Mother's Day & May Day Tea

On Saturday, May 5th, we celebrated our Annual Mother’s Day & May Day Tea at Ecumen Lakeview Commons! This year’s event was a little different than past teas as we held the event in our dining room rather than the lobby area. This enabled us to use real teacups – which was a really fun More...

ELVC Carnival

On Friday, April 20th, the ELVC Recreation Department hosted a carnival for our residents. We had 14 games with a variety of different prizes. We served mini donuts, corndogs, popcorn, pop and cotton candy! The event was a HUGE success and we would like to say thanks to all of the volunteers and More...

Como Park Conservatory Visit

On Friday, April 13th the skies were gloomy with rain but not for the residents at Ecumen Lakeview Commons! We enjoyed the afternoon at the Como Park Conservatory looking at all the wonderful flowers!

Minnesota Twins Season Opener!

Season opener for the Twins means Baseball Day at Ecumen Lakeview Commons. One of our events on Friday was a scavenger hunt for baseballs. Our lucky winner, Mary, found the baseball that said MN Twins on the back of it and was awarded with a special treat bag. However, everyone walked away with at More...

Easter Eggstravaganza!

Wednesday was EGGSTRAVAGANZA day at Ecumen Lakeview Commons! We started in the morning with dying Easter eggs just about every color of dye we could find. We then worked on an Easter Egg craft and later in the afternoon we decided to roll up our sleeves and make deviled eggs with all those dyed More...

Easter Buffet

This past Saturday, Ecumen Lakeview Commons hosted our annual Easter Buffet. Over 325 residents, family members, friends, and staff joined together to enjoy a fabulous meal prepared by our Dining Room staff. The feast included carved ham, roast beef, mashed and cheesy potatoes, glazed carrots, More...

Joyce's Retirement

With mixed emotions, we bid farewell to our Sales and Marketing Director, Joyce Aakre, on Thursday, March 15th. After more than three wonderful years of service, Joyce made the decision to retire. She's excited to spend her new found free time visiting her children and grandchildren, painting, More...

Happy Belated St. Patrick's Day!

Several staff members joined our residents in the St. Patrick's Day spirit and dressed in green to celebrate this special day!

Retreat

On Saturday, February 18th Ecumen Lakeview Commons held a retreat for our community. We had 14 people attend which included residents, family members and staff. The rector of our retreat was Deacon Glenn Skuta from Transfiguration Catholic Community who is an experienced retreat leader. He More...

100th Birthday Celebration

Last week, Ecumen Lakeview Commons resident Irene P. celebrated her 100th birthday!

We celebrated this special day with a delicious cake that was decorated using the photo taken of Irene during our recent Glamour Shots event. A Barbershop Quartet arrived, in costume, to serenade the birthday More...