Fun Walk raises funds for private room campaign – Jamestown Sun

IF YOU GO

What: 3rd annual Ave Maria Village Family and Friends Community Fun Walk When: 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 5 Where: Ave Maria Village, 501 19th St. NE Info: The cost to register is $25 for adults, $10 for Heritage Centre residents, and Ave Maria Village residents and children 12 years old and younger can enter for free. Registration forms may be picked up and returned to Ave Maria Village.

The 3rd annual Ave Maria Village Family and Friends Community Fun Walk is raising funds for phase one of Ave Maria Villages private room campaign.

Lisa Wagner, who came up with idea for the walk three years ago and is a walk organizer, said about 65 people have registered for the walk so far this year. Last year there were 100 participants, but this year Wagner said she would like to get 120 to 150 participants.

Wagner said same-day registration for the walk will be allowed. People wanting to register on the day of the walk should arrive between 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. to allow for extra time.

Participants will walk along a paved path starting from the Ave Maria Village pavilion area, which is located north of the parking lot for employees. The path is 1 mile long. Prize drawings will start at 10 a.m.

Jan Barnes, development and volunteer director for Ave Maria Village, said phase one of the private room campaign is raising funds to improve the rooms and other physical amenities the long-term care facility offers to its residents. She said a new phone system was just installed so each resident has a new phone and his or her own phone number.

Its a more versatile phone system, Barnes said.

Barnes said she has raised enough money through the private room campaign to create two bath suites. The work, once it starts sometime in August, will renovate the bathrooms in two rooms and make those bathrooms more spa like, she said. The estimated cost to create the two bath suites is $57,000 each.

Barnes said the next project is remodeling the kitchen for the Ave Maria Village building. She said the building is 55 years old and the kitchen has never been remodeled. She had no estimate on how much the kitchen remodeling will cost. The last thing to be done as part of the private room campaign is to remove all the wallpaper in each room and throughout the building and paint the walls.

We want to give the building a new look, she said.

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