Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center

11/13/2025

Live Entertainment honoring all our November Birthdays

11/12/2025

🎅🎁 Be a Santa for Seniors! 🎁🎅

Help us spread Christmas cheer to our wonderful residents at Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center! ❤️

We’re inviting families, friends, and community members to join our Santa for Seniors program by signing up to sponsor a resident gift.

✨ How to Participate:
1️⃣ Click the SignUpGenius link below to choose a resident gift wish.
2️⃣ Purchase the listed item(s).
3️⃣ Drop off the unwrapped gift by December 8th — please include the resident’s assigned number (example: “ #22”).

📍 Drop-off Location or mail to:
Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center
Attention: Activities – Santa for Seniors
703 W. Yellowstone Trail
Buffalo Lake, MN 55314

💌 Feel free to wrap your gift if you’d like, but please note:
For diet reasons, if you are wrapping gifts, do not include any treats inside.
If you’d like to give candy or snacks, please bring them to the Activity Department — we’ll make sure they’re safely distributed among residents.

🎄 Please note: Not all residents have decided what they’d like yet — so check back on our SignUpGenius link over the next few days for new additions!

Thank you for helping us make this holiday season merry and bright for our residents! 🌟

If you would like to spread a little extra joy this season, we invite you to become a Secret Santa for one of our residents! How to Participate: Browse our resident wish list and select a gift you’d like to contribute. Drop off the wrapped or unwrapped gift by December 8th to the BLHCC Activity De...

11/11/2025

🇺🇸 Honoring Our Veterans 🇺🇸

Today, we gathered to honor the brave men and women who have served our country, and to recognize the Veteran widows and Veteran wives whose strength stands behind every uniform. ❤️

A special thank you to Hughes-Hantge Funeral Service for bringing the beautifully restored Army Jeep and Thank You Coin Medallion — what a meaningful addition to our day.

Our Veterans received warm flannel long sleeve gifts from the Hutchinson DAV, which were deeply appreciated.

We also want to thank: • Shayann for sharing her voice in song
• Pastor Dave for leading us in prayer
• Marie for playing the piano so beautifully

Your time and heart made this day special.

To our Veterans and their families —
Thank you for your courage.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
Thank you for your service. 🇺🇸💙

11/07/2025

🍁 We’re Creating Another Thanksgiving Video! 🍁

The Thanksgiving video we created 5 years ago brought so many smiles and warm memories — and we’d love to create another one this year! ❤️
But we need YOUR help to make it special.

We are inviting families, friends, and our community to send us:
• Thanksgiving photos
• Short video clips
• Messages of love + holiday greetings
➡️ Mention only first names of residents in the video (no last names).

We’ll put everything together into a special Thanksgiving video that will be shared:
📺 On our In-House Channel for residents to enjoy
🌐 And here on our page

Please send photos & videos to:
📧 atotenhagen@blhcc.org

✨ Deadline: November 17th
(but the sooner the better!) ✨

Thank you for helping us bring joy and connection to our residents this holiday season. 🧡🍂

🎥 Here’s the style of the video we’re recreating:

11/04/2025

11/04/2025

𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗡𝗔'𝘀 for our day & evening shifts! Benefits include competitive pay with an increase after 60 days, plus $3/hr evening and $1/hr weekend shift differentials, paid personal leave, & more! Not certified? Start as a Nursing Assistant, and we'll help you with the process, pay for your certification, and offer employment with a flexible schedule to make your goals possible. Make a difference in someone's life, learn more & apply now! https://blhcc.org/jobs/cna/

11/04/2025

A special shout out to Pete’s Grill in Hector for the delicious pies they made for our 3:00 pm coffee party on Monday! We had a special lunch to welcome our new Director of Nursing, Crystal Gitter, with a fun question and answer session while everyone feasted on the delicious pies made by Brenda and Denise! ❤️

11/03/2025

Meet and Greet our new DON!

11/02/2025

Guess who’s making rounds outside the nurse’s station? 😉
Our new Director of Nursing is ready to meet YOU!
Stop by, say hi, and see what makes our care team shine! ✨

11/02/2025

🎃🕵️‍♀️ Candy Caper Mystery — SOLVED! 🍬✨

The kids cracked the case!
Our suspects did great at each clue station.

We made 60 bags and welcomed about 70 kids — wow! Next time, we’ll have even more treat bags ready! 🎒💛

Thank you for spending part of your Halloween with us at Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center.
We loved seeing all the smiles, giggles, and mini-detectives in action. 🍁👻

Until the next mystery… 🧡

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