Boy Scouts Build Planters for Residents to Enjoy

Wyckoff, NJ…Christian Health Care Center (CHCC) recently welcomed several Boy Scouts to Heritage Manor Nursing Home. A local scout, Ryan Catania, approached the Center with the idea of constructing wooden planter boxes, as part of his Eagle Scout Service Project, for residents to enjoy. The proposed project was accepted by CHCC, and Ryan got to work!

Ryan, along with several other Boy Scouts, friends, neighbors, and family members, assisted in building the planters for the Heritage Manor patio. They brought in potting soil, and the flowers were graciously donated to CHCC by Goffle Brook Farm and Garden Center of Ridgewood. The Boy Scouts worked on a sunny Saturday morning and helped to plant the flowers along with Heritage Manor residents. The residents were delighted to look at the pretty flowers and to assist in planting them. The planter boxes will be enjoyed for many years to come by residents, staff, and visitors alike.

“The three planter boxes are absolutely beautiful, and have added a home-like atmosphere to our patio,” said Linda Bunker, ADC, CHCC Director of Activities for Heritage Manor/Southgate. “The project offered an exciting opportunity for an intergenerational activity and working towards a common goal.”

The Eagle Scout Service Project provides an opportunity for a Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, or qualified Venturer in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), to demonstrate leadership of others while performing a project for the benefit of the local community. This is the culmination of the Boy Scout's leadership training, and it requires significant effort on the scout’s part. The project must benefit an organization other than the BSA, but it cannot be performed for an individual or a business, or be commercial in nature. It is a requirement for a Boy Scout to attain the Eagle Scout Rank.

Heritage Manor is a loving and compassionate skilled-nursing care and memory-support long-term care residence. It is the recipient of the Five-Star rating in the U.S. News & World Report review of 2016 “The Best Nursing Homes” in the U.S. For more information about Heritage Manor, call (201) 848-4463, email khockstein@chccnj.org, or visit ChristianHealthCare.org.

CHCC provides a broad continuum of high-quality, compassionate care, offering superior senior-life, short-term rehab, and mental-health services. As a non-profit organization, we deliver care to our community based upon the Christian principles on which we were founded more than a century ago.

For more information about Christian Health Care Center, visit ChristianHealthCare.org.