Blog Post

Sheltering in Place at Devonshire

Doris Sleeger • June 7, 2020

Residents of Devonshire have spent the last several months sheltering in place. One of the best things about calling Devonshire Park Apartments home is that we are surrounded by beauty and we can walk in this beautiful park like setting, enjoy the many flowering trees, and beautiful rainbows or just enjoy the peace and quiet. The above picture is only a small part of our property. Devonshire is located on 31 acres of beautiful landscape. Once in awhile we will even come across a deer and her babies and all within a mile of Lehigh Street, Route #309, #78, and Cedar Crest Boulevard.

If we want to visit with a neighbor, it is easy and still keep our 6 foot distance.

One of our residents kept herself busy making masks to be shared. She made close to 300 masks which she shared with other residents. She would simply place them in the entrance on a table where a tenant could take one. Our thanks to Jane for her hard work and to the residents who donated material and ribbon to help her.

Other residents kept knitting and crocheting scarves to be donated to the homeless shelters and small baby hats to be donated to the hospital for premie babies when they again will be able. The picture below shows those residents when they were able to meet and socialize while knitting. It also shows the number of scarves that were ready to be given away. Over the past years this group has donated over 350 scarves. At this time they have been staying at home and keeping busy ready for when they can again donate items.

Some of our couples have kept themselves busy tackling picture puzzles, crossword puzzles and catching up on their reading. Some have watched more television in the last 3 months then they have in the last 3 years.

As we move into the yellow phase, our residents our looking forward to again being able to play bingo, have Friday coffee and do-nuts with their neighbors, do their Monday night Yoga, Tuesday Movies and their water aerobics as well as their twice a month Saturday activities. Hopefully Green will not be too far in the future.