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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 1, 2007
Bears’
Oldest Fans Cheer Hardest for Super Bowl
Residents
of Illinois Council on Long Term Care facilities
have cheered on team longer than most
VISUALS
Nursing
home residents – and lifelong Bears fans – kick off
the game with colorful pre-Super Bowl parties.
WHAT
The
long and storied history of the Chicago Bears is equaled
only by the personal histories of some of their oldest
fans.
Before the 1985 Bears mauled the Patriots in
Super Bowl XX -- before there even was a Super
Bowl -- these fans cheered on the team.
Now, residents of the Illinois Council on Long
Term Care facilities are prepared to do the same for
this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLI.
Residents
and staff of the facilities will bear down for the big
game with pompoms in hand at Super Bowl parties across
the state. Beer and a big-screen TV will take the field
at both the Selfhelp Home and Kenwood Healthcare Center
in Chicago, while the staff at the Jackson Square
Nursing & Rehab, also in Chicago, will lead
residents in reciting the infamous “Prayer for Da
Bears” (beginning “Our papa, who art a Bear…”)
before the game.
And, while Glenbridge Nursing and Rehabilitation
Centre in Niles will throw a pre-game patio tailgate
cookout for friends and family, Albany Care in Evanston
is really kicking things off early.
The home for persons with mental illness declared
Friday, Feb. 2, “Bears Day,” complete with Bears
trivia, a 1985 Bears’ “Super Bowl Shuffle” contest
and touchdown musical chairs to the tune of the new 2007
Bears’ “Shuffle.”
No
Super Bowl party would be complete without game-day
snacks, blue and orange decorations and, of course, the
game itself at 5 p.m.
WHO
Photographers
and media are invited to come and capture lifetimes of
Bears history with some of the team’s oldest fans.
WHERE
AND WHEN:
On
Friday, Feb. 5:
- Albany
Care, 901 Maple Ave., Evanston, IL 60202
Beginning
at 2 p.m.
On
Sunday, Feb. 4:
- The
Selfhelp Home, 908 W. Argyle St., Chicago, IL 60640
6:30 p.m. to the end of the game
- Kenwood
Healthcare Center, 6125 S. Kenwood Ave., Chicago, IL
60637
4:30 to 8 p.m.
- Jackson
Square Nursing & Rehab Center, 5130 W. Jackson
Blvd., Chicago, IL 60644
Beginning at 4:30 p.m.
- McKinley
Court Care Centre, 500 W. McKinley Ave., Decatur, IL
62525
Beginning at 5 p.m.
- Albany
Care, 901 Maple Ave., Evanston, IL 60202
Beginning at 2 p.m.
- Fairview
Care Center, 701 N. LaGrange Rd., LaGrange Park, IL
60526
Beginning at 5 p.m.
- Snow
Valley Center, 5000 Lincoln Ave., Lisle, IL 60532
Beginning at 10 a.m. (pre-game decorating) to 5
p.m. (the game)
- Community
Nursing & Rehab Center, 1136 N. Mill St.,
Naperville, IL 60536
3
to 4 p.m.
- Glenbridge
Nursing & Rehab Centre, 8333 W. Gold Rd, Niles,
IL 60714
Beginning
at 2 p.m.
- Shabbona
Health Care Center, 408 W. Comanche Ave., Shabbona,
IL 60550
3
to 4 p.m.
- Skokie
Meadows Nursing Center II, 4600 Golf Rd, Skokie, IL
60076
Beginning
at 5:30 p.m.
- Tower
Hill Healthcare Center, 759 Kane St., South Elgin,
IL 60177
Beginning
at 2 p.m.
- Bayside
Terrace, 1100 S. Lewis Ave., Waukegan, IL 60085
2
p.m.
The
Illinois Council on Long Term Care is a professional
association of more than 210 nursing facilities
committed to quality residential health care in Illinois
through a productive and responsible partnership between
the private and public sectors. The Council represents
more than 26,000 nursing home professionals serving more
than 38,000 residents
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