Breathe in Life: August Events

Our Alive in All Seasons’ theme for August is The Environment. Our communities will focus their efforts on maintaining healthy environments through environmentally conscious activities. Our “Green Canopy” program emphasizes designing and operating buildings that meet new standards of environmental sustainability. We are proud to be the first long-term care company with a building in the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.

According to research by Go Green, Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour; 25 billion Styrofoam cups and 40 billion soft drink bottles and cans each year. Eighty-four percent of the average American’s household trash can be recycled. If we recycled just 1/10 of our newspapers 25 million trees could be saved. Are we all doing our part?

Join us this month as we learn more about the environment, expand our wide-scale recycling program, learn more about environmental sustainability programs and work with our community Green Teams to promote our “Green Canopy” initiative. We encourage you to accompany us on this environmental journey so that we can all continue to Breathe in Life!

Our fabulous activity offerings this month include our Tom Ridge Environmental Center Trip to learn about the ecosystem and subjects related to Presque Isle State Park on August 11^th at 9:30 pm; our Silver Splash Water Exercise at the YMCA featuring no-impact aerobics designed specifically for older adults on August 12^th at 12:30 pm; our Crawford County Fair Trips for delicious traditional foods, music, and truck and tractor pulls on August 18^th and 19^th; or our Butterfly Presentation where you can learn more about the life cycle and environmental importance of the beautiful insects on August 25^th at 3:00 pm. Take a look at our calendar and join us for any and all activities that will help you make the most of these last few weeks of summer.