Park Place St. John | Life Style Newsletter | March 2024

MARCH 2024

PARK PLACE OF ST. JOHN

Life at Park Place of St. John

A Message from Danette

After a long, cold winter, we will soon be approaching Spring! Now that it’s getting warmer, the layers of clothing start to come off, and we can start doing outdoor activities once again.

can trigger changes not only in mood, but also in energy levels, sleeping, eating, and social behavior. But as soon as we get prolonged access to daylight, fresh air outdoors and time with family and friends, we feel the benefits. So, take time out to admire the greenery and colors around you. It’s the season to feel healthy. Spring into good health as you enjoy the season. According to research, increased sun exposure may also protect people from the following diseases: • Type 1 diabetes

Indeed, the feeling of warm sun on our skin makes us feel generally upbeat. So, we can rely on spring to make us feel energized. It's the season to bask in Vitamin D While there may be different factors involved, Vitamin D deficiency is a very real thing. Its symptoms include, among others, aching bones, brain fog and dark moods. But now that the sun is staying up past four in the afternoon and it will soon be warm enough to show some skin outdoors, we’ll be getting a welcome extra dose of Vitamin D. Boost for Mental Health Seasonal changes, especially the "winter blues", may be a worry for some because they

• Multiple sclerosis (MS) • Several forms of cancer

I encourage you all to sign up and or attend any outdoor activities! Sit with your friends on the benches at the entrance and on our beautiful patio and please use sunscreen that protects you from UVA and UVB rays. Enjoy the upcoming beautiful weather!

Park Place of St. John Book Club Summer at the Cape by RaeAnne Thayne

As the older sibling to identical twins Violet and Lily, Cami Porter was always the odd sister out. The divide grew even wider when their parents split up— while the twins stayed in Cape Sanctuary with their free-spirited mother, fourteen-year-old Cami moved to LA with her attorney father. Nearly twenty years later, when Cami gets the terrible news that Lily has drowned saving a child’s life, her mother begs her to return home to help untangle the complicated estate issues her sister left behind. Books should arrive March 2nd and will be in the Creation Studio for pick up. See Gina with any questions.

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Life Enrichment Activities for March All activities are subject to change — watch the weekly calendar and TV channel 1901 for changes. 1 st March Birthday Party 12:30 p.m. — Café 19 th Wii Bowling: Staff vs Residents 2:00 p.m. — Café

2 nd

Pancake Breakfast 9:00 a.m. PPSJ Bus Departure Sign up required

20 th Arts & Crafts: Easter Project

12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. — Creation Studio Sign-up required by 3/18

Music with Frank Rossi 1:00 p.m. — Café

2 nd

21 st Easter Egg Coloring!

12:30 p.m. — Creation Studio Sign-up required by 3/19

5 th

Walgreens Senior Discount Day 9:30 a.m. PPSJ Bus Departure Sign-up required

21 st Highland Community Band at Highland High School 6:00 p.m. PPSJ Bus Departure Sign-up required 22 nd Music with Adam Gawlikowski 12:30 p.m. — Café 22 nd Northwest Indiana Symphony: Carmen & Carmina 6:30 p.m. PPSJ Bus Departure Sign-up required ASAP

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Arts & Crafts: St. Patrick’s Flowers & Jewelry pendant 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. — Creation Studio Sign-up required by 3/4 Illiana Christian Sound of Music Musical 6:15 p.m. PPSJ Bus Departure Sign-up required

7 th

8 th

Aurelio’s Pizza Party 11:30 a.m. — Main Dining Room

23 rd Piano Music with Emily 2:00 p.m. — Café

10 th Daylight Savings Day: Spring ahead 1 hour!

