Looking forward to Christmas....

Happy Holidays from IOOF.....

Happy November

The rain is gone, the weather is incredible and November is here! Happy November from IOOF....

October birthdays

National Dietary Week

National Housekeeping Week

Our wonderful staff, lead by their director, Dean! Way to go guys!!!

residents and volunteers decorate IOOF for Halloween....

Groundbreaking...

Our Administrator....

Our wonderful administrator at IOOF, Cindy Pierce, recently celebrated a birthday......and we didn't let it go unnoticed. Thanks for all you do, Cindy!

August Birthday Celebration...

Big plans ahead.....

This fall IOOF is going to see some very big - very exciting plans unfold. More to come very soon. Let the suspense begin!

Summer is coming to a close....

Summer is coming to a close. With that means the beginning of a new school year and less lazy summer visits....but more structured visits from our local area schools. One thing that won't be ending with summer is the Texas heat. We beat the heat by having our activities indoors. Here are a few photos from our July 4th celebration.

We celebrated the 4th with patriotic cup cakes and reminiscing of how residents have celebrated the 4th in the past with their family and friends! We had alot of stories and fun! For lunch Dean grilled hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill for residents and staff.... and we had some family members join us as well! Poor Dean didn't get to beat the heat indoors. We love ya Dean!!!!

Later in the afternoon we had a watermelon feast! We had the sweetest melons! We enjoyed a wonderful day with good food and fellowship!

July b-days celebrated...

For our July birthday party, those under 100 were presented with a single rose and we had one over 100 and she was presented with a dozen red roses! We enjoyed punch and cake provided by Family First Hospice..... as well as great entertainment by The Music Man!

One of our own....

This year at the Texas State Annual Conference for Activity Directors, Sandy Dyess who volunteers in our facility, was one of two people recognized as volunteers of the year in Texas. Sandy was out of town when this happened and Kay Cobb, IOOF Activity Director, accepted the award on her behalf. When she returned,the residents and other IOOF volunteers treated Sandy to a luncheon in her honor. Emily Valek, who is president of Residents Council, presented her with the award! As you can see in the photos she was touched deeply. She is a lady that contributes so much to the residents and facility, she truly deserved this award. We are proud that she volunteers
here! Hats off to Sandy!

Annie Martinek turns 102 !!!!

Congratulations Mrs. Martinek! What a pleasure to celebrate this milestone with you. 102 never looked so good!!!!!

Red Hatters Return...taking Ellis Co. by storm!

The Red Hatters are out and about in Corsicana again! They visited the Cook Center at Navarro College, lunched at Collin Street and shopped at Russel Stovers! WOW! What a great day we had! The Red Hatter Ladies of IOOF know how to have a good time! They never meet a stranger, so I think some of the residents of Corsicana were pleasantly surprised to run into our group!

Juneteenth Celebration

The IOOF facility provided a BBQ and staff contributed with pot luck sides! Wow & Yum! We sure enjoyed alot of good food and fellowship!

scenes from our Father's Day celebration....

Fathers day at IOOF was alot of fun. We smoked ribs outside on the grill and had a great Fathers Day lunch. Our fathers were also presented with a gift wrapped by the Ladies of Residents Council! The men all declared that they had a finger licking good time! Best ribs ever!

Happy 4th of July from IOOF

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
words and music by Woody Guthrie

Chorus:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me

As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me

Chorus

I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me

Chorus

The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me

Chorus

As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!

Chorus

In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.

Chorus (2x)