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September 2017First & Main Metro HealthVillage StaffBryan Cramer

Executive Director—

Rachelle TranAssociate Executive Director

—DaleTron Thompson

Interim Health and Wellness Director—

Syndi RichmondDirector of Excitement

—Vinnie Augustoni

Dining Service Director—

David ClarkPhysical Plant

—Amanda Henritz

Memory Care Manager

Letter From the Executive DirectorFirst & Main Friends and Family,Two years! First & Main Assisted Living & Memory

Care has been open to the community for two yearsalready. Time truly does fly by. Even though I havebeen with First & Main for only 11 months, I can onlyimagine the positive changes those who have been withus since day one have seen. A lot has changed in twoyears: the needs of the community, staffing and thenumber of residents we serve has increased. August hasbeen the busiest month that the community has seensince opening day. This is a popular time of year forresidents and families to look for placement as childrenare heading back to school and the season is changingbefore the winter season comes into full effect. As thecommunity grows, we thank each of you for continuingto welcome all of the new faces.

First & Main Of Metro Health Village is lookingforward to working with Nurse Practitioner RanganathK. Athri, Dr. William Silverstone and Dr. StephenDallas to better serve the residents of the community.The philosophy of these three level up to ourphilosophy within our very own community. They takethe time to listen to what the resident needs and whatthe staff needs to help keep residents healthyand comfortable.

I want to thank the staff and community for makingFirst & Main the best community to be a part ofwhether you are a resident, family member, staffmember or visitor. We strive to serve the Wyoming andsurrounding area and make it feel like home versus justa facility. Let us know how we can go above andbeyond because after all, this is your home and wework for you.

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Outings andSpecial Events

1 - Courtyard Committee5 - Bingo with Melanie

6 - Rock and Roll7 - Hymn Singing with Ruth

8 - Social Committee Meeting8 - Rock and Roll Delivery

9 - CRC Conference Grounds10 - Assisted Living Week

10 - Grandparents Day Social11 - Shopping at Meijer

11 - Lunch at Rush Creek12 - Dining Committee

12 - Therapy Dogs13 - John Ball Zoo

15 - Family Game Night16 - 2-Year Celebration18 - Shopping at Target

18 - Lunch at Noble18 - Town Hall

19 - Tai Chi with Chris19 - Papa Hoot

20 - Shopping at Dollar Tree22 - Heidi Smith Concert25 - Shopping at Meijer

25 - Lunch at Little Bangkok27 - Chris Sloan Concert27 - Shopping at Big Lots

Happy BirthdayTeeny R. - 13thEddie D. - 18th

Jan H. - 19thLiz K. - 21st

Shirley M. - 27thPaul V. - 30th

We would like to thank everyone whodonated toys during our recent Car Showand Toy Drive. There were so manydonations that we were able to split thembetween two Child Life Programs.Residents from the first and second floorwere able to go to The Helen DevosChildren’s Hospital and visit the Child LifeProgram. Child Life Programs offer safe,stress-free places for patients and theirsiblings to play. In a hospital setting thisminimizes fear and stress, can helpprovide education prior to medicalprocedures and offer support duringprocedures, support the patient in thecontext of his or her family, culture, anddevelopmental stage, and provide supportfor families and siblings who may beaffected by diagnosis, illness, trauma, orgrief. We were able to explore the ChildLife Office/Library, and the first floor of thechildren’s hospital (which many of us havenot seen since the building completion).Thank you to everyone who participated inthis great event; we can’t wait to do itagain next year. If you would like moreinformation on the Child Life Departmentand their service or how you can donate tothe program, please contact the Child LifeServices Office at 616-267-0100.

Why Exercise IsImportant to SeniorsExercise enables us to remain

as healthy and engaged in ameaningful life as possible. Aswe age, our muscles weaken; ourbones weaken; ourcardiovascular and circulatorysystems are not as efficient; ourbalance lessens; our eye sightworsens. All our systems beginto decline. These natural deficitsof aging make us much moresusceptible to the dangers ofinactivity. In addition, once thebody stops moving, the rest ofthe organ systems are likely todecline and one can developpneumonia, infections, bedsores, and other life threateningillnesses. Finally, exercise helpselevate mood and mentalcapacity. Even if an elderlyperson is not on bed rest, arelatively sedentary lifestyle cancause these same effects but at aslower pace. We are meant tomove. We offer many fun andactive ways for everyone at First& Main to stay healthy. Join usin the Physical Therapy Gym forfun cardiovascular workouts orask us about our HURequipment. We also offer WiiGames that are a great formof exercise.

