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“With Courage” – A Salute to All Our Heroes from the Wilmington Symphonic Winds
November 14, 2018Brightmore took a group over to UNCW Kenan Auditorium for the Wilmington Symphonic Winds Concert titled “With Courage”, featuring the world premiere of Gehrig by Mark Camphouse. The concert was in memory of all our heroes with the most recent school shooting in California and all the lives that were lost during that tragic event. …Read More…
Music Therapy: Easing the Transition for End of Life
Brightmore University invited residents and our community to our last part in a Therapeutic Music Therapy series; “Gentle Music for Peaceful Transitions”: Part 3, presented by Therapeutic Musicians of Coastal Carolina, Julie Reader and Susan Creecy. This session allowed us to learn how “live” bedside music provides comfort to patients and families at home, in …Read More…
Brightmore’s Holiday Craft Bazaar
November 8, 2018Join Brightmore of Wilmington on Saturday, November 17th from 10:00am to 4:00pm for their 7th Annual Holiday Craft Bazaar Invite your Family and Friends to shop for Holiday gifts that the Brightmore Crafter’s have been working hard all year to create. 100% of the proceeds will go to Wilmington Hurricane Relief through the NHRMC Foundation …Read More…
Brighmore always celebrates Halloween in “Ghoul” Style!
November 3, 2018Even though Halloween is considered a kid’s day, Brightmore finds it one of the favorites to celebrate… “Sometimes it’s just nice to disguise yourself as something else” says a Brightmore resident. This year we had a Trivia Halloween Party. Party Gras Entertainment joined as they helped us throw a true Trivia Party! Residents teamed up …Read More…
Celebrating Halloween, The Kempton Style!
November 2, 2018Every year the Kempton Assisted Living has a costume contest and party to celebrate Halloween. This year’s party featured music by Coastal Blend, a band that has a singer, drummer, guitarist, violinist and a banjo player. The band makes the residents want to get up and dance. A variety of delicious Halloween goodies were served. …Read More…
Hearing, Vision and Memory Loss…What You Need To Know
October 31, 2018Brightmore University ended our October sessions with “Different Different World”: Living with Hearing, Vision & Memory Loss presented by Pam Poretti, Hard of Hearing Specialist with the Division of Services for Deaf & Hard of Hearing. Pam brought with her Janelle Taylor, Telecommunications Consultant and Christina Bauman, Community Accessibility Specialist to help present. The first …Read More…
Interacting with Nature Improves Quality of Life
October 28, 2018On Monday afternoon, the Kempton had the Ability Gardens visit. The residents made and decorated their own grass head out of pantyhose. They will watch as it sprouts and continues to grow over the next 3 – 6 months. It was a great activity and the residents cannot wait to see the grass heads grow. …Read More…
Brightmore’s Fall Lunch Fundraiser was a Success!
October 16, 2018Brightmore continues to fundraise for our Fall Festival and Dementia Alliance of NC by having our Annual Fall Lunch Fundraiser! This year we had a Baked Potato Bar with all the fixins accompanied by a fall season soup, Broccoli and Cheddar. It was so nice to see so many people come through our doors to …Read More…
Starting Off Fundraising with Style!
October 12, 2018Brightmore kicked off its fundraising season for Dementia Alliance of NC with inviting our Brightmore community, outside community guests, friends and family to our Annual “Fall Book & Gift Fair”, presented by Collective Goods. Brightmore’s Fitness Center changed into a department store for two days. It provided residents and others the opportunity to find friends …Read More…