We have said before, our community offers so many unique opportunities to get moving and stay moving. Boxing isn’t all that unique, but it is a perfect fit for Don!
There are many benefits of boxing, but the two we like the most are the mind body benefits. Boxing is a way to improve coordination. By repeatedly practicing the movements and punch combinations, you begin to feel more graceful and coordinated––even if you weren’t at all to begin with. You don’t have to be coordinated to box, but boxing can help you become more coordinated.
Boxing flexes your mental muscles. You have six punches and five defense moves. You have to remember the names, you have to be quick, you have to be light on your feet. When putting all those combinations together it requires focus and memorization. Your brain ends up getting as much of a workout as your biceps!
“If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far go together.” – African Proverb
Our community not only offers many opportunities to get moving and stay moving. We find that new friendships are developed and old ones are re-kindled. If you want, you can also find an accountability partner to help you stay motivated! Great job guys!!
Bill and John can normally be found out on the road, but they sometimes utilize the indoor spin bicycles when they want to get a quick ride in. Spin bikes?? Yep! We’ve got ‘em!
While Epworth Villa may be a place to come and keep busy, it’s also your new home with new friends at the ready! Loneliness and isolation can be detrimental to one’s health. At Epworth Villa, we are grateful for all our caring friends and neighbors that keep us vibrant and engaged.
For January’s Questions with Kathy webinar, we’re excited to dive into a topic we’re asked about all the time: how to sell a home for the best price, quickly! This informative video features guest speaker Victoria Caldwell, a RE/MAX Preferred Broker Associate with over 40 years of experience in the wild world of real estate.
Wellness Coordinator, Lori Love talks with CEO, Ron Kelly about the first 6-week movement challenge at Epworth Villa. Our community is unique in that we challenge our Residents to be the best they can be: Physically and Mentally. Having accountability partners in our community and the amenities that offer a variety of ways to move.
We have SO many health care workers here at Epworth Villa that we can thank for their compassion, determination and fortitude throughout this pandemic. Today we offer our thanks to Michelle Brown who is our Health Services Administrator. She among others has tirelessly led her team and has done it with a smile. Yesterday, our Health Services Residents, Assisted Living Residents and a large number of employees received their second vaccine. Well done, everyone!
Community, friendship and accountability are things that make Epworth Villa special. Together, we are embarking on a 6 week challenge to add more movement to our days.
Residents have been given this indoor walking map with distances marked, so they can track and increase their physical activity. There are three stories to each building, so a resident can add the stairs for an extra challenge. Rain, snow and even the Oklahoma wind can’t stop us from getting our steps!
Challenges like this are what make us a community and make us unique. Come see what our community – our home is all about!
Community, friendship, and accountability are things that make Epworth Villa special. Together, we are embarking on a 6 week challenge to add more movement to our days.
Residents have an indoor walking map with distances marked, so they can track and increase their physical activity. Rain, snow and even the Oklahoma wind can’t stop us from getting our steps!
Keep checking back to see what other activities our Residents are partaking in to keep moving. The amenities at Epworth Villa give us the opportunity to move in so many different ways!
Challenges like this are what make us a community and make us unique. Come see what our community – our home is all about
A community invites the possibilities for friendships. It organically welcomes the joining of lives in leisure, learning and the sharing of common experiences.
A community is a place where individual and small groups may experience meaning and shared purpose in life.
A facility is a place where people are expected to fulfill very specific and constrained roles.
Some people refer to a house as a facility to keep someone safe and warm.
But, our Residents refer to the Epworth Villa community as home and there’s no place like it!
Many think that giving is only the sharing of our financial resources. But giving can include our time, prayers and even our emotional support.
Epworth Villa Residents and employees started these “support trees” in early November. These trees began during a breast cancer awareness event where staff and residents left messages for women fighting breast cancer. Many Residents loved this idea and felt that encouragement was a precious gift that they could give and was desperately needed.
It is the intent that a patient would pick up a ribbon of encouragement when walking in for their treatment, knowing that others have thought of them and prayed. The trees were delivered to the Coletta Center at Mercy, the Stephenson Cancer Center, and the Integris Cancer Institute.
If you were to ask anyone at Epworth Villa to name an amazing centenarian, they would unanimously answer, “Betty Harding.”
Harding was born at the Chilocco Indian School in Oklahoma where her parents were on faculty. Her second husband of 1/4 Cherokee heritage was a student at Chilocco. He would listen to her playing the piano and was smitten. Although students could not fraternize with the faculty families, years later, a set of circumstances would lead to a reunion and marriage.
Harding moved to Apache, earned a degree in piano at the Oklahoma College for Women, and pursued additional study out of state. She and her first husband owned a Ford dealership in Apache. In addition to helping with management of the dealership, Harding was the organist at the Methodist Church for 35 years and taught private piano lessons. She remained in Apache until her first husband passed away.
In 1983, she married Mike Harding, who had listened to her piano playing at the Chilocco school nearly 50 years before. During that time, he became a baker, served in World War II, and became the president of Krispy Kreme donuts.
For many years, Betty and Mike Harding enjoyed travel, golf, and family. They eventually moved to Epworth Villa in September 1991. Since that time, she has been one of the most active accompanists for worship and social events in the Epworth Villa community. And to this day, Betty Harding is still playing the piano for worship services in Epworth Villa’s Brill Chapel. Organist Wes Howl likened her devotion to preparation and study of musical score to that of a teenager in a conservatory.
“I have collaborated with many musicians through the years, but I have found Betty to be the most sensitive, musical partner of any I have known,” Howl said. “Playing with her is a delight usually found only in higher level chamber musicians. She has never sought the spotlight but appreciates the opportunities afforded at Epworth to share her gifts and contribute to her chosen community.”
On Betty becoming a centenarian, Epworth Villa’s CEO, Ron Kelly said, “God has given us a gift in Betty Harding. By being a servant and sharing her gift with her community, she has found a way to thrive. Today we celebrate Betty and thank her for a lifetime of service to the church and others.”
