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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Last weekend Mathew harvested the tomatoes from his garden. He is now enjoying the fruits of his labour!

Enjoying Lunch

Dave and Bill took some time last weekend to enjoy each others' company over lunch at Harvey's! It's always great catching up with friends!

Checking Out the New Mural at the Legion

Last week, Andrew and Patty met for lunch and then visited the beautiful new mural at the Royal Canadian Legion on Wyandotte in Windsor.

Our Journey to Re-Accreditation

We’re delighted to share this latest milestone in our journey to re-accreditation. As you know, we’ve been working with FOCUS Accreditation over the past several months to provide documentation and information to help FOCUS verify that we continue to meet their high standards of excellence in all we do here at Community Living Essex County. We’re now at the stage where FOCUS gathers information via surveys from stakeholders associated with our organization. Surveys have now been sent to many people associated with Community Living Essex County, including people receiving services, families, all employees and some of our community partners. The feedback from these surveys can help identify areas where we excel, areas that require improvement, and ways we can best meet the needs of people with intellectual disabilities and their families today and into the future.

If you received a survey in your email, we hope that you take a few moments to provide your feedback and join us on our journey to re-accreditation in 2022!

Community Living Ontario’s

Family Leadership Series

Community Living Ontario advocates strongly for people living with intellectual disabilities and their families. As such, and recognizing the impact of family engagement, Community Living Ontario has introduced a series targeted toward family leadership. The Family Leadership Series aims to create opportunities for families to connect with each other, and integrates a variety of ways regionally and provincially to empower families to build a better future for their loved ones. For more information about this series click on the link below.

Olivia, Jessica, and the Ensemble Committee

Call or email Ensemble

ensemble@communitylivingessex.org 519-776-6483, extension 225

Click Here to Learn More About the Family Leadership Series

Update From New Day

The next New Day meeting is August 16^th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, and will include a virtual field trip to Charlotte's Freedom Farm.

Charlotte's Freedom Farm believes that every animal deserves to live a peaceful life where they are loved unconditionally. They look after abandoned and surrendered animals that may not have had a second chance otherwise. Many of the animals arrive with health problems or as orphans. You will learn about the different animals and tour the farm.

If you are interested in joining along for the tour please send an email to newday@communitylivingessex.org. New Day will send you the link to join the meeting.

Join The Accessibility Exchange

Get involved in work that makes the Accessible Canada Act effective. Together, we are stronger.

The Accessibility Exchange is a new national platform that will be released later this year. On the platform, there will be:

people ready and willing to work on plans and projects to help identify and remove barriers to access and inclusion
people with disabilities
deaf people
people from community organizations
regulated organizations that want to complete plans and projects to improve accessibility as required by the Accessible Canada Act
resources, tools and training to help regulated organizations, people with disabilities and deaf people work together on accessibility plans

If you want to be part of this work, sign up for The Accessibility Exchange newsletter. You will be the first to know when sign-up for the platform is available. Until then, you will be kept up to date on progress and provided important information.

Click Here to Sign Up for The Accessible Canada Exchange Newsletter

Windsor Symphony Orchestra Summer Concert

Join the Windsor Symphony Orchestra for free summer concerts at a park near you! Bring your own lawn chair, blanket, and picnic basket and enjoy some great music in the outdoors.

Featuring: WSO Brass Quintet

Saturday, August 13 at 2:00 pm at Reaume Park 4714 Riverside Dr. E Windsor

Sunday, August 14 at 3:00 pm at Navy Yard Park 268 Dalhousie St, Amherstburg

Ouellette Car Cruise

The Ouellette Car Cruise builds on the nostalgia of Windsor’s rich automotive history and will be held on Friday, August 12^th.

The event features the rendezvousing of vehicles at Riverfront Festival Plaza from 1:00 pm onwards, and the Cruise kicks off its parade of classic and vintage vehicles at 6:00 pm in the heart of downtown. The route starts at Riverside Drive and Goyeau Street, runs south on Ouellette Avenue to Tecumseh Road East, east to Pillette Road and west on Riverside Drive to Ouellette Avenue.

The Car Cruise includes all vintage, classic, custom, collector and special interest cars, street rods and muscle cars.

Click Here for More Information About Ouellette Car Cruise

Positive Thoughts

Binge Worthy TV

The IT Crowd

The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss and their grifting supervisor Jen, a rag-tag team of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie. Streaming on Netflix.

Recipe of the Week

Kale Salad With Poppy Seed Dressing

Get your kale fix with this delicious kale salad with poppy seed dressing. Try this combination of crunchy greens, light poppy seed dressing, toasted pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries.