A VANTAGE POINT RETIREMENT LIVING NEWSLETTER
Fall 2023
A Letter From...
Rita
Hello Vantage Point team members and welcome to the Fall 2023 edition of our Point of Contact newsletter! It’s hard to believe we’re fast approaching the holiday season and, even more so, the start of 2024. As this will be our last edition before the Holiday season I want to say how thankful I am for each and every member of the Vantage Point team. Seeing the growth in each community as well as at the corporate level this year has been incredible.
Chef Loren serving up some delicious food at Truitt Lodge’s Cheeseburger in Paradise Event
Your community teams have risen to every challenge and celebrated successes together as a family. I am proud to say our teams are amongst the most passionate and dedicated in the industry and we’re honored you continue to choose your Vantage Point community as your home away from home. From the bottom of my heart, thank you! And I wish you nothing but health, happiness, and enjoyment this coming holiday season and into 2024.
Artwork by Jane Naus fills the IL Dining room at Lewes Lodge, with proceeds going to support Autism Delaware
With gratitude,
While our culinary team was hard at work putting the finishing touches on the kitchen, residents enjoyed a daily “breakfast Club”
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Corporate Updates As always, our community and corporate teams have been busy!
Our Communities Grow
Since our last edition of this Newsletter, we can happily report that The Lodge at Historic Lewes is now completely open and welcoming residents in all levels of care at the community. Congratulations to the entire community for their hard work in getting their license and welcome to new team members who continue to onboard.
Courtney, Cheryl, Toni, and our entire Truitt team put on another wonderful Marketing event
Additionally, Fieldstone at Chester Springs is preparing to formally launch its sales efforts and will begin building its team starting November 1st! Located in Chester Springs, PA, Fieldstone will seek to hire a variety of team members in departments and roles similar to that of your own communities. As our communities and teams continue to grow, it’s important to mention that we offer an employee referral bonus program for any team member directly referred by another Vantage Point employee! For more information on this program, contact your community’s human resources leader.
Employee Platform Updates
As mentioned in previous editions of our newsletter, we recognize that there have been significant challenges and inconveniences utilizing employee platforms since converting to Vantage Point’s new Professional Employer Organization (PEO), Resourcing Edge.
Toni and the Arcadia Activities Team organized a beach getaway for some of our residents
improve reliability of timekeeping and other areas. We look forward to sharing more information about these improvements in the weeks to come. In the meantime if you have any suggestions or feedback to share, visit bit.ly/ vprlfeedback
Vantage Point’s corporate team is diligently working on solutions that will improve these interfaces and drastically 3
Community Focus made a difference to those he met, imprinting his forever smile on our minds. For his family, who miss him every day, and we as a community will take comfort as we remember and honor him. Team Arcadia gathers for the unveiling of a bench to remember and celebrate JJ’s life
Arcadia Acknowledges Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
The Readers’ Choice - Arcadia!
This September we held an event at Arcadia to dedicate a memorial bench to the son of one of our team members, Rachel Pollock.
Arcadia at Limerick Pointe was voted the best Personal Care Community by the readers of The Mercury for the second year in a row. Thanks to our dedicated team for all your hard work that shines a light on our community. Your hard work and dedication shows throughout the community!
Rachel, her husband Joe, and their daughter, Bella, along with the Arcadia staff joined together to celebrate a very special young man, their son and brother, JJ. We shared the story of JJ who was diagnosed with The Pollock Family Wilms tumor, a cancer of the kidneys that affects children. JJ was one of many children diagnosed with cancer every year. In 2023, an estimated 9,910 children 15 years old and younger along with another 5,280 teens between the ages of 15 to 19 in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer. JJ’s story isn’t just about cancer, its about a young man who demonstrated to those around him what the strength of a warrior was, and to have the quiet perseverance of a life worth living. He often told JJ Pollock others to be brave, yet we looked into his eyes and wanted to know how we could be braver than him. Rachel, Joe, and Bella, and the staff at Arcadia came together on September 27th to share in the remembrance of JJ. In his short 11 years of life, he
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Loving the Lewes Lodge Life Life at Lewes is never dull! Since our first move-in over the summer, our incredible recreation & events team hit the ground running. They have brought exciting events and programs to our residents like our Breakfast Club & Walking Group, musical groups and performers like Crescent City Collection & Vince Varrassi, cooking demonstrations, and the first of many sip & sketch happy hours.
IL Residents enjoyed a Sip & Sketch Happy Hour, among many other events & programs
With the upcoming holiday season, we know our team will be busier than ever planning fun for fall and transforming our community into a winter wonderland! Welcoming Our Newest Residents - and Team Members! IL residents have called The Lodge at Lewes home for a few months now, but after receiving our CO for Assisted Living and Memory Care, we’ve begun to welcome residents home on that side of the community! A very special thank you to our entire team, those who have been here for a while and those who have just joined, for all of your hard work and dedication to making our residents feel right at home at Lewes Lodge.
