Ada loves parades, and one next week will be very special.

Vancrest of Ada has a special plan to celebrate National Nursing Home Week on Wednesday. It’s arranging for a drive-through parade on Wednesday, May 13. Here’s how it will work:

• Line up at the Ada school front parking lot from 4 to 4:15 p.m.
• Parade starts through Vancrest of Ada grounds at 4:30 p.m.

Open to the public, participants are invited to decorate their vehicles, honk their horns, make signs, play music, wave and smile.

Vancrest officials ask that participants remain in your cars during the parade. A rain date of Thursday, May 14, is planned on the same time schedule.

Kristin Gudakunst
Kristin Gudakunst recently joined Vancrest of Ada as its  business office and human resources manager. 

She holds a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration from the University of Findlay and was recently an office supervisor at Lima Memorial Hospital.

Originally from Delphos, she and her husband live in Bluffton with their daughter who will celebrate her first birthday in August.

Featured in this month’s Vancrest newsletter, she say anything healthcare-related is the favorite part of her job since she enjoys being able to help others whenever she can.

Ruby Holbrook
Ruby Holbrook from Alger is in the Vancrest resident spotlight this month. For many years she was a church secretary and also worked in a potato chip factory. 

She and her late husband, Jim, were married for 58 years prior to his death. She and Jim had five children, Don, Dan, Dale, Diane and Dee.

When asked if there is anything she would like to do that she has yet to learn, Ruby replied: “I’d like to learn to swim and even skydive, as it was something her husband enjoyed.”