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Rock and Roll atFirst & Main

On Labor Day we will bepainting rocks to hide in variousparks around Wyoming andHolland. The purpose of doingso is to document parks whererocks may be hidden onFacebook, and allow communitymembers in the surroundingareas to find them and returnthem to us for prizes. We will betaking trips to various parks onFriday, September 8th, to hidethe rocks for people to find!Please join us for this fun event.

Committee Meeting andTown Hall

If you would like to see any ofthe meeting minutes from thepast Dining, Social, or CourtyardCommittee meetings or TownHall, please ask someone in theExcitement Department. Theseminutes are always available foryou to look at and read throughat your leisure.

National AssistedLiving Week

September 10th through the16th is National Assisted LivingWeek. This year’s theme is“Family is Forever.” We have alot of fun family and friendsactivities going on that week, soplease feel free to invite all ofyour family and friends to

participate.During the week we will be

having the following specialevents: Grandparents Day PieSocial, Lunch with friends andfamily at Rush Creek Bistro,Family Portrait Projects, FamilyTree Projects, John Ball Zoo withfriends and family, Family GameNight, and we will end the weekcelebrating our two-yearanniversary.

If you have any questions, orwould like to sign up friendsand family for any of the events,please contact Syndi.

First & MainTwo-Year CelebrationPlease join us on Saturday,

September 16th, to celebrateFirst & Main’s Two-YearAnniversary. Our celebrationwill begin at 11am on theGranger Green and go until3pm. Lunch will be served atnoon and will include: hot dogs,hamburgers, potato salad,macaroni salad, chips, and cake.We will also have: a climbingwall/slide, snow cones, bingowith prizes, door prizes, and livemusic. If you have anyquestions, please contact Syndiat 616-931-5618.

If you have a party of six ormore, we are asking that youRSVP by September 13th. Welook forward to seeing everyoneat the celebration!

September 2017Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

18:30 House Calls

10:00 Cardio Drumming (PT Gym)2:00 Bingo! (Civic Center)3:30 Courtyard Committee

(Courtyard)4:00 Television Series (Theater)

“Downton Abbey”4:00 Happy Hour (Goldie’s Cafe)

28:30 House Calls1:30 Special Movie Feature

(Theater) “The Longest Day”2:00 Tai Cheng (Theater)3:30 Salad Garden Work Group6:30 Documentary Series (Theater)

“Aussie Gold Hunt”

38:30 House Calls2:00 Worship Service with Rick

Campbell (Chapel)3:00 Fellowship (Goldie’s Cafe)3:30 Resident Choice Card Game

(2FR)6:30 Television Series (Theater)

“Weird Wonders of The World”

Labor Day 48:30 House Calls

10:00 Labor Day Trivia and Coffee(Goldie’s Cafe)

10:30 Rock Painting (Goldie’s Cafe)2:00 BINGO! (Civic Center)3:30 Wii Bowling Tournament First

Round Semifinals Round 2(Theater)

58:30 House Calls

10:00 POUND! (PT Gym)11:00 Juice Bar (Goldie’s Cafe)2:30 Bingo with Melanie3:30 Hymn Singing (Chapel)4:00 Manicures (2FR)

68:30 House Calls

10:00 Bible Study with Res Life(Chapel)

2:00 Rock and Roll at First & Main3:00 Communion (Chapel)3:30 Wii 100 Pin Bowling (Theater)

78:30 House Calls

10:00 Farmers’ Market Walks10:30 POUND! (PT Gym)2:00 Hymn Sing with Ruth

(Chapel)3:00 Christmas Choir Practice

(Chapel)

88:30 House Calls

10:00 Social Committee (CivicCenter)

1:00 LulaRoe Pop Up Shop2:30 LulaRoe Fashion Show4:00 Happy Hour (Goldie’s Cafe)4:00 Television Series (Theater)

“Downton Abbey”

