Exciting changes at Oak Meadows 9-1-2022

We are pleased to announce that Ebenezer will be the new management company at Oak Meadows.  They have

The world today 8-18-22

What – Why – Who – When?!     by Joan Nedeau, Tenant, August 18, 2022     Yes! All

Musings from our resident Poet, Joan 7-5-22

      PAST AND PRESENT   by Joan Nedeau, Tenant July 2022     “Sometimes we need to

4-21-22 Alive N Kickin concert

    The premier singing group of singers age 50 on up!           Click

Patriotic Bell Concert 6-14-22

    Under the leadership of our wonderful volunteer, Janelle Giesler, look at the photos and listen to

Healthcare Cost Transparency 6-23-2022

We need to be diligent when our loved one goes the hospital! Did you know of the law

Oak Meadows Choir Concert, May 2022

    Our residents presented their second concert, under the direction of Joey from McPhail Music. Joey is

Caregiver Class starting August 8, 2022

Powerful Tools for Caregivers   Are you feeling stretched caring for a family member, parent, friend or neighbor?

Mothers Day Video 2022

  Happy Mothers Day 2022!                

Check out our activities for May, 2022!

We have a lot of great events, and activities planned for May!   Click here to see what

Music Therapy Grief Group has started

Megan Godfrey, a certified music therapist and bereavement counselor is with us at Oak Meadows for the next

Oak Meadows is 24!

    On this date, April 1, 1998, Oak Meadows opened it’s doors to residents!  

Medicare and Observation in Hospitals

      Important information to know if you, or your loved one, goes to the hospital.  

Family Council member plays harp for our memory care 3-1-22

    Janelle Giesler is a very active family member here at Oak Meadows.  She never ceases to

Plant Flowers, by our resident author, Joan on 2-22-2022

  Plant flowers 2-22-2022  PDF   Plant flowers 2-22-2022  word       This is a lovely piece

Valentine’s Day Video, 2022

View this video.  Turn up your sound!  If you have a big screen, make sure to enlarge it!

Resident Author writes “Little Al” 01-27-2022

“LITTLE AL”   by Joan Nedeau, tenant            January 2022     Like many of us, I choose to walk

Christmas Party on 12-23-21

  We had so much fun!  It was so nice to smile and laugh again.  The dining room

Christmas Teas, 2021

    Deb Veit, Executive Director, has been hosting Christmas Teas for five years.  This year she read

Sing for Life Choir Concert 12-20-2021

  The small, but mighty, Oak Meadows Choir, under the direction of McPhail Music, sang their first concert

3M Mellow Fellows sing on 12-16-2021

    For many years the 3M Mellow Fellows, men’s choir, has been to Oak Meadows.    

Resident author speaks about her book 2021

    Oak Meadows is most fortunate to have a published author in our midst! Joan has lived

Bell Choir Concert 2-18-21

We enjoyed the concert that the Christmas Bell Choir put on for us December 18th!      

December, 2021, Activity calendar is here!

There are so many activities happening in December!  Check them out:   This Month at Oak Meadows  

Happy Thanksgiving 11-25-2021

                Kind Notes from our family council meeting on November 10,

Happy Birthday! 11-20-21

  Happy birthday to our executive director, Deborah Veit!        

Honoring our Veterans 11-11-21

  We want to honor our veterans at Oak Meadows. We are grateful for them then, and even

All Saints Day Virtual Service 11-01-2021

    We honor those that have touched our lives this year.  They will not be forgotten.  

Laughter and smiles at Oak Meadows on 8-4-21

Parking Lot and Covid-19 Update, 7-16-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     July 15th, 2021 Re:         COVID update

Grandson and Grandma

Noah played piano for his grandma, Rosie, the other day.  She loved it!    

Our first bell choir concert in over a year!

July 4th party, 2021

Much fun was had by all!  

Kind Words! 7-5-21

Thanks to families and friends for sending us such kind words about the video for our first cookout! 

Happy Father’s Day cookout

    Our dad’s at Oak Meadows were treated with their very own cookout!  Complete with Dad’s Root

Covid-19 update 06-21-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     June 21, 2021 Re:         COVID update

Memorial Day, 2021

A local boy scout troop assisted us in retiring our flag and raising a new one.  They also

Garden is beautiful because of our volunteers!

