CAMBRIDGE TIMES SUMMER 2022
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GRACIOUS COUNTRY RETIREMENT LIVING<br />
<strong>CAMBRIDGE</strong> <strong>TIMES</strong><br />
<strong>SUMMER</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
Seek<br />
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<strong>CAMBRIDGE</strong> RETIREMENT LIVING
contents<br />
seek the sun <strong>2022</strong><br />
4-<strong>CAMBRIDGE</strong> MANIFESTO<br />
Our beliefs on home, health, and senior care.<br />
6-MEET OUR STAFF!<br />
Meet our maintenence man, and our new<br />
Activities Directors!<br />
8-LETTER FROM THE EDITOR<br />
A reminder to seek the sun, no matter the situation!<br />
10-MEET BRANDICE!<br />
Learn a little more about our beloved activities<br />
director of Cambridge Pointe!<br />
12-<strong>SUMMER</strong> FUN<br />
See our photos of spring and summer fun at our<br />
Cambridge neighborhoods!<br />
14-RESIDENT FEATURE<br />
Meet Virginia Dowens, our brand-new resident at<br />
Cambridge Creekside!<br />
16-<strong>CAMBRIDGE</strong> CARES<br />
Several of our Cambridge communities honored our<br />
First Responders with a Grill-Out this Summer!<br />
18-<strong>SUMMER</strong> SURVIVAL TIPS<br />
Man, it's a HOT one! But here are several survival tips to<br />
beat the heat this Summer!<br />
20-FALL FLOWER GUIDE<br />
Anxious to start the season off right? Then check out<br />
these PA local flowers to make your fall garden POP!<br />
22-UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
Cambridge Retirement Living has a super Summer<br />
planned with dances, car shows, fundraisers and MORE!<br />
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<strong>SUMMER</strong> WORD SEARCH<br />
Try your hand at our Summer Word Search featured on<br />
our back page!<br />
Be sure to follow us on Facebook to<br />
keep up to date with all the fun at your<br />
favorite Cambridge Neighborhood!
our staff<br />
CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Michael Locurcio | Chief Operating Officer<br />
Cheryl Carnes | Vice President of Operations and Compliance<br />
Kathleen Frickanish | Director of Sales and Marketing<br />
Lance Knickerbocker | Marketing Manager<br />
Hanna Gaffney | Assistant Marketing Manager<br />
OUR LEADERS<br />
Connie Cretin | Cambridge Ebensburg Executive Director | (814) 718-2114 | ccretin@cambridgeliving.org<br />
Michelene Gianacopoulos | Cambridge Riverview Executive Director | (570) 832-5619 | mgianacopoulos@cambridgeliving.org<br />
Monica Popham | Cambridge Corry Executive Director | (814) 718-2144 | mpopham@cambridgeliving.org<br />
Jason Dolby | Cambridge Hillside Executive Director | (724) 683-2829 | jdolby@cambridgeliving.org<br />
Vickie DeZardo | Cambridge Creekside Assistant Executive Director | (724) 683-4185 | vdezardo@cambridgeliving.org<br />
Mickie Monseau| Cambridge Falls Executive Director | (724) 683-4017 | mmonseau@cambridgeliving.org<br />
STAFF<br />
Karen Foster | Cambridge Corry Activities Director<br />
Carol Dietscreek | Cambridge Ebensburg Activities Director<br />
Brandice Schriver | Cambridge Pointe Activities Director<br />
Cheyenne Collins | Cambridge Warren Activities Director<br />
