A time capsule containing items from residents at Oxford Springs Durant assisted living center was buried March 14.
“Today, we’re burying a time capsule and it’s because a couple of years ago, some of our residents witnessed the Durant city time capsule and they started thinking about what they could leave behind for the future even after they’re gone,” Kenley Hayes, life enrichment director of Oxford, said after the capsule was buried. “We decided that this year, we would put everything together that’s happened the last four years and fill it up as best we can, from COVID all the way up to recent events, and try to make something for younger generations to see 50 years from now.
“We have three letters in there. We even have a parks lifetime access card from 1965 a resident put in there because she wanted everyone to know about her love for travel and we also have things such as COVID tests because they were tired of lockdown. Even a couple of residents have wrote about their political standpoints and what they think about this past election.”
Lisa Gibson is a CNA and CMA at Oxford and her 7-year-old grandson, Zander Babb, helped with the burial.
Babb will be 57 when the time capsule is opened in 2075, the same age his grandmother is now.
“Seeing my grandson be a part of these residents’ life now, and then the future ones, really touched my heart,” Gibson said. “Zander loves to come up here and help and visit with the residents. Burying the time capsule is something he will always remember and be able to pass this experience to his kids one day.”
