Amira Choice Minnetonka

04/27/2026

Don't forget to join us for a special afternoon performance Tuesday, April 28th at 3pm here at Amira Choice Minnetonka!

"The organization has been known for a wide-ranging repertoire of opera and musical theater, while emphasizing strongly balanced musical and theatrical values. The repertoire has included a unique mix of familiar favorites and new work, including many productions that are new to the Twin Cities’ stage."

I know our residents are very excited and can't wait!
Skylark Opera Theatre

04/24/2026

04/24/2026

It’s Administration Appreciation Week here at Amira Choice Minnetonka, and we are so excited to celebrate our amazing administrative team! From the Front Desk to our Resident Services Coordinator, these incredible individuals keep everything running smoothly and always go above and beyond for our residents and staff.

A huge thank you to Jan, Jenn, Kate, and Quincy for all of your hard work, kindness, and dedication. Your support, smiles, and endless effort make such a difference every single day.

We truly couldn’t do it without you—thank you for everything you do!

04/23/2026

We here at Amira Choice Minnetonka cherish our wonderful volunteers who help us with our birthday committee, calling resident-run bingo on Saturdays, leading chair workouts, and everything else they do for our building and residents.

So here is to you, our volunteers, Barb, Carol, and Char! Happy National Volunteers Week to you and all volunteers out there!

04/18/2026

Today, our residents and staff competed in our 2nd annual Chili Cook-Off! Residents and staff gathered to try all different kinds of chili, and we were all excited!

Congratulations to our 1st place winner, John, who made a delicious True North Black Bean Chili! He says that the extra ingredient that pushed his chili to the win was venison. Also, a huge thank you to our 2nd and 3rd place winners, Willie and Dee! Thank you to everyone who came out, participated, and tasted the wonderful chili. We can't wait for next year!

04/15/2026

Just the other day, we, here at Amira Choice Minnetonka, were able to welcome the wonderful Kevin Doely and his friends! Kevin entertained our residents with his wonderful dummies and their/his singing!

"Kevin grew up on a farm in Spring Grove, MN. In third grade, he did a book report about ventriloquism. In high school, he bought an 8-track tape of "Radio - Reruns" and on it were routines from Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. Kevin was impressed with the clarity, message, and humor of these routines from the 1930's. Kevin graduated from Concordia College and Luther Seminary and is the Senior Pastor at Faith Lutheran in C**n Rapids, MN. Kevin uses ventriloquism as a communication tool to teach and entertain. With degrees in communication and music, Kevin has performed hundreds of ventriloquist shows for celebration banquets, retirement homes, churches, schools, libraries, and community events. He is a member of the North American Association of Ventriloquists."

04/10/2026

Happy Masters Week!

Today, we hosted our first annual Masters Putt-Putt Invitational! Residents competed for the coveted green jacket in five holes of mini golf. It was surely a great time of fun, competition, and, of course, bragging! And of course, the staff had to partake as well. Thank you to all who participated in our great golfing competition.

Tune in to The Masters all weekend to see who will win the (other) green jacket and become the Masters champion of 2026!

04/08/2026

Today, in our Woodlands Neighborhood, we played a new game and tested our wits to see if we could complete the challenge!

The challenge was to stack cups without using our hands. We used stretchy rubber bands to create a tension tool to grab the cups and stack them. We are always trying to come up with new and fun games to challenge ourselves! It was incredible to see the teamwork, problem-solving, and laughter as everyone worked together to figure it out. Activities like these keep our minds sharp while making meaningful moments of connection and fun!

04/07/2026

Today, our residents and staff at Amira Choice Minnetonka prepared over 500 sandwiches for The Salvation Army Harbor Light and the Peace House in the Pillsbury neighborhood of Minneapolis. It is always a good time when we can come together for a worthy cause and put forth our effort to help the people of our great state of Minnesota who are in need. Thank you again to Minneapolis Recreational Development Inc. for allowing us to help and donate our time and skills to make our city a better place!

"LOA was founded in 1967 by Allan Law, a teacher in the Inner City Minneapolis Public School System for 32 years. Since its founding, the Mission of MRD has been: "Love One Another" and the Guiding Principle is best captured in a quote by Hubert Humphrey: "Judge our society by how we care for our children and the disadvantaged." It began as an after-school, weekend, and summertime program for Inner City Youth, but over the past 50 years, the organization has grown and expanded in scope to include Three Core Programs. The focus of Love One Another is The Sandwich Food Program and providing scholarship grants to individuals and programs that have a similar mission of LOVE ONE ANOTHER, making the world a better place to live."

04/05/2026

Happy Easter from the Amira Choice Minnetonka family!

04/02/2026

We here at Amira Choice Minnetonka take great pride in our library and our amazing grandfather clock. We would also like to give a big shout-out to our resident volunteer librarian, Ruth Nelson. She is exactly the reason we have such a clean and organized library on our third floor! Each month she combs through our library, filtering out old books, organizing and putting checked-out books in the right place, and also adding the new books that we receive from donations from residents and outside vendors/donors. Thank you, Ruth, for all you do and for making our library what it is today!