Staff Appreciation 2020

November:

The Staff Appreciation event is coming up sooner than we know. We won't be dancing in Marwick ... but other good things will be happening for the staff.

The Residents' Executive Council updated our contribution level two years ago. We had been at the same level for 17 years. "A dollar a day per resident" was seen as an appropriate gift.

A resident approached us and said that they felt it was time to step up a bit more. It was voted that the recommended gift be $500 per person for the year. This is an acknowledgment of all the things that are done for us here at Monte Vista Grove where there is a No Tipping policy. Checks are made out to MVGH Resident's Council with the memo line reading Staff Appreciation Fund.

Many of you have already given your gift; others are making monthly or quarterly payments. Some have added an extra gift, and others have rejoiced in being able to double their gift this year when there are vacancies in units. Thank you!!

Please think about all the ways the staff has contributed to your peace of mind and your well-being, especially during the pandemic. Please place your check in the locked wooden box across from the outgoing mail, with "Staff Appreciation" on the memo line. Thank you.

October:

Have you wondered about the disruption of maintenance staff work schedules? These guys have had their lives disrupted in ways that are unknown to us. Sometimes they come in later, so they are able to deliver dinners to all who have signed up and not accrue overtime. Does this affect their families? Possible other occasional employment? Childcare? If so, we would never know, because the meals are always delivered with a smile.

And their supervisor, Adam Villegas, takes his turn while also arranging who will be where when, as well as getting everything else done. And then there are all the other staff members whose lives are so different now. Amazing people!

So this year is the time to join the other residents who have. already given their staff appreciation check and even extra! Thank you for reading; contemplating and writing checks!

— Cheryl Prentice, Staff Appreciation Fund Coordinator