24 th Palm Sunday

11 th What Do You Know with Jackie 1:00 p.m. — Community Room

25 th What Do You Know with Jackie 1:00 p.m. — Community Room

12 th Breakfast Club: Top Notch Highland 8:30 a.m. PPSJ Bus Departure Sign-up required

26 th Voting Meeting

9:30 a.m. — Main Dining Room

13 th Oatberry Mini Muffins

27 th IncrEDIBLE Eats: Egg Rolls 11:30 a.m. — Main Dining Room Sign-up required by 3/25

10:30 a.m. — Main Dining Room Sign-up required by 3/11

14 th Just for Fun Strummers Ukulele Group 12:30 p.m. — Café 15 th St. Patrick’s Day Party with Green River floats and Irish Music by Paul Horgash 12:30 p.m. — Café

28 th Book Club Discussion: Summer at the Cape 2:30 p.m. — Gathering Room

29 th Good Friday Hot Breakfast 7:30-8:30 a.m. — Café

29 th Highland Shopping & Lunch 9:30 a.m. PPSJ Bus Departure Sign-up required

17 th St. Patrick’s Day

31 st Easter Sunday

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Special February Activities

In addition to the vast variety of weekly activities, Life Enrichment will be offering the following specialties during the month of March:

Arts & Crafts: St. Patrick’s Day Flowers &

Arts & Crafts: Easter Project Wednesday, March 20th 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. Creation Studio Sign-up required by 3/18 Coloring Easter Eggs (in rice)! Thursday, March 21st 12:30 p.m. Creation Studio Sign-up required by 3/19 IncrEDIBLE Eats: Egg Rolls & Di p Wednesday, March 27th 11:30 a.m. Main Dining Room Come make the freshest (homemade) egg rolls! Sign-up required by 3/25

Jewelry Pendent Wednesday, March 6th 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. Creation Studio It’s a 2-for-1 day! Bring your February flowers and we will replace with St. Patrick’s Day colors (we have extras; don’t worry) – this is a fast project, so we will also be doing a jewelry pendent. Please make sure you sign up! Sign-up required by 3/4

IncrEDIBLE Eats: Oat Berry Mini Muffins Wednesday, March 13th 10:30 a.m.

Main Dining Room Sign-up required by 3/11

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Chaplain’s Corner

loved power, and then a tortuous march carrying the crossbeam to Golgotha, where He was crucified. Through all of this, He was a picture of strength, a calmness that frightened His enemies, and a surrender to the agonies of crucifixion. In this He demonstrated a courage quite unlike our culture’s triumphant, self-determined one. We’re told in the New Testament book of Hebrews 12, “We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame.” Why did Jesus courageously give His life on the cross? Because on the other side He could see joy. The joy was not just His heavenly Father’s joy, which

The Other Side Here we are in the season of Lent. Lent is about preparation— spiritual preparation for Good Friday and what Jesus did there. What did Jesus do there? Well, obviously, He sacrificed His life. But

the deeper question is: how did He sacrifice His life? Did He do so with an “in-your-face courage”? Did He do it with this defiant “I’m going to triumph” brave attitude? No. You see, that’s how our culture defines courage and heroism. It’s having this defiant, triumphant attitude that I’m not going to let my fears or obstacles hold me back. I’m going to “just do it,” as one sports brand’s logo theme proclaims. It’s saying, “I’m not going to let anything stop me from achieving my goal(s).” We give medals, awards, applause, and sometimes celebratory status to those who demonstrate this triumphant courage. But Jesus didn’t face the cross with this triumphant, defiant, in-your-face courage. In the garden of Gethsemane the night of His arrest, He prayed—actually begged—three times for God to remove the cup of death from Him. We’re told He said to His disciples, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death.” And He wept with great drops of sweat. Jesus was scared. That doesn’t sound like any kind of defiant, heroic courage! It almost appears to make Jesus a wimp. But we know from countless other places in the gospels that Jesus was anything but a wimp. From this garden prayer, Jesus arose and faced a disciple who betrayed Him with a kiss, an arrest, an illegal trial where He was physically and emotionally abused, an interrogation with a Roman governor who

He always had. It was the joy He would get from all the people who would commit their lives to love and follow Him after the resurrection. For believers, that joy is you and me! On the other side of the cross, we are the joy. When you think about this deeply,

it’s deeply moving. Jesus’ love and joy for us— who don’t deserve anything—is the reason why He chose to face it all courageously despite the fear He felt. In the same way, we can face the painful difficulties and hardships of life with courage, not sweeping aside fear, but pushing through fear and choosing to be brave for the joy Jesus has in us. It’s on the other side that we gain everything.

