WEST ORANGE — Green Hill Senior Living in West Orange celebrated Grandparents Day on Sept. 20 with games, entertainment and food. Residents and their families celebrated on the community's 12-acre campus as part of National Grandparents Day. National Grandparents Day was started by Marian McQuade, a West Virginia housewife who, according to the National Grandparents Day Council, wanted to "champion...
Lorraine Sauter with her daughter Kim and family Nivia, Gabriel and Isabella at Green Hill Grandparent's Day on Sept. 20 in West Orange. WEST ORANGE -- Green Hill Senior Living in West Orange celebrated Grandparents Day on Sept. 20 with games, entertainment and food.
Residents and their families celebrated on the community's 12-acre campus as part of National Grandparents Day.
National Grandparents Day was started by Marian McQuade, a West Virginia housewife who, according to the National Grandparents Day Council, wanted to "champion the cause of lonely elderly in nursing homes. She also hoped to persuade grandchildren to tap the wisdom and heritage their grandparents could provide.
President Jimmy Carter, in 1978, proclaimed that National Grandparents Day would be celebrated every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day." McQuade died in 2008.
Green Hill is located at 103 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. For more information, go to green-hill.com or call 973-731-2300.
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