September

The Summit Hill Herald

Summit Hi l l Senor Living

Chef’s Table 2

Marketing Minute 2

Nursing Notes 2

Resident Spotlight 3

Staff Spotlight 3

Happy Birthday 3

Fun with Activities! 4

Inside this issue:

Did You Know?

September’s name

comes from the Latin

word septem, meaning

“seven.” This month had

originally been the sev-

enth month of the early

Roman calendar.

In Old England, Sep-

tember was

called Haervest-monath.

This is the time to gath-

er up the rest of the har-

vest and prepare for the

winter months.

September’s Flower

Asters are symbols of

powerful love. Morning

Glories are simple sym-

bols of affection.

September’s Birthstone

The sapphire, which was

once thought to guard

against evil and poisoning.

September Astronomy

September’s full moon,

the Full Corn Moon,

reaches peak illumina-

tion on Wednesday, Sep-

tember 2, at 1:23

a.m. EDT. For the best

view of the full Moon,

look skyward on the

night of the 1st!

Just for fun days…

National Happy Cat Month

9/1 Tofu Day

9/4 World Beard Day

9/7 Labor Day

9/8 Hug Your Hound Day

9/11 Patriot Day

9/13 Grandparents Day

9/17 Constitution Day

9/18 Rosh Hashanah

9/21 International Day of

Peace

9/22 Autumnal Equinox

9/24 Punctuation Day

9/26 Johnny Appleseed

Day

9/27 Yom Kippur

9/29 Michaelmas

Splendid September

2021

Director’s Cut By Yehuda Polter

The Jewish New Year is

upon us. Rosh Hashana is

September 6th-8th. Rosh

Hashanah (literally,

“Head of the Year”) is the

Jewish New Year, which

marks the beginning of a

10-day period of prayer,

self-examination and re-

pentance. Rosh Hasha-

nah is celebrated on the

first day of the Hebrew

month of Tishrei, which—

because of differences in

the solar and lunar calen-

dar—corresponds to Sep-

tember or October on the

secular calendar. Cus-

toms associated with the

holiday include sounding

the shofar, eating a round

challah, and tasting ap-

ples and honey to repre-

sent a sweet New Year.

We are at your service!

Yehuda Polter

Executive Director

Cosmina Strain

Director of Marketing

Kelli Leonard

Director of Nursing

Alexandra Olson

Director of Life Enrichment

Cuyler Kappenman

Director of Maintenance

Scott Flewelling

Culinary Director

helps keep your joints, tendons,

and ligaments flexible.

Have your eyes and hearing

tested. Even small changes in

sight and hearing may cause

you to fall. Always wear your

prescribed glasses or hearing

aids!

Find out about the side effects

of any medicine you take. If a

drug makes you sleepy or dizzy,

tell your nurse or doctor.

Get enough sleep. If you are

sleepy, you are more likely

to fall.

Limit the amount of alcohol you

drink. Even a small amount of

alcohol can affect your balance

and reflexes. Studies show that

the rate of hip fractures in older

adults increases with alcohol

use.

If you take care of your overall

health, you may be able to lower

your chances of falling. Most of the

time, falls and accidents don't "just

happen." Here are a few tips to help

you avoid falls and broken bones:

Stay physically active! Regular

exercise improves muscles and

makes you stronger. It also

In 1989, the National Honey Board

declared the month of September as

National Honey Month as a way to

promote the beekeeping industry,

beekeeping in the United States

and, of course, honey! While we all

know honey as Mother Nature’s

sweetener, the many uses of honey

is extensive. Take a look at some

favorite uses for honey outside of

the kitchen for proof!

Create a simple homemade face

wash by mixing a drop of honey

with warm water in your hand

and then rubbing the mixture

all over your face.

Relax in the tub by adding hon-

ey and olive oil to your bath

water for a moisturizing skin

conditioner.

Add honey, along with ginger

and lemon juice, to your tea or

oatmeal to help calm your

nerves. Some even say it can

help settle an upset stomach,

too.

Help nourish chapped lips by

combining honey, beeswax, ol-

ive oil and cocoa butter for a

homemade lip balm.

Help soothe your sore throat by

eating honey straight and let-

ting it slowly slide down your

throat for relief.