98:30 House Calls1:30 Special Movie Feature (Theater) “In

Like Flint”2:00 Tai Cheng (Theater)3:30 Salad Garden Work Group4:00 Christian Reformed Concert

Grounds Trip6:30 Documentary Series (Theater)


National Assisted Living Week 108:30 House Calls2:00 Worship Service (Theater)3:00 Grandparents Day Pie Social

(Goldie’s Cafe)4:00 Putt Putt (Courtyard)6:30 Family Movie (Theater)6:30 Television Series (Theater)


National Assisted Living Week 118:30 House Calls9:00 Baby Pictures Guess Who? (Front

Lobby)9:30 Shopping Outing to Meijer

11:30 Lunch at Rush Creek Bistro1:30 Open Gym (PT Gym)2:00 Family Portraits (Civic Center)3:30 Wii Bowling Tournament First Round

Semifinals Round 3 (Theater)

National Assisted Living Week 128:30 House Calls

10:00 Family Tree Project (Civic Center)2:00 Dining Committee Meeting

(Civic Center)3:00 POUND!4:00 Manicures (2nd Floor Family

Room)6:30 West Michigan Therapy Dogs


10:30 Bible Study (Theater)2:00 John Ball Zoo3:00 Communion (Chapel)3:00 Conversation Ball3:30 Wii 100 Pin Bowling (Theater)


10:00 Farmers’ Market Walk10:30 POUND! (PT Gym)2:00 Family Picture Project (Civic

Center)4:00 Famous Faces: How Well Do

You Know The First & MainStaff?


10:00 Cardio Drumming (PT Gym)2:00 Bingo! (Civic Center)3:30 Baby Pictures Guess Who

Reveal (Civic Center)4:00 Television Series (Theater)

“Downton Abbey”6:00 Family Game Night


11:00 First & Main 2-YearAnniversary Celebration onThe Granger Green

2:00 Tai Cheng (Theater)3:30 Salad Garden Work Group6:30 Documentary Series (Theater)


178:30 House Calls2:00 Worship Service with Pastor

Veldt (Chapel)3:00 Fellowship (Goldie’s Cafe)3:30 Resident Choice Card Game

(2FR)6:30 Television Series (Theater)


188:30 House Calls9:30 Shopping Outing to Target

11:30 Lunch at Noble1:30 Open Gym2:30 Town Hall (Civic Center)3:30 Wii Bowling Tournament

Semifinals Round 4 (Theater)

198:30 House Calls9:30 Tai Chi with Chris (Civic

Center)11:00 Juice Bar2:30 Papa Hoot! (Civic Center)4:00 Manicures (2FR)

208:30 House Calls

10:00 Bible Study (Theater)2:00 Shopping Outing To Dollar

Tree3:00 Communion (Chapel)3:30 Wii 100 Pin Bowling (Theater)

218:30 House Calls

10:00 Farmers’ Market Walk10:30 POUND! (PT Gym)

2:00 Saucy Ladies Cooking(Goldie’s Cafe)

3:00 Christmas Choir Practice(Chapel)

First Day of Autumn 228:30 House Calls

10:00 Cardio Drumming (PT Gym)2:00 Heidi Smith Concert (Chapel)4:00 Television Series (Theater)

“Downton Abbey”4:00 Happy Hour (Goldie’s Cafe)


(Theater) “Little Boy”2:00 Tai Cheng (Theater)3:30 Salad Garden Work Group6:30 Documentary Series (Theater)


248:30 House Calls2:00 Worship Service with Bethany

United Reformed Church (Chapel)3:00 Fellowship (Goldie’s Cafe)3:30 Resident Choice Card Game (2FR)6:30 Television Series (Theater) “Weird

Wonders of The World”

258:30 House Calls9:30 Shopping Outing to Meijer

11:30 Lunch at Little Bangkok1:30 Open Gym2:00 Bingo! (Civic Center)3:30 Wii Bowling Tournament

Championship Game

268:30 House Calls

10:00 POUND! (PT Gym)11:00 Juice Bar

2:00 Workshop Projects3:30 Hymn Singing (Chapel)4:00 Manicures (2FR)

278:30 House Calls

10:00 Bible Study (Theater)10:30 Chris Sloan Concert (Civic

Center)2:00 Shopping Outing to Big Lots3:00 Mass (Chapel)3:30 Wii 100 Pin Bowling (Theater)

