April Birthdays

Yvonne H. April 1

Binnie R. April 4

Violet L. April 8

Sharon B. April 8

Alberta C. April 11

Olga A. April 12

Linda S. April 12

Roberta C. April 15

Phyllis B. April 19

Lou T. April 29

P A G E 4

Birthday Tea

Wednesday

April 27

@ 2:30 pm

in the MPR

with Brian Zalo

MUSIC & MEMORY

Our program aims to bring ipods with personalized playlists (songs that are meaningful

and specific to your family member) to each of our residents at Buchanan Lodge over the

next couple of years. Families can be a big help with this program by making a list of songs

their loved one living at Buchanan likes to listen to. Also, include favourite artists, favourite

songs from the past to the present, songs sung to you by

your parents, favourite plays and musicals, and specific genres

of music (country, classical, etc.). Once you have collected

the list please pass it on to Trish, Recreation Coordinator

(trishf@buchanan-lodge.com) so we can start adding songs

to an Ipod for your family member.

Buchanan

Welcomes

Care Aides:

Amitaj Kang

Jennifer Longoria

Carrie Wiseman

Mandeep Brar

Arina Nutall

Maintenance:

Chris Lumbama

Dietary Aides:

Kash O'Quinn

Harminderjit Kaur

(returning)

Paramjit Kailey

LPN

Lyndini Lasdoce

(former Care Aide)

Nadia Alip

Nurses:

Denise Carlyle

Spring Fair Donations We are requesting only the following items at this

time: purses, scarves, jewelry, and crystal items.

Please see Trish in the Recreation Coordinator

Office.

Miscellaneous

Donations

The recreation

department is

working on putting

together tinker boxes for the houses. Donations

of the following items can be dropped off in the

Recreation Office in Magnolia House: face cloths,

hand towels, (used not new) socks (don’t have to

match), buttons, keys, matchbox or hotwheels

cars, plastic animals, and baby blankets.

March Memories 1. When Irish eyes are smiling - Anne, Kay &

Harold are proudly wearing the green

2. Enjoying the Fraser Valley Irish Dancers

3. And loving the Irish fish and chips - so says

Sarah, Marjorie & Trish!

4. Betty loves our Urban Safari visitors

5. Janet & June try on some new accessories

6. Josie sports her trendy boa

7. But Jeannine prefers her silk scarf to ermine

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Y O U RY O U R

C A L E N D A R SC A L E N D A R S

Resident

Council

Meeting Wed. Apr. 13

1:45 pm in the

Reception area

Family

Council

Meeting Thurs. Apr. 21

11 am in the Boardroom

Volunteering? Please contact Trish Foley at

604 636 3654 or email her at trishf@buchanan-

lodge.com

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P A G E 2

B U C H A N A N B U Z Z

This world is confused enough without adding a day dedicated to more

foolishness, but we do it anyways! I’ve always loved a good prank and

hopefully we’ll start off this month with an equal to these classic April Fools

pranks:

Smell-o-vision -1965, BBC TV featured an interview with a professor who

had just invented a device called "smellovision." This miraculous technology

allowed viewers to experience in their own home aromas produced in the

television studio. The professor offered a demonstration by cutting onions

and brewing coffee. Many viewers called in to confirm that they distinctly

experienced these scents as if they were right there in the studio with him.

Chunnel Blunder - 1990, the News of the World reported that the

Chunnel project, which was already suffering from huge cost overruns,

would face another big additional expense caused by a colossal engineering

blunder. Apparently the two halves of the tunnel, being built simultaneously

from the coasts of France and England, would miss each other by 14 feet.

The error was attributed to the fact that French engineers had insisted on

using metric specifications in their blueprints. The mistake would reported-

ly cost $14 billion to fix.

Threenie - Here at home, in 2008, the CBC Radio program As It Happens

interviewed a Royal Canadian Mint spokesman who broke "news" of plans

to replace the Canadian five-dollar bill with a three-dollar coin. The coin

was dubbed a "threenie.”

April Fools Day reminds us that believing something doesn’t make it true.

Contrary to popular opinion, truth is not relative. There is no “my truth”

or “your truth,” only “the truth.” Believing the earth is flat, no matter how

passionate you are, will not change the shape of our very spherical planet.

Truth is not based on what we believe; however, what we believe should

be based on absolute truth.

If people hear something that is false and think that it’s true – we call them

a fool (eg. April Fools), Likewise, when someone hears something that is

true and thinks it’s false, the Bible says they are a fool. Psalms 14:1 says that

the fool says in his heart there is no God. The evidence is all around us. From

April showers to May flowers, creation is all the evidence

we need to know there is a Creator (check out Romans

1:18-22). Believe it - the Truth will set you free -

no fooling!

Chaplain Rob

Through every-

thing God made,

they can clearly

see his invisible

qualities - his

eternal power

and divine

nature. So they

have no excuse

for not knowing

God... Claiming

to be wise, they

instead became

utter fools.

Romans 1:18-22

Thought

for April

Coming Soon P A G E 3

Upcoming Movies

Drumstick Dinner Party Thursday, April 14th @ 5 pm

Drum Café performance

and interactive drumming session

$18 per person

Kentucky Fried Chicken

Fries & Gravy

Coleslaw

Ice Cream Drumsticks

Coffee, Tea & Punch

Please sign up on the house activity boards

or let Recreation know

Bedtime Stories

Sat. April 16 @ 6pm

Nature Video

Spring Fair 201

6 BUCHANAN LODGE

Saturday | April 30th | 10am - 2pm

Join us and support the Resident Council in

their annual Spring sale, featuring a variety of

crafts, hand painted ceramic gifts, home baking,

potted plants, and other Mother’s Day gift

ideas from Sofia’s silver, Pampered Chef,

Tupperware, Marie’s hand crafted jewelry,

Debra’s Geriatric Fashions, Sharon’s Cards &

walker satchels, antique milk glass. Also, a High

Tea luncheon is served from 10-2pm.

Africa

Nature Movie -TBA

Tues. April 5 @ 6pm

Volunteer

Appreciation

Dinner

Wednesday

April 20

5:30pm

A time to

honor all our

wonderful

volunteers

who make

Buchanan

the best

place

it can

be!

Hot Dog Fundraiser Tues. April 19 11-1:30 MPR

Available to all residents, staff

& visitors. Funds support the

Resident Council.

Hot dogs, potato chips

ice cream & drinks All for a fabulous price!