Volunteers from our Board, Hill Murray School alumni, residents and resident’s families all pitch in to make our

Finishing up planting our tomatoes and herbs 5-26-21

We had another beautiful day to plant our tomatoes and herbs!  Good thing, because we heard tomorrow it

Planting and Weeding, 5-25-21

It has been a tradition for the past 23 years to plant at Oak Meadows.  This year we

Covid-19 Update 5-24-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     May 24th,   2021 Re:         COVID update

Mask Update for Covid 05-14-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     May 14th,   2021 Re:         COVID update

Monthly birthday lunches 5-13-21

It’s been a tradition here for many many years that if you are a tenant, and it is

Our first shopping trip in over a year! 5-11-21

We were all very excited for our shopping trip today!              

Outside work day on May 15, 2021 from 9-noon

                    We are having an outside work day on

Covid Update 04-30-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     April 30th ,    2021 Re:         COVID

Covid Update 04-16-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     April 16th ,    2021 Re:         COVID

Misc. Photos from March-April, 2021

Star Tribune Photos

Zooming Doris!

Jane’s Going Away Day Party, 3-5-21

We said good-bye to a long time employee, Jane.  She worked at Oak Meadows for over 15 years. 

Photos from St. Patrick’s Day, 2021

To see a larger photo, click on it.  You can then scroll through all of them. Arrow on

Photos from our 23rd anniversary celebration

We served root beer floats on our 23rd anniversary.  It was so good to see everyone’s smiles!  

Covid Update 04-09-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     April 9th ,    2021 Re:         COVID

Happy 23rd to Oak Meadows on April 1, 2021

Covid-19 Update 03-31-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     March 31st,   2021 Re:         IMPORTANT COVID

Covid-19 update 03-26-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     March 26th,  2021 Re:         IMPORTANT COVID

Covid-19 update 03-19-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     March 19th,  2021 Re:         IMPORTANT COVID

Covid-19 Update 03-17-21

Dear Oak Meadows staff, tenants and families,     Unfortunately, our COVID testing for today has been postponed

Covid-19 Update 03-16-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     March 16th,  2021 Re:         IMPORTANT COVID

Covid-19 update 03-12-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     March 12th,  2021 Re:         COVID update

Covid-19 Update 03-05-2021

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     March 5th,  2021 Re:           COVID

Vaccination Clinic 01-14-2021

Celebrating our first vaccinations.  Many smiles and tears of joy.  Our second one was February 11th.    

White Out Day, 01-07-2021

It was time to “White Out” 2020 and the first part of 2021.  So we did this by

Holiday Mash Up 01-21-2021

Since we didn’t get to have any parties in 2020, we thought we’d have a holiday luncheon (delivered,

Hat Day, February 2021

Gloomy February days should have some fun!  We did just that with wearing different hats!    

Star Tribune Article 03-01-2021

Oak Meadows had a fabulous article written about them! Click on the link to read it and to

Covid-19 update 02-26-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     February 26th   ,  2021 Re:          

Covid-19 update 02-21-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:      February 21st   ,  2021

Covid-19 updated 02-14-21

To:         Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:    Deb Veit Date:       February

Covid-19 Update 02-05-21

To:        Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:    Deb Veit Date:     February 5th  , 

Covid-19 update 01-28-21

To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     January 28th  ,  2021 Re:   

Covid-19 Update 01-22-21

    To:          Oak Meadows staff, tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     January 22nd  ,  2021

Covid-19 Update 01-15-21

    To:          Oak Meadows tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     January 15th ,  2021 Re:        

Covid-19 update 01-06-2021

To:          Oak Meadows tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     January 6th, 2021 Re:         Very IMPORTANT: COVID

New Meal Plan as of 01-01-2021

                                We have

Covid-19 Update 12-31-2020

From:     Deb Veit Date:     December 31st ,  2020 Re:         COVID update   Dear Oak Meadows tenants and

Covid-19 Update 12-24-20

To:          Oak Meadows tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     December 24th,  2020 Re:         COVID update  

Covid-19 Update 12-18-20

    To:          Oak Meadows tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     December 18th    ,   2020 Re:        

Covid-19 Update 12-16-20

  Date:     December 16th,   2020   Re:        COVID update       Dear Oak Meadows

Cookies, Cookies, Cookies!! 12-14-20

  For 12 years the Mazur family has been baking, and packaging, thousands of cookies….all for Oak Meadows

Covid Update 12-11-2020

To:          Oak Meadows tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     December 11th    ,   2020 Re:         COVID update

Rent Special for Independent Living!

