Sample Menu and Activity Calendar

Sample activity calendar

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We offer planned and spontaneous activities and entertainment at Bridges.  Here are some examples from a monthly Bridges Activities Calandar:

• Baking at Bridges
• Family Brunch
• Baroque Music on Period Instruments
• Summer Butterfly Festival, Nature Center
• Walking Group
• Scrabble
• Concert: Fortepianos
• Neal Massa Trio (Swing, blues and Jazz)
• Aurora Street Pavilion on the Commons
• Concert: Piano and Trumpet
• Ithaca Concert Band, Dewitt Park
• Reading Group
• Happy Hour, Country Club
• "As you like it" at Hangar Theater
• Johnny Russo (Jazz)
• Taughannock State Park Concert Series
• Bridges Spa
• Evening ride and dessert out on the town
• Dancing and refreshments
• Summer party at the Johnson Museum

Bridges Food Service Program

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The food services program for Bridges Cornell Heights allows for a combination of family style and ala carte dining. Our professional chef is responsible for all aspects of our food service program such as meal planning, purchasing, cooking, regular and special diets, and special event planning.  Residents eat meals together around one large dining room table.  Private tables for two are also available if a resident should prefer dining in a more intimate setting.

Breakfast

Breakfast is served at the individual time each resident rises and is made fresh to order. Each morning residents are served their choice of decaf or regular tea and coffee, milk, orange, grapefruit, or cranberry juices, and a bowl of fresh seasonal fruit. We provide an ala carte breakfast menu for the main course each morning which includes their choice of the following: A variety of hot and cold cereals, yogurt, eggs any way, toast, low sodium bacon or sausage, pancakes, waffles, or French toast. Pastries and baked goods are available upon request. 

Lunch/Dinner

Lunch and Dinners are planned in advance according to the planned seasonal menu. Lunch is usually a heavier meal, and dinner a lighter meal. This has been instituted at the request of our residents, and seems to promote digestive health.  If a resident dislikes a planned meal, our chef will prepare a nutritious alternative meal with ingredients available. Lunches and Dinners are served with dessert at the end of the meal. Lunches are served at 12:00 noon. Dinner is served at 5:00pm. Each meal begins with staff passing out damp, warm hand towels to each resident.  At each meal residents are given water and their choice of other beverages such as milk, juice, decaf and regular tea or coffee. 

Snacks

To foster a natural family environment, snacks are available for residents anytime upon request, unless medical dietary restricts such action. We encourage residents to ask for a snack whenever they are hungry. However an evening snack is served between 7:30pm and 8:30 pm.