<strong>CAMBRIDGE</strong> CLINICAL LIAISONS:<br />
Kathleen Frickanish | Cambridge Falls, Pointe, and New Castle<br />
(724) 944-1088/kfrickanish@cambridgeliving.org<br />
Laura Blanchetti | Cambridge Ebensburg, Creekside and Hillside<br />
(814) 718-9354/ lblanchetti@cambridgeliving.org<br />
Rachael Tasker | Cambridge Warren and Corry<br />
(814) 718-9349/ rtasker@cambridgeliving.org<br />
Cambridge Warren<br />
706 Penn Ave W<br />
Warren, PA 16365<br />
(814) 723-8300<br />
Cambridge Falls<br />
599 Norwood Dr.<br />
Wampum, PA 16157<br />
(724) 359-5990<br />
Cambridge Ebensburg<br />
4848 Admiral Peary Hwy<br />
Ebensburg, PA 15931<br />
(814) 472-6868<br />
our places<br />
Cambridge Corry<br />
771 East Columbus Ave<br />
Corry, PA 16407<br />
(814) 664-4691<br />
Cambridge Hillside<br />
400 4th St<br />
North Charleroi, PA 15022<br />
(724) 483-5818<br />
Cambridge Creekside<br />
1275 Lincoln Ave<br />
Charleroi, PA 15022<br />
(724) 489-1562<br />
Cambridge Pointe<br />
160 Chapel Rd<br />
Beaver, PA 15009<br />
(724) 728-6257<br />
Cambridge Riverview<br />
100 Narrows Rd<br />
Larksville, PA 15931<br />
(570) 719-0763<br />
Cambridge New Castle<br />
Dedicated Memory and<br />
Dementia Care<br />
COMING SOON!<br />
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our<br />
beliefs<br />
w e believe in home, that it should be a place of<br />
comfort, rest, and security. We believe families are<br />
sacred—the ones we inherit and the ones we create.<br />
We believe in seeking balance between productivity<br />
and rest and learning to find contentment in both. We<br />
believe in human kindness and the power of working<br />
together to accomplish big goals. We believe in courage,<br />
in moving past comfort zones, and honestly seeking<br />
knowledge from mistakes. We believe that each day is<br />
a gift and miracles are visible if only we look for them.<br />
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COVID-19<br />
UPDATE<br />
<strong>SUMMER</strong><br />
<strong>2022</strong><br />
Cambridge Retirement Living continues to remain vigilant<br />
in our pursuit of the health and safety of our staff and<br />
our residents in the face of COVID-19 and its variants.<br />
Our restrictions too, remain the same, under the<br />
guidance of the PA Department of Human Services,<br />
and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services.<br />
Masks must be worn, hands must be washed, and social<br />
distancing is to be maintained whenever possible.<br />
But we continue to be thankful for the resilience and<br />
kindness of our residents, their friends and families, and our<br />
staff as we broach new ways to reunite everyone as safely<br />
as possible. While we don't have any updates regarding<br />
policy for our Summer COVID update, we can happily say<br />
that each and every Cambridge neighborhood is COVID free!<br />
We will continue to closely monitor the requirements and<br />
restrictions to stay Covid Safe, but for now let’s continue<br />
to find ways to safely convene for Summer fun in <strong>2022</strong>!<br />
For more information on<br />
our COVID-19 policy and<br />
restrictions please scan the<br />
QR code to visit our website!
