Christmas at Spearly

Once again at Spearly it's that festive time of the year to celebrate friendships, enjoy laughter and celebrate the little things in life. This years holiday party was a hugh success. Thanks to our volunteers who helped including Linger Restaurant, DRCOG and Fleece Navidad who donated gifts for all of our residents. Our residents LOVED their presents.

Spearly residents visit the Denver Zoo holiday lights

December is all about "Celebrate the little things!" The little things of seeing the holiday lights at the zoo were quite impressive to our residents. "Having hot cocoa and seeing the animals in the lights made our night," says one of Spearly residents.

FW: Veterans Day at Spearly

Veterans bring a unique touch to our Juniper Village Home. The Spearly family enjoyed the day honoring our 35 resident veterans along with many veteran staff members. Colors were shown with the branch of
service the veteran served along with nurturing each spirit that came to the event.

Tailgating Party!

Tailgating-The Spearly Way...This is how we "Show our Colors!"  The Bronco Cheerleaders came and helped us kick off our Annual Tailgating Party. Our residents and our neighbors enjoyed the grilled hot dogs, brats and tofu. We also had homemade chili, chips and plenty of refreshments. This was definitely an event you won't want to miss next year.  So, plan on attending and "Show your Colors!"  Review your monthly Village View Newsletter for more November programs you can attend to stay connected!

Spring Flings at Spearly 2011

As we celebrate the return of sunny days and bluer skies, we are reminded that life is about being alive in all seasons. Spring is about being given the chance to start anew and a time for growth. It is the perfect time to renew our commitment to staying active and believing in ourselves, that we can overcome anything we set our mind to. Keeping our minds active is one way to do that, and Spearly's residents truly enjoy our activities that promote healthy aging. We have had several exciting events throughout this Spring, each one inspiring our residents get their minds active and healthy! Our residents truly love our daily brain-building activities, from playing board games such as Monopoly, word extraction, banana grams, Wii Tennis and most famously, Wii Family Feud. And as the warmer weather fills our beautiful Colorado air, there has been plenty of fun outside as well....from planting daffodils and daisies to walking the hillside for that fresh air and sunshine....and as always, hanging out on our private patio.

Spearly has also celebrated Spring with a few notable holidays. There were memorable times egg-painting around our Spring Celebration Dinner with the residents and staff, as well as our Mother's Day Tea banquet, where raffle prizes were given to the residents. This event was quite a hit -  the mother's received rose pins and gifts, and the room was filled with laughter and cheer! 

Spearly Celebrates Outstanding State Review Results!

Congratulations to the entire staff at The Spearly Center for achieving such wonderful state review results! It was truly evident that the team at Spearly cares deeply for our residents from the results.The start of 2011 has proven to be a great year so far for the staff and residents. The staff's wonderful teamwork just proves that our care is top-notch, for we our committed to our mission,  "nurturing the spirit of life". We are all so proud of everyone here at The Spearly Center for ensuring that all of our residents have a fun,safe, and loving home here at Spearly - and the state agreed!

Indigo, Spearly's certified therapy dog, was also there in high spirits to be congratulated as a wonderful member of our staff... our residents love Indigo!

Nuturing the Spirit of Life Western Style

 Juniper Village the Spearly Center celebrated National Western Stockshow with a trip to the Rodeo. Thirty- two residents made a trip out to the Denver Colosseum and enjoyed exploring this cultural event.  Many of the residents have never experienced a rodeo before and came back excited and talking about the great time they had.
Juniper village the Spearly Center  ....... Nurturing the Spirit of life Western Style.  YeeeeeeHawwwwww!!!!!!

Exploring our Creativity Through Music

This month at the Spearly Center we are exploring our creativity through music.  We are celebrating the lives of great artists like Ray Charles and Elvis Presley.  We explore cultural diversity by celebrating a world music appreciation day.  We have had Music trivia and karaoke contests and will be celebrating National Kazoo Day on January 29th.  Don't be shy.  Come and toot your kazoo and nurture the spirit of life!

Holiday Fun at the Spearly Center

Juniper Village the Spearly
Center celebrated the
holidays with a trip to
Zoo Lights, a holiday party and a traditional Christmas meal. Residents and staff alike joined in and had a great time celebrating the little things this season has to offer.  We all took time to remember family and friends and old traditions and enjoying the fun starting new ones.

We look forward to new beginnings in the new year. We will continue to nurture the spirit of life by discovering and celebtrating our creativity through music, dance, and song.

Join in and let your voice be heard.