Ladies from BRCC have been volunteering at Pleasant Meadows on the third Friday of every month & special days since it was opened in 1975.  PM now has 109 nursing beds, 12 residential units & 4 apartments.  The Haven Center opened in 2000 to care for the needs of the Alzheimer residents. 

Volunteers do many things such as:

• Do Sewing sew on buttons, mending, name tags or alterations.
• Deliver mail.
• Help in the dining room at meal time.
• Visit with residents.
• Water flowers outside or do weeding.
• Help each September with the annual craft & bake sale by making things themselves to be sold, collecting items from fellow church members & helping at the event itself.
• Making table decorations for the dining room.
• Collecting items for the shopping cart where residents can get various items they need. Do a Christmas party each year for the residents - we collect money from our congregations to purchase gifts for each resident(they get to put on a list what they need).  We then do the shopping for these items.  Gifts are then wrapped by the volunteers.  We make cookies, etc for the party   & decorate the dining room for it.  Their families are invited to join them for this event.
• Throughout the year special events are held to brighten their lives such as a 50's night, luau, cookout, etc.  Their families are also invited to participate in these.
• Take a water cart to each room and give the residents fresh water and ice.

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean.  But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."  Mother Teresa

Items Paid For by PMCV Auxiliary in 2007 for the Residents

Karaoke machine

Special chair for residents in later stages

Two wheelchairs

New pond

Pitchers and cups

Plate warmer and three plate covers

Book shelves

Recliner

Linen cart for Haven Center

VCR/DVD combo

Housekeeping carts

Annual Flowers for landscaping

Therapy warmer

Special Programs that Auxiliary Members Helped with in 2007

Ice Cream Shop

"Adopt a Resident" Program

Welcome packets

Birthday Parties

Shopping Cart

Table decorations

Craft Sale and Salad Luncheon

Candy sale (on Valentine's Day)

"Lost in the '50's"

Hawaiian Luau

Ham and bean supper in the Fall

Christmas party

Mardi Gras party

Residential women's tea

Mother and Daughter Tea

Repaired drapes

Helped clean closets

In 2007, there were:

990 Auxiliary members

36 supporting churches

17 churches that volunteered monthly

3 churches that voluntereed quarterly

volunteer hours: 3,835

No. of volunteers: 185

Congratulations Bell Ridge for helping to make all of this possible!!!

Pleasant Meadows Shopping Cart

It is that time of year again for Bell Ridge to be in charge of collecting donations for the residents of Pleasant Meadows!  So throughout the month of June you could pick up any of the following itmes to donate:

Kleenex (any size)

Individually wrapped chocolate (No Nuts Please)

Sugar free chocolate candies (No Hard Candy)

Lotions

Spray cologne

Colgate or Crest toothpaste

Polident tablets

Stationary

Jewelry

Compact face powder (Neutral color)

Scope mouthwash

Men's cologne

Individual packages of crackers, cookies, plain potato chips, or cheetos

Please check all expiration dates to ensure a long shelf life!

You may bring your items to the church any time- just place them in the box in the foyer!!

Thanks!!