CLI Update for week of 8/10/20

Week of August 10th, 2020

Congratulations Donna Scheid, HCBDD's August Direct Service Professional (DSP) of the Month!

CLI is indeed fortunate to have her on our team!

CLI's 2021 Program Schedule is out!

Please note that CLI has scheduled a holiday break and a summer break in 2021. This is because CLI has limited staff post-spring 2020 shut-down. As a result, it's been really hard to allow people to take vacations. Hopefully these breaks will allow some scheduled time off.

If this is a problem for your family, please talk to CLI and your SSA. We will figure out to cover as needed on a case-by case basis.

Firelands Local Document Destruction has NEW Scheduled Willard Shred Service Days! James says that

he's working on potential New London, Bellevue, Wakeman & Sandusky Service Dates too! Scroll down for more info right from the horse's mouth.

Remember This Guy?

Nate's Birthday is August 13th and his friends are organizing a parade of cars to go by Nate's house from 4 pm to 6 pm. Special "Friends" are invited to wear Blue & Maize and sing a few choruses of "The Victors". If anyone takes any pictures, make sure to share them with CLI!

CLI knows that some people are still stuck at home and feeling lonely-- would you like a weekly activity bag? We'd like to hook you up. Just send an email to [email protected].

Click HERE to see CLI's Revised May 2020, Post-COVID Revised Program Brochure

CLICK HERE IF YOU NEED INFO ABOUT CLI'S VIRTUAL SERVICES & LOANER SMART PHONES. WE CAN HELP YOU LEARN TO CONNECT WITH YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY VIRTUALLY USING OUR INTERNET & OUR DEVICES!

Think the poster to the left is pretty funny? Check out www.despair.come for more!

Interested in learning more about CLI's new licensed Occupational Therapy Program?Click here to request more information!

One of the upsides of the need to find new & different activities AND places to go is that we've gotten to explore so many new (to us) natural areas close to home.

Deanna & Donna daytripped to Pine Hill Park just outside of Huron County in Ashland County. You can click on Deanna's picture to the left for more information about this park.

John's Usual Excuses & Apologies--

Summer is going by a bit too quickly for my taste. I hope that everyone is doing well. We're getting a bit less feedback from those of you who are still sheltering at home. If that's you-- and you'd like to send any pictures of what new hobbies you're working on for future newsletters, my email is [email protected]. On the flip side, if these newsletters are not useful to you, there is an "unsubscribe" link with each edition.

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

There was a test "Happy Friday" voicemail for last Friday, August 7th, at 4:30 pm. Did you get this call? If you did not and want to be on our one-call notification list -- OR if you did get a call and want to be off that list-- please either call or email me. LEAVE A MESSAGE INCLUDING THE PHONE NUMBER THAT THE ONE-CALL SHOULD CALL. I'll make those changes. My phone number is 419-706-5137 and my email is [email protected].

That's all I have. Have a good week. Wash your hands. Work on building some new hobbies and share pictures. Life is too short to just hang-out watching TV, even in a pandemic.

John

Jen Swicker

has been running amuck on foot and by bike this past week! Here are some shots she, Brit & Matt took on the North Coast Inland Trail between Wakeman & Oberlin

. . . and then she and another Jen we know were strolling around the waterfront in Huron and met up with Sarah!

CLI's virtual schedule:

Firelands Local LLC Update:

Email Firelands Local GM James Johnson by clicking HERE!

From James Johnson, GM

There is more exciting news coming your way. I had previously announced that we would be doing a remote drop off day in Willard on 8/24. We will also be in………Sandusky on 8/31. I will release final details next week.

We had our monthly drop off day last Wed 8/5. We had 50 people drop off a total of 2195 lbs. of paper to be shredded and recycled.

That is another 17 trees that have been spared.

We completed another 2 bulk pickups. We will also be doing a bulk pickup in Willard when we are there for the remote drop off.

I would also like to remind everyone that we do still have bins left for sale. Did you forget how much they are? Others may charge as much as $100, I say NO WAY. We could easily bill you in 3 easy installments of $24.56. I can do better than that!

That’s right, a high quality used recycling bin in pretty good shape for a one time deal of

$20 I will even pay the taxes on this purchase for you

James Johnson

419-921-6400

[email protected]

A letter from the Huron County Non-Food Bank:

The Non-Food Bank will be giving away basic household necessities on Wednesday, August 19, from 9am to noon at the Monroeville UCC, 29 Chapel Street, Monroeville. We will once again be doing drive-thru only and ask everyone to clear room in their trunk so volunteers can place bags there. The Non-Food Bank is open on the third Wednesday of each month (excl. July) and is for residents of Huron County and is made possible by generous donations from churches, individuals and organizations from our area. If you have any questions please call the church at 419-465-2165.

Future Dates:

September 16, 9am to noon

October 21, 9am to noon

Thank you.

Peace,

Rev. Dr. Wayne Chasney

Monroeville UCC Non-Food Bank Website

Other Community Activities & Resources:

Mix 102.7 LifeStream & Community Calendar

WLKR 95.3 LiveStream & Community Calendar

KFM 96.1 LiveStream & Community Calendar

There are LOTS of free online music concerts-- for local artists, click here to see the June calendar put together by WLKR & K96.

The website link is http://wlkr.northcoastnow.com/entertainment-guide/. From there you will see the list of artists.

If you like what you see, you can subscribe to their google calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?cid=953wlkr%40gmail.com#main_7

The FREE Good Works Cafe will runs every Friday at 11:30 am until they run out of meals.

If you or a friend want a delicious meal but cannot get transportation, we can deliver to you for a $20 donation!

*Donations are accepted & 100% go to future Fridays.*

Spread the word!