Five Star Senior Living's 1st Annual Gingerbread Contest!

1/4/2010

Congratulations to the Winners and all the participants of the 1st Annual Five Star Senior Living Gingerbread Contest!

The idea for the 1st Annual Five Star Senior Living Gingerbread Contest came from Will Sanders, Food Services Director at Exton Senior Living, and was coordinated and cheered on by Shanyn Ryan, Regional Director of Food & Dining Services. This clever holiday contest was originally planned for Regions 12 & 13, but as word got out other communities wanted to join in on the fun. A total of 20 communities participated. 

Entries included gingerbread houses, cars, trees, and even entire villages constructed by residents, staff and even family members, in a true team-building spirit. Tiffany Court invited families in and spent a Saturday afternoon building their village. Other communities entrusted their creations to their in-house Edibles Experts (aka their Food & Dining staff), and Glen Mills' entry was put together strictly by their residents' Men’s Club (great job guys!).

Each and every entry was unique and impressive! The contest was judged by Five Star directors with criteria including: degree of difficulty, number of structures, level of detail, overall theme, and originality. The scores were very close, but only three communities could capture this year's top prizes. And the winners are:

First Place: Forwood Manor, Wilmington, DE
Second Place: Franciscan Manor
, Beaver Falls, PA
Third Place: The Forum at Park Lane
, Dallas, TX

Thank you to everyone who participated!  We're already looking forward to more participants in next year's contest, so get your gingerbread blueprints and icing ideas ready!

 

First Place: Forwood  Manor
Wilmington, Delaware

   
  Second Place: Franciscan Manor
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
   
   
   Third Place: The Forum at Park Lane
Dallas, Texas
   
   

 The other participating communities were: 

Cherry Hill Senior Living
Coral Oaks
The Court at Palm-Aire
Morningside of Decatur
Exton Senior Living
Glen Mills Senior Living
Mt. Arlington Senior Living
NewSeasons at New Britain
Park Summit
Ridgepoint Senior Living
Shipley Manor
Hermitage Gardens of Southaven
The Devon Senior Living
Tiffany Court at Kingston
Tuscany Villa
Voorhees Senior Living
Washington Township Senior Living