Grandma Sissy's big day!

Last week we were lucky enough to get to attend an award ceremony for Grandma Sissy at The Homestead of Rochester.  She received "Volunteer of the Year" and was recognized for the many areas of volunteering she serves in now as well as the many, MANY, M.A.N.Y other volunteer services she has provided over the years. Needless to say, the list is too long to put here but for those of you who know her, you know that she never turns away the opportunity to serve her fellow man and community when she can.  When she moved to The Homestead, she said "I don't know what I'll do with all my time".  We secretly laughed to ourselves because we knew that it wouldn't be long at all before the administrators and fellow residents there recognized her unlimited skills and tapped into those skills.  Lo and behold, we were right!  We now have to call ahead to schedule time on her VERY busy schedule as she serves on 4 different Homestead committees along with escorting a memory care patient to Mass, calling Bingo, opening her apartment each month for the open house, and the list goes on!  The award was a surprise for her so we were especially excited that the Volunteer Coordinator called us ahead of time to have us plan to be there to be a part of the surprise.  Mission accomplished, she was shocked....in a good way:-)  We are SO proud of her and happy to have been a small part of the festivities...and I have to add that the ice cream sundae bar we were all treated to didn't hurt either:-)

Think she was surprised??

"Here Hennybug, have some of my ice cream!"