Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Yelena & Tibor Entertain the residents at San Carlos Elms

Once a month Yelena on piano, and Tibor on violin, wow our residents with their talent and skill. The way they compliment each other is terrific.

Thank you Yelena & Tibor!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Blackjack time at San Carlos Elms

We had a great time today playing blackjack as we always do every other Tuesday afternoon.

Monday, February 27, 2012

San Carlos Elms Memory Program Taking Advantage of a Beautiful Day

The Grove our Memory Program had a great afternoon in the sun. Reading poetry, singing and blowing bubbles.
Just look at how much fun Elisa is having.
Lida is trying to pop those bubbles.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Trinity Presbyterian Church volunteers in The Memory Program at San Carlos Elms

Thank you to Pastor Mary Graves, Trinity Presbyterian Church and the resident volunteers from The Elms, (Dorothy, Henry, and Rosemary) who help Mary with the singing.
Your visits brighten up the afternoon.

Lunch Outing with the Residents at San Carlos Elms

Every month we go out to lunch. The Residents make some suggestions on where they would like to go and this month it was Johnny Rockets. We had a great time!

Ruth enjoyed her Root beer float.

Friday, February 24, 2012

San Carlos Elms attends the San Carlos State of the City with Andy Klien at The Aviation Museum

This was a wonderful evening of History 101 in San Carlos given by Mayor Andy Klein. And The table tops of everything else going on in our community. Volunteer opportunities, San Carlos Fire Department along with the San Mateo County Office giving Citizens Academy course and more.

We enjoyed listening to the Mayors speech I loved how he compared how when he was younger he compared politics to the movies "Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington" and "The American President".
June and Kathleen fielding questions about The Elms and what we are all about. We had a fun time.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

New Downtown San Carlos Elms

Welcome to Downtown San Carlos Elms where you can find just about everything you are looking for.


The Elms Little Market where you can purchase everything from toiletries to birthday cards for your friends.
We also have ice cream and sodas available.
The Resident Lounge, this is where you can grab a cup of coffee or tea, a magazine or a paper. You can also grab a friend and have a great time playing games in this room.
Awe, The Recreation Room where we watch our movies and we do all our exercising. We also do all our music and big socials in this room.
Last, but certainly not least is the Library where you can check out any books or DVD's on the honor system.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Mardi Gras at San Carlos Elms

We had a fun day posing as a jester for the day. We wish we could all still jump up like that. The staff along with the residents had fun taking pictures and later in the day listening to Conrad on Guitar. He is such a delight all the residents enjoy his music.
Don posing as a jester.
Lori one of our staff having fun posing too!
The residents love when Conrad comes to play here is a little tease.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day from San Carlos Elms

We had a lovely Valentine's Day at San Carlos Elms. We had live music, a great party that lasted till dinner time and dancing.
Fran, Hank, Elly and Grace enjoyed the sodas and each others company this Valentine Day.
Dean, Stella, Caroline and Marilyn couldn't get enough to drink they loved the ginger-ale and 7up.
Carolyn, Irene, Marguerite, and Bernella had a wonderful time listening to the music, however Irene showed everyone she still has moves when she did the Macarena for everyone.
Fred and Gloria posed for the Kissing booth.
Thank you to Madeline on piano she is wonderful!!!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

San Carlos Elms receives a visit from Central Middle School

We had another great visit with the students from Central Middle School. They read stories, socialized with the residents and before they left they showed their dancing skills by doing the Macarena. Some of the residents joined in and some did the moves from their seats. It was a fun afternoon.



Social with Holiday Cards

 We had a lot of donations of Holiday cards this year so we thought it would be fun to put them out for the residents at our Social Hour. Th...