hearth Room) 1:15pm - Bible Study with Chaplain Jim Grobe (Gallery) 1:30pm - Smart Art with Robin (Activities Room) 2:00pm - U of R Course: William Faulkner with Dr. Rufino Pabico (Highlands Community Center) 2:00pm - Game: What s Wrong with this Picture? (Gallery) 2:30pm - Depart for shopping at Marshalls (Outing) Call Cheryl 641-6385 to register. 4:00pm - Pet Therapy Come visit with our furry friend Daisy (Front Entryway) 5:30pm - Game: Memory Match (Gallery) 6:30pm - Baking: Apple Dumplings (Gallery) Wednesday 12/06 10:30am - Fitness: Yoga with Carol (Activities Room) 10:45am - Fitness: Walking Group (meet near elevator) 11:00am - Game: What doesn t belong? (Hearth Room) 11:30am - December Birthday Celebration with Fred Vine, guitar (Dining Room) 1:15pm - Craft: Christmas Elves (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Game: What s in the bag? (Gallery) 2:00pm - Communion with St. Louis Church (Activities Room) 2:30pm - Afternoon Connection: Trivia Name 5 (Hearth Room) 3:30pm - Employee Appreciation and Resident Holiday Party (Highlands Community Center) 5:30pm - Game: Beach Ball Conversation (Gallery) 6:30pm - Game: Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Gallery)
Thursday 12/07 10:00am - Fitness: Exercise Video (Gallery) 10:30am - Morning Connection: December IQ Test (Gallery) 11:00am - Discussion: Anniversary of the Attack of Pearl Harbor (Hearth Room) 1:15pm - Visit with Calkins Road Middle School: Letters to Santa (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Afternoon Connection: Famous Pairs (Gallery) 2:30pm - Crafting with Verna (Activities Room) 3:45pm - Game: True or False (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Game: Popcorn Toss (Gallery) 6:30pm - Movie: Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Comedy (Gallery) Friday 12/08 10:15am - Fitness: Class with Carol (Activities Room) 10:30am - Morning Connection: Coffee Klatch (Gallery) 11:00am - Christmas Caroling with Nazareth College Music Therapy Club (Gallery) No Inspirational Hymns with Chaplain Jim Grobe today 1:30pm - Game: Pokeno (Activities Room) 2:30pm - Music Mixer with New Horizons Big Band (Highlands Community Center) 3:45pm - Discussion: Traditions of Christmas and Hanukkah (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Game: Wii, electronic bowling (Gallery)
Saturday 12/09 9:15am - How s your day going? Greeting (Dining room & Library area) 10:15am - Fitness: Tai Chi (Activity Room) 10:30am - Game: Higher or Lower (Gallery) 11:00am - Trivia: Pets (Hearth Room) 1:30pm - Visit with the guide dogs from Guiding Eyes for the Blind (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Discussion: Table Topics (Gallery) 2:30pm - Dance Recital with East Rochester Dance Studio (Highlands Community Center) 3:00pm - Afternoon Connection: Nobel Prize Winners (Hearth Room) 4:00pm - Join your friends in the cozy Hearth Room for conversation before dinner 6:30pm - Movie & Trivia Night!! Fun facts about the featured Movie: The Wizard of Oz (1939) then sit back and enjoy the movie with popcorn! (Gallery) Sunday 12/10 9:45am - How s your day going? Greeting (Dining room & Library area) 10:30am - Catholic Communion Service (Activities Room) 10:45am - Fitness: Walking Group (meet near elevator) 11:00am - Trivia: What do you know? (Hearth Room) 1:30pm - Afternoon Entertainment: Holiday Piano Concert with the Kate Bohonas Piano Studio (Highlands Community Center) 2:00pm - Card Game: Black Jack (Gallery) 3:00pm - Art: Painting Wooden Ornaments (Activities Room) 4:00pm - Join your friends in the cozy Hearth Room for conversation before dinner 5:30pm - Baking: Decorating Christmas Cookies (Gallery)
