Lebanon Oregon has an annual Strawberry Festival, this year was the 100th annual so the theme was "100 years of strawberries".

The Oaks has four residents who are one hundred or over, so we decided to have a "birthday cake" with portraits of each of our centurians on it.  The cake was four layers and the third layer had one portrait on each side.  The decor was strawberrries.  The banners on the sides said "The Oaks at Lebanon Celebrating 100 Berry Good Years."

Riding on the float was the administrator and two residents wearing clothing and hats in the style from 100 years ago.  We had antique quilts covering the chairs and recorded music from a gramaphone playing.

We had a "strawberry" car driven by staff members and their banner said "The Oaks Staff Is The Berry Best" Other staff members were wearing strawberry costumes and handing out candy. 

Following the parade we served strawberry shortcake to the public and had an open house.