Springdale honours veterans with Remembrance Day programs
Although it was a smaller event this year due to restrictions in place to keep everyone safe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Springdale Country Manor still honoured Remembrance Day on Nov. 11 with several activities throughout the day.
The day’s events included a two-minute moment of silence and a video program about Canada’s military history and Canadian veterans was played for residents throughout the day, says the Peterborough County long-term care home’s life enrichment co-ordinator Sonia Murney.
“We did our moment of silence, and in the afternoon one of the LEAs (life enrichment aides) brought a small group of residents together to do a service and to have singalongs,” she adds.
Sonia also read a poem and the Legion prayer over the intercom.
While there is only a few veterans living at Springdale Country Manor, the resident veterans received some extra attention, Sonia says.
“One resident veteran had a visit from her daughters, and for the other veterans we made sure they got some extra TLC,” she says.
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