Monday 12/11 10:00am - Fitness: Exercise Video (Gallery) 10:30am - Puzzle: Concentration Puzzle (Gallery) 10:45am - Depart for lunch at Phillips European (Outing) Call Cheryl 641-6385 to register. 1:15pm - Bible Study with Chaplain Jim Grobe (Gallery) 1:30pm - Game: Pictionary (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Afternoon Connection: Mountain Ranges (Gallery) 2:30pm - Craft: Holiday Decoration for Hanukkah and Christmas (Activities Room) 3:30pm - Game: Mad Libs, word game (Hearth Room) 4:00pm - Gathering: Mocktail Party come join your friends! (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Art: Painting a Christmas Tree (Gallery) 6:30pm - Game: Jeopardy (Gallery) Tuesday 12/12 Hanukah begins at sundown 10:15am - Fitness: Walking Group (meet near elevator) 10:30am - Nail Cutting (Gallery) 11:00am - Humor: Laughter is the Best Medicine for the Holidays (Hearth Room) No Bible Study with Chaplain Jim Grobe (Gallery) 1:30pm - Trivia Game: This or That? (Hearth Room) 2:00pm - Christmas Caroling at The Highlands Living Center, Nursing Home (Outing) Call Cheryl 641-6385 to register. 2:00pm - Game: Hangman (Gallery) 2:30pm - Travelogue Presentation: An English Christmas with Christine Simons (Activities Room) 3:45pm - Afternoon Connection: Jigsaw Puzzle (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Game: Wheel of Fortune (Gallery) 6:30pm - Depart for a Christmas Lights Ride to see local holiday lights Displays! (Outing) To register call Emily 641-6350
Wednesday 12/13 10:30am - Fitness: Yoga with Carol (Activities Room) 10:45am - Fitness: Walking Group (meet near elevator) 11:00am - Morning Connection: Happy Birthday Dick Van Dyke (Hearth Room) 1:15pm - Depart for the George Eastman House for the Ginger Bread House Exhibit (Outing) Call Cheryl 641-6385 to register. 2:00pm - Hanukkah Celebration: Susan Krasner, keyboard (Gallery) 2:00pm - Game: Finish that Saying (Hearth Room) 3:30pm - Communion with St. Louis Church (Activities Room) 3:45pm - Happy Hour-Join your friends for Great Food and Sparkling Conversation! (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Art: Adult Coloring (Gallery) 6:45pm - Evening Entertainment with Geoff Clough, keyboard (Gallery) Thursday 12/14 10:00am - Fitness: Exercise Video (Gallery) 10:30am - Morning Connection: Cranium Crunches (Gallery) 11:00am - Facts and Trivia: The State Alabama (Hearth Room) 1:15pm - Game: Price is Right (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Craft: Scrapbooking (Gallery) 2:00pm - U of R Lecture: Water Management in the Ancient World: From Buckets to Aqueducts with John Lambropoulos (Highlands Community Center) 2:30pm - Crosswords with Larry Shearer (Activities Room) 3:45pm - Afternoon Connection: Health Benefits of Chestnuts (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Game: Life (Gallery) 6:30pm - Movie: The Bishop s Wife (1947) Comedy (Gallery)
Friday 12/15 10:15am - Fitness: Class with Carol (Activities Room) 10:30am - Morning Connection: Eiffel Tower (Gallery) 11:00am - Discussion: The Year 1970 (Hearth Room) 1:15pm - Worship with Chaplain Jim Grobe (Gallery) 1:30pm - Afternoon Connection: Inspirational News stories 2:30pm - Music Mixer with Ray Braselton, guitar (Gallery) 3:45pm - Afternoon Connection: Clinches (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Game: Bingo (Gallery) Saturday 12/16 9:15am - How s your day going? Greeting (Dining room & Library area) 10:15am - Fitness: Tai Chi (Activity Room) 10:30am - Puzzle: Mixed-Up Authors (Gallery) 11:00am - Trivia: Weather (Hearth Room) 1:30pm - Craft: Hand Scrub (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Afternoon Connection: Hidden Pictures (Gallery) 3:00pm - Afternoon Music: Christmas Caroling with St. Louis Church Youth Group (Gallery) 4:00pm - Join your friends in the cozy Hearth Room for conversation before dinner 6:30pm - Movie & Trivia Night!! Fun facts about the featured Movie: It s a Wonderful Life (1946) then sit back and enjoy the movie with pop corn! (Gallery)
