Many of our staff members go above and beyond to make our residents feel special – especially during the holidays. One employee has a holiday baking frenzy.
Kathy Evans is an avid baker and bestows sweet goodies on residents. Every holiday season since 1999, Kathy has taken a week of vacation to do holiday baking and distributes homemade treats to Senior Stars at The Kenwood.
This year, with the help of her “elves” (her daughter-in-law, friends and co-workers), Kathy compiled 215 holiday bags, each with 11 homemade goodies inside, for independent living residents, as well as 54 boxes for health services residents.
The treats usually take 4-5 hours to bag and 5-6 hours to personally deliver. One health services resident, Willie Redmond, was up bright and early to help deliver the cookies at 7 a.m.
“It gives residents a happy heart – and it gives me one, too,” Kathy said.
