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Lena Living Center opens its festive holiday season EDITOR

The Lena Living Center opened the holiday season with its annual Scarecrow Fest and Trunk or Treat Night. Other holiday events are planned, but the Scarecrow Fest is slated to become the gateway to winter fun at the Living Center. “We moved the trunks indoors this year because of the rain and our residents are helping us pass out the candy,” said Lena Living Center Wellness and Life Enrichment Coach Leeann Weber. “We’ve had about 25 kids which was more than we expected and that’s always a good thing.” She said there are games for the kids to play, treats and popcorn, hot apple cider and hot chocolate. There is also a sort of scary barnyard arrangement in the lobby for Halloween photo opportunities and another holiday background area set up for Christmas card photos. “We are entertaining grandparents, aunts and uncles, our employees and their children and lots of folks from the community tonight,” said Living Center Administrator Dewayne Tremain. He said it is always their goal to include the Lena community and Scarecrow Fest accomplishes that nicely. “Everyone is having a great time decorating pumpkins,” said Tremain. “They used all sorts of glitter and glue and yarn and beads and they all had fun. We have gifts and candies and popcorn all sorts of fun holiday things to do.” Frankly, it was hard to tell who was having more fun the children or the residents, but when it all came down fun was the key word. These events are a great piece of engagement for everyone regardless of their age,” Tremain said “And, our Scarecrow Festival is just the beginning.” A quick check on the Living Center Facebook calendar shows even more fun is in store for the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. “Our Thanksgiving dinner is open to the Lena community and folks

“Different organizations from throughout the community sponsor trees in our forest,” he said. “They put up the trees in the lobby and halls and decorate them. The trees are judged after Christmas dinner and the winner receives half the money that’s raised by entry fees. The other half goes to the residents’ Christmas party. We all love watching the trees come in and be decorated and in no time the entire facility takes on a festive air. This is just a wonderful time of the year.” Have you signed up to participate in the holiday fun? Beginning Nov. 22, the Lena Living Center will be accepting donations of decorated trees for their Enchanted Forest. Their goal is to fill the facility with as many festive trees as possible to make the residents feel the holiday spirit all month long. They are asking for a $10 donation fee with your tree: 50% goes to the winning tree; 50% goes to the resident’s holiday party. And, on Dec. 12, join the staff and residents for an Open House from 6 to 8 p.m. While there, Visit the Enchanted Forest, enjoy Holiday muCOURTESY PHOTO Shopper’s Guide sic by Mississippi Man. There will Lena Living Center residents join in celebration with a large and enthusiastic group of family mem- be refreshments served and a kid’s bers and volunteers for the center’s annual Scarecrow Festival. cookie decorating station. If you have any questions, please from the community are able to nity can adopt them and spend the experience for everyone involved.” adopt a resident for Thanksgiving, so day,” said Tremain. “It’s the same Among the activities planned for call the center at 815-369-4561 or if there’s a resident that doesn’t have for Christmas and we encourage the holiday season is the Lena Liv- visit them on Facebook by searching Lena Living Center. a family someone from the commu- folks to adopt a resident. It’s a great ing Center Enchanted Forest.

Lena KOA Holiday wins major awards during annual convention Kampgrounds of America, the world’s largest family of family-friendly, open-to-the-public campgrounds, is pleased to announce that the Lena KOA Holiday Campground has earned the 2019 KOA President’s Award and KOA Founder’s Award. These prestigious awards were presented Wednesday, Nov. 14, at KOA’s Annual International Convention in Fort Worth, Texas. KOA surveys hundreds of thousands of campers each year regarding their KOA camping experience. The KOA Founder’s Award,

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named in honor of Dave Drum, who founded KOA on the banks of the Yellowstone River in Billings, Montana in 1962, is KOA’s highest service award. It is awarded exclusively to those KOA campground owners and managers who attain worldclass scores in both customer service and the KOA Quality Review.

The KOA President’s Award is presented to those campgrounds meeting exceptional quality standards and who receive high customer service scores from their camping guests “Our KOA owners have a well-deserved reputation for creating quality camping experiences for their

guests,” said KOA President Toby O’Rourke. “Their hard work and continued investment in their camping guests are evident in the feedback shared with us by campers who come not only from North America, but from around the world. It is a privilege to be able to recognize these owners for all that they do.”

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