Grace Lodge enjoys having tea parties. Usually once a month we have one whenever we can come up with an excuse to do so.

February’s excuse was Valentines day. Mary cooked up some delicious desserts and brewed up some tea and had a grand old time in the dining room! Thanks also to our volunteers who played some music and helped her serve it as well!

Every year Eagle River, WI builds a castle made out of ice blocks cut out of the lake. This year was no exception. Grace Lodge just HAD to visit of course! The volunteers even build a bench to sit on for picture taking. Go out to see it, you’ll marvel at the site!

Here is a resident their family member at the Ice Castle.

New years eve was an enjoyable time at Grace Lodge this year. Our very own Mary led the singing of the old familiar tunes. Drinks were had, toasts were made and the residents had a grand time ringing in the new year many with their family members beside them!

People just love to volunteer and show the elderly how much they are appreciated around the Christmas holiday! We see it at Grace Lodge by the amount of people longing to volunteer to come and sing carols or even put on a short play. We appreciate all the people who have come!

Here are a few pictures of some of the activities in the latter part of December.

Here a group comes and gives a Christmas Story recital

The Residents enjoy singing along!

And here are some more carolers.

On December 14th the Grace Lodge Residents were treated to a lovely string orchestra in the dining room. One of the many volunteer organizations that have come and shared their talents with us during these holiday times.

Many thanks for all of you who have donated their time to make the holidays joyous for Grace Lodge’s residents!

Here at Grace Lodge we enjoy decorating. We decorate for every major holiday and Christmas is no exception. We just got the tree up and decorated this past week and are now finishing up the hallways. Here are a few pictures to give you a sneak peak inside Grace Lodge

First is our Christmas tree in the dining room

Second is our Christmas Village

Next, some volunteers deck the halls.

Finally the finished hallway!

Recently some students from Nicolet College’s School of Cosmetology came to Grace Lodge to give free manicures and hair sets to our residents. The students appreciated the experience and our residents enjoyed letting the students “practice” .

Here are a few pictures

Here are the pictures we promised from Our Halloween Minute To Win It party.

This first set of pictures was the One minute to keep the baloon up in the air. It was a hit!

This next set of pictures is How many candy corn can you drop into a jar in a minute. Help was given by students from the Pelican School.

The Next pictures are the Pin the Nose on the pumpkin and the Estimate the amount of pine cones and acorns in the jars, of course in one minute!

After the games, the reward was root beer floats and decorated cookies!

Grace Lodge had their Halloween Party on Friday Oct 29th, 2010. The main theme of the party was Minute to Win It games.

We’ll post some pictures later but for now here is an article from WJFW channel 12′s web site who came to film for the event.

Click the picture to go to WJWF's site