Summer <strong>2022</strong><br />
Cheyenne Collins grew up right in Warren, PA, making her<br />
job as our new Activities Director at Cambridge Warren so<br />
perfect! She is engaged to her wonderful fiance brad, and<br />
has two daughters Emily (4) and Misti (6 months!). Her family<br />
really enjoys being outdoors collecting rocks, fishing and<br />
four-wheeling. Cheyenne started working with seniors when<br />
she was just in her teens, and started volunteering at a local<br />
nursing home where her mother was employed. And now<br />
Cheyenne loves getting to know our seniors at Cambridge<br />
Warren, listening to the stories they share, and getting to<br />
know the multitude of fun personalities they have! Welcome<br />
Cheyenne!<br />
Karen Foster grew up in Clymer, NY and resides there to<br />
this day with her family! Karen is married to her wonderful<br />
husband Brandon, and together they have four boys. The<br />
family runs a beef farm, so any free time Karen has away<br />
from Cambridge Corry is at the farm and working hard with<br />
her husband and children. Karen has spent the last several<br />
years caring for children and running a daycare out of their<br />
home. While this is Karen’s first experience working with our<br />
senior population, she shared how excited she is for this new<br />
adventure. She loves to keep residents active, and to watch<br />
them enjoy crafts as she learns more and more about them<br />
and their individual interests. We’re so grateful to have you!<br />
MEET<br />
Jimmy Davison is our friendly Falls maintenance man! He<br />
was born and raised in Georgetown, PA (where he still resides<br />
on his four acres of land)! He told us it “sure is a lot of grass<br />
to mow.” He has four farm tractors and really enjoys working<br />
on them as a hobby. His wonderful daughter Kylie also works<br />
at Cambridge Falls! Jimmy loves to be helpful to our seniors<br />
and got his start working maintenance around seniors over<br />
25 years ago. Interestingly enough our Fall’s ED Mickie, had<br />
an amazing mother, June and it was June who hired Jimmy!<br />
If Jimmy isn’t mowing at home, he may be taking care of his<br />
5 cats or riding around his land on his quad! Jimmy worked<br />
hard all through the pandemic to keep our communities<br />
running, and we’re so glad he’s with us today!<br />
OUR<br />
STAFF<br />
In our Summer <strong>2022</strong> issue, we wanted to highlight some<br />
of the amazing new folks at Cambridge, and get to know a<br />
little more about them!
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Letter<br />
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EDITOR<br />
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Ibought a camera during the pandemic.<br />
I’d always been interested in photography<br />
and, well, when they told us we’d be locked down for<br />
an unknown amount of time, it seemed like a safe<br />
purchase, a good way to spend the mountains of time<br />
that we all suddenly had, and a hobby I thought could<br />
be useful down the road.<br />
I started taking pictures in my neighborhood.<br />
Park benches. Signs that I liked. I focused on normal<br />
things. Maybe as a way to cope with all the crazy stuff<br />
that was going on in the news.<br />
My photos weren’t great. They were boring<br />
or as often just plain bad. We all know a great photo<br />
when we see one. I wasn’t seeing one in the pile of<br />
neighborhood snapshots I was stacking on my desk.<br />
I worked harder. I studied. The first thing I<br />
learned was how much I didn’t know.<br />
The science of photography was completely<br />
new to me. I learned about the film pioneers, Jon<br />
Eastman at Kodak, and how modern digital sensors<br />
mimic the photosensitive properties of film.<br />
I kept shooting. I watched lots of YouTube<br />
videos. I learned about sunlight and how the best day<br />
for photography is a cloudy day because the clouds<br />
diffuse the light and eliminate shadows. I’d lived my<br />
whole life not knowing I didn’t have a shadow on a<br />
cloudy day.<br />
What else had I missed? Photography was<br />
teaching me how to pay attention to the world around<br />
me. We never realize it at the time, but hard work is<br />
always leading us somewhere.<br />
For me, the time I put into learning<br />
