One thing residents of Forest Haven Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Jonesboro look forward to each and every day is mealtime, as patrons know that a sumptuous offering will be served for their enjoyment. 

In appreciation of her daily dedication to provide pleasing and nourishing meals, the administration of the award-winning, long-term care facility located at 175 Thrasher Avenue in Jonesboro shines the employee spotlight for the month of July on Dietary Manager, Shannon Thomas. 

Since coming from Idaho fourteen years ago when she joined the staff as an unproven cook, who will tell you herself that she didn’t even know how to make cornbread or fry fish, Thomas learned and then led the Dietary Department while becoming a pillar of the senior leadership team.

Always the first to rock a costume on dress-up days and the last to take credit, Thomas lives out Forest Haven’s mission of improving the quality of life for residents and exemplifies the facility’s core values of faith in God, quality care, teamwork, integrity, and commitment.