Speaking of different types of hon-

ey, be sure to educate yourself on all

the varieties, including clover, raw,

orange and organic, just to name a

few. Each one has its own unique

flavor. Which one is your favorite?

And while September isn’t exactly

the best time of year to plant flow-

ers, it’s never too early to start

planning for next spring. Start by

making plans to build your own bee-

friendly garden!

Thanks to its relaxing effects,

you are bound to have a health-

ier heart when you have a pet

cat.

Purring helps you heal faster. If

you have an injury and need to

mend your bones, petting a cat

and the sound of its purring

might help you heal faster.

September is National Happy Cat

Month. My family and I have a very

large maine coon cat, that we adore.

There are also some great physical

and psychological benefits to own-

ing a cat.

Cat Owners Have a Healthier

Heart Science reveals petting a

cat has real health benefits.

Having cats around can have

a dramatic impact on our mind-

sets. According to scientists, if

you spend anywhere from 15 to

30 minutes per day with your

cat — cuddling, playing or just

hanging out — your mood

might get a boost.

Marketing Minute By Cosmina Strain

Chef ’s Table By Scott Flewelling

Nursing Notes By Kelli Leonard

PAGE 2 THE SUMMIT HILL HERALD SEPTEMBER

This month we are shining a spot-

light on our resident Juanita. She

has lived with us at Summit since

2012! Everyone will always describe

Juanita as humorous, easy going,

and cleaver. In her free time she

enjoys doing wordsearches, ceram-

ics, playing cards or games, attend-

ing bingo, and doing jigsaw puzzles.

Her family is her biggest life high-

light. She has two sons and a few

grand children that she loves to

spend time with. Another one of

Juanita’s favorite things is to trav-

el. She would take a cruise every

year to a different location. She

likes how everything is included in

your stay the most. Juanita’s favor-

ite place she has traveled is the Vir-

gin Islands or Barbados. She loved

the weather there and it was

breathtakingly beautiful.. If Juanita

could drink one beverage for the

rest of her life it would be a tie be-

tween Cherry Coke and Dr. Pepper

and if she were to have a movie

made of her life she would want

Whoopie Goldberg to play her; be-

cause of her humor and intelligence.

Juanita is also a big sports fan, her

teams are the Twins and the North

Stars. The greatest challenge

Juanita has had to overcome is loos-

ing loved ones. Her sister when she

was a child and her mother as an

adult. Her advice and moto is to ‘Let

things go and accept the things

you cannot change, change the

things you can.

9/1 Afia A.

9/1 Veronica C.

9/10 Scot H.

9/25 Bonnie R.

Staff Spotlight

Resident Spotlight

Happy Birthday!

to spend time with her children and

fiancé, shoot pool, listen to music,

and watch football (she is a big

Packer’s fan.) She is looking for-

ward to going on her real vacation

outside of Minnesota in December.

She is going to Disney World! Work-

ing as a caregiver, Evonne gives

advice to others, “ Always take care

of yourself, so you can help others.”

She says, “self care is most im-

portant so you will be able to be

their for your residents.” We are so

happy to have Evonne as one of our

caregivers.

This month we are shining a spot-

light on one of our home health aid

advisors. Evonne has worked at

Summit for several years . Her fa-

vorite part of her job is helping oth-

ers, she is a true caregiver and her

number one priority is making sure

residents are comfortable. Every-

one will describe Evonne as hard-

working, dependable, driven, and

hilarious. In her free time she likes

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fourth Tuesday each month at

2:00pm. We also have a card/game

club starting at 6:00pm on Satur-

days and the Little Store will be

open on Saturday’s at 4:00pm.

Please let me know if you have

any ideas for future activities.

Please join us for activities in As-

sisted living! We usually meet at

11:00am, 2:00pm, and 4:00pm

Monday –Friday. There are resi-

dent lead activities on the calen-

dar for the weekends too! Check

out your calendar. Activities are a

great way for you to meet new

people in your community and

most importantly, have something

fun for you to do! We are doing

some really great outings this

month, including The Great MN

Get Together!! Make sure to sign

up on the Activity Board, I post

the sign up every Monday morn-

ing for the outing for the following

week. We now have two Bible

Studies happening. Tom will have

one every Sunday at 2:00pm and

Pastor Harold will have a Baptist

Bible Study on the second and

Fun With Activities! By Alexandra Olson