HomeMy WebLinkAboutJune 20189 East Creek Rd.
Nantucket, MA 02554
508.228.0462
Inside This Issue:
• Staff updates
• Social media
• Renovations
update
• Nantucket
Wheelers biking
program
Highlights:
1.Resident Quote
2.Employee &
Volunteer of the
Month
3.Upcoming Events
Staff Updates
We are wishing Susan Balester,
our Business Operations
Coordinator, a happy retirement!
Susan is retiring on June 5th after
ten years with Our Island Home
and fifteen years of service to the
Town of Nantucket. We will miss
you Sue!
Please also join us in welcoming
Michelle Kerwin, our new nurse!
Michelle has over 30 years of
nursing experience and we are
thrilled to have her be part of our
team.
Social Media
Check out our Facebook page for
fun pictures and updates! Our
username is: Oih Nantucket MA
And please follow Our Island
Home on Instagram:
@ourislandhomenantucket
We’d love to share all of the fun
with you!
Renovations
We are excited to report that
renovations of the East Wing
shower room and the North Wing
resident bathrooms are entering
their final stages! We expect the
North Wing bathrooms to be
completed by the June 1st, and
the East Wing shower to be
operational by June 30th.
Wheelers Biking
Program
The Nantucket Wheelers
wheelchair biking program will
resume for the season on Tuesday,
May 29th! Nantucket Wheelers was
started by OIH volunteer Darcy
Creech, and runs from late May
through September. Residents are
brought out to Nantucket’s
beautiful bike paths, for hour and a
half long bike rides, on specially
designed motorized bicycles with
attached wheelchairs.
For more information on the
program, please visit the Nantucket
Wheelers website:
http://nantucketwheelers.org/ or
their Facebook page.
Wheelers in Action!
OIH residents and Nantucket Wheelers
volunteers taking in the view at Surfside
beach, Summer 2017.
May 15th Ice cream sundae party!
3:30pm in the living room.
May 16th: Annual Memorial
Service The Annual Our Island
Home Memorial Service is
Wednesday, May 16th at 10:00 am
in the dining room.
May 24th Nantucket Ballet School
performance Please join us at
4:00 pm in the OIH dining room
for a performance by the
Nantucket Ballet School, set to the
songs of The Beatles!
May 28th Coast Guard visit 12pm.
Servicemen and women will be
visiting our residents in honor of
the Memorial Day holiday.
Family Council: the next meeting
is Wednesday, June 20th at
10:00am.
Live music: we have live music
performances scheduled for 4 pm
in the OIH living room on: May
14th, May 17th, May 21st , May 28th
and May 31st !
Nurses Week: Thank a nurse!
National Nurses Week is May 6th
through 12th.
Nursing Home Week: National
Skilled Nursing Care Week is May
13th through 19th!
Upcoming Events
Watching the Daffodil Parade!
9 East Creek Rd
Nantucket, MA 02554
PHONE:
508.228.0462
FAX:
508.228.6875
E-MAIL:
Brett Lennerton
Administrator
blennerton@nantucket-
ma.gov
We’re on the Web!
See us at:
www.nantucket-
ma.gov
Art Class Show!
Staff and residents viewing the work of
the OIH art class hung in the Greenhound
building on Washington Street.
Employee of the Month
Kellie Coffman
Kellie joined the OIH team in January
as the business office coordinator.
She always has a smile and a kind
word for everyone!
Volunteer of the Month
Chloe Sanford
Chloe comes to visit OIH weekly with
her wonderful dog, Tiller! Till is a
Shih Tzu/Yorkie mix and both are
loved by our residents.
Resident Portraiture
Local Nantucket
photographer Barbara Clarke
is offering her portraiture
services free of charge to OIH
residents. If you would like to
schedule group or individual
portraits for your friend or
family residing at OIH, please
contact Taylor Hilst at
thilst@nantucket-ma.gov to
schedule an appointment.
Resident
Monthly
Quote
“The people
here are
being well
taken care
of.” –John G.