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Activity Calendars
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Annual BBQ & Bluegrass Fall Festival is a Huge Success!
November 6, 2019
This year’s 11th annual BBQ & Bluegrass Fall Festival was a boot-stomping good time! A big “Thank you” to L-Shape Lot for playing for us again this year – a wonderful group who helped bring in the fall spirit! The festival had lots to offer to make this a family fun event! Everything from face painting, pumpkin painting to dancing; and the food was delicious thanks to the Morrison’s staff.
Everyone was able to enjoy a BBQ plate with all the fixings or a pulled pork taco while enjoying some great bluegrass music.
Let us not forget about all the amazing raffles donated by so many generous people around the community, campus, and outside areas.
Our Brightmore community is honored to be able to support Dementia Alliance of North Carolina every year, which funds programs, research, and focuses on supporting families right here in North Carolina; and this event never disappoints with the amount of money we collect through so many generous donations.
Thank you to everyone that attended, we will see you again next year!
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November 4, 2019
Brightmore University ended the second semester with a presentation on “Preventing Heart Disease and Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle” presented by Katie Monroe, NP with the Cardiology Division of Wilmington Health. Katie shared tips on preventing heart disease as we age and what we can do to promote a healthy lifestyle. Heart Disease is the leading …Read More…
October 30, 2019
Who doesn’t love going to the Pumpkin Patch? The Kempton residents visited the Pumpkin Patch on Monday, just in time for Halloween. The residents picked out there favorite pumpkin to display outside their apartment. After the Pumpkin Patch, the residents went to Krispy Kreme for donuts. Everyone had a great time! Happy Fall y’all!
October 17, 2019
Daphne Nelson – Piano Professional Daphne grew up in a family where everyone enjoyed music. Many evenings they would stand around the piano and sing together, which is something Daphne continued in her own home while raising her children. Daphne never met her great-grandfather, but she proudly owns his 1898 hymnal, which she holds in …Read More…
October 15, 2019
The Wellness Series of Brightmore University brought to the residents and our community, “The Evolving World of Pharmacy: Medication Adherence & Compliance Packaging” presented by Madison Gaskins, Pharm. D. Transitional Care Management Pharmacist, McNeill’s Pharmacy, in Whiteville, NC. It seemed more than appropriate to bring McNeill’s Pharmacy to Brightmore when Liberty community’s existence began right …Read More…
October 12, 2019
“Blindness separates us from things, but deafness separates us from people”. -Helen Keller. Once a month The Kempton Assisted Living has Care-O-Lina Hearing Center come. It is usually the second Tuesday of the month. They provide hearing aid cleaning and test services for any resident with hearing aids. They also change batteries and can help …Read More…
October 11, 2019
Brightmore University started the Fall semester with “All You Need to Know About Venus Flytraps”, the first in a two-part Horticulture Series that was presented by Richard Jones, NC Native, Naturalist, and NC Licensed to harvest Venus Flytraps from the Agriculture Department. Plant lovers of all kinds joined for this event. Richard started by asking, …Read More…
October 10, 2019
Residents at Brightmore participated in “Active Aging Games” last week, and they had a blast competing in teams all week! Every day there was a new way to earn points for their team, and at the end of the week, the team with the most points won! Tuesday, they had to go around the building …Read More…
October 9, 2019
BBQ and Bluegrass Join us as we kick off Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, Friday, November 1st, 4-8 PM At Brightmore of Wilmington Free Entertainment by LSHAPELOT.COM Tickets for sale for BBQ plates Tickets for sale for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages Several raffle items available on site Kids Activity Center Proceeds to Benefit Dementia Alliance of NC For …Read More…
October 7, 2019
Daphne Nelson, 90 years old and a resident of Brightmore for 4 years, has been playing the piano since she was 10 years old. Daphne grew up in Marian, NC listening to her grandmother play in the evenings as a young girl. She would watch her intensely and then try to play the same song …Read More…
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