photography – and I’m still learning – led to an<br />
"When we seek<br />
the sun...we are<br />
inviting good<br />
things into our<br />
lives..."<br />
important milestone just a few weeks ago.<br />
My Dad is really proud of his family. He<br />
and my mom sacrificed a lot to raise eight children.<br />
Because of the pandemic and various other reasons,<br />
it had been a minute since we’ d all gotten together,<br />
and the last family portrait was starting to look<br />
pretty dated.<br />
So, my Dad asked me to take the family<br />
photo. I was nervous at first. But I focused on the<br />
basics. I scouted locations and I got input from<br />
family members.<br />
We had a lot of great options for locations.<br />
But I knew from my training that only one thing<br />
really mattered – the position of the sun at the hour<br />
we were assembling for the family photo.<br />
I woke up early in the days before the shoot.<br />
I walked around with my camera and did test shots.<br />
I did my homework. I sketched out little diagrams.<br />
One of life’s great pleasures is being useful<br />
to the people you love and care about. Shooting the<br />
family portrait was a simple thing, but it came after<br />
lots of hard work – and never giving up.<br />
But the feeling I got when I handed over<br />
the portrait to my Dad on Father's Day is one I’ll<br />
treasure for a long time.<br />
We hope you enjoy this summer edition<br />
of the Cambridge Times. When we seek the sun,<br />
when we choose to serve others, when we work<br />
hard, we are inviting good things into our lives --<br />
and our spirits need the good things so that we all<br />
may endure to the end.<br />
Enjoy! And remember: Have a Great<br />
Summer!<br />
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Meet<br />
Brandice<br />
If you’re a fan of our Facebook pages, you’ve already<br />
come to know just how wonderful our Cambridge Pointe<br />
Activities Director, Brandice Schriver is. As a recent<br />
recipient of the Heart of Hospice award, we thought our<br />
Summer Issue was the perfect time to highlight such a<br />
wonderful woman, and to learn more about how she came<br />
to be such a resident favorite!<br />
Brandice Schriver would describe<br />
herself as positive, passionate, driven,<br />
motivated, and inspired (and we agree!).<br />
Brandice is a good midwestern girl from<br />
Canal Fulton, Ohio. She and her brother<br />
and sister grew up fishing with her parents,<br />
and Brandice was always ready for fun!<br />
She remembers her family “laughing<br />
at her for always singing into the handle<br />
of a vacuum”! Brandice has kept that fun<br />
and bright spirit with her as she shares her<br />
warmth and light to the residents around<br />
her.<br />
Growing up Brandice sadly did not<br />
have any grandparents. She remembers<br />
wishing she did! Her first interaction with<br />
"She and her brother<br />
grew up fishing with<br />
her parents, and<br />
Brandice was always<br />
ready for fun!"<br />
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a senior was actually her friend’s Grandma<br />
and Grandpa (they were in their early<br />
90’s!). She spent time with ‘Grandma Sue’<br />
who taught her how to sew, crochet, and<br />
even bake! Brandice still cherishes the<br />
time they spent together. We can certainly<br />
see how those baking skills are still being<br />
utilized with tasty treats for our residents.<br />
Though we’re all thrilled to see<br />
Brandice honored with the Heart of<br />
Hospice award from Amedysis Hospice,<br />
it wasn’t her first time being recognized<br />
for her amazing qualities. In High School<br />
Brandice was voted “Most Creative” and<br />
we can see why! Brandice likes to make<br />
crafts with wood, she likes painting,<br />
sewing, making wreaths and baking. We<br />
can all attest to her amazing craft ability<br />
at Cambridge Pointe!<br />
The best part is, she not only makes<br />
crafts, but she gives them away as gifts and<br />
donates her time and talents to making<br />
Cambridge Pointe an exciting place to be!<br />
She truly is a jack of all trades.<br />
How did she get to be so crafty and<br />
creative? She told us she just “loves to learn<br />
new things.” She believes you can learn<br />
