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Did you know June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month? During this important month, River Pointe will be hosting our annual Open House in Riverton Suites. On this fun day, we get together with family members, and our assisted living residents, to showcase just how welcoming this sometimes misunderstood community can be. This year, we […]

Things always quiet down after the Holiday season, but we still stayed busy during the month of January anyway. We try to get to a different restaurant, or interesting place every Tuesday, but one resident just loves Kentucky Fried Chicken, so we started out the year visiting her favorite place. Sometimes cheap and cheerful is […]

Wednesday, March 14th & 21st @ 2:30 PM  Glyndon Room/Riverton Suites Dining Assistant, Chelsie, will be hosting a purr-fect couple of afternoons in the month of March. For her MSUM Leadership Class, she has partnered the residents of River Pointe, and Cat’s Cradle Rescue and Adoption Center, to make fleece blankets for cats at their […]

On Monday, we will again host an intergenerational meetup we call, “Between Generations.” This wonderful group of home-schooled children, visits River Pointe once a month with their families, and brings with them fun things to do, lots of love, and an opportunity for us to influence the future of our community. We had a blast during […]

December was B-U-S-Y! Every time I printed off an updated weekly calendar, we got a call from another group wanting to visit or carol for our residents. The furniture in the Lobby was moved this way and that, more times than I can remember (sometimes at the last minute), and we found unique ways to […]

Last week we held our annual appreciation event for the first responders in our community. This is a chance for our residents to come together to thank the fire, police, and ambulance staff (and many more), who are always ready with a helping hand as emergencies arise. We had a lot of fun and truly […]

Happy New Year to all of you! In this post we’ll look back at some highlights from our November… On Rotary Rose Day, Dean and Joann, of Welcome Home Management Company, kicked off the month with chocolate roses for all staff at River Pointe, and a big thank you for all that we do. What […]

Did you know that December is Bingo’s birthday month? Bingo got its start way back in 1530 AD, as a kind of Italian lottery. From there it traveled to France, then on the Germany, and finally landed in the United States in 1929 where it was called “Beano.” The name was changed to “Bingo” after […]

We began the month visiting Maplewood State Park to see the changing leaves. After driving for a while, we stopped at the Muddy Moose in Pelican Rapids for lunch. We also had a day outing to the casino during the month of November, and went to Red Hen Taphouse and Mexican Village for supper outings. […]