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A Favorite Tradition: Family Day at Still Hopes

Every year at Still Hopes, the first weekend of May is set aside for the Family Day Picnic. On May 1st and 2nd, the Still Hopes campus hosted over 925 people, the largest crowd to date. Lunch was catered by Shealy’s barbeque and everyone pitched in by bringing their favorite dessert. This year the weekend focused on celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Guignard Mansion. The children enjoyed old fashioned activities like the May Pole dance, horse and buggy rides, sack races, and three-legged races. Members of the Guignard family were in attendance, and provided guided tours of the mansion. The Guignard Mansion Centennial Quilt, a group project created by residents, was unveiled and hung in the library for attendees to view for the first time.The New Century Salon Orchestra provided entertainment, playing songs from the 1910 time period. We were all thankful for the sunny weather, but most of all for this special time of fellowship between family, friends, and neighbors.