Our Alive in All Seasons’ theme for August is The
Environment. Our communities will focus their efforts on maintaining healthy
environments through environmentally conscious activities. Our “Green Canopy”
program emphasizes designing and operating buildings that meet new standards of
environmental sustainability. We are proud to be the first long-term care
company with a building in the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED) program.
According to research by Go Green, Americans throw away 2.5
million plastic bottles every hour; 25 billion Styrofoam cups and 40 billion
soft drink bottles and cans each year. Eighty-four percent of the average
American’s household trash can be recycled. If we recycled just 1/10 of our
newspapers 25 million trees could be saved. Are we all doing our part?
Join us this month as we learn more about the environment,
expand our wide-scale recycling program, learn more about environmental
sustainability programs and work with our community Green Teams to promote our
“Green Canopy” initiative. We encourage you to accompany us on this
environmental journey so that we can all continue to Breathe in Life!
Our fabulous activity offerings this month include our Go “Green “Family Luncheon where we take “going green” literally with everything from lime-aide to key-lime pie, this luncheon will make Kermit the Frog green with envy on August 13th from noon to 1:00 pm (RSVP by August 6th to 239-598-1368); our “Caregiver Stress” informative educational seminar by Dr. Catherine Cruikshank of the Alzheimer’s Association on August 20th from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm (please RSVP by August 13 to 239-598-1368); or our “Mount Rainier” afternoon of education and fun with light refreshments and a presentation by Steve Valdespino M.A. Brown University on August 28th at 2:30 pm (please RSVP by August 20 to 239-598-1368). Take a look at our calendar and join us for any and all activities that will help you make the most of these last few weeks of summer.