288:30 House Calls

10:00 Farmers’ Market Walk10:30 POUND! (PT Gym)

2:00 Saucy Ladies Cooking(Goldie’s Cafe)

3:00 Christmas Choir Practice(Chapel)

298:30 House Calls

10:00 Cardio Drumming2:00 Bingo! (Civic Center)4:00 Happy Hour (Goldie’s Cafe)4:00 Television Series (Theater)

“Downton Abbey”


(Theater) “Best In Show”2:00 Tai Cheng (Theater)3:30 Salad Garden Work Group6:30 Documentary Series (Theater)


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We had a BLAST Tie-Dyeing shirts for ourWoodstock Anniversary Celebration! Itwas a messy process, but the results wereamazing!

Tie-Dyeing is messy work, but worth it!Being careful and getting the right amountof saturation is key.

What a fun day to sit in the Courtyard andmake beautiful art that we can wear! Ican’t wait to see the results!

Neighborhood

Holland StatePark Outing

Memory CareProgramming

Our programming highlightsmany different aspects of oneperson’s life. Each calendar day

we include activities that arephysical, creative, social, andtouch on one of our five senses.Weekly we have enhancedspiritual and music therapyprograms. Please visit ourmemory care for a calendar.

Peace, Love andRock ‘n’ Roll

The most famous rock festivalof the 1960s, Woodstock Musicand Art Fair, opened Aug. 15,1969. A crowd estimated atmore than 400,000 peoplegathered for the three-day eventin upstate New York.

Here at First and Main wecreated our own Woodstock fullof tie-dye and rock music.Happy birthday, Woodstock!

Performance by Swingtooth

Gathering of The Hippies

Drum Circle

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Story CubesStory Cubes have

taken our creativityto another level. Weroll the dice and

build our story based on thepictures we see on them. Thehighlighted words were the wordsgiven to us. Please enjoy our storywritten by Ruth, Martha andKayleigh.

Three amazing ladies enteredthis year’s Time TravelingOlympics. They are the reigningchampions and are trying to takethe gold for the 6th year in arow. Their secret to success istheir Submarine named Ravenwith its fast speeds and greatalarm system. The TimeTraveling Olympics have beenaround for 100 years since 3017.The way the Olympics work isyour team is given an artifactthat you must travel back intime and find the exact momentit was created. This year Martha,Ruth and Kayleigh were given atreasure map from the Vikings inIceland. The team loads up theRaven with all the suppliesneeded for the dangerousjourney. They strap themselvesinto their seats and got ready forthe plunge. Ruth was the ship’scaptain and Martha was thenavigator. Kayleigh was theirassistant and provided snacks.Ruth readied the engines whileMartha laid out the maps.“Everybody buckled up andready to Rock and Roll?” Ruthasked. Martha and Kayleigh gavea thumbs up and off they went.

They plunged under the waterand they were instantlyconfronted by a giant uglysquid. The squid wrapped hislong tentacle around thesubmarine. Everything isshaking off the shelves and theteam had no time to scream.Martha grabbed the camera andflashes the squid hoping to scareit away. The flash went off, theshaking instantly stopped andthe squid swam away. They allsqueal with happiness and thennotice they are approaching thebeaches of the times of theVikings. Ruth directs thesubmarine off the waves andonto the beach. The landing issuccessful and the team vacatesthe submarine.

They gathered their suppliesand started walking the beach.They noticed Viking Helmetsand goblets, always a good sign.As they were wandering theyused the map to guide them.They are just about to reach the“X” that marks the spot whenthey hear talking. They freezeand listen carefully. Two Vikingmen were talking. They all snuckaway and ventured back to theirsubmarine. As we approach thebeach we realize oursubmarine’s alarm system is“cawing” They race to it to findit’s in flames. They attempt tosplash water on it, it’s nothelping. Just then it began torain. After an hour or so the firewas put out. Ruth assesses thedamage. “It will take months tofix!” Well, I guess we will hangout here with the Viking men.

Art for All Ages

5812 Village Drive SW

Wyoming, MI 49519

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other and fully engaged in the things they enjoy. Nestled in a developed, walkable area

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living environment that is well-connected, active, and modern.

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