Board members of the Friends of Our Island Home have been actively working on the Advisory Workgroup with the Town of Nantucket regarding building the new nursing home, which is proposed to be located at the Sherburne Commons site, which is Town-owned property under lease to…
Mingle with Nantucket’s Finest at Business After Hours 🍻 Network & Support a Noble Cause! Gear up for an evening of connections and community at the Business After Hours soirée, presented by Friends of Our Island Home and proudly sponsored…
For many residents, this event is more than just receiving gifts. It’s a chance to feel like they are part of a family, especially for those without loved ones on the island. Debra Bechtold, Dietician at Our Island Home, shares,…
Love Blooms at Our Island Home—Adopt a Container Program Join us in spreading joy and beauty at Our Island Home! Back in 2020, The Friends of Our Island Home initiated “Love Blooms at Our Island Home” to bring positivity to…
February 2022 During the Covid 19 Omicron outbreak on the island, the staff at Our Island Home worked tirelessly to care for the residents. Short staffed by the outbreak, with new protocols implemented to stay safe, it was a real…
February 2, 2022 Well in to the COVID outbreak at Our Island Home, FoOIH wanted to in some way comfort everyone who was working so hard and such long hours. What better than comfort food? Fareground’s Restaurant has always stepped…
Winter 2022 The right tray table, used in resident rooms and for the individual activities made necessary by COVID this year, is pretty important. We replaced 8 of the older variety with the new and improved style, better accommodating the…
December 2022 FoOIH works to make the Christmas Party for the residents a very special day. With guidance from the staff and Activities Director, who see and understand what a special gift for each resident might be, we shop. Most…
June 20, 2021 Each Father’s Day, we honor fathers ,and sons, who are residents at Our Island Home. This year, we thought a baseball hat to keep the sun out of the eyes for future sunny days on the Patio…
Friends of Our Island Home would like to thank you for your 365 day gift to all who come and go from Our Island Home.
The staff and residents of Our Island Home were recently featured in N Magazine in a feature titled, the miracle on east creek road.
If you have attended a Nantucket High School basketball or football game over the past two decades, it is very likely your ears are familiar with the boisterous and distinct cheering of Fernella Phillips.