new things every day, and you’re never too<br />
old to learn them. She has instilled this in<br />
her children Ila and Marty as well.<br />
When Brandice is home, her<br />
husband Marty and their wonderful<br />
children love to travel all over the US and<br />
Canada! Marty has a lot of travel for his job<br />
and sometimes his whole family gets to<br />
come along. They love to go to museums,<br />
national parks, forests and zoos.<br />
While Brandice can often be found<br />
at Cambridge Pointe devising outdoor<br />
porch time, drawing gorgeous portraits<br />
for our residents to paint, or building<br />
decorative crafts late into the night, she<br />
says her favorite thing about working at<br />
Cambridge is how close the staff and the<br />
residents are.<br />
“We truly are like a family here.”<br />
Brandice believes that her work with<br />
our seniors is extremely important and<br />
rewarding. “This is the last chapter of their<br />
lives and I want them to feel love and know<br />
how special they are.”<br />
We’ve heard time and time<br />
again how Brandice and her boundless<br />
talents have made the lives of our<br />
Cambridge Pointe residents brighter<br />
and better and we’re honored to have<br />
such a special lady with us on staff.<br />
Thank you for all you do Brandice!<br />
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Cambridge<br />
Summer<br />
Fun<br />
Fun<br />
This<br />
spring held a host of parties, patriotism, and ponies! (Yes!<br />
Even ponies!) We celebrated spring and summer holidays,<br />
honored our resident fathers and mothers, and even had some<br />
spectacular special events like live music a prom and a petting<br />
zoo! We can’t wait to see what fun the summer holds!<br />
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1. Mother’s Day!<br />
There’s nothing more special than<br />
spending time with our amazing<br />
mothers. At many of our Cambridge<br />
Facilities, we were able to host a<br />
Mother’s Day Tea, where friends and<br />
family could visit with Mom and enjoy<br />
sips and snacks and, of course, amazing<br />
conversation! And Cambridge Falls did<br />
just that! We love you, Mom’s!<br />
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2. Memorial Day!<br />
It’s always important to remember those<br />
who have given their lives to protect<br />
our beautiful country, and we’re so<br />
grateful Cambridge Ebensburg always<br />
has a photo booth opportunity to<br />
commemorate any occasion! Thank you,<br />
Carol, for being our amazing model!<br />
3. Earth Day!<br />
Our resident mothers aren’t the only<br />
Mom’s that were celebrated this spring!<br />
Cambridge Pointe also celebrated<br />
(Mother) Earth Day! They planted<br />
fresh flowers and learned about the best<br />
way to garden and give back to mother<br />
nature! Well done Cambridge Pointe!<br />
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4. Live music!<br />
Live music is a fan favorite at all of<br />
our Cambridge communities, and<br />
Cambridge Hillside answered the call!<br />
Our residents got to sit down and relax<br />
as Jeff from ViaQuest played the day<br />
away on his Trombone! They clapped<br />
and sang along to all of their favorites!<br />
Thank you again Jeff for stopping by to<br />
make them smile!<br />
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5. Senior Prom at Creekside!<br />
Cambridge Creekside decided to<br />
host the most glamorous event of the<br />
Spring, with their gorgeous Golden<br />
Oldies Senior Prom! There was dancing,<br />
donated decorations and foods, and we<br />
even crowned our King and Queen!<br />
What a night to remember! And on<br />
behalf of all of us at Cambridge, thank<br />
you to those who donated their time<br />
and talents to make our evening so<br />
wonderful. Special thanks to Lisa and<br />
Chris Kennedy from Lisa's Photo<br />
Creations, Tom and Gretchen, owners<br />
of Fields of Heather, Becky Fitzwater,<br />
Chrissy Bashur, Suncrest Hospice and<br />
our resident family members!<br />
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6. Therapy Dogs!<br />
At Cambridge we love to offer many<br />
types of therapy for our residents, but<br />
the one that gets the most smiles (and<br />
wags!) is when our Therapy Pets come<br />
to visit! Cambridge Pointe received<br />
