Our Successes. Making Life Better in our "Home away from Home."
Foundation Completes Two Major Projects!
Wardrobe Project
$500,000+ We have now completed installing our last units on Terrace Court!
The wardrobe project started in 2007 to refurbish resident's rooms on Garden, Hopewell, and Terrace Courts. When the project slowed, former board member and longtime supporter Don Mitchener stepped in and pledged to help us complete construction and promised to fund up to $52,500, or HALF of the remaining cost of the project, if we could find other donors to match it! Our community supporters met the challenge, and we managed to raise the final $105,000 to build the last 30 units. Then, when building costs escalated during the pandemic, donors gave even more, to complete this project.
(Each unit cost $3800 per unit x 30 units left to complete) Then construction was delayed due to our home being closed for several months due to Covid-19. In July 2023 we finally completed this fifteen year project ! All rooms are refurbished! These wardrobes bring our residents much pride and it is nice to toss out those 50 year old dressers at last!
The wardrobe project started in 2007 to refurbish resident's rooms on Garden, Hopewell, and Terrace Courts. When the project slowed, former board member and longtime supporter Don Mitchener stepped in and pledged to help us complete construction and promised to fund up to $52,500, or HALF of the remaining cost of the project, if we could find other donors to match it! Our community supporters met the challenge, and we managed to raise the final $105,000 to build the last 30 units. Then, when building costs escalated during the pandemic, donors gave even more, to complete this project.
(Each unit cost $3800 per unit x 30 units left to complete) Then construction was delayed due to our home being closed for several months due to Covid-19. In July 2023 we finally completed this fifteen year project ! All rooms are refurbished! These wardrobes bring our residents much pride and it is nice to toss out those 50 year old dressers at last!
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Courtyard Project
$28,000 We are grateful to the Windsor Foundation which donated this major gift to help refurbish our courtyard with new sod and trees and a larger concrete patio surface which is safer for wheelchairs. Notice the new sail cloths added last summer! They are so colourful and bring shade without blocking the light completely. The courtyard is in the heart of our home, and it is a meeting and entertainment space for school children when they visit, community barbeques, and was the site of the Covid Olympic Games for staff! Many memories are made in our courtyard. We would like to install new benches and a wheelchair accessible swing. If you would like to donate to this project please contact our Foundation at 506 643 7090.
Reflection Space Taking Shape.
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Our thanks to Fundy Funeral Home and Smet Monuments for creating a special space in our courtyard to rest.
The reflection bench and garden were generously donated in 2023 with a $5000 gift. 
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Your Kindness Bring Joy to Our Home.
Residents are enjoying the BIG 100" TV in our main dining lounge. It helps to see the numbers for BINGO when hearing them is difficult. We also have movie nights, holidy parties, and trivia contests. We display seasonal images on the TV to support residents living with dementia to provide environmental cues to help them connect to time, place, and memory! Dementia often disrupts a person's ability to track time. Seasonal visuals like autumn leaves or snow in winter provide non-verbal cues to help understand what time of year it is which reduces anxiety and confusion.
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2024-2025 Wishes Granted!
$2500 New Resident Welcome Baskets & Personal Care items donated by Knights of Columbus Father Eugene O'Leary Council 6595
$180 Pocket Talkers to help residents hear
$6000 100" Big screen TV in main dining lounge for Bingo, trivia, parties, movie nights
$2500 Entertainment and Recreation Programs
$1000 Christmas Parties donated by Octavio Ribeiro
$180 Pocket Talkers to help residents hear
$6000 100" Big screen TV in main dining lounge for Bingo, trivia, parties, movie nights
$2500 Entertainment and Recreation Programs
$1000 Christmas Parties donated by Octavio Ribeiro
2023-2024 Wishes Granted!
$4000 Blanket Warmer Garden
Christmas Parties Octavio Ribeiro
Christmas Parties Octavio Ribeiro
2021-2022 Wishes Granted!
$4000 Blanket Warmer Brenan’s
$2275 2 Thera Glide Chairs Octavio Ribeiro
$2400 2 Geri Chairs Fundy Funeral Home
$1725 2 Geri Chairs Octavio Ribeiro
$600 Welcome Baskets
$2000 Rehab Equipment Octavio Ribeiro
$500 CD Players Don Mitchener
$600 Geri Chair for Hair Salon Harrington Family
$5000 Care Items & Recreation Knights of Columbus 6595 $4000 Staff appreciation meals & gift cards
$2275 2 Thera Glide Chairs Octavio Ribeiro
$2400 2 Geri Chairs Fundy Funeral Home
$1725 2 Geri Chairs Octavio Ribeiro
$600 Welcome Baskets
$2000 Rehab Equipment Octavio Ribeiro
$500 CD Players Don Mitchener
$600 Geri Chair for Hair Salon Harrington Family
$5000 Care Items & Recreation Knights of Columbus 6595 $4000 Staff appreciation meals & gift cards
June Lane is proud of her new wardrobe and refurbished room thanks to many generous gifts to Rocmaura Foundation.
Father Maurice Swift relaxes in the company of friends in newly donated Theraglide rocking chairs.
Donations of Paintings to our Art Gallery Project by artists Catherine McAvity and Harold Marks brighten our walls.
Christine Black and Gen Cusack enjoy an ice cold drink from our new ice making machine helping keep residents hydrated and healthy.
Families enjoy their visits more comfortably with new pocket talkers which help residents hear better.
Two new wheelchair scales donated by the Rotary Club and Chilton family help weigh residents more easily so we can monitor their health better.
A new blanket warmer keeps Doris Tobias warm and cozy.
Every new resident receives a beautiful welcome basket when they move into their "Home away from Home."
Donations of Comfort Pets provide companionship.
Rocmaura Foundation raised $96,000 to purchase a new wheelchair bus to take residents on outings.
2020-21 Wishes Granted! |
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$5100 Ice making machine for better hydration
$3200 Wheelchair Scale - Rotary Club - Terrace Court
$3200 Wheelchair Scale -Edith Chilton- Garden Court
$700 5 pocket talkers to help residents hear
$900 Tablecloths for homier dining
$600 New resident welcome baskets
$1300 2 Geri Chairs for Trinity Court
$3300 2 Thera Glide Rocking Chairs for Trinity Court
$4600 Rehab Equipment
$1200 Two-Way Telephone from JDA Electric
$2400 Two Thera Glide Chairs from Fundy Funeral Home
$4000 Blanket Warmer from Brenan’s Funeral Home
$2000 Harold Marks Paintings - Art Gallery Project
$5400 14 Artworks by Catherine McAvity - Art Gallery Project
$3200 Wheelchair Scale - Rotary Club - Terrace Court
$3200 Wheelchair Scale -Edith Chilton- Garden Court
$700 5 pocket talkers to help residents hear
$900 Tablecloths for homier dining
$600 New resident welcome baskets
$1300 2 Geri Chairs for Trinity Court
$3300 2 Thera Glide Rocking Chairs for Trinity Court
$4600 Rehab Equipment
$1200 Two-Way Telephone from JDA Electric
$2400 Two Thera Glide Chairs from Fundy Funeral Home
$4000 Blanket Warmer from Brenan’s Funeral Home
$2000 Harold Marks Paintings - Art Gallery Project
$5400 14 Artworks by Catherine McAvity - Art Gallery Project