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🎉👏 Congratulations to Deb Cardillo, our Manager of the Quarter at Taconic at Ulster! 👏🎉 Thank you for your outstanding leadership and dedication! Your hard work is truly appreciated!

🎉🎈 Today marks Dawn Frary’s 1-year work anniversary as our HR Director at Westfield! 🎉🎈 Thank you for a fantastic year of dedication and hard work, Dawn! Here’s to many more successful years ahead! 🥳

🎉🌟 Congratulations to Rhonda Wichmann (left), our Employee of the Month at Taconic at Ulster! 🌟🎉 Your hard work and dedication shine bright, Rhonda! Keep up the fantastic work! 👏👏

Westfield would like to say Congratulations to our resident of the Month, Phyllis Rupczyk! Phyllis is a wonderful person, who enjoys helping others!

Westfield would like to say Congratulations to Melissa McCheskey, Housekeeper, for being our April 2024 Employee of the Month! Melissa goes above and beyond making the facility shine!

Each of our Legends has a ‘Legend’ to tell in their own right, and we wanted to take time to hear the stories from some of our residents here at Taconic at Beacon! 😃📖

Aaron & Ida Washington have been together for 48 years, originally living in Charleston, South Carolina before moving up to Middletown, New York for work. The two of them bought their own house and lived together for years, until a medical condition caused them to be temporarily separated for 8 months. However, thanks to the state Ombudsman program, they’ve been able to live together here at Taconic at Beacon!

In his youth, Aaron played football as wide receiver defensive end and studied Theology in college. Ida worked as a Therapist at the Middletown Center, both of them graduating together after attending university later in life. The two of them enjoy hunting and fishing, telling stories from back in the day of catching tons of fish and crabs in tubs, ‘borrowing’ boats by the creek to scoop them up! Between going to movies and sneaking away with the family bedsheets to climb trees together, their love still shines bright. ☀️

Aaron claims the secret to their long-standing relationship has been to ‘be like a palm tree, blowing and bending and straightening again. Don’t argue, just communicate, and weather the winds.’ To the folks back home, they had the advice to ‘appreciate every moment of your lives. There are no promises of what tomorrow will bring, so enjoy every moment of today, while preparing for anything to follow.”

We’re grateful to have spoken to the Washingtons on their Legendary lives! 💚😄💗

👏🌟 Let’s give a round of applause to Abbey Draper, our Rehabilitation Unit Coordinator, for being named Employee of the Month at Aurora Park! 🌟👏 Starting as a CNA 11 years ago and rising through the ranks, Abbey’s dedication and hard work have truly paid off. Congratulations,

🎉🌟 Congratulations to Lawrence Neri from our Maintenance Department for being recognized as Employee of the Month at Aurora Park! 🌟🎉 Your dedication and hard work are truly appreciated by everyone here. Congratulations, Lawrence! Keep up the fantastic work! 🙌👏

Employee of the Month at Susquehanna: Amy Quarterman, Housekeeping 🎉 Amy received two nominations for Employee of the month: “Amy works hard to keep Susquehanna clean and neat for our residents and staff. She is very meticulous with her job. We love having her at Susquehanna!” “She goes above and beyond with her duties and always has a smile on her face. We are lucky to have her.”