New Jersey Catholic Daughters of the Americas

I wanted to give you a heads up….one of the many wonderful things I’ve purchased for the residents with the Catholic Daughters funds…..was a robotic therapy dog. We celebrated “The Dog Days of Summer” yesterday. I took the dog around to all the rooms. The residents loved it. I also bought a cat and a parrot for use at another time. If you go to our FB page…it will all be posted soon. In gratitude I wanted to specifically acknowledged you and the Catholic Daughters on one of the pictures as our sponsor for the purchase. I can’t tell you how much that money has helped us and especially throughout this pandemic. The residents miss all the volunteers, pet visits, big activities/meals/special events together….and we have been trying our best to occupy their time in meaningful ways. I’ve bought a lot of solo leisure supplies to have on hand any time they want it and we’ve done a lot of food related specials delivered to their rooms. 2 others items I purchased with the funding was 2 tablets…..that we’ve used this entire time….to go to their rooms and bedside for 1:1 visits. On the tablets we can go on the internet to play any music they like, stories, funny videos, play games, etc. Again, those have been invaluable during this time. I’m keeping a running detailed log of every penny spent as well as receipts. When this is all over or we come to the end of the funds…whichever happens first….I’d be happy to provide you a copy….if you would like to share further with your members. Just so they see all the wonderful ways their brought residents joy. Today we will be celebrating National Senior Citizen Day and are able to have a live singer outdoors this afternoon. Be sure to keep an eye out for the Face Book dog posting and encourage your fellow members to please take a look and give us a “like” as well. Have a great weekend.

Take care,

Marcy