Our Annual Academy Awards Ceremony at Clark Meadows Our Annual Academy Awards Ceremony at Clark Meadows The awards were given with much laughter and joy and the celebration was on! KristenMeyer / Thursday, June 1, 2023 0 6391 The pictures tell it all! Read more
"BEST TASTE" Award goes to Ferris Hills and Clark Meadows! "BEST TASTE" Award goes to Ferris Hills and Clark Meadows! 2023 Canandaigua Kiwanis Chef and Sip Challenge KristenMeyer / Tuesday, May 9, 2023 0 9959 For the win... Chefs, Tony Cafarelli and Jamison Leigh, served up Porchetta with salsa verde and pickled red onion. Our chefs worked hard preparing and presenting their creation. They enjoyed the fun competition with other respected chefs in the community. The foodies came out to enjoy this amazing event hosted by Canandaigua Kiwanis. Canandaigua Kiwanis is an active group of dedicated volunteers working tirelessly throughout the year raising money to support children. Read more
The Secret to the Ferris Hills/Clark Meadows Molasses Cookies has been Revealed! The Secret to the Ferris Hills/Clark Meadows Molasses Cookies has been Revealed! Patrick has a passion for baking and it shows in everything he does! KristenMeyer / Monday, May 1, 2023 0 8992 When the calendar says, "Baking Demo: Cookies with Patrick," folks gather around. Today, Patrick Boylan, a baker at Thompson Senior Living Communities, shared his family recipe for the favorite molasses cookies! Patrick did his training at Le Cordon Bleu in New Hampshire and has quite some skills in the baking department. He demostrated how he assembles a batch of the molasses cookies and while he prepared the dough in his very own orange kitchenaid mixer (a gift from his Mom) he told us about the baked goods he prefers to make in our kitchen. He loves to decorate cakes and cookies. One of his other family recipes that he prepares for the residents is a raspberry cheesecake. He enjoys baking and decorating wedding cakes and says that his passion came from his mother's love of baking. it was a special treat to meet one of our talented cooks and to hear some of his personal story. Thank you Patrick! Read more
Welcome Uplevel Students! Welcome Uplevel Students! KristenMeyer / Friday, April 28, 2023 0 6424 The LAUGHTER! The FUN! The JOY! It all happened this afternoon when we were visited by the Bloomfield Middle School Uplevel Students! Their Mission? To uplift the community. Students arrived with their teachers, Keith Roll, 6th grade English, and Debbie Davis, 6th grade special education. Our residents know how to have fun and when a bunch of middle schoolers show up the place erupts with excitment! Thank you Bloomfield Middle Schoolers. Your mission was accomplished today! Read more
Poppy Poppy The Flower of Remembrance KristenMeyer / Thursday, April 13, 2023 0 9148 Making artificial poppies is a long-standing tradition and today we all pitched in to help the local Veterans Affairs assemble poppies. Close to 400 poppies were assembled and we had a good time sharing stories and remembering our own experiences with the symbolic poppy. Read more
Lynne Standish / Friday, February 4, 2022 / Categories: Ferris Hills Events, Ferris Hills Blog Tai-Chi started this morning at Ferris Hills Today was the first day of Tai-Chi and fourteen residents joined in to check it out. Julie Charles, a Dining Services Associate, and the class instructor, has studied Tai-Chi for 20 years; two of which she lived in China. She explains that "Tai-Chi is a relaxed martial art that is excellent for your flexibility, balance and your overall health." One of the participants stated that this class "looks like it's going to be wonderful!." Interested? We invite other residents to join in the fun every Friday morning at 10 am in the Vista Lounge. Previous Article USA....USA....USA Next Article "Reading is to the mind, like exercise is to the body." Print 13890