On any given day, Jocelyn Wild could be taking seniors to lunch, to the ferry to Vancouver, or just around the yard at Rest Haven Lodge.

As Activities Coordinator, Wild is overjoyed at the $33,200 provided to the Lodge by the Rest Haven Foundation this year, which will enrich the lives of seniors at the facility.

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Of the $33,200, $13,200 will buy eight bolstered mattresses so residents donB次元官网网址檛 roll out of bed, but Wild is most excited for the programming opportunities. It will fund another year of music therapy, yoga therapy, and the Sunshine Clown program. In particular, Wild highlighted the B次元官网网址渕emory box project.B次元官网网址�

As 85 per cent of the residents at Rest Haven have some form of memory loss, each of the 73 residents will soon have a display box filled with important personal objects like photos, which is meant to spark conversations with staff and help them to remember key parts of their lives.

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Wild requested funding for all these programs, but was not expecting to have it all funded.

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