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What's New
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| Our residents enjoy music on special holidays such as Valentine's Day |
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Special Music & Entertainment
Gloryland singers performed for our resident's Valentine's Day Party.
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| Country music is a favorite here at Valley View Village. |
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Country Cross Music Duo
Guitar & Vocal
This country group performed vintage country and country gospel.
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| Piano playing is a community favorite! |
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David Chamberlain performs at a recent event.
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| Our residents enjoy music of all types - here we are entertained by guitar music. |
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David Winchester recently entertained us with his wonderful guitar playing!
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| Beautiful music for a beautiful Christmas season! |
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The Valley View Village Singers performed at our recent Christmas program.
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| Many talented people call Valley View Village home! |
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Valley View's Got Talent - our residents perform!
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| Participants learned many valuable techniques to prevent falls at our recent onsite class. |
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Special Classes
Our recently held class "Matter of Balance" helped participants view falls and fear of falling as controllable and helped them to set realistic goals for increasing activity, provided ideas on how to change their environment to reduce fall risk factors; and promoted exercise to increase strength and balance. This was
co-taught by Valley View Village Home Care Coordinator Lois Lombard along with coaches Margaret DeSio and Sherry Knox from the Polk County Health Department.
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| The Fast Horses show their Native American dress and instruments. |
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Cultural Experiences
The Native American family The Fast Horses recently performed showing Native American costume, dance and instruments.
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| Friends gather at our recent popcorn social. |
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Socials - On & Off Campus
Our "Popcorn Socials" are a "pop"ular event at Valley View Village! Our residents gather together to share some delicious fresh popped popcorn; and to visit and socialize together. There's nothing that smells quite as good as fresh popped popcorn!
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| What goes better with pie than ice cream? |
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Our pie and ice cream socials are a cool treat in the summer time!
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Our helpers are ready to do some scooping!
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| Monthly lunch outings are just one of the many activities going on here at Valley View Village. |
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Our monthly lunch outings are always a big hit!
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Lots of good food and fellowship at our picnic on September 28th.
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Our annual picnic at Thomas Mitchell park was a little chilly; but full of warm friendships and good food!
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| Bring your green thumb to the Garden Club! |
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Special Clubs
Our Garden Club enjoys special projects such as these. Our 16 acres is a beautiful place to walk and enjoy!
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| A nice water feature adds variety to the area. |
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Another Garden Club project!
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| Friends gather at the Men's Coffee Club. |
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Our Men's Coffee Club meets every Thursday morning for fun and fellowship.
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| Our Ladies Guild Board members plan many events during the year. |
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Our Ladies Guild organizes and promotes many fundraising and social activities on our campus. Pictured are some of board members who help to organize and plan these events.
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| Village Buddies spend some time outdoors together. |
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Our "Village Buddies" program is a wonderful opportunity for independent residents to be a "buddy" to a resident in the health center. They spend time enjoying each others company and mutual interests.
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| Village Buddies enjoy spending time together playing games in our recreation room. |
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Our "Village Buddies" program is a wonderful way for independent residents to invest some time with those who are living in our health center. New friendships are a blessing to all!
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| Our Ladies Guild Board members plan many events during the year - they are a busy group! |
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Fundraising Events
The Ladies Guild organizes a fall craft show, bake sale and sloppy joe supper as an annual fundraiser. It is always well attended!
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| Always a popular event, the dunk tank draws a long line at our carnival on June 26th. |
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The dunk tank is always a big hit at the carnival....we also had many carnival games, face-painting, a raffle and of course lots of good food!
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| Residents share a smile at our recent fundraiser. |
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Our Valley View Village Carnival held on June 26 is a fun way to raise money for our campus.
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| Valley View Village is a sweet place to live! |
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Community Outreach
Valley View Village recently particpated in A Taste of Altoona in October.
Our theme was "Valley View Village is a Sweet Place to Live."
Our residents and staff provided delicious sweets and our decorated assisted living building made our booth complete!
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| We had lots of treats for all who attended a Taste of Altoona recently. |
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Our booth at "A Taste of Altoona" event.
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| Valley View Village is truly a sweet place to live! |
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This photo sums it up!
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