Things were a little different this year with our Thanksgiving celebration. Our wonderful families have always provided the deserts for our Liberty family thanksgiving feast. This year the "Ladies of Liberty" provided a taste of home with home baked goodies. We served banana pudding, chocolate pie, sweet potato pie, pecan pie, lemon bars, strawberry cream cheese pie, apple cake and the list goes on and on. A big THANK YOU to the "Ladies of Liberty" that made all of this possible.

Our residents enjoy being a part of a social community. While social distancing, we spent many afternoons creating what we feel is a work of art. Our social distancing craft stick quilt was so much fun to create. It is on display for everyone to enjoy and admire. It is truly beautiful and our residents are very proud of what they accomplished.

Most of our community is very involved in the political process and most have been voting for many years. With the help of our board of election giving two staff members (one democrat & one republican) the opportunity to be sworn in and take the oath to be a certified poll worker our residents were able to participate in the process they hold so dear.

A dress rehearsal and photo-op was quickly done before our amazing therapy team would take our community to the land of oz. Staff and residents were treated to a day of fun and games along with a chili cook off, and lots of fresh doughnuts and hot cider. It was a wonderful day to see our residents smile and admire the creativity of our caring dedicated and wonderful therapy team!

Staff and residents had the honor of surprising our very own Wanda Randolph L.P.N. She is such a joy to work and an amazing nurse and she inspires all her co-workers to be the best we can be. Wanda is truly our super hero at 81 years old and she continues to provide the excellent care she expects from us all. HAPPY 81st BIRTHDAY Wanda!

One on one visits with our residents these last few months have been such a delight. We gave had great conversations about family, friends and finding out the amazing talent our residents have. While visiting with Rose, she shared how she loved art and painting. I told her I had a blank canvas if she would she like to show off her talent? Low and behold she hand painted this beautiful cross and we will be hanging it in our chapel for all to admire.

Our activity department was surprised and humbled when we received a wonderful gift for our communtiy. Our dear friend Pam Henney and Betty Jones working along with the Roseland Grange an agriculture group here in our town teamed up together and through donations were able to gift our community with three new tablets and the protective covers to keep them safe. A huge Thank You goes out to everyone that made this possible.

Parker Hawkins is a members of our therapy team here at Liberty Nursing Center of Mansfield. He always has a contagious smile and kind heart. To everyone's surprise we have found out that Parker has a passion for beekeeping. He is the proud owner of two hives. This year was very successful and he was able to harvest three gallons of pure raw honey!

Betty Jones is such a big part of our community. She is involved in everything that happens. She held the title of Queen at our county fair's Ageless Beauty Contest, she hosted a brunch when Miss Ohio came to pay her a visit, she volunteers in our outreach mission to feed the less fortunate and the list goes on and on. When Covid 19 decided to make an unwelcomed visit, Betty had to take a time out in strict quarantine. With excellent care from staff and prayer, Betty shared that she is healthy happy and plans on spending sunny afternoons relaxing with a friend and wearing her mask. We love you Betty!

We are excited to share that we received a grant from the Ohio Department of Health to purchase Ipads. These Ipads will be available to our residents to facilitate face to face time with their families. Our activity staff is available to assist as needed for live chats. We know that it is difficult to be away from our family members so we are thrilled to be able to add one more way for our residents here to connect with their families.