Rent Special   Independent Living-The Ponds   Effective December 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021*    For a

Covid-19 update 12-04-2020

Date:     December 4,   2020 Re:         COVID update  Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families,   Important update:   As of

Covid-19 Update 12-02-2020 IMPORTANT UPDATE

  Date:     December 2nd   ,   2020 Re:         COVID update    Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families,    

Covid-19 Update 11-27-2020

  Date:     November 27th  ,   2020 Re:         COVID update   Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families,   Important

Covid-19 update 11-23-2020

    Date:     November 23rd ,   2020 Re:         COVID update   Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families,  

Covid-19 Update on 11-20-2020

To:          Oak Meadows tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     November 20th,  2020 Re:         COVID update  

Don is 102!! Decorated WWII Vet lives at Oak Meadows.

  Happy birthday to Don Jones!  He will be 102 on Nov. 22nd.  He has lived at Oak

Covid-19 in Minnesota 11-19-2020

  https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/situation.html          

Covid-19 update 11-18-2020

Important update:  As of today we have 5 confirmed positive COVID cases. 4 tenants in memory care and

Covid-19 update on 11-13-2020

  To:          Oak Meadows tenants & families From:     Deb Veit Date:     November 13th,   2020 Re:         COVID  weekly

We honor the Veterans at Oak Meadows on Veterans Day

We weren’t able to get the sound or videos working, but you can still see this presentation. Just

All Saints Day Virtual Service 11-01-2020

We honor those that have touched our lives this year.  They will not be forgotten.      

Halloween 2020

Just because we are social distancing because of Covid-19 doesn’t mean we can’t have a party!  Just in

Covid-19 Update 10-30-2020

To:         Oak Meadows Families, Tenants and Friends From:     Deb Veit Date:     October 30th, 2020 Re:         COVID-19 Update

Chaplain Carol retires after almost 12 years 10-27-20

On Monday we celebrated with the tenants by delivering carrot cupcakes.  Carol said her good-byes to tenants.  

Minnesota Covid info 10-28-2020

  MN Dept of Heal Update Washington County COVID-19 Statistics For Washington County Only 10-27-2020     COVID-19

Disco Lunch 10-15-2020

We had so much fun delivering our disco lunch!  Complete with a disco ball! Click on photo to

Covid-19 update 10-23-2020

To:         Oak Meadows Tenants, staff and families From:     Deb Veit Date:     October 23rd    ,   2020 Re:         COVID-19

Covid-19 Update 10-16-20

To: Oak MeadowsFrom: Deb VeitDate: October 16th , 2020Re: COVID-19 Update – Oak Meadows Website : www.oak-meadows.org Dear

We are looking for a chaplain! 9-30-2020

Full time Senior Living Chaplain position available.   Our chaplain is retiring after 12 years at Oak Meadows.

We have a new Youtube page 9-25-2020

We will be posting lots of videos. Stop by and check them out! See them here on our

Covid-19 Updated 09-11-2020

From:     Deb Veit Date:     September 11th, 2020 Re:         COVID-19 Update – Oak Meadows Website: www.oak-meadows.org  ________________________________________________________________________________________________  

We have apartments available in independent living 09-04-20

Availability of apartments 09-04-2020  

Covid-19 Updated 09-04-2020

As we begin September we continue to be fortunate that we have no positive COVID cases at Oak

Covid-19 Updated 08-28-2020

Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families,   As we near the end of August I am happy to

Do you remember Wilson? 8-20-2020

Joan has gifted us with her talented writings since Covid began on March 13.  This one will make

Church: Socially distanced of course! 08-19-2020

Chaplain Carol was able to hold her first in-house service since March.   Tenants had to sign up

Covid-19 updated 8-14-20

At this time Oak Meadows does not have any positive COVID cases. But unfortunately our state and country

Covid-19 Updated 8-7-20

At this time Oak Meadows does not have any positive COVID cases. We have been very fortunate and

Covid-19 Updated 7-30-2020

  To:         Oak Meadows Tenants, Staff and Families From:     Deb Veit Date:     July 30th,   2020 Re:         COVID-19

Exercise is back! 7-30-20

Megan is now doing exercise, outside and socially distanced.  Tenants must still wear their mask. She is also

Covid-19 updated 7-24-2020

Date:     July 24th, 2020   Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families,   Happy Friday everyone! I am pleased

Masks now mandated in Minnesota as of 07-25-2020

  Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Wednesday requiring Minnesotans to wear a face covering while inside

Covid-19 updated 7-20-2020

To:         Oak Meadows Tenants From:     Deb Veit Date:     July 20th,   2020 Re:         COVID-19 Testing Update – Oak

Covid-19 updated 7-17-2020

To:          Oak Meadows Tenants and families From:     Deb Veit Date:     July 17th,   2020 Re:         COVID-19 Weekly Update –

4th of July Vehicle Parade, 2020

We had so much fun with our first parade in 22 years!  Because this was done during Coronovirus,

