Village Voice

October 2018

October Birthdays

Aidylberg

10/29 Eleanore Tompkins A II

Hillside Village

10/04 James Sullivan HV I

10/20 Jesse Williams HV I

Love House

Woodside Village

9/22 Linda Andrews WVI

10/01 Constance Sanborn WV I

10/06 Stephen Blodgett WV I

10/07 Jean Cargill WV I

10/09 Daniel Dasilva WV II

10/20 Linda Carnegie WV VI

10/21 Florencio Mendez WV II

10/30 Vicki Kennedy WV I

FROM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Greetings Residents. Happy Autumn, the cool weather feels so good. I have three contributions this month from our Residents that I would like to share. But first..PM (that stands for Property Management) Reminders:

Please bring all dogs away from the buildings or off the property to “do their busi-ness,” and always bring a bag to clean that business up no matter where you are please. It does not belong there and is part of caring for your companion.

IEH would like to remind Residents of the following House Rule:

WINDOWS: Only window drapes, mini-blinds, and vertical blinds are allowed as unit window coverings. TENANTS are prohibited from posting signs on windows.

In accordance with this Rule, we are asking Residents to remove any signs that or other materials in unit windows. This will give our buildings a clean and tidy appear-ance.

Lots of Social Events Going on: Residents had a Labor Day party, IEH held 4 Resi-dent meetings throughout our Campuses, IEH sponsored an art show and sale fund-raiser for the Blueberry Van and Thursday Meals, and for the finale event this fall…Please come see us at the Pumpkin Party with your hostess Denise Cote-Alwardt.

Now for a Trivia Question. Please stop me if you know the answer and we will publish the names of all Residents who told me the correct answer. Remember,

sharing or Googling is not allowed!

What is the Name of the largest Rodent in North America?

And now for our Resident contributions: Please keep them coming. If you cannot write it down for me then tell me a story and I will write it down. I can usually be found at Woodside 1 or you can reach me by phone. Thank-you

to those Residents who contributed this month.

Here are some favorite Quotes shared by a Resident:

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blun-ders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encum-bered with your old nonsense.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way".” ― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

"Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited while

imagination embraces the entire world." -- Albert Einstein.

MORIDIA PARA IDOSOS NA ILHA, INC.

(ISLAND ELDERLY HOUSING, INC.)

AVISO DE SERVICOS DE INTERPRETE

Por favor deixe o Gerente Local saber se voce gostaria de ter um interprete para assistir voce no processo de aplica-

cao ou para algum informacao das responsabilidades do inquilino.

ALOJAMIENTO DE RETIRADOS DE LA ISLA, INC.

(ISLAND ELDERLY HOUSING, INC.)

AVISO DE SERVICIOS DE INTERPRETE

Por favor deje saber el Gerente del Lugar si usted desea un interprete para asistirlo con el proceso de la aplicacion o

para una explicacion de las responsabilidades del inquilino.

PUMPKIN PARTY Who? IEH Residents

What? Everything Pumpkin

Where? Woodside Village II Community Room

When? October 26, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Why? IEH Staff will be there

How? If you would like bring your favorite Pumpkin Food to Share, Please do..

