Oct 2, 2020 | Holidays, News
Veterans Day was first known as Armistice Day. It commemorated the World War I armistice between the allies and Germany that went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Later, the name was changed to Veterans Day, and in the United...
Nov 26, 2018 | Activities, Assisted Living, Body, Good Moods, Grace Ridge Blog Posts, Health & Fitness, Healthcare, Holidays, Lifestyle, Mind, Mood, News, Tips & Info
🔊 Listen to This Blog. Make anniversary dinner reservations. Check. Schedule dentist appointment. Check. Shop for Christmas presents. Check. Book flight to NYC. Check. Get oil changed in car. Check. Buy tickets to CoMMA show. Check. Thanks to Grace...
Dec 22, 2015 | Activities, Body, Events, Good Moods, Grace Ridge Blog Posts, Holidays, Lifestyle, Mind, Mood, News, Residents, Western NC
🔊 Listen to This Blog. It’s no easy (or tidy) task spending 100-plus hours sifting and sorting through bags stuffed with thousands of plastic caps from sodas, laundry detergent bottles, coffee cans and peanut butter jars, but when the end result is three new...
Nov 12, 2015 | Activities, Body, Events, Good Moods, Grace Ridge Blog Posts, Holidays, Lifestyle, Mind, Mood, News, Residents
🔊 Listen to This Blog. Whether it’s coloring a card for a hometown soldier, stuffing a backpack with food for hungry children or loading a stocking full of games and puzzles for hospice patients, the opportunities to perform Good Deeds are plentiful at Grace...
Dec 2, 2014 | Events, Good Moods, Holidays, Western NC
🔊 Listen to This Blog. To be in Western North Carolina this time of year is to step into a holiday postcard. From Morganton to Blowing Rock to Asheville; from town squares to snow-covered mountaintops, communities are illuminated with decorations, twinkling...
Oct 24, 2013 | Events, Good Moods, Holidays
🔊 Listen to This Blog. Julie Andrews sang “My Favorite Things” in the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Sound of Music.” During a recent outing to the Hudson Dinner Theatre, Grace Ridge residents were able to enjoy the original lyrics from the musical. As we sat...