When Life Hands Truitt Lodge Lemons, We Make Pink Lemonade! When Mother Nature sends you the snippets of a hurricane named Ophelia, you can hunker down or party hard! At The Lodge at Truitt Homestead, we always choose the latter! On Saturday, with soggy weather, we turned The Lodge PINK and had four showings of “BARBIE” in our Theatre, complete with pink sugar cookies, pink cupcakes, and pink Lemonade!
Closing Out the Summer by Bringing Vegas to Meadowcrest’s Independent Living This August we hosted a fabulous Las Vegas themed Casino Party to finish out our Summer Party Series. Residents and their guests were decked out in their finest, enjoying superb cuisine from our Culinary Department while enjoying entertainment including live dealers, roulette, slots and blackjack and music. A Centenarian Celebration! Meadowcrest resident Lois B. celebrated her 100th birthday with us in September! Joined by family, friends, neighbors, and community staff, our guest of honor celebrated 100 years young... in style! Ms. Lois makes her grand entrance
On Sunday afternoon we delighted our Residents with a very special performance by Vince and Ken from 5th Avenue It may have been damp outside, but spirits, and pink, Jazz, complete with were bright at The Lodge! songs and stories from The Great American Songbook featuring a special tribute to America’s favorite: Tony Benett. Our Second Annual Cheeseburger in Paradise Party Tour Our Residents opened their home to our Annual “Cheeseburger and Paradise Tour,” where our Resident Ambassadors and Staff welcomed and toured 100 guests. They were treated to a wonderful buffet from our Culinary Staff as well as music from DJ Mike. This has been the best marketing event we have had at The Lodge and are looking forward to building our census as quickly as possible
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Family N EW TE AM M E M BE RS NAME
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TITLE
COMMUNITY
Housekeeping
ARC
Michaelene Hester
Program Director AL
LEW
Shayla Amey
Resident Assistant
ARC
Arias Hinmon
Nursing Supervisor
LEW
Mle Amoah-Mensah
Server
MEA
Mary Hunt
Cook
LEW
Stephanie Anglemire
Nursing Supervisor LPN
LEW
Jill Jefferson
Reception
LEW
Angela Apondi
Server
MEA
Melanie Johnson
Director Of Nursing
LEW
Janet Banks
Resident Assistant
LEW
Jocelynn Johnson
CNA/Resident Assistant
LEW
Carolyn Bess
Cook
LEW
Kaden Knapp
Server
MEA
Roger Bickle
Bartender
LOD
Laura Knutsen
Receptionist
LEW
Judith Bishop
Nursing Supervisor
LEW
Vicki Kriczky
Community Relations Director
ARC
Margaret Bollo
Concierge Reception
LEW
Mckenna Landis
Server
LEW
Theresa Boston
Cook
LEW
Marvin Logan
Dishwasher
LEW
Allen Bowers
Security
LEW
Taylor Luck
Med Tech
MEA
Ammir Brewster
Cook
MEA
Tori Lyter>
Server
LEW
Kirsten Brightwell
Transportation Coordinator
LEW
Emma Minzer
Server
MEA
Dinasty Brown
Housekeeping
MEA
Geraldine Nester
Server
ARC
Kyle Brown
Cook - Transfer
LEW
Mahlisa Niles
Resident Assistant
ARC
Katie Burrows
Server
LEW
Renee Omwenga
Server
MEA
Rebecca Cadle
Housekeeping
LEW
Marta Ortiz
Server
LEW
Lori Chandler
Recreation Assist
LEW
Jasmine Ovalle-Alvizures
Server
LEW
Abrianna Charriez
Resident
ARC
Amanda Parker
Resident Assistant
LEW
Jayne Chess
Receptionist
MEA
Colleen Paskel
Kitchen Utility
ARC
Robin Ciamaricone
Reception
LEW
Linda Porte
Resident Assistant
MEA
Kaylyn Clews
Server
LEW
Debra Portocarrero
LPN Supervising
LEW
Dakota Corniel
Server
LEW
Robin Potts
Resident Assistant
ARC
Destiny Corum
Server
ARC
Adam Reese
Program Asst
LEW
Deborah Croce-Greenberg
LEW
Reception
LEW
Cara Schmidt
Server
Peter Devers
Sous Chef
ARC
Bryan Seagrave
Facilities Tech
ARC
Colleen Draper
Server
MEA
Tanesia Short
CNA
LEW
Charles Faverey
Concierge
MEA
Shontae Short
CNA
LEW
Deborah Fehring
Dining Room Manger
LEW
Jasmine Smith
Server
LEW
Kymon Felix
Utility
LOD
Mileena Spell
Resident Assistant
ARC
Jackson Filicicchia
Dishwasher
LEW
Isaiah Stokes
Kitchen Utility
MEA
Caleb Fountain
Concierge & Security
MEA
Sheila Toohey
Receptionist
LEW
Emma Funk
Server
MEA
Sabrina Townsend
Server
MEA
Levi Garner
Kitchen Utility
ARC
Reshell Truitt
