January 2017 Spearly Hero Of The Month: Angelina Villanueva

Angie has been a dedicated and loyal Spearly associate for almost 20 years! Angie demonstrates truly nurturing the spirit of life in caring for all of our residents.  She offers a warm smile, an encouraging word and is always willing to provide assistance.  Angie is quick to look on the positive side of life and encourages others to do the same.  She consistently displays a strong work ethic and is always willing to help out where needed.  Her quiet and friendly demeanor are a pleasure to be around.  We appreciate Angie’s hard work, dedication, compassion and devotion to our residents and staff.  The Spearly Center community is grateful for your continued commitment Angie!

2016 Gift Giving Parade A Huge Success

This past holiday season was filled with gratitude, joy and compassion at The Spearly Center.  The annual Gift Giving Parade on December 23^rd was a huge success, as residents received a record number of 788 gifts from many dedicated employees from various organizations in our Denver metro area community.  We would like to thank the following organizations for their generous donations and hard work which made this holiday season at Spearly truly special.

·         D.R.C.O.G.- Denver Regional Council of Governments    https://www.drcog.org

·         Linger Restaurant     lingerdenver.com

·         Ophelia’s Restaurant     www.opheliasdenver.com

·         Root Down Restaurant     www.rootdowndenver.com

·         Empire Marketing Strategies     www.empirefoods.com

·         Western Area Power Administration    https://www.wapa.gov

Community in action… nurturing the spirit of life.

January 2017 Events in Denver, CO: Welcome New Beginnings

Welcome to 2017! What a wonderful time for us to reflect on the past year and forge ahead with new beginnings. January is a time to begin again; a time when we make (and sometimes break) our New Year’s resolutions and focus on how we want to improve in the coming year.

January is also the month that Juniper Village begins our Winter Alive In All Seasons theme of Creative Expressions: “Explore Your Creativity” where in January we will focus on music! Do you know that research shows that music can help us physically by easing pain, helping us sleep better, eat less and enhance our blood vessel function? It is also suggested that music can help us mentally by reducing stress, relieving symptoms of depression, elevating mood, decreasing anxiety and improving cognitive performance. Because of this, Juniper Communities has adopted the Music & Memory program.

Through the use of MP3 players and headphones our teams download personalized music for each resident. These musical favorites tap deep memories and can bring participants back to life, enabling them to feel like themselves again, to converse, socialize and stay present. Learn more about our Music & Memory program by talking with our Connections Director and consider making a donation to this worthwhile program. We accept donations of new or used iPods, new over the ear headphones and iTunes gift cards.

Join us this month as we explore our creativity through music with outings to local musical performances, Elvis’ birthday celebrations and concerts by our Joyful Noise Choirs. We invite you to Welcome New Beginnings at Juniper Village and make a resolution to join us for activities and events throughout the year!

Our fabulous January 2017 events in Denver, CO at Juniper Village at The Spearly Center include our:

§  Spearly Sidekick Super Star Karaoke: Elvis Presley because the “King of Rock and Roll” still reigns, our annual birthday bash to honor this musical icon will be filled with energy, enthusiasm and Spearly’s own Karaoke Super Stars, so we would like to invite friends, family and our neighbors to this event, to come mix and mingle with our Spearly family, enjoy some peanut butter and ‘nana bites, and sing one of your own Elvis favorites on January 8^th from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm.

§  2nd Annual Disco Fever Dance OFF as we are reminiscing to the 70’s in this disco inferno dance party, and this invitation is extended once again to our friends, family and neighboring communities, to feel free to wear your favorite ensemble that showcases your personality, while our local disc jockey will play tunes from Donna Summer, The Bee Gees, Blondie and other popular artists of that era on January 21^st from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm.

§  Joyful Noise Choir Concert because music is comforting, inspiring and beneficial for just about everyone, our Spearly residents would like to share their musical talents with you, so please join us as we host our first vocal performance event, the Joyful Noise Choir Concert, at this hearty invitation that is extended to our friends, family and Partners in Caring, and light refreshments will be served on January 30^th at 11:00 am.

We look forward to sharing our January 2017 events in Denver, CO at Juniper Village at The Spearly Center with you as you Welcome New Beginnings.