function doPreload()
{
var the_images = new Array(
	"images/450x30_tagline.gif",
	"images/about.gif ",
	"images/activity.jpg",
	"images/activity-cropped.gif ",
	"images/AL_callus.gif ",
	"images/assisted_living_over.gif ",
	"images/banner-bottom.gif ",
	"images/banner-bottom-flipped.gif ",
	"images/bg_down.gif ",
	"images/bingo1.jpg ",
	"images/blanche_culleton.jpg ",
	"images/blonde.jpg ",
	"images/blue-button-assisted.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-assisted2.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-careers.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-careers2.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-cc.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-cc2.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-form.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-form2.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-hhc.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-hhc2.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-lifeline.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-lifeline2.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-ls.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-ls2.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-nfg.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-nfg2.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-photos.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-photos2.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-story.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-video.gif ",
	"images/blue-button-video2.gif ",
	"images/box-feather.gif ",
	"images/building-front.gif ",
	"images/building-front2.gif ",
	"images/building-front3.gif ",
	"images/building-front4.gif ",
	"images/capen.gif ",
	"images/capen.jpg ",
	"images/capen-bold_over.gif ",
	"images/careers_over.gif ",
	"images/combo-logo.gif ",
	"images/contact.gif ",
	"images/contact_image.jpg ",
	"images/donations.gif ",
	"images/edith_ricker.jpg ",
	"images/garden.jpg ",
	"images/get_adobe_reader.gif ",
	"images/header_about.gif ",
	"images/header_application.gif ",
	"images/header_capen.gif ",
	"images/header_careers.gif ",
	"images/combo-logo.gif",
	"images/header_contact-a.gif",
	"images/header_donate-now.gif",
	"images/header_donations.gif",
	"images/header_locations.gif",
	"images/header_lowell.gif",
	"images/header_press.gif",
	"images/header_resources.gif",
	"images/header_scrapbook.gif",
	"images/header_services.gif",
	"images/header_sitemap.gif",
	"images/header_welcome.gif",
	"images/home.gif",
	"images/home_02.gif",
	"images/home_03.gif",
	"images/home_06.gif",
	"images/home_11.gif",
	"images/home_12.gif",
	"images/home_16.gif",
	"images/home_19.gif",
	"images/home_22.gif",
	"images/home_23.gif",
	"images/home_24.gif",
	"images/home_about.gif",
	"images/home_contact.gif",
	"images/home_donations.gif",
	"images/home_health_care_over.gif",
	"images/home_home.gif",
	"images/home_home113.gif",
	"images/home_home124.gif",
	"images/home_resources.gif",
	"images/home_services.gif",
	"images/home_site_map.gif",
	"images/home_welcome.gif",
	"images/home_welcome119.gif",
	"images/home_welcome119x32.gif",
	"images/home-logo-welcome.gif",
	"images/home-logo-welcome2.gif",
	"images/home-logo-welcome2-spc.gif",
	"images/home-logo-welcome3.gif",
	"images/ladies.gif",
	"images/lifeline_logo.gif",
	"images/lifeline_over.gif",
	"images/locations.gif",
	"images/locations-thin.gif",
	"images/logo_panel_small.gif",
	"images/lowell_over.gif",
	"images/lowell-bold_over.gif",
	"images/lowell-st3.gif",
	"images/lunch.jpg",
	"images/lunch-cropped.gif",
	"images/mail_in_form_over.gif",
	"images/marjorie_waisnor.jpg",
	"images/marsha_coakley.jpg",
	"images/montage.gif",
	"images/montage2.gif",
	"images/montage3.gif",
	"images/movie.gif",
	"images/mp1b.gif",
	"images/mp1b.png",
	"images/mp2a.gif",
	"images/mp2a.png",
	"images/mp2c.gif",
	"images/mp2c.png",
	"images/nancy_hubbard.jpg",
	"images/nav-bar-spacer.gif",
	"images/nav-bar-spacer-2.gif",
	"images/nav-bar-spacer-3.gif",
	"images/nav-bar-top.gif",
	"images/network_for_good_over.gif",
	"images/new_building_1.jpg",
	"images/new-banner-right.gif",
	"images/new-banner-right-b.gif",
	"images/photos_over.gif",
	"images/photos_over.xcf",
	"images/planting_header.gif",
	"images/puzzle.jpg",
	"images/red-bar-orig.jpg",
	"images/red-bar-orig-3.gif",
	"images/red-bar-orig-3.jpg",
	"images/red-bar-orig-t.gif",
	"images/red-bar-orig-t2.gif",
	"images/red-bar-orig-tds.gif",
	"images/red-bar-orig-tds2.gif",
	"images/red-bar-orig-tds22.gif",
	"images/red-blank.gif",
	"images/red-button-aboutus.gif",
	"images/red-button-application.gif",
	"images/red-button-contact.gif",
	"images/red-button-donations.gif",
	"images/red-button-locations.gif",
	"images/red-button-press.gif",
	"images/red-button-resources.gif",
	"images/red-button-services.gif",
	"images/red-button-sitemap.gif",
	"images/req_over.gif",
	"images/resources.gif",
	"images/round-logo.gif",
	"images/round-logo.jpg",
	"images/round-logo3.gif",
	"images/round-logo5-level200.gif",
	"images/round-logo5-level200-120.gif",
	"images/round-logo-gray.gif",
	"images/round-logo-gray-sm.gif",
	"images/services.gif",
	"images/sitemap.gif",
	"images/stretch.gif",
	"images/template_04.gif",
	"images/template_09.gif",
	"images/template2_20.gif",
	"images/top_banner.gif",
	"images/top_banner-spacer.gif",
	"images/top-banner-spacer-ext.gif",
	"images/Untitled-2.gif",
	"images/video_over.gif",
	"images/vna_map.gif",
	"images/vna-cc2.gif",
	"images/vna-cc3.gif",
	"images/VNADining.jpg",
	"images/VNADining-cropped.gif",
	"images/VNAExteriorPorch.jpg",
	"images/VNAExteriorPorch-cropped.gif",
	"images/VNAFloorPlan.jpg",
	"images/VNALibrary.jpg",
	"images/VNALibrary-cropped.gif",
	"images/VNALongShot.jpg",
	"images/VNALongShot-cropped.gif",
	"images/VNALongShot-cropped2.gif",
	"images/VNALongShot-cropped3.gif",
	"images/VNAUnit.jpg",
	"images/VNAUnit-cropped.gif"
  );	
	preloadImages(the_images);
}

function preloadImages(the_images_array)  {
	for (var loop = 0; loop < the_images_array.length; loop++)
	{
	var an_image = new Image();
	an_image.src = the_images_array[loop];
	}
}