a special dose of doggy therapy this<br />
Spring when these cuties came to visit!<br />
How sweet!<br />
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7. Fourth of July!<br />
God Bless the USA! Cambridge<br />
Ebensburg knows just how to plan a<br />
party for one of our favorite holidays!<br />
All our Cambridge residents looked oh<br />
so true in their red, white, and blue!<br />
But what's even more special? Belle<br />
celebrated her 101st birthday days later!<br />
8. Father’s Day!<br />
This summer is for the boys! We had a<br />
blast getting to celebrate all those special<br />
guys in our life this year with special<br />
visits from family, and for Cambridge<br />
Warren, a "Donuts and Dad Jokes" party<br />
just for them!<br />
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9. Petting Zoo!<br />
We wouldn’t have believed it if we didn’t<br />
see it, but Cambridge Corry was overrun<br />
with adorable animals this Spring! We<br />
had bunnies and chicks and even a pony<br />
come to visit! You just never know what<br />
fun is in store at Cambridge Corry!<br />
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esident feature<br />
meet<br />
Virgina Dowens<br />
Every issue we aim to highlight one of our amazing residents and hear a little more about<br />
their story. This issue we are honored to honor Miss Virginia Dowens at Cambridge<br />
Creekside! Special thanks to Jason Dolby and Laura Blanchetti for securing this interview.<br />
Virginia Dowens was<br />
born in October of 1930, in her<br />
childhood home in Crescent<br />
Heights (just 20 minutes from<br />
Cambridge Creekside!). Virginia<br />
was blessed with both a brother<br />
and a sister and the three had a<br />
wonderful childhood growing up<br />
in Western PA.<br />
When we asked Virginia<br />
if she had any favorite childhood<br />
memories, she said her favorite<br />
memories were going to Sunday<br />
school with her best friend Peggy!<br />
(Remember Peggy’s name because<br />
she’s vital to our story later on.)<br />
Virginia attended school nearby<br />
and graduated in 1948.<br />
After school she worked<br />
at a mercantile store where she<br />
sold clothing, footwear, bedding,<br />
furniture, jewelry, beauty<br />
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"It was at a very special dance<br />
that Virgina met her husband."<br />
products, housewares and more!<br />
She remembers enjoying going<br />
to dances after school and meeting all<br />
sorts of wonderful new people. She and<br />
Peggy were still thick and thieves and<br />
enjoyed going to the dances together.<br />
It was at a very special dance<br />
that Virginia met her husband. She was<br />
double dating with…you guessed it…<br />
her best friend Peggy, and she and her<br />
husband hit it off right away!<br />
Virginia and her husband have<br />
been married 74 years. The two shared<br />
a happy relationship and she bore 5<br />
children! Two boys and three girls.<br />
After she and her husband<br />
retired, she has such happy memories<br />
of taking trips to Myrtle Beach in their<br />
family camper for months at a time!<br />
This amazing lady joined us at<br />
Cambridge Creekside just two months<br />
ago, and our neighborhood has been<br />
sunnier every day she’s been with us.<br />
Thank you for sharing your story with<br />
us Virginia! We are so happy to have<br />
you in our Cambridge Community!<br />
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Cambridge Cares:<br />
First Responders<br />
Grill-Out<br />
Cambridge Retirement Living strives to give back to the community at large, sometimes through<br />
donation stations, food drives, or fundraisers! We like to call this our “Cambridge Cares Initiative”<br />
and this Spring and Summer we wanted to give back to the amazing First Responders in our lives! So, a<br />
few of our Cambridge communities held a ‘First Responders Grill-Out’ to provide a delicious hot meal<br />
for all of those amazing folks and it.was.a.hit! So many people swung by to take food to go, or to sit<br />
and stay awhile and enjoy our outdoor spaces! We were so grateful to be able to celebrate you all and<br />
look forward to more fun next year. Thank you, thank you, thank you!<br />
Participating<br />
Cambridge<br />
Communitites:<br />
Cambridge Warren<br />