SUPPORTIVE SERVICES

Ann Baird – 508-693-7009

Kevin McFarland – 508-693-5880 x 15

Election Day Election Day is Tuesday November 6th. If you are looking for an absentee ballot please call the Oak Bluffs Town Clerk’s office at 508-693-3551 ext. 119. If you need a ride to the polls please call my office and I will arrange a ride for you. Food Pantry Letters Letters are available in my office, come by to pick one up or leave me a message and I will drop one off to you. The Food Pantry is open; Wednesday and Friday: 2pm – 4pm Saturday: 10am -12pm. Pantry Phone number: 508-693-4764 Mobile Market The Mobile Market will be ending on October 14th. Please enjoy the next 2 visits; Wednesday’s; October 3rd and 10th. We thank the folks from Island Grown Initiative for including Woodside Village and Hillside Village on their stops. We also thank Island Grown for all the vegetables they drop off for residents to share. Thank-you; Thank you to Frank Borselle for donating the beautiful shiny new Memorial Board in the hallway of Woodside 1 by the stairs. If you haven’t seen it yet please take a look, you’ll be amazed by the beauty. The Board is for the Memorial Plaques honoring past residents that lived here and have since passed. Nancy Eddy is the first plaque on the new board, I’m sure she would be pleased. Thanks again to Frank. Thank you to Lila Fischer for presenting an informative talk on preventing falls. Thank you to the residents of Island Elderly Housing who came out on the 22nd to support the fundraiser or worked behind the scenes to get the word out. The money raised will go to support the Community Dinner and the Blueberry Van. It was a great time. Happy Fall!

FROM MAINTENANCE

Wow here it is already fall, what a hot and humid summer.

We recently had Comprehensive Needs Assessments done at several of our buildings, I

would like to thank everybody for their help. The purpose of having these done is provide

us and HUD with a guideline for the next 20 years of maintenance and repairs for the build-

ing, and also the estimated costs.

One other item to note is the feeding of birds; many of you have bird feeders right outside of

your apartment windows or door. Unfortunately this can lead to an easy food source for

many unwanted animals. It is written in our house rules that the feeding of wild life is pro-

hibited. We appreciate you help in trying to control the excessive amount of nuisance ani-

mals we have around our buildings

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact

me.

Greg Monka

Maintenance Director

Want to add something?

Please call Linda Amaral

508-693-5880 ext 13 Or email lamaral@iehmv.org

before the 21st of the month to add your event to the next month’s issue.

Resident Sponsored Monthly Activities

MONDAYS

3:30:4:30pm AA Meeting

for IEH Residents

WVI A Corr. Community

Room

TUESDAYS

11:00am-1:30pm Wii Bowling

WVI Community Room

WEDNESDAYS

THURSDAYS

11:30am-1:30pm Wii Bowling

WVI Community Room

5:00pm Thursday Night Dinner

FRIDAYS

9:00am-11:00am Bible Study

WV1 A Corridor Community

room

11:00am-1:00pm Wii Bowling

WVI Community Room

3:30-4:30 AA Meeting

for IEH Residents

WVI A Corr. Community

Room

SATURDAYS

12:30pm Trivial Pursuit

WVI A community room

SUNDAYS

12:30-2:00 pm Wii Bowling

WVI A Corridor Communi-

ty Room

Free Blood Pressure Checks by VNA nurse

Woodside I–

October 22nd from 11:30 am –12:30 pm

Woodside II–

October 22nd from 12:45 pm-1:45pm

4th Monday of the month

10/4

Boneless Pork Loin, Roasted Potatoes

10/11

Beef Stew

10/18

Mac and Cheese with Ham

10/25

American Chop Suey

All meals are served with a desert and salad!

Dinner at Five OCTOBER MENU

Thursdays at 5 pm,

Woodside Village II

To sign up for dinner or to order a Dinner to Go, please call at least 24 hours in advance to Kevin McFarland at 693-5880 x15.

Dessert is served with all meals!

Important Phone Numbers:

Dorothy Young, Executive Director……….508-693-5880 ext.12 Lucinda Kirk, Property Manager………...………….508-693-7555 Assistant Property Manager…………………………...508-693-7557 Denise Cote-Alwardt, Administrative Assistant..508-693-1367 Mary Holmes, Hillside Site Manager…………….…508-693-7577 Ann Baird, Service Coordinator…………….……..…..508-693-7009 Greg Monka, Maintenance Director……..…...….…..508-693-8318 Maintenance Emergencies…………………….………...774-563-2148 Blueberry Van—Kevin McFarland……….508-693-5880 ext. 15

The van cruises on Tuesday 9-12, Thursday 10-1 and Friday9-12;

leave a message on Kevin’s answering machine if you want a ride.