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Important Dates and Holidays

The Shore Line Monthly Newsletter of the Activit ies Department

Island Shores Senior Residence

WELCOME ABOARD NEW RESIDENTS!

Benjamin Petrizzi

Anna Eremita Marilyn Pugliese Mary Quattocchi

Gail Shaw Henry Toedt

THINKING GREEN IN MARCH

Despite the extended winter season, we did our best to bring a little green indoors this month with Spring-themed activities and back-to-back St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. However, outdoors it was another story altogether. I am that sure you have all heard the expression “in like a lion, out like a lamb” which is used to describe the month of March. While this may have been true in previous years, we’ve seen no signs of lambs this month with all the cold weather, heavy winds and rains. And can you believe that we had a snowstorm (one of the many this year) on the first day of Spring, March 20? If this weather hasn’t been wild enough for you folks, our local weather forecasters predict an unseasonably cool April as well.

Nonetheless, we hope that you stayed warm indoors and enjoyed our green-themed celebrations this month. And do not worry⎯in just a few weeks we will be taking our lawn chairs out of storage so that you can start working on your lovely tans during the warmer days ahead.

Until then…Happy Spring and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Sláinte, Margaret

ST. PATRICK’S DAY

SATURDAY MARCH 17

1 ST DAY OF SPRING

PASSOVER BEGINS

FRIDAY MARCH 30

Thanks to our loyal and generous leprechaun,

Cathy Coker, the Activ it ies staff had plenty of

decorations and inf latables for our annual

St. Patr ick’s Day party .

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We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in style this year with two days of events that incorporated Ireland’s history, culture, music and food. On Thursday, March 15, local historian and Island favorite, Pat Salmon, conducted a presentation entitled The Irish of Staten Island in the Lane Theater. Pat’s lecture and accompanying slides were so interesting that many of our ardent bingo players missed the day’s game because they stayed until the end of Pat’s presentation (which went a half hour over the usual allotted time). The following morning, Margaret conducted an Armchair Travel class for a bunch of interested folks who gathered in the Computer Room. She took residents on a journey through Ireland and then shared photos from her recent trip to the Emerald Isle. After lunch, the residents proceeded to the Shores Game Room in order to listen to Celtic Reel—a wonderful duet who has been performing traditional Irish music at Island Shores for the past several years. And while these musicians were serenading our folks, the Activities staff served a variety of Irish beers and cheeses to all. We hoped that you enjoyed Island’s Irish celebration this month! And may you have the ‘luck of the Irish’ throughout the remainder of the year.

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WE HAD A WEE BIT OF FUN CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK’S DAY

It was a fu ll house at both of our Ir ish-themed presentations during the week of

St . Patr ick’s Day.

Celt ic Reel performed tradit ional Ir ish music at our annual St. Patr ick’s Day Celebration on March 16. Seasoned fiddler and teacher James Cleveland of the I r ish Arts Center in Manhattan

jo ined s inger and gui tar ist Valer ie Gates, a native Dubl iner.

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We had two lucky winners⎯residents’ Sandy T. and Carole O.⎯for last month’s Wedding Photo Contest. These savvy ladies guessed all of the eight couples whose pictures were displayed on a whiteboard before bingo for two weeks prior to the contest. And believe me, it was no easy feat guessing the identities of these lovely couples because most of their wedding photos were taken over 60 years ago. Congratulations Sandy and Carole! Each of our winners was awarded a beautiful handmade, crocheted blanket to keep warm through the rest of this unending cold season. If you would like to submit a photo for next month’s Wedding Photo Contest (round two folks!), please see Nancy in the Activities Department.

WEDDING PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS

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Residents Sandy T . and Noami N. (Noami won our

Baby Picture Photo Contest ) pose in f ront of this

month’s Wedding Photo submissions .

Mac O’Callaghan March 3 Joseph Murnane March 3 Madelyn Harte March 4 Teresa Lopez March 5 Joan Sinclair March 8 Sandy Taverna March 13 Joseph Smith March 27

Corner of Famous Quotes

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot

and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light,

and winter in the shade.

Charles Dickens English Novelist

1812 - 1870

Residents Sandy T . and Carole O., w inners of las t month’s Wedding Photo Contest, show off

thei r beautifu l pr izes.

ATT: RESIDENTS

PLEASE BE SURE TO SUBMIT YOUR WEDDING PHOTO* TO NANCY IN THE

ACTIVITIES DEPT. ASAP IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF ISLAND’S

NEXT WEDDING PHOTO CONTEST.

* Nancy will copy in color and return original photo to you right away)

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IRISH PUB OUTING WHEN: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28

WHERE: O’NEILL’S IRISH PUB MORE DETAILS WILL BE POSTED BEFORE OUTING.

Troop 5289 of our local Girl Scouts visited Island Shores in early March to sell delicious Girl Scout Cookies to hungry staff and residents. The troop’s leader initially brought in three boxes thinking that this supply would be enough for their sale at Island Shores. But unsurprisingly, this poor mom had to run back out to her car several more times before the sale concluded. After the cookie sale, these lovely young girls offered to call a few Bingo games for our residents. However, because we had another event planned for the afternoon, the group promised to return again in the near future for a round or two of Bingo. These Girl Scouts rock!

GIFTED YOUNG FLUTIST PERFORMS AT ISLAND SHORES

Talented young f lut ist Ell ie Cohen performs for residents in the Shores Game Room on

February 10.

GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE WAS YUMMY!

On February 10, residents and staff were treated to a classical recital by the young and talented flutist Ellie Cohen. Ellie’s repertoire for her first recital at Island Shores included works by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Haydn and Gossec⎯just to name a few. Her talented mom, who is an accomplished pianist and music director, accompanied Ellie. Ellie currently attends the Mark Twain Middle School for the Gifted and Talented in Brooklyn. But when she is not busy exceling at school, Ellie volunteers her time performing at various senior residences around New York area. We thank both mom and daughter for volunteering their time to perform at Island Shores.

The young Scouts from Troop 5289 conduct a cookie sale at Is land Shores In March.

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ISLAND’S ANNUAL CAMPFIRE GATHERING

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The Shore Line

Newsletter of Island Shores Activit ies Department

Is land Shores Senior Residence 1111 Father Capodanno Blvd.

Staten Island, NY 10306718 667-0666

E-mail Address: mprunty@islandshores.org

Both new and seasoned Island residents enjoyed one of our many Exercise classes in the

Wellness Center th is month.