Covid-19 updated 7-10-2020

Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families,   Happy Friday everyone! Thank you to everyone who participated in our

Covid-19 updated 7-7-2020

Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families,   Sadly I must inform you today that we have our first

Covid-19 updated 7-3-2020

To:         Oak Meadows Tenants and families   From:     Deb Veit   Date:     July 3rd , 2020  

Covid-19 Updated 06-25-2020

To:         Oak Meadows Tenants and families From:     Deb Veit Date:     June 25th, 2020 Re:         Weekly Coronavirus Update

Covid-19 Updated 6-18-2020

To:         Oak Meadows Tenants and families From:     Deb Veit Date:     June 18th ,   2020 Re:          Weekly Coronavirus

Minneapolis Star Tribune Article features Oak Meadows 06-19-2020

Oak Meadows was featured in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on June 19, 2020, for new rules regarding outside

Covid-19 Risk Levels as of 06-18-2020

Click below to see what has been deemed risk levels as of 06-18-2020     levels of risk

Beautiful outdoors at Oak Meadows 6-16-2020

It was a beautiful spring day at Oak Meadows!  Our garden is flourishing, our entrances pristine and our

Covid-19 Updated June 12, 2020

Oak Meadows continues to remain clear of any positive COVID-19 cases. We have been fortunate so far. Our

The many face coverings of staff!

Every day, we wear face coverings.  It isn’t always easy, but we do it for each other and

Covid-19 Updated June 6, 2020

Dear Oak Meadow tenants and families,     Oak Meadows continues to remain clear of any positive COVID-19

Covid-19 Updated May 29, 2020

05-29-2020   Dear Oak Meadows  tenants and families,   I am pleased to report again this week that

Talented Author Writes About Her Time During Covid-19 in Senior Housing

Joan, a tenant (and talented author) lives in our independent living. Oak Meadows is ten minutes east of

Covid-19 Updated May 15, 2020

May 15, 2020   Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families,   As of today we continue to be

Covid-19 Updated May 8, 2020

As of today we are still free of any positive COVID-19 cases here at Oak Meadows. Thank you

Covid-19 Update May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020   We continue to be very blessed that our building is free of any positive

Delivering Easter Baskets during Coronavirus, April 2020

Pizza Birthday Party 4-29-2020

Joanne’s family bought pizza for everyone in the building for her birthday!  Arlene and Barb/Buzz’s families also donated

Covid-19 Update May 1, 2020

To:         Oak Meadows Tenants and families   From:     Deb Veit   Date:     May 1st, 2020   Re:        

Buy a shirt, $10 comes back to Oak Meadows!

Our friend, Eric Morley, and Big Frog Custom T-Shirts in Woodbury, is doing a promotion that will benefit

Bandanahh! Band Plays outside at Oak Meadows 4-23-2020

The Bandanahh! Band played at various points around our building while tenants looked out the windows and sang

COVID-19 update April 24, 2020

From:     Deb Veit Date:     April 24th ,  2020   Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families,    We

COVID-19 Update April 17, 2020

Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families,   We continue to feel very blessed to be able to say

COVID-19 Update April 10, 2020

Weekly Coronavirus Update from Deb Veit, Executive Director April 10, 2020     Dear Oak Meadows tenants and

Prayer for Oak Meadows from a former co-worker

PRAYER FOR OAK MEADOWS   By Donna Hanson (reception coordinator from 1998-2008 before retiring)   Dear God of

Filling Easter bags for a surprise!

We were gifted with money and lots of goodies so that we could deliver Easter bags to every

A visit from the Easter Bunny!

We had a visit from the Easter Bunny this morning!  S/he walked around the entire outside of our

Bringing Joy to Oak Meadows

With the help of Megan and Katie, our activity professionals, along with the costumes from Pet Evolution in

COVID-19 Update April 3, 2020

Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families on Friday, April 3, 2020   As our week comes to a

Chicken Dance, you say?!

On Friday, March 27, 2020, staff entertained the tenants by doing the Chicken Dance and Electric Slide!  We

Getting ready for Easter

We are getting ready for Easter!  Even though we are still sheltering in place here in Minnesota, we

COVID-19 Update March 31, 2020

Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families,   Hard to believe today is the last day of March.  

COVID-19 Update March 27, 2020

Dear Oak Meadows tenants and families,     Tonight at midnight our Sheltering in Place order from Governor

COVID-19 Update March 26, 2020 Sheltering in Place at Oak Meadows

COVID-19 update March 20, 2020

3-20-2020   Our situation with the Coronavirus is changing daily and hourly. This past weekend the Governor shut