Cambridge Corry<br />
Cambridge Falls<br />
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To stay involved in upcoming Cambridge Cares<br />
Donation Stations, events, or opportunities, please<br />
follow us on Facebook! Each of our Cambridge<br />
communities has their own Page to Like and Follow!<br />
So, follow your local Cambridge Today!<br />
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EDUCATION ARTICLE<br />
<strong>SUMMER</strong><br />
TIPS<br />
for seniors<br />
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, seniors are<br />
more susceptible to heat-related illnesses and injury. Protect yourself and<br />
your loved ones this summer by following these helpful tips!<br />
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1. Stay hydrated<br />
this summer!<br />
h 2o is a go<br />
Drink eight or more<br />
glasses of water or juice<br />
every day!<br />
2.<br />
Stay indoors<br />
during<br />
extreme heat<br />
If you can, limit your<br />
outdoor activity to<br />
the morning and the<br />
evening.<br />
3.<br />
Stay in an air<br />
conditioned<br />
place<br />
Stay indoors, or take<br />
in a movie, or visit a<br />
place with lots of air<br />
conditioning!<br />
4. Protect<br />
your skin<br />
and eyes<br />
Sunglasses are stylish<br />
and functional! Be sure<br />
to lather on that sun<br />
screen.<br />
5.<br />
Know the<br />
effects of<br />
prescriptions.<br />
Some medications<br />
cause increased sun<br />
sensitivity, so be aware.<br />
6.<br />
Maintain<br />
Communication<br />
with your people<br />
Stay connected to<br />
loved ones and medical<br />
professionals, should you<br />
need heat assistance.<br />
EDUCATION ARTICLE<br />
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Fall Flower<br />
Guide<br />
"The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt,<br />
head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture<br />
a garden is to feed not just the body, but the<br />
soul." -Alfred Austin<br />
At Cambridge, many of our residents<br />
enjoy planting beautiful flowers<br />
outdoors (and in!). We were so<br />
inspired by their dedication, we<br />
decided to create this handy guide for<br />
5 flowers you can plant soon, to see<br />
them sprout in Autumn! Each flower<br />
fits well within the Pennsylvania<br />
Planting Zones (which range from<br />
5b to 7a) and are guaranteed to enjoy<br />
our Western PA weather! So, if you’re<br />
already dreaming of fall fun, check<br />
out our recommendations on the<br />
next page!<br />
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Kenny at Cambridge Corry, proudly<br />
posing with his plant!<br />
Dot and residents of Cambridge Warren tending to their patio garden!<br />
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If you’re inspired to bloom some of these beauties for fall, remember<br />
that you can always drop off bouquets, seeds, bulbs, and house plants for<br />
Mom or Dad at any of our Cambridge Communities!<br />
MUMS<br />
Mums are a clear fall<br />
favorite, and what’s not<br />
to love? Their variety<br />
of beautiful colors, and<br />
versatility are a clear eye<br />
catcher! If you’re using<br />
a Mum as a perennial,<br />
you can plant in early<br />
spring or in the fall. For<br />
chrysanthemums, plant<br />
when they're blooming<br />
in later summer or early<br />
fall and treat them as if<br />
they’re annuals! Give them<br />
plenty of sun and a drink<br />
whenever the soil is dry!<br />
BALLOON FLOWERS<br />
These flowers are so called<br />
for their balloon-shape<br />
flower buds! They’ll bring<br />
you a BURST of color in a<br />
late-summer garden and<br />
you’ll thank them for their<br />
easy care and for being deer<br />
resistant! These gorgeous<br />
flowers can pop up in dark<br />
blue, pink, or white! And<br />
they’ll make a beautiful<br />
bouquet for your table,<br />
or to give to that special<br />
someone at Cambridge!<br />
PANSIES AND VIOLAS<br />
These itty-bitty flowers<br />
come in a wide variety of<br />
eye-catching colors and<br />
will actually thrive in cool<br />
weather! Many of them will<br />
stay in bloom well into fall<br />
and even survive the winter<br />
to bloom again starting in<br />
the spring! They also pair<br />
well too with our favorite<br />
fall Mums and will grow<br />
