Activities at Maple Leaf Lodge Care Home

Winnie was joined by staff, relatives, friends and other residents as she received a telegram from the King and Queen in recognition of her landmark birthday. A morning tea and was enjoyed by all and everyone enjoyed a special birthday cake and personalised cupcakes made by the home’s laundry assistant Kayleigh.

Winnie was a much loved staff member at Ruston and Hornsby’s, in Grantham. Winnie had 3 children, Andrew, Linda and Ann. When they started to grow up she took on an admin role at the Walton Girls High School and enjoyed meeting people and making friends. Winnie has told us that the key to a happy life is to smile, even on the dark days.

Courtney, Activity Coordinator added: “We’re delighted to be celebrating a truly remarkable women as she reaches this amazing milestone. Winnie is such a popular resident who always has an interesting tale to tell, and we look forward to hearing many more as she breaks into her next century.”

Maple Leaf Lodge’s weekly baking club is so popular with all of our residents. This week’s bake, biscoff rocky road! In preparation for today’s session, resident Dotty handed out aprons to everyone and resident Liz helped clean the tables so we had a tidy station to bake. A very fun and messy hour indeed!

Our fantastic kitchen team were on hand to help with the weighing and measuring. When everything was mixed up and spooned onto trays, resident Barbara popped them in the fridge.

We ate our rocky road with a cup of beautiful fresh coffee in the lounge listening to musical classics. Just Bliss! Residents have already started looking at recipes for next week’s Baking Club.

We have had such a wonderful day celebrating resident Kate’s birthday. Kate is loved by residents and staff on Memory Lane and she enjoys engaging in conversation. Kate loves being outside and asked to go to the park for her birthday. We jumped in the bus with her friends and headed down and it was such a lovely morning.

We enjoyed looking around the park at all the beautiful flowers and saying hello to everyone walking by. We saw lots of dogs enjoying a walk and swimming in the river.

Everyone was looking forward to an ice cream but unfortunately the ice cream parlour was closed. However this didn’t stop us from getting an ice cream, we took a detour home and stopped at McDonald’s, per the birthday girls requested and enjoyed a McFlurry. We truly hope you had a fabulous birthday Kate!

Residents across our services had a wonderful time joining Cadbury for an interactive virtual talk on their fascinating 200-year history.

Residents joining learnt interesting facts about the chocolate giant, shared memories, and reminisced about their favourite sweet treats.

It was a heart-warming experience filled with laughter, nostalgia, and plenty of chocolatey goodness!

Residents and staff at Maple Leaf Lodge honoured their local firefighters by inviting their local fire crew to the home to enjoy a delicious breakfast prepared by their wonderful kitchen to thank the firefighters stationed there for their selfless service keeping the community safe.

Coinciding with Saint Florian’s Day, International Firefighters’ Day is celebrated around the world. Saint Florian, who was said to be one of the first commanding firefighters of a Roman battalion, saved many lives and is the patron saint of firefighters.  The event was created in 1999 after five firefighters died tragically in a wildfire in Australia to highlight the sacrifices made by fire crews around the world who all unite in the fight against one common enemy – fire.

The fire crew welcomed residents and staff to look around the fire engine and water the plants with the hose. Ron, a resident at the home said, “I wasn’t expecting the hose to be as heavy as it was.”

Residents and staff have paid tribute to our patron saint, St George, celebrated for his legendary courage and unwavering sense of honour. We came together to wave the flag of St George. We have celebrated all that makes England great.

Our fabulous kitchen team made traditional British dishes for all to enjoy at lunch time. We sang classic British songs and tested our British knowledge. Resident Dotty said “I love celebrating the country and all its greatness.”