Each year the Kempton Assisted Living has an annual tree lighting ceremony. This year the tree lighting was held on Friday, December 1st. Residents gathered in the lobby of the Kempton to see the lighting of the Christmas trees. Scotti Stringz preformed Christmas carols for the residents to sing along. Christmas tree sugar cookies and …Read More…
What’s the worst part of watching a cooking show on television? Not being able to taste what you just saw being created. Well that’s not a problem here at The Commons at Brightmore as we have our wonderful chef Ryan McCoy come and prepare amazing dishes every month as part of the Cooking with Ryan …Read More…
Monday, the residents at the Kempton Assisted Living had a fun filled afternoon! Many residents gathered outside to view the eclipse. They also had a special guest, Bill Smith, who does caricature drawings. After viewing the eclipse, the residents enjoyed refreshments and took turns getting there caricature picture drawn. Everyone had a good laugh and …Read More…
Elaine Henson recently visited the Kempton Assisted Living to do a presentation on her collection of postcards. The presentation was called Bathing Beauties in Vintage Postcards Part 1. The presentation features the change the bathing suit has had over the years. All the postcards are part of Mrs. Henson personal collection. The presentation was very …Read More…
Monday June 5th, 2017 was National World Environment Day. The Kempton Assisted Living residents had a trash sweep around the campus in honor of this special day. Picking up trash is a great way to help keep our environment clean. After the trash sweep the residents of the Kempton had popsicles on the front porch. …Read More…
May 22nd through May 29th is Backyard Games week. The Kempton Assisted Living celebrated backyard games week on Monday May 22nd. The residents all gathered in the backyard at the Kempton to play some exciting games. The games included cornhole, horseshoes and croquet. Many residents played the games while some watched. The residents also enjoyed …Read More…
The Kempton residents celebrated Mother’s Day with a special tea party. All of the tea pots, cups and dishes were donated to the Kempton Assisted Living by a very special past resident’s family. The Kempton has turned their private dining room into a tea room dedicated to Flora Materio the resident. The Tea Party appetizers …Read More…
The first day of spring was Monday March 20, 2017. The Kempton celebrated the first day of spring with an afternoon Spring Equinox Social. The residents enjoyed fresh fruit that included pineapple, oranges, blackberries and blueberries. They also had refreshing punch made of orange sherbet, cranberry juice and ginger ale. An old folklore says you …Read More…
The Kempton is lucky to have our very own certified fitness instructor, Paula Scott. She comes to the Kempton three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings to teach our sit and stretch class. Each class has a variety of exercises that are done seated in a chair. Some classes include hand weights …Read More…
Brightmore Independent living’s theme this year was a “Groovy Kind Of Love” 60’s/70’s Picture Party. Residents of Brightmore donated pictures of themselves during the 1960’s and 1970’s. They also gave unique facts about themselves that no one knew. With this information, we created an interactive game for the residents to be a part of for …Read More…
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