beautifully in pots! (We<br />
love plants in pots because<br />
they can be hand-delivered<br />
to your favorite Cambridge<br />
Resident!)<br />
HELENIUM<br />
If you’re looking for your fix<br />
of fall color, look no further<br />
than helenium! This easycare<br />
hearty native plant<br />
produces bunches of sweet<br />
daisy-like flowers in all<br />
of your fall favorites, red,<br />
orange, yellow, and even<br />
bi-color! They love their<br />
sun and still stand when<br />
rainfall is scarce. Helenium<br />
will also bring lots of<br />
happy pollinators to your<br />
garden, while being totally<br />
unnoticed by deer!<br />
ASTER<br />
These sweet perennial<br />
flowers are heartier than<br />
they look! Although they’ll<br />
make you wait until late<br />
summer or early fall to start<br />
producing their gorgeous<br />
purple, lavender, or pink<br />
daisy-like flowers! They’d<br />
do well as the backbone<br />
of your fall border as they<br />
form dense mounds of<br />
flowers. Plus, they’re a<br />
sweet snack for Monarchs!<br />
Make sure these babies get<br />
full sun and well-drained<br />
soil to thrive!<br />
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Summer <strong>2022</strong><br />
upcoming events<br />
SEEK THE SUN<br />
Come one come all to the Carnival!<br />
Cambridge Pointe already hosted their very own<br />
Carnival Fair this summer!<br />
But you can still stop by Cambridge Falls August<br />
19th from 2pm-8pm for games, food, vendors,<br />
prizes and more!<br />
For more information:<br />
Call Mickie @724-683-4017 at Cambridge Falls<br />
Cambridge Corry's<br />
Masquerade Ball<br />
Come Join Cambridge Corry in the<br />
event of the year! We’ll be hosting<br />
our masquerade ball August 12th,<br />
so mark your calendars! More<br />
information coming soon, so stay<br />
in the know by following us on<br />
Facebook!<br />
Damien the<br />
Magician Returns!<br />
Cambridge Riverview is so thrilled<br />
to once again host our crowd<br />
favorite Damien the Magician, this<br />
coming fall! Mark your calendars<br />
for October 6th! We hope to see<br />
you at our Alzheimer's walk, with<br />
MAGIC to follow! Stay tuned!<br />
Alzheimer’s Event<br />
Fundraiser at Pointe!<br />
This September Cambridge Pointe<br />
will be hosting an Alzheimer’s<br />
Community Event Fundraiser!<br />
So, stop by September 17th from<br />
11am-4pm and join us. More<br />
info coming soon! Call Kathleen<br />
@724-944-1088 for more info!<br />
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EBENSBURG MOVIE<br />
AND GAME NIGHT!<br />
What’s better than a movie night with family?<br />
Movie night AND a Chess Tournament on our<br />
giant Ebensburg Chess Board! So, join us July 27th<br />
from 6pm-8pm for fun and games this summer!<br />
Keep an eye out for more details on Facebook!<br />
For more information call Laura @ (814) 718-9354<br />
End of Summer Bash!<br />
It’s a full-blown BASH at Cambridge Ebensburg!<br />
We’re already looking forward to all of the joys<br />
summer will offer and can’t wait to celebrate. So<br />
come out to Cambridge Ebensburg September<br />
23rd from 6pm-8:30pm for food and fun!<br />
More details coming soon!<br />
Family Picnic Fun!<br />
Several of our Cambridge communities will<br />
be hosting family picnics this summer!<br />
Grab your lawn chairs and prepare for great<br />
food and even better company!<br />
For more information:<br />
Call Kathleen Frickanish @724-944-1088<br />
for Cambridge Pointe!<br />
Rachael Tasker @814-718-9349 for<br />
Cambridge Warren and Cambridge Corry!<br />
RIVERVIEW GRILL OUT:<br />
FIRST RESPONDERS<br />
Missed our other<br />
First Responder<br />
events? Never fear!<br />
Cambridge<br />
Riverview will be<br />
hosting their very<br />
own First<br />
Responders Grill-<br />
Out! Stay tuned for<br />
more details and come<br />
hungry!<br />
Cambridge Ebensburg:<br />
4848 Admiral Peary Hwy<br />
Ebensburg, PA 15931<br />
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Cambridge? Be sure to follow us on Facebook!<br />
We've got separate pages for Pointe, Falls,<br />
Ebensburg, Warren, Creekside, Hillside, and<br />
Riverview. So be sure to like and follow each<br />
page for the most up to date information.
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