The Friends of Sunny Hill will hold its annual Sunshine Holiday Gift Show and BBQ luncheon from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at the Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County, 421 Doris Ave., Joliet.

Deborah Alexander, known as DeeBee at Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County, stands just to the left of the podium with the certificate she got for being what is believed to be the longest serving employee in county history. 

Residents took a visual stroll down memory lane with a recent visit to the Midwest Classics on 66 Museum, revisiting the cars – and trucks – of their younger days.

The Friends of Sunny Hill will hold its annual Sunshine Holiday Gift Bazaar and BBQ luncheon from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov.16, at the Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County, 421 Doris Ave.

Will County Executive Larry Walsh will be awarded the Spirit of Community Caring Award at the Solid Gold and Glorious 50^th Anniversary Celebration Brunch.

Sunny Hill Nursing Home residents, staff and members of the Friends of Sunny Hill gathered in the lobby, anxiously awaiting the arrival of residents’ new ride.

A desire to work with senior citizens and having visited Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County to visit a friend’s relative made becoming the assistant adminstrator there a natural fit for Deirdre Manigo.

Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County has received a five-star rating from the national Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, putting it in the top 10 percent of nursing homes in Illinois.

“Stack your fists… and go around,” Madison “Madi” Curran instructs her class, teaching the students the sign for “new year.”