Amanda is the Activity Director at Kingston Residence of Perrysburg. She has had a long-standing career at KRP, she first began working in 1998 as a dietary aide while she was freshman at Perrysburg High School.
Her father worked for the city of Perrysburg and would come home talking about the “massive” building being built on the other side of the tracks next to his work. She took interest in the building at that time hearing how he talked about it, so when she heard they were hiring she rode her bike several miles to apply for a position in dietary. She knew that she enjoyed helping the elderly at an early age as she would help her elderly neighbor clean her house. She also enjoyed helping her mother with a Perrysburg senior group that her mom was in charge of planning and implementing activities with.
After she graduated from high school she was soon promoted to a cook, she would bring in her great grandma’s recipes to make special meals for the residents. Amanda worked as the Culinary Manager for 15 years.
She found her calling as Activity Director in April of 2022. She is dedicated to creating meaningful programs that spark the resident’s interest. Her success has been listening to what the people want and making it happen. Building relations with residents, families, volunteers, and the staff has always been a passion of hers. Helping to create an environment where people can openly talk to each other has always been her goal and at Kingston we have achieved this. The activity department includes a Wellness Coach, activity assistants and a chauffeur. The environment they create as a department is contagious, they bring energy.
Amanda loves to bring her pug Gus into work, everyone adores him. She usually jokes saying her name is now Gus.