Community Living Chatham-Kent is excited to announce the 8th Annual Lottery Calendar is back!
“Cooking Up Memories” is a trip down memory lane featuring twelve months of recipes from the former Parkfield Restaurant.
Beginning on January 1, 2022 and until December 31, 2022, we will be drawing a daily prize including $20, $50, $100, $200, $500 or $1,000, big-ticket items, and gift cards from participating retailers. There will only be 2000 Lottery Calendars printed, so you have great odds of winning a prize.
Calendars will be available for purchase beginning October 6, 2021, until they are sold out or January 31, 2022, whichever comes first.
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LOTTERY CALENDAR
IS BACK!!!
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You could be spotted as our next winner!
A guaranteed jackpot of $1000.
Tickets support three awesome charities including Community Living Chatham-Kent, PHSS, and Deaf Blind Ontario Services.
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JOBWORX-EMPLOYMENT SERVICES |
Thank you to all the local businesses for recognizing the value of hiring people who have diverse abilities.
If you are looking for work or are an employer looking to hire, please call JOBWORX to see how we can help!
519-351-0460
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EMPLOYER SPOTLIGHT - MAPLE CITY BAKERY
Thank you for being an inclusive employer!
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In April 2021, Community Living Chatham-Kent (CLC-K) received a $62,000 Resilient Communities Fund Grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to purchase a van to rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID 19. The purchase of an accessible van provides people the opportunity to remain connected to their community and improve program access.
CLC-K’s new Day Program, “Outward Bound”, provides individual opportunities and support based on personal choice with a focus on connecting people to their communities. Accessible transportation to attend community activities has been a barrier for many. Thanks to the $62,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, people who have diverse abilities will be able to participate in community activities and events without concern for reliable transportation.
"The impact of the Ontario Trillium Foundation grant cannot be underestimated,” said Ron Coristine, Executive Director CLC-K. “This grant provides people who have diverse abilities opportunities participate in their communities.”
The Community Living Chatham-Kent is dedicated to ensuring supports remain accessible for people accessing services. If you wish to enquire about our supports and accessing services, please visit the website at www.clc-k.ca.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is an agency of the Government of Ontario, and one of Canada’s leading granting foundations. Last year, nearly $112M was invested into 1,384 community projects and partnerships to build healthy and vibrant communities and strengthen the impact of Ontario’s non-profit sector. In 2020/21, OTF supported Ontario’s economic recovery by helping non-profit organizations rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID-19.
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COMMUNITY LIVING CHATHAM-KENT FUNDS
NWEWNAN SASAANG – LANGUAGE NEST – SOUNDS FROM THE NEST
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This past July, Community Living Chatham-Kent personnel went on a Journey of Learning facilitated by Minogiizhgad. The learning included traditional territory acknowledgement development and a Bkejwanong Tour - First Nation historical waterways tour. The plan is for the journey to resume this fall.
Minogiizhgad also guided the agency in developing a Land Acknowledgement Statement which was implemented at the Annual General Meeting in June. Ron Coristine, Executive Director CLC-K, would like to recognize Minogiizhgad’s exceptional mentoring and knowledge advancing the agency.
On August 18th, CLC-K donated $1,000 to the non-profit organization ‘Nwewnan Sasaang’ – Language Nest – Sounds from the Nest program on Walpole Island which specializes in Indigenous language immersion for early childhood education.
Minogiizhgad said, “All the people work tirelessly to try and do what they can to do their part, and in their own way to make contributions like that is really felt, it’s good for the spirit.” Coristine shared, “it’s how we are all together, working with each other that makes a difference”.
The Nwewnan Sasaang indoor learning environment is a warm, nurturing place that value and stimulate young minds to prepare them for lifelong learning. Children discover the world through a culturally and age-level appropriate curriculum based on Anishinaabe Aadiziwin educational philosophy in a safe and secure environment. For more information about Nwewnan Sasaang visit https://www.nwewnansasaang.org/
Miigwech (thank you) Minogiizhgad.
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Golf Tournament was FORE everyone! |
A very successful, Community Living Golf Tournament sponsored by Waste Connections of Canada, has come and gone. It was a cool fall day and the brief sprinkle of rain didn't damper the spirits of our golfers! Willow Ridge Golf & Country Club was a great host for the event. Thanks to Chris Hill, and his entire staff for