Program Director MC
LEW
Aurora Gomez
Housekeeping
LEW
Paris Warfield
Server
MEA
Araya Graves Butler
Resident Assistant
ARC
Amanda Willis
Housekeeping Lead
LEW
Caden Gresh
Security/Maintenance
ARC
Aaron Wolff>
Maintenance Lead
LEW
Patricia Gros
Rec & Events Coordinator
LEW
Cole Yost
Kitchen Utility
ARC
Amanda Hall>
Server
LEW
Ashley Youse
Nursing Supervisor
LEW
Brittney Hall
CNA
LEW
Kaylin Zamorano
Server
ARC
Tremaine Hall
Resident Assistant
LEW
Kayla Henderson
Activities Director
ARC
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CE LE BR ATI NG ANNI VE RSARI E S NAME
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NAME
TITLE
COMM
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Linda Adshead
Receptionist
MEA
CNA/MedTech
MEA
Toni Allebach
Director of Recreation & Events
ARC
Deja Anderson-Parker
Receptionist
MEA
Rugiatu Barrie
CNA/MedTech
MEA
Carole Benoit
Concierge
MEA
Billy Blakeney
Culinary Director
LOD
Kristi Brenner
Server
MEA
Alexus Brinkley
Resident Assistant
ARC
Rose Broomall
Recreation & Events Coordinator
ARC
David Brown
Culinary Director
MEA
Larry Butts
Driver
ARC
Jessica Carroll
Server
ARC
Suzette Chambers
Director of Community Relations
LOD
Aysia Clay
Server
MEA
Riley Cole
Server
ARC
Marlene Cox
HR Director
ARC
Stella Crennan
Receptionist
MEA
Paige Davenport
Server
MEA
Marissa Decicco-Rogers
Server
ARC
Diana Dede
Med Tech
MEA
Thomas Dilks
Maintenance Director
MEA
Aminata Drame
CNA/MedTech
MEA
Diane Dushime
Med Tech
MEA
Ruby Evans
Housekeeping
LOD
Donna Feaster
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Amelia Huston
Debra Akinbayo
Cook
MEA
Eveline Folks
CNA/MedTech
MEA
Tracie Frye
Receptionist
MEA
Shyheim Gatewood
Concierge
MEA
Ciara German
Server
MEA
Diane Hansford-Hughes Server
ARC
Lodge residents welcome a new neighbor home with a fun happy hour
Server
ARC
Kahlesha Johnson
Resident Assistant
ARC
Samiya Johnson
Server
ARC
Claudia Kelliehan
Concierge
MEA
Gale Kenny
Receptionist
MEA
Karry Lawrence
Facilities Tech
ARC
Nicole Lebon
Resident Assistant
ARC
Megan Luckett
Resident Assistant
ARC
Amy Mccormick
Business Office Director
ARC
Ann Mckissic
Resident Assistant
ARC
Veronicah Medley
Server
MEA
Melissa Miller
Director of Community Relations
LEW
Noemi Nava
CNA/MedTech
MEA
Jailyn Nichols
Server
MEA
Kayla Ogoti
RA/Med Tech
MEA
Margaret Oppong
CNA/MedTech
MEA
Temitope Osadare
LPN Supervisor
MEA
Samuel Ouko
LPN Supervisor
MEA
Jeanine Owusu-Beaman
Concierge
MEA
Karen Packard
Program Director
MEA
Matthew Paglione
Cook
MEA
Amaris Prescott
Server
MEA
Hellen Robinson
Resident Services Director
MEA
Nancy Schuett
Compass Program Director
ARC
Saffie Sidibay
Resident Assistant
MEA
Vivienne Slew
CNA/MedTech
MEA
Ceola Smith
Resident Assistant
ARC
Brittany Stevenson
Receptionist
MEA
Brittany Sutton
Resident Assistant
ARC
Philomina Tekpetey
Resident Assistant
ARC
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Julianna Young
Server
ARC
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Arcadia residents participated in an “Adopt a grandparent” program at nearby Primrose School
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HR Corner Did You Know? As an employee of a Vantage Point Community, you have access to a number of online resources? These resources include access to view your pay stubs online, telehealth, an overview of your benefits, and even discounts on things like shopping, shows, and theme parks? When you login to your RE360 portal, use the left navigation panel to learn more!
Your Opinion Matters! We always want to know how things are going! Whether you have a suggestion, concern, or kudos to share, our team member surveys are always open! Visit bit.ly/vprlfeedback or scan the QR code to the left to share your thoughts.
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Employee of the Month
Employee of the Month
Employee of the Month
Adshead
Akinbayo
Ramirez De Avila
Linda
Receptionist
CNA/Med Tech
Housekeeper
Employee of the Quarter
Employee of the Quarter
McKissic
Sturgis
Resident Assistant - MC
Cook
Ann
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Elvia
Debra
Shakiya