Monticello Chatterbox: October 2018

Happy October! I would like to thank everyone who helped us raise awareness and money last month to support the Alzheimer’s Association and #ENDALZ. The Monticello Nursing and Rehab Walk Team raised over $1000.00 from donations, a bake sale and our 50/50 drawing. We also participated in the Cedar Rapids...

Welcome Fall! During the month of October, you will see several activities based around pumpkins as October is National Pumpkin Month. To start off the month Chef Jason will have a cooking class where he will be making a pumpkin dessert. Making puzzle piece pumpkins, decorating pumpkins to display around...

Welcome October, The seasons are changing and we know what is coming next....COLDER WEATHER! This month is a good time to go through spring/summer clothes and make room for fall/winter clothing. Coats, gloves and a stocking hat are items each resident should have in their closet. These are important when...

Happy Fall! We will be celebrating our dietary staff October 1st-7th during Healthcare Food Service week. It takes a whole team to make the dietary department function. We are blessed to have such great members on our team! Our dietary department is managed by Julie Frost. Julie and the dietary...

Hello from Pennington Square, We enjoyed a busy month of September and are excited for October to bring in fall weather and changing leaves. In September we took a bus trip to the Mississippi River Museum in Dubuque. It was a beautiful day and the tenants enjoyed the Leonardo da...

Can you sew? Monticello Nursing & Rehab is in need of walker bags, catheter bag covers and aprons for painting activities!

Resident Birthdays Jim Adams- October 2 Marty Meader- October 3 Jan Stockman- October 6 Velma Chaplin- October 17 Joyce Farrington- October 17 Amy Gates- October 27 Donna Orr- October 28 Ann Schrader- October 30 Staff Birthdays Brittany Moenk- October 2 Gerene O’Brien- October 3 Keeley Anderson- October 3 Anna Coleman-...

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Aubrie Soper-9/5/2018 Grace Vasey-9/11/2018 Rhiannon Keast-9/14/2018 Alexia Kelly-9/14/2018 Sophia Ahlrichs-9/24/2018

Connie Breithbach