Photo gallery: Seniors pick pumpkins despite travel restrictions
Published 12:20 pm Friday, October 9, 2020
After choosing her pumpkin, Beatty Sheaks is escorted by Tina Goode back to her chair to watch all the other activities. (Robin Hart photo)
Art Martin carries a pumpkin he chose from the “pumpkin patch” set up on the lawn in front of Morning Pointe of Danville on Tuesday afternoon. (Robin Hart photo)
From left, Art Martin, Marlys Marincel, Betty Sheaks and Christine McBee pose for a photo in a set up for Devine’s Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze. Because of COVID-19 restrictions for the senior living facility, the residents weren’t allowed to take their annual field trip to Devine’s Corn Maze in Mercer County, so the farm brought a pumpkin patch and “corn maze” to Danville. (Robin Hart photo)
Sammy Akers lines up a dart to burst a balloon and win a prize as John Hughes watches. (Robin Hart photo)
Laura Dunigan throws a dart at balloons with hopes of winning a prize. (Robin Hart photo)
From left, Marlys Marincel, Betty Sheaks and Christine McBee pose for a photo in a set up for Devine’s Corn Maze. Because of COVID-19 restrictions for the senior living facility, the residents weren’t allowed to take their annual field trip to Devine’s Corn Maze in Mercer County, so the farm brought a pumpkin patch and “corn maze” to Danville. (Robin Hart photo)
Christine McBee reaches for a pumpkin as Morning Pointe’s Life Enrichment Director Nicole Walton gives her extra support. (Robin Hart photo)
Christine McBee reaches for a pumpkin as Morning Pointe’s Life Enrichment Director Nicole Walton gives her extra support. (Robin Hart photo)
Neva Sullivan pets Whiskey, a quarter horse that was brought to Morning Pointe of Danville’s fall outing for its residents on Tuesday. Sullivan said she grew up watching her brother ride horses and she loves them. (Robin Hart photo)
Sarah Coots lifts a pumpkin to place on Polly Hanks’ walker where she transported it back to her seat. (Robin Hart photo)
Residents at Morning Pointe of Danville were treated to a pumpkin patch excursion with a fall festival atmosphere without leaving their home on Tuesday.
Because of COVID-19 travel restrictions, the senior living facility wasn’t able to take residents on their annual field trip to Devine’s Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze in Mercer County. But the owners of the farm brought the experience to the residents.
The Devines donated the pumpkins for the portable pumpkin patch and the tobacco sticks used to create a maze for the residents to maneuver through, said Morning Pointe’s Life Enrichment Director Nicole Walton.
And to make it an even more unusual outing, a couple of Walton’s family members brought two horses and two dwarf goats for the residents to pet. “They were more than willing to come out for the afternoon,” Walton said.
Residents also were given the opportunity to throw a dart at some balloons where they could win a prize, and bags of popcorn were shared.
After everyone picked out a pumpkin, they were going to paint and decorate them for fall, Walton said.
