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Activity Calendars
Below is current months activity calendars that shows all the activities available to residents, as well as events and more…
July 29, 2016
Brightmore University at Brightmore of Wilmington retirement community presented, “The Vietnam War and Agent Orange”: Lasting Effects for Generations to Come, presented by Rossi Nance, President, NC Vietnam Veterans Association Tuesday, July 26th. It was the War that will not end. It is the War that continues to stalk and claim its victims for decades after . . . Read More
July 27, 2016
On The 18th, Madeline, Brightmore of Wilmington retirement community’s Wellness Director, had a H2O afternoon for the residents teaching them the importance of drinking water and staying hydrated daily. Madeline realizes that most individuals do not like to drink just “plain water.” She showed them a healthy fun alternative to flavor their water instead of . . . Read More
July 26, 2016
Brightmore of Wilmington retirement residents set off on an afternoon trip to the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue & Rehabilitation Center in Surf City. It was everyone’s first time going to the center, and we are so glad that we did! The staff were very thorough in helping us learn about the conservation and protection of . . . Read More
July 25, 2016
Brightmore University hosted our 2nd Summer Arm Chair Travel Series, “Summer in New Zealand : Sights from a Thousand Miles of Islands”, presented by Dick Hayes, President, NH County Senior Center’s VOCAL, Inc. at Brightmore of Wilmington retirement community. Dick took us on a fabulous journey as we traveled to New Zealand from Auckland to . . . Read More
July 15, 2016
The “It’s Never 2 Late” technology program at The Commons at Brightmore allows our residents to engage technology and the Internet like never before. On Wednesday, July 14, 2016, our residents decided to watch their favorite Johnny Carson clips, and then used YouTube to watch Tony Bennet and Lady Gaga perform some of their favorite tunes. . . . Read More
A Matter of Survival: The Story of Frances On Thursday, July 7th, 2016 the Kempton had a interesting guest speaker, author of A Matter of Survival: The Story of Frances, Arleen Mercorella. Mrs. Mercorella is also the daughter of the main character in the nonfiction book. She author wrote this book as a tribute to her . . . Read More
July 6, 2016
Brightmore of Wilmington Independent Living successfully celebrated their 2nd Annual “Salute to the Troops Concert & Dance” on Thursday, June 30th! Over 300 guests came to celebrate an early “4th of July” and also recognize all the Veterans who faithfully served our country. The program started with American Legion’s Post 10 presenting the colors, the . . . Read More
July 5, 2016
This week, Brightmore University presented their “Up to Date” series, “Bathing Beauties in Vintage Post Cards, Part 1”: An Illustrated Presentation, presented by Elaine Henson, Wilmington Native & Historical Researcher. Elaine guided us through the years of Bathing Costumes using historical postcards of a bygone era ranging from the late 1800s until the 1940s, illustrating . . . Read More