John's usual--
A quick bit this week-- we're hoping to see lots of old friends stop by the Workshop's 40 year reunion & open house this Friday. Super low pressure. Rhonda and crew are working on the Walking Tacos & cookies. James has a banner, markers & paint ready to go. We'll be hanging that up in the shop afterwards. Incidentally-- while we are trying to pull in people that we haven't seen for a long time-- this event is open to anyone/everyone, including other providers and their clients. Please help us spread the word. The goal is just to have fun & more people is always more fun.
Other than that, it's just a normal, busy week for all of us at CLI. August can be a deceptive month for me, where I feel like I have lots of summer left. But really, even though there may be lots of warm weather left-- a lot of the fall schedule stuff starts right after Labor Day. CLI is pushing out a couple new programs this fall. The first is a quarterly schedule of free fun events for high school students with DD & their parents. The first one of these is September 30th at Kenilee. Our ambition with these is to reach these families earlier so that we can help them better anticipate the adult services world after graduation. There's a real need for that. The second new program will be pushing out will evening & Saturday activities exclusively for individuals who are community employed. We know that people often miss the social interaction of the workshop and sometimes feel isolated. If we want to support community employment outcomes, then we also need to provide supplemental supports outside of work.
Anyway, Labor Day is definitely just around the corner. I'm trying to embrace the hot, sticky, Ohio August while it's here, but it's not my favorite.
Have a great week & make sure that you're drinking lots of water.
John