Sunday 12/17 9:45am - How s your day going? Greeting (Dining room & Library area) 10:30am - Catholic Communion Service (Activities Room) 10:45am - Fitness: Walking Group (meet near elevator) 11:15am - Afternoon Music with Boris and Alla, violin and piano (Gallery) 1:30pm - Trivia: What do you know? (Hearth Room) 2:00pm - Craft: Wright Brothers Day, Paper Airplane (Hearth Room) 3:00pm - Afternoon Connection: Happy Birthday Pope Francis (Hearth Room) 4:00pm - Join your friends in the cozy Hearth Room for conversation before dinner 5:30pm - Art: Watercolors (Gallery) Monday 12/18 10:00am - Fitness: Exercise Video (Gallery) 10:30am - Morning Connection: Coffee Klatch (Gallery) 10:45am - Depart for lunch at Champps (Outing) Call Cheryl 641-6385 to register. 11:00am - Hanukkah Celebration and the Lighting of the Menorah with Rabbi Hein (Highlands Music Room) 1:30pm - Afternoon Connection: Wishful Letters (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Morning Connection: Ripley s Believe it or not stories (Gallery) 2:00pm - Lecture (Highlands Community Center) 2:30pm - Craft: Christmas Table Centerpieces (Activities Room) 3:15pm - Pet Therapy - Visit with our furry friend Rocky (Front entryway) 4:00pm - Gathering: Mocktail Party come join your friends! (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Hand Massages (Gallery) 6:30pm - Game: Shuffle Board (Gallery)
Tuesday 12/19 10:15am - Fitness: Walking Group (meet near elevator) 10:30am - Nail Cutting (Gallery) 11:00am - Morning Connection: Barns & Noble Best Sellers List (Hearth Room) 1:15pm - Christmas Stories with Chaplain Jim Grobe (Gallery) 1:30pm - Smart Art with Robin (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Afternoon Connection: Funny Signs (Gallery) 2:00pm - Christmas Prayers Service with Chaplain Jim Grobe (Highlands Music Room) 2:00pm - U of R Course: Chinese popular culture with Ting Huang, PhD (Highlands Community Center) 3:00pm - Food Forum (Activities Room) 3:30pm - Resident Meeting (Activities Room) 5:30pm - Game: Uno card game (Gallery) 6:30pm - Musical Interaction: Holiday Sing-Along (Gallery) Wednesday 12/20 10:30am - Fitness: Yoga with Carol (Activities Room) 10:45am - Fitness: Walking Group (meet near elevator) 11:00am - Morning Connection: Comedic Couple (Hearth Room) 1:15pm - Bible Study with Chaplain Jim Grobe (Gallery) 2:00pm - Christmas Concert with The Highlands at Pittsford Chorus (Highlands Community Center) 2:00pm - Game: Apples to Apples (Gallery) 3:30pm - Communion with St. Louis Church (Activities Room) 3:45pm - Pet Therapy: Visit with out furry friend, Lovie the German Shepard (Front Entryway) 5:30pm - Game: Left, Right, Center Dice Game (Gallery) 6:30pm - Famous Movie Quotes and Scenes (Gallery)
Thursday 12/21 First Day of Winter 10:00am - Fitness: Exercise Video (Gallery) 10:30am - Puzzle: Jumble Genius (Gallery) 11:00am - Pray the Rosary with volunteers from St. Louis Church (Highlands Music Room) 1:15pm - Flower Arranging (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Reminisce: Christmas Day Foods (Gallery) 2:30pm - Decorating Holiday Cookies with Pastry Chef Laura Gilbert (Activities Room) 3:45pm - Gathering: Hot Chocolate & Stories (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Craft: Paper Snow Flakes (Gallery) 6:30pm - Movie: White Christmas (1954) Musical (Gallery) Friday 12/22 10:15am - Fitness: Class with Carol (Activities Room) 10:30am - Discussion: Do you Believe in Magic? (Gallery) 11:00am - Game: Memory Match (Gallery) 1:15pm - Christmas Worship with Chaplain Jim Grobe (Gallery) 1:30pm - Game: Hooked on Candy Canes (Activities Room) 2:30pm - Music Mixer with Dick Leshhorn, keyboard (Highlands Community Center) 3:45pm - Afternoon Connection: Jigsaw Puzzle (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Crafting Hour (Gallery)
Saturday 12/23 9:15am - How s your day going? Greeting (Dining room & Library area) 10:15am - Fitness: Tai Chi (Activity Room) 10:30am - Morning Connection: Daily Chronicle (Gallery) 11:00am - Meet and greet with Gooch the Rottweiler! (Front entryway) 1:30pm - Nail Painting Pick out your favorite color for Christmas! (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Art: Adult Coloring (Gallery) 3:00pm - Afternoon Classical Music: Music for Love (Highlands Community Center) 4:00pm - Join your friends in the cozy Hearth Room for conversation before dinner 6:30pm - Movie & Trivia Night!! Fun facts about the featured Movie: Christmas in Connecticut (1945) then sit back and enjoy the movie with popcorn! (Gallery) Sunday 12/24 9:45am - How s your day going? Greeting (Dining room & Library area) 10:30am - Catholic Communion Service (Activities Room) 10:45am - Fitness: Walking Group meet near elevator 11:00am - Trivia: What do you know? (Hearth Room) 1:30pm - Musical Interaction: Holiday Sing-Along (Gallery) 2:00pm - Afternoon Connection: Jigsaw Puzzle (Hearth Room) 3:00pm - Christmas Eve Eggnog Social (Hearth Room) 4:00pm - Join your friends in the cozy Hearth Room for conversation before dinner 5:30pm - Game: Scrabble (Gallery)
