Bride and joy as residents throw hen party for key worker Danielle HOME CARES
A Hamilton care home worker was surprised with a special hen party by residents and colleagues after Covid-19 forced her to cancel her upcoming wedding.
Danielle Moore, a key worker at Avonbridge Care Home, should have been celebrating her hen weekend with friends and family last Friday.
But when coronavirus cancelled her plans, as well as her June wedding to fiancé Ryan Hughes, she decided to work instead and was stunned to find colleagues and staff had organised the alternative ‘Team Bride’ bash.
The event came complete with balloons, banners, party food and even a cocktail bar. And Danielle was donned in a bride-to-be sash and veil while residents and staff danced the day away – themselves draped in sashes and ‘L’ plates.
At one point Danielle was even given a mock striptease from a fellow colleague, which had the place in uproar.
Danielle said: “I thought we were just going out to enjoy the nice weather.
“Then I saw the decorations and a sign that said ‘Danielle’s Hen 2020’.
“I couldn’t believe it.”
“I broke down in tears, but they were happy tears.”
Speaking of finding out the coronavirus lockdown would cancel her pre-nuptial plans, Danielle said: “Realising the hen and wedding wouldn’t be going ahead as planned was horrible.
“Ryan’s stag do in Newcastle was cancelled too.
“My sister, Kelly, organised everything and I still don’t know where we were meant to go.
“I cancelled my days off work and took on shifts as I thought it would be better than sitting at home upset.”
Residents and staff at a Hamilton care home surprised a worker with a fun hen party on Friday – after coronavirus cancelled the alternative event.
When domestic assistant Danielle Moore appeared for work at Avonbridge Care Home there were banners, balloons, streamers galore and even a cocktail bar in the garden area.
Danielle, 28, also donned a bride-to-be sash and veil with residents also wearing hen party ribbons while enjoying some party food and drinks, with plenty of music and dancing too.
Staff at the care home wanted to do something to cheer Danielle up after her hen party, which should have taken place with family and friends that weekend, and upcoming June wedding, were both cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Her wedding to groom Ryan Hughes, whom she met when they both worked at M&D’S Theme Park in 2016, will now take place on June 18, 2021, at Motherwell Civic Centre followed by a reception at the Thorniewood in Viewpark.
Danielle, of Motherwell, was taken by surprise by the party and said: “It was a lovely surprise to see the effort everyone made to cheer me up as I was sad that all our plans had to be cancelled. “It was extra-special to be able to celebrate with the residents in the home as well.
“It was a hen party I will not forget.”
A spokesperson for the Avonbridge Care Home said: “The weekend would have been domestic Danielle’s hen weekend, which like everything else was cancelled. And rather than celebrating she was here working hard.
“But we won’t be defeated at Avonbridge, so what better way to celebrate, than with the best bunch of residents.
“When life throws you lemons, throw the best party and enjoy life.”