Residents at Gabriel Homes were no exception. To close out 2025 with Christmas spirit, the Gabriel Homes Work Crew (GHWC) and residents set up Christmas lights and decorations across the homes.
Despite facing heavy wind chills, the GHWC was promptly up and about at the first home in the early morning.
Crewmembers Mike Flynn and Mike Foley led work on the lights, while the rest of the group put their energy into clearing the yards of leaves. Rakes and leaf blowers moved dozens of bags of fall leaves. The crew left the yards nearly spotless so all the focus would be on the dazzling lights.
“I’ve been a work crew member for many year. Our team enjoys the work we can do for the residents of Gabriel Homes, but especially when we decorate their homes with Christmas decorations and lights. This year we hung about 800-1,000 outdoor lights on their houses and landscape. My hope is they receive some joy and happiness viewing these beautiful lights on their homes.”
Residents had their time to shine by decorating indoors.
Adorning Christmas trees and filling the rooms with holiday decor lifts their festive spirit when they’re the ones doing it. Angie’s (first photo, left) tree stood covered with gold, blue, and green ornaments, and she had extra help from her friend Rich (first photo, right) and a residential counselor, Angela (second photo). Since he had longer arms, Rich helped Angie by placing snowflakes on the wall and ornaments higher on the tree.
