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TOURING SUNNYMERE

 Please call 630-898-7844 to get your tour scheduled.   

We have some photos that will give you an idea of what Sunnymere has to offer.  ‘Hover’ over each image to see where in the building the picture was taken. Then click on the image. 

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Mardi Gras–It was so much fun!

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February 8th–Memories for Maverick gave our residents an awesome Valentine’s party!!

January 20th–Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.  Area students came to play games with our residents.  What fun for all!

December 31st–Good-bye to 2019!  New Year’s Eve Party

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December 14th–Santa found time to visit Sunnymere!!

December 6th–What a treat.   East High Choir came to sing for us!

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Sept 13th–Mark Hoffman gave a great show! The residents really had fun. 

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April 23–What a great time we had Blowing Bubbles, courtesy of Gail  from Suncrest. 

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New Year’s Eve at Sunnymere

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Santa visited Sunnymere.

 

Oswego Senior Center Chorus providing Christmas Music!

What a fun Halloween as the St. Olaf’s Preschool came to visit!

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We had a great time when the ‘Unscheduled Tour’ came to entertain!!

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Enjoying the band at Happy Hour 

Guys having fun!

Rolling with the music.

Totally enjoying the music!!

Girls have to dance!!

Mike at the drums!!

 

 

 

What a fun time everyone had at the Sunnymere Fun Fair!!  Residents and staff had a lot of laughs!!

 

The Cake Walk

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Bozo Buckets

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Rubber Ducky

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Ring Toss

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And we won prizes!!

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Our First Pool Party!!

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The Oswego Senior Center Choir came to entertain our residents.  A great time was had by all!

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Family Picnic

Each year we always have a wonderful family picnic/ get together, catered by Chef Larry.  This year was no exception.  

 

 

Mothers Day Celebration

In  May, we had a wonderful party for our Mothers, complete with the Prairie Sun musical group.  So good to have so many family members with us. 

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East High Girls Soccer came to visit our residents!

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Hollywood Came to Sunnymere!  The East High French Club planned a wonderful party on March 4th–to celebrate movies as the industry gave awards to their ‘winners’. The movie world partied–so did we!! Our residents could even walk in on ‘the red carpet’.   What a good time had by all!!

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February brought us Mardi Gras!

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2018 Martin Luther King Day of Service.  We were lucky to have students from the Upward Bound program at East High. What a great group of kids.  So glad they chose Sunnymere for their ‘Day of Service’.  In the morning, Renee organized a very fun Trivia game, and in the afternoon, residents and students played ‘Left Right Center’! A lot of fun–a lot of laughs!

 

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Bingo at Sunnymere is such fun!!  Thanks to Apex Hospice and Palliative Care and Harbor Light Hospice for supplying great Bingo prizes for Christmas Bingo. 

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Deck the Halls 2017! How wonderful to have so many volunteers from the Church of Good Shepherd to help decorate Sunnymere.  And how great that so many family members came to enjoy the season. Thank you one and all. 

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Veterans Day at Sunnymere!  So pleased that the Veterans group came to honor our residents who served our country: Don, Vern, Don, Ray, Johnny, Lloyd and John. 

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Halloween was amazing! 

Our residents totally enjoyed the St. Olaf Pre-School coming to visit. The kids costumes were so cute–and then the residents dressed up too!!

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Check out these pictures from our Staff Pumpkin Decorating Contest.

1st Place Pumpkin!!

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POLYNESIAN REVIEW!  What fun for all. Especially fun when Kevin and Vern donned grass skirts and were dancing!  So many residents enjoyed a terrific show. Thank you, Renae for organizing this!

 

 

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Spirit Week 2017. Fun all week, ending with a Fun Fair that staff could bring their kids!  A good time was had by all!

 

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The City of Aurora had a big party to honor all those who turn 100 this year (and those who turn one). Our own Lucille was one of those being honored!

 

Family Picnic 2017. Family members and residents and friends joined together to have a great time at this year’s event. Thanks to all who attended, Larry who catered the event and Renae who put it all together.  Great job, all!

 

 

 

 

Our 2017 Mother’s Day Celebration was great.  Residents and staff brought their friends and family and enjoyed Jeanette Andrews, a Magician, and a tasty buffet supper. Thank you, Renae, for a job well done!

 

 

 

Painting Birdhouses! What fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Patrick’s Day

Sunnymere was definitely ‘Wearing the Green’ on St. Pat’s Day.  Corned beef and cabbage first, and then a party. And a puppy came to see us.  Fun for all.  

 

 

Mardi Gras 2017 was such fun. So many residents in the party mode!!

