Residents, tenants of The Village, The Lodge enjoy festive holiday afternoon with family and friends
THE NATIVITY SCENE displayed on the altar in the Chapel at The Village – features Baby Jesus, his family and special visitors – and is backed by a colorful stained glass window showing the adult Jesus.
Residents of The Village, along with tenants of The Lodge – both part of the senior citizen housing facilities of the Good Samaritan Society of Mountain Lake campus – along with relatives and friends – celebrated a Family Christmas Open House celebration on Saturday afternoon, December 13, in the dining room of The Village.
The annual holiday open house was hosted and served by staff members of The Village.
In addition, Santa Claus paid a visit, proving that folks of all ages enjoy seeing Jolly Ol’ St. Nick. Santa. And, with the assistance of a special elf who journeyed with her boss to Mountain Lake from the North Pole, handed out Christmas presents to the residents attending the holiday celebration.
Following is a photo gallery from the open house event.
SHELLA FRANZ, SOCIAL Eorker for Good Samaritan of Mountain Lake, welcomes those attending the Christmas celebration and lunch with a glass of punch.
THE VILLAGE EMPLOYEES are hosts and hostesses for the event, including Misty Karschnik, left, Office Manager/Financial Management. Others assisting in the serving were Tim Swoboda, Good Samaritan Executive Director; Reva Hulzebos, Staff Development/Human Resources Coordinator and Deb Kremmin, Director of Nursing. Food prep was courtesy of the Good Samaritan Dietary Staff.
MISTY KARSCHNIK, LEFT, explains the various entrees on the Christmas celebration buffet table to Dorothy Fast, right, resident of The Village.
DEB KREMMIN, LEFT, take a little time off from serving to spend a few moments with her mom, Elma Wolf, right, a tenant at The Lodge.
ONE OF THE Lodge’s newest tenants, Lorraine Hoffman, left, experiences her first Good Samaritan Family Christmas Open House with her daughter, Lisa Krahn, right.
CAROL A. HARDER, left, resident of The Village, is joined in the holiday celebration by her son, Mark Peters, center and daughter-in-law and Village employee, Teresa Peters, right.
ALSO COMING TOGETHER for mother-daughter Christmas celebration time are Linda Friesen, left, resident of The Village and her daughter, Michelle Ratzlaff, right.
THE LODGE TENANT Anna Ewert, right, is all smiles at the Christmas party, seated alongside niece Elaine Kroeker, left.
BRINGING THE CHRISTMAS spirit to their special folks – Evelyn Sackett, left, tenant of The Lodge and Pat Engstrom, right, resident of The Village – are Evelyn’s nephew, Jim Anderson of Hartford, South Dakota, second from left and Pat’s son, Doug Engstrom of Janesville, second from right.
SANTA’S SPECIAL “ELVES” have been hard at work, and Elf Amber Hughes, Good Samaritan Activity Director, is set to help Santa deliver the brightly-wrapped and packaged Christmas gifts.
SANTA CLAUS, LEFT, is as excited as is Elizabeth Loewen, right, resident of The Village, to find out what is inside the gift package.
VIRGIL BARTEL, TENANT at The Lodge, shows off his Christmas gift – a 365-day calendar of Bible verses.
TAMMY ENGSTROM, LEFT, assists her mom, Carol Esau, right, resident of The Village, in unwrapping her Christmas gift – discovering the soft and warm fleece blanket packaged inside.
ASIDE FROM THE elf from the North Pole, Santa Claus was joined in making the celebration even more festive by a human Christmas tree – actually “Cookie” Regehr, daughter-in-law of Sarah Regehr, a resident of The Village.