Monday 12/25 Christmas Day 10:00am - Fitness: Exercise Video (Gallery) 2:00pm - Bingo (Gallery) 4:00pm - Join your friends in the cozy Hearth Room for conversation before dinner 6:30pm - Movie & Trivia Night!! Fun facts about the featured Movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947) then sit back and enjoy the movie with popcorn! (Gallery) Tuesday 12/26 Kwanzaa Begins 10:15am - Fitness: Walking Group (meet near elevator) 10:30am - Nail Cutting (Gallery) 11:00am - Morning Connection: Famous Poets (Hearth Room) 1:15pm - Bible Study with Chaplain Jim Grobe (Gallery) 1:30pm - Game: Horseshoes (Activities Room) 2:00pm - U of R Course: Chinese popular culture with Ting Huang, PhD. (Highlands Community Center) 2:00pm - Game: Phase 10 (Gallery) 2:30pm - Tasting Club (Activities Room) 3:45pm - Humor: Laughter is the Best Medicine (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Art: Connect the Dots (Gallery) 6:30pm - The History of Kwanzaa (Gallery)
Wednesday 12/27 10:30am - Fitness: Yoga with Carol (Activities Room) 10:45am - Fitness: Walking Group (meet near elevator) 11:00am - Game: Jeopardy (Hearth Room) 1:30pm - Presentation: Music and Life of Margaret Whiting with Larry Shearer (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Afternoon Connection: Table Topics (Gallery) 2:30pm - Game: Name 5 (Hearth Room) 3:30pm - Communion with St. Louis Church (Activities Room) 3:45pm - Happy Hour-Join your friends for Great Food and Sparkling Conversation! (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Game: Hangman (Gallery) 6:30pm - Fitness: Balloon Tennis (Gallery) Thursday 12/28 10:00am - Fitness: Exercise Video (Gallery) 10:30am - Morning Connection: Jigsaw Puzzle (Gallery) 11:00am - Discussion: Pledge of Allegiance (Hearth Room) 1:30pm - Game: Who, What, When (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Art: Watercolors (Gallery) 2:30pm - Cooking: Prepare an appetizer for tomorrow s music mixer (Activities Room) 3:45pm - Game: Yahtzee (Gallery) 5:30pm - Fitness: Walking Group (meet near elevator) 6:30pm - Movie: Billy Elliot (2000) Drama (Gallery)
Friday 12/29 10:15am - Fitness: Hot Potato (Activities Room) 10:30am - Puzzle: Concentration Puzzle (Gallery) 11:00am - Game: Wheel of Fortune (Hearth Room) 1:15pm - Inspirational Hymns with Chaplain Jim Grobe (Gallery) 1:30pm - Craft: Pipe-Cleaner Snowflake (Activities Room) 2:30pm - Music Mixer with Allan Hopkins, guitar & banjo (Gallery) 3:45pm - Game: True or False (Hearth Room) 5:30pm - Art: Painting Wooden Objects (Gallery) Saturday 12/30 9:15am - How s your day going? Greeting (Dining room & Library area) 10:15am - Fitness: Tai Chi (Activity Room) 10:30am - Morning Connection: Wacky Wordies (Gallery) 11:00am - Trivia: World Religions (Hearth Room) 1:30pm - Art: Wintery Night Painting (Activities Room) 2:00pm - Reminisce: New Year s Eve Traditions (Gallery) 3:00pm - Game: Family Feud (Hearth Room) 4:00pm - Join your friends in the cozy Hearth Room for conversation before dinner 6:30pm - Movie & Trivia Night!! Fun facts about the featured Movie: Little Women (1994) then sit back and enjoy the movie with popcorn! (Gallery)
Sunday 12/31 New Year s Eve 9:45am - How s your day going? Greeting (Dining room & Library area) 10:30am - Catholic Communion Service (Activities Room) 10:45am - Fitness: Walking Group (meet near elevator) 11:00am - Trivia: What do you know? (Hearth Room) 1:30pm - New Year s Eve Music: Standard Time (Gallery) 2:00pm - Game: 20 Questions (Gallery) 3:00pm - Afternoon Connection: Goals for 2018 (Hearth Room) 4:00pm - Join your friends in the cozy Hearth Room for conversation before dinner 5:30pm - Game: New Year s Eve Bingo (Gallery)