 

 

 

The Holiday for Trees

The 4th graders from Aurora’s Temple B’nai Israel spent a Sunday morning at Sunnymere, sharing the holiday of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish holiday that celebrates ‘trees’ and all things that grow from the ground.  Enjoyed by all!

 

 

On this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Day of Service’, area students volunteered to spend time with our residents. Everyone had a great time playing games together. Apples to Apples and Left Right Center were especially fun. Thank you to all the young people who made our residents very happy that day. 

 

 

The residents turned discarded jewelry into works of art. Thank you, Kathi!

The holidays were so festive!  We so appreciate all the groups who came to sing and interact with the residents.

 

Moms & More came to Sunnymere! Yes, moms and their little ones came to visit and spend time with our residents. You can see how much everyone enjoyed the visit!
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Veterans Day at Sunnymere

Sunnymere took on a patriotic theme on November 11th as the ‘Visiting Veterans’ presented a special program to honor veterans at Sunnymere.  We have several veterans as well as widows of veterans here at Sunnymere.veterans-day-image-2

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Halloween at Sunnymere was so much fun. Costumes, great pumpkins, games–and Halloween cookies!

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The Great Pumpkin!

 

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The Great Bunny!

 

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Our own ‘Deviled Egg’!

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Fireman Ray

 

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The Cat in the Hat!!

 

 

Check out our Pumpkins!

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1st Place Winner–done by Tammy

 

 

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2nd Place Winner–done by Samantha

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3rd Place Winner–done by Ebonee

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So pleased that Mission Aurora came to help us clean up our grounds over the summer. Five churches recruited volunteers and how lucky for us that they spent one day at Sunnymere.

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planting-1 planting-2 planting-3 planting-4Family ‘picnic’ pictures. What fun to have a picnic lunch with the family!table-1

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Celebrating Weddings! June is ‘Wedding Month’ at Sunnymere. The residents shared good memories–wedding photos, talked about their weddings, honeymoons and engagements!

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Joyce today

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Joyce & Duke at their wedding

 

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Eula & Milton at their wedding

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Eileen, Lucille & John enjoying Wedding Cake!

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Samantha collecting all the wedding stories!

 

 

 

Hee Haw Bingo! (When you got a bingo–you had to say Hee Haw!)

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Irene S. celebrated her 102nd birthday! The family had a banner made which we displayed in the dining room. Hurray for Irene!Irene 102Temple B’nai Israel kids visit Sunnymere! They experienced a Passover Seder together and then worked on a craft.The residents loved having the kids visit (again).

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The whole group!

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Getting Ready for Spring–Planting Flowers!

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L-R: Barb, Vriginia, Lucille and Ruby

Valentine’s Day 2016–Entertainment and singing!

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Rena, MaryAnn & Joyce enjoying the singalong.

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June and Barb enjoying the singalong!

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Kathy Robel, Entertainer

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Judy, Marie, June and Ruby at the Valentine’s Singalong!


MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY OF SERVICE–jANUARY 18, 2016

Students volunteered to spend time with our residents–the kids ranged from AU students, High School, Middle School, Grade School students–all the way down to a kindergartner! Some visited with the residents, others did crafts with them. T’was a good day for all!

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Kindergartner Ava heping Joyce create her Eskimo doorhanger

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The AU students asked Barbara to be in their group photo!

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Jazmine, an East High senior, was the only student who spend the whole day with us! Here she is with Barb.

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Here’s Jazmine with John K.

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June is showing the AU students photos of her family

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Jazmine with Marie

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Michele and AU students

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Jacqueline Gibson and her mother Avis Miller doing crafts with Ruby

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Ruby’s finished Eskimo to hang on her door

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Jacquie Gibson working with Lucille and Virginia on thier Eskimos!

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AU students visiting with Rena

 

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Moms and Dads came over with their children to spend time with our residents

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AU student visiting with Madelyn

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John enjoyed his visit with AU student

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AU student Kylie visiting wiht Judy

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Leona had a mother/daughter team visit with her

 

 

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Deck the Halls of Sunnymere (Dec. 5, 2015)

  Families, friends, church groups, volunteers–all came to help Sunnymere get into the holiday season!

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HALLOWEEN

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Smartie Pants (AKA Virginia)

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Our elegant Rena!

 

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Bob (or Bobette?) and Shavon

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Lovely Barb

 

 

 

 

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Samantha and her 1st Place Pumpkins–Elvis & Marilyn!

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2nd place–Cookie Monster!

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3rd Place

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Cubs fan Mike

Leona & Shikina

Leona wasn’t scared by Shikina!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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