On Saturday November 7th, 2009 14 students volunteered their afternoon to help facilitate and participate in a few games of BINGO at Elmhurst Extended Care Center. The students helped hand out BINGO cards and call out numbers as well as spend some time visiting with the residents.Elmhurst Extended Care Center offers extended care and rehabilitation services for post-operative patients as well as Alzheimer’s care. The center offers activities for its residences every day that include outings into the community as well as other social, recreational and spiritual events.
The volunteers were certainly appreciated at the BINGO game on Saturday. According to Noelle Sereis, one of the 14 volunteers, “the residents were excited to see us” and some even took time to share photos and stories with the volunteers. Sereis added that “it felt rewarding to know that we helped brighten their day“.
For more information about the Elmhurst Extended Care Center go to http://www.elmhurstextendedcarecenter.com/.