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Park Place Announcements Name Tags We are so glad you are part of our Park

NCAA Basketball: March Madness!

Place Family! Wearing name tags is a great way for all of us to put a name to all the

Those of you that have been here at PPSJ know we like to have a fun competition when March Madness gets down to 16 teams. The Sweet Sixteen Tournament will be March 28th & 29th, Elite Eight Tournament March 30th & 31st, with Final Four taking place April 6th and Championship game on April 8th. Watch for a memo closer to the end of March— there will be some nice prizes, so don’t miss out!

new faces. So, please wear your name tag when socializing throughout the building!

March Fun Fact

It takes 50lbs of dye and costs $133.00 a minute to turn the Chicago River green. The green dye lasts five hours.

Are you ready to vote in the May Primary?

VOTE

The first place to start is to check with Gina to see if you are a registered voter (at 10700 Park Place). If you are not registered, Gina can assist in getting the proper forms filled out and/or taking a trip to the BMV (Bureau of Motor Vehicles) to update your driver’s license or state ID. When at the BMV, you can register to vote as well. We will have an event on Tuesday, March 26th at 9:30 a.m. in the Main Dining Room to walk you through the registration process (if necessary) and talk about the different ways to vote. There are 3 ways to vote: in person on Election Day (May 7th) with PPSJ bus, absentee ballot by mail or absentee ballot by traveling board. The Traveling Board will come to Park Place this year (the date will be determined near mid-April). Forms can be found in the Creation Studio if you would like to handle the process yourself. Otherwise, join us on March 26th!

What Do You Know with Jackie Monday, March 11th & 25th 1:00 p.m. in Community Room

Join Jackie for this fun activity. The topic of this trivia type event changes every time — come check it out!!!

Highland Shopping We will take the bus to the Shops on Main in Highland. You can choose 2 stores! There is DSW Shoes, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Ross, Home Goods, Marshalls, Chico’s, Talbots, Nordstrom’s Rack (just to name a few). Make sure you sign up right away (before the bus fills up)!

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Sharing Life & Making Memories Eileen's Birthday Celebration

Breakfast Club : Great Harvest Bread Company

We have started a program with Great Harvest Bread Company to place orders every two weeks with delivery to your door! A memo was sent previously with an order form. Extra forms can be found near the front desk. March orders need to be placed by noon on March 5 th and March 19 th for deliveries on March 7 th and 21 st .

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Arts & Crafts : Valentine Hearts

Morkes Chocolate Shop Trip

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Superbowl LVIII

Mardi Gras

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Bingo, Silverstrings Band and Cookies!

Valentine's Day Couples

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Catered Living at Park Place St. John

Arts & Crafts: Shamrock Craft Tuesday, March 5 th 1:30 p.m. in the Study Arts & Crafts: Easter Egg Thursday, March 14 th 1:30 p.m. in the Study Cooking Club: Loaded Tator Tot Cups Thursday, March 21 st 1:30 p.m. in the Study Cooking Club: Mini Bundt Cake Thursday, March 28 th 1:30 p.m. in the Study

Catered Living residents are invited to join us in Celebrating Florence’s 100th Birthday!

Thursday March 7th 1:30 p.m. in the Study

Sharing Life & Making Memories Cooking Club : Cranberry Brie Bites

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Arts & Crafts : Wooden Hearts

Cooking Club : Heart Cookies

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