Canada Day Celebrations

Canada Day was full of festivities, decorations, and Canadian Spirit! Throughout the day, residents could be found celebrating Canada while dressed in their best Canadian attire. For dinner the residents enjoyed BBQ Burgers, salads and good old ice cream for...

Staff Appreciation Lunch

On Tuesday, June 25th the residents hosted a lunch for all the La Rosa Gardens staff, island health workers and volunteers to show there much appreciation for all our hard work and dedication to the residents. A BIG thank you to Ginny and Maggy for organizing the...

La Rosa Gardens Graduating Girls of 2024

Congratulations to our volunteer and staff members here at La Rosa Gardens on your great accomplishment on graduating grade 12! We wish you nothing but the best in your next journey. La Rosa’s crafty volunteer Brooklyn was a proud recipient of this years La Rosa...

A Senior’s Voice

One of our residents, Maggie Flostrand wrote this poem in the spring of 2021 while she was recovering from a head injury. She was feeling very hyperactive and very creative! With permission from Maggie we wanted to share this poem.   A Senior’s Voice. I am...

SPCA Visit

The residents made cookies from scratch in one of our activities for the dogs at the Nanaimo SPCA. This past week they took the bus and delivered them, as well as getting to visit all the animals in the shelter. After this fun outing we went to Wendy’s for a...

Happy Mother’s Day

Wow what a busy Mother’s Day here at LaRosa Gardens. We started our Mother’s Day with an egg benedict breakfast, for all residents to enjoy. We gifted every woman with a single carnation flower. In the afternoon we had special tea along with...