Upcoming Events

Manchester celebrates the month of February!

Download our monthly recreation calendar for more information on exciting events taking place throughout our community!

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Events are subject to change. Please contact our Therapeutic Recreation Department for more information on our monthly events!

 

Feb 2nd – National Heart Awareness Day- Residents and Staff
We will be giving out heart awareness party favors to staff. For the Residents, we will be doing a heart awareness craft.

National Wear Red Day
National Wear Red Day is supported by the American Heart Association and is celebrated with National Heart Health Month. It focuses specifically on raising awareness of women’s heart disease and stroke risks. Cardiovascular disease causes one in three deaths in women every year, making it the number one health-related killer in women. The good news is that 87% of all heart issues are believed to be preventable making awareness, education, research, and resources vital to the cause this holiday supports. On this day every year, supporters wear their favorite red dresses, shoes, tops, and accessories to stand together with their affected sisters and encourage others to take preventative actions for their heart’s health.

Feb 13th – Mardi Gras for Residents
We will have a celebration with the residents for Mardi Gras. Beads, Masks, and snacks. Mardi Gras is a Christian holiday and popular cultural phenomenon that dates back thousands of years to pagan spring and fertility rites. Also known as Carnival or Carnaval, it’s celebrated in many countries worldwide—mainly those with large Roman Catholic populations—on the day before the religious season of Lent begins. Brazil, Venice, and New Orleans play host to some of the holiday’s most famous public festivities, drawing thousands of tourists and revelers every year.

February 14th – Valentine’s Day
Residents are invited to a party with snacks, and someone will sing love songs. Valentine’s Day is a holiday (February 14) when lovers express affection with greetings and gifts. Given their similarities, it has been suggested that the holiday originates in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. The festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included fertility rites and the pairing of women with men by lottery. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I forbade the celebration of Lupercalia which is sometimes attributed to replacing it with St. Valentine’s Day, but the holiday’s true origin is vague at best. Valentine’s Day was not celebrated as a day of romance until about the 14th century.


As we practice proper social distancing protocols in our community, we are proud to feature modified programming to continue providing vibrancy for our residents and employees. All events are subject to change. Please feel free to follow us on our Facebook page for continued updates as well as reaching out to us via Messenger.