On Tuesday Chef Ryan wowed us with his impressive pizza dough slinging skills at The Commons of Brightmore. He whipped up a batch of pizza rolls for us to enjoy and the cheese and pepperoni filled rolls were delicious. In case you don’t have your own Chef to whip up some fresh pizza dough many …Read More…
The Kempton at Brightmore started a 6 months series with hearing specialist Pam Poreddie. Through government funding she is able to come two times a month, free of charge, to teach our residents how to live with hearing loss and how to communicate with those that have a hearing deficit. Pam gives Kempton residents tools to use and teaches …Read More…
Once a month, Gene Boland, retired US Navy weatherman and science/physics teacher, provides an educational discussion group at Brightmore of Wilmington. Each month he provides a new topic of discussion with pamphlets with a wealth of information and beautiful pictures to accompany each topic. This month, we discussed the menace of the 1980’s, “The Ozone …Read More…
What better way to spend a Friday afternoon than coming to our own Executive Chef’s cooking demonstration? Chef Ryan wowed us by preparing a delicious creamy spinach dip. He showed us step by the step the process of making this fabulous zesty dip! Of course we all to sample it and gave it 5 stars!!! …Read More…
Brightmore University presented a “Sweetheart Brunch” on Sunday, February 14th, 2016, to celebrate Valentine’s Day with the residents of Brightmore of Wilmington and also with our friends in the community. When you think of Valentine’s Day you think of roses, candy, hearts, balloons, mimosas’, chocolate desserts, good food, and beautiful music…Brightmore had all of this …Read More…
This week Brightmore University presented, Live More with “Qi Golf” presented by Keith Webb, Certified Practice Leader, Qigong & Tai Chi Easy. Residents of Brightmore joined Keith Webb on Monday to learn the basics of Qi Golf to not only improve their golf game, but to also learn healthy breathing techniques to clear your mind …Read More…
“Throw for a Healthy Heart” on National Wear Red Day! Friday, February 5th was National Wear Red Day to support the American Heart Association. Every year at Brightmore, we plan a “healthy heart” activity and healthy raffle baskets, so we can raise money for our own “Heart Healthy” activity in the spring. This year our …Read More…
What better pie to try out for our 3rd annual pie bake off than Gene Autry’s famous peanut butter cream pie! Creamy peanut butter, graham cracker crust and hot fudge topping made this pie absolutely delicious. We whipped it together in no time and spent the morning thanking Gene Autry for this tasty recipe. This pie …Read More…
Brightmore University’s “Armchair Traveler’s” Series opened with its first out of three presentations for the semester with, “Iceland: A 2015 Photographic Journey” presented by Les and Patty Conner, photographers and members of the Cape Fear Camera Club. We thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon of their photos from a professionally guided tour they took in May and …Read More…
Many residents gathered in our Country Kitchen for the “Healthy Eating Social”; I think all our minds were thinking alike since the holidays and after eating all our holiday favorite foods we all over indulged in. Our residents were served vegetables such as carrots, broccoli, celery, snow peas, etc., along with some fresh fruits like watermelon, pineapple, …Read More…
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