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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
PAGE 3 THE SUMMIT HILL HERALD SEPTEMBER
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