by Angie McAllister | Apr 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
When the pandemic of COVID-19 started spreading across the country, I found myself like many others questioning how this would impact the organization I work for, the community I live in, my family, friends and myself. I never dreamed that the reality of the disease...
by Angie McAllister | Dec 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am convinced that holiday cards are a gift of love. It is so special to open the mailbox during this holiday season and realize that someone cared enough to send you something so beautiful. I can remember the days when my family would get lots of cards from people...
by Angie McAllister | Aug 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
The words summer and gardens almost go hand in hand. When I was a little girl, I can remember helping my grandfather work in his garden. I never really liked many vegetables, but I did love green peppers, green beans and carrots and my grandfather always let me plant...
by Angie McAllister | May 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
As I rounded the corner to the dining room the energy was almost insurmountable. The excitement had been building for weeks among Elders and Stakeholders of Lee County Care and Rehabilitation regarding their opening day performance of Wendy’s Neverland. Finally, their...
by Angie McAllister | Apr 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
I love to dance. When I was a little girl, I would twirl in circles, whimsically thinking I might be a ballerina. Once I became an Activities Director I was happy to realize that dancing might be part of my daily routine because the Elders I worked with loved to get...
by Angie McAllister | Jan 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today kicks off National Activities Professionals Week. This year’s theme is “Oh the Places You Will Go” based off the children’s book by Dr. Seuss. At first thought this theme may be silly but to me it is so appropriate....
by Angie McAllister | Dec 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
When I was a little girl, I couldn’t wait for holiday mail to arrive at our house. My mother would always display the Christmas cards we got in our house, as if to remind us of the care they were sent with. Those cards were written with love and...
by Angie McAllister | Nov 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Turkeys, turkeys everywhere! This past week Elders and Stakeholders from all over Signature HealthCARE joined together for our largest Turkey Trot event ever. With over 100 Signature HealthCARE communities participating as well as stakeholders from our corporate...
by Angie McAllister | May 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
“You know that place between sleep and awake; that place where you can still remember dreaming? That’s where I will always love you. That’s where I will be waiting”- Peter Pan. As the artist team ended the second day of residency at Morgantown Care and Rehabilitation,...
by Angie McAllister | May 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Peter Pan once said, “It is not in doing what you like but in liking what you do that is the secret to happiness.” Today these words resonated with me like never before. Today I was given the gift of seeing a dream come to life before my eyes. It reminded me with...
