Windham Terrace Assisted Living Holds Wreath Decorating Contest Benefiting Local Organizations

To add some extra cheerfulness with a charitable twist to the holiday season, Windham Terrace Assisted Living, a premier assisted living community, hosted a fun, interactive and heartwarming seasonal tradition for its Windham neighbors. It invited local charitable groups and clubs to participate in Windham Terrace Assisted Living’s first wreath decorating competition. Organizations created the wreaths and dropped them off at the assisted living community to be displayed and voted on by residents, guests and staff. The first, second and third place winners received cash to help further their group’s mission. The six wreaths were created by Windham Helping Hands, St. Matthew Church MOSAIC (Mothers of School-Aged to Infant Children), Friends of the Library, Windham MOMS Group, Windham Presbyterian Church and Windham Middle School. After participants dropped of their creations, the wreaths were on display for voting in the assisted living community for nearly two weeks. The winners were announced at Windham Terrace’s holiday cocktail party. St. Matthew MOSAIC won the first place $300 prize, Windham Helping Hands won the second place $200 prize and Friends of the Library won the third place $100 prize.

“This year, we decided to celebrate the holidays by giving back to the many groups that impact our community and the seniors here at Windham Terrace,” said Lynda Brislin, executive director of Windham Terrace Assisted Living. “We contacted these groups about the contest because we knew that they would do great things to continue to give back with the prizes awarded. We very much enjoyed seeing all of the reactions from the residents when each wreath arrived and was displayed at the community, and it filled their hearts with the holiday spirit. They enjoyed voting for their favorites and the suspense leading up to seeing who won by popular vote.”

While Windham Terrace decorates its community during the holidays every year, the staff wanted to share in the holiday spirit by honoring local organizations in Windham. The residents greatly benefited from participating in this festive tradition.

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