Country Fair Brings Out Family, Friends and Lots of Fun!

Parkway Health Center hosted it's first annual Country Fair this last weekend and I think it is fair to say...WOW! It was AMAZING! We had well over 300 attendees enjoy a wonderful lunch, wagon rides, face painting, a pie eating contest, a beautiful quilt show by award-winning Nina Grimes, fun entertainment and the most popular event....Gold Fish Racing! Residents, Family and Friends enjoyed the beautiful afternoon watching and participating in all of the fun. We could not have asked for better weather after such a sketchy week of rain and snow.

We could not have possibly made this happen without the help of some of our wonderful Home Health and Hospice Agencies.

A Big THANK YOU to Alpine Home Health and Hospice, Freedom Home Health, Summit Home Health and Hospice, Sunbrook Home Health and Hospice and Utah Home Health. These companies made donations for raffle prizes, painted faces and manned booths for us. We really could not have done it without you!!

And what would a Country Fair be without a wagon ride? A special thank you to Derk Palfreyman for bringing the horses and wagon and treating everyone to a wagon ride.

Everyone ooohed and ahhhed over the milk can lunch cooked by our very own Richard Petersen. It was an aboslute treat! Thank you Richard!!

Please enjoy the pictures and let us know what you think! And if you are in the neighborhood, stop by and visit!

PLEASE.....Help us solve this mystery!! (and come to the Country Fair on Saturday!)

I arrived at work this morning to an extremely disturbing sight! SOMEONE had wasted an excessive amount of very valuable, high grade toilet paper to decorate my door. I also received some interesting phone calls last evening asking me if I had Prince Albert in a can. Of course I don't! That would be illegal. Callers also wanted to know if my refrigerator was running! All of this happened in connection with our Resident Slumber Party in celebration of National Nursing Home Week and our First Anniversary!

While this event is worth celebrating...clearly the fun may have gone too far. Those involved in this incident were even brazen enough to leave a picture of themselves....masked of course, to conceal their identity....
If you have ANY information that can help solve this crime, PLEASE call Gena at Parkway, 801-465-9211.....and while you are at it, feel free to pick up some tickets for our Big Country Fair this Saturday 12-3 PM.

Parkway Health Center is having a COUNTRY FAIR

Don't miss the fun as Parkway Health Center celebrates National Nursing Home Week and our first anniversary in our new building by having a COUNTRY FAIR! Saturday, May 5th from Noon to 3 PM at our very own fair grounds (55 South Professional Way in Payson) you and your family can enjoy a milk can lunch prepared by renowned milk can chef Richard Peterson, a Pie Eating Contest, Entertainment, Gold Fish Races, Wagon Rides, Face Painting and a spectacular Resident Wheelchair Parade not to mention a Quilt Show, Farmer Joe Costume Contest, Raffles and Prizes!
Tickets are $15.00 for Adults, $10.00 for Seniors and $8.00 for children under 8. Tickets include all activities except raffles.
All proceeds will be used to purchase wheelchair accessible flower beds for our residents!

Easter Eggsitement!!

Parkway Heath Center had an EGGSiting morning when friends and family members joined our residents for the annual Easter Egg Dying activity and Egg Hunt. Kudos to Lisa Williams (Activity Director) and all the residents and staff who helped make this happen. Enjoy the pictures and stop by to visit soon!

Santa, Singers, Sweet Christmas Memories

Parkway Health Center resident's, family and friends enjoyed a wonderful Christmas celebration complete with entertainment, delicious food and wonderful memories. We even had a visit from the Jolly Ol' Elf himself!

Happy 90th Birthday Sylvia!

Sylvia, a resident at Parkway Health Center just turned 90 years old and her family had a huge party to celebrate. Many of Sylvia's family and friends came to wish her a happy birthday, enjoy the DVD program that one of her grandchildren made for her and eat birthday cake!

Sylvia has 5 children, 16 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren!! She loved camping, hunting and fishing with her family in years gone by. She was also a great bowler and played on many leagues. Sylvia also loves crocheting and quilting.

Happy Birthday Sylvia! We are so glad you are a part of our family!

Ms. Golden Years Utah 2009 from Parkway Health Center in Payson!

The Utah Health Care Association is having it's 47th annual convention in SLC and yesterday they crowned Mr. and Ms. Golden Years 2009 in a lively ceremony.
Parkway Health Center is proud to present the newly crowned queen, Virginia, to her public.
Virginia has been a part of the Parkway family for just a few months and brings a ray of sunshine everywhere she goes. She loves playing BINGO, her roommate Mary (who was also one of the lovely contestants!)and her family.



Feel free to stop in and congratulate both Virginia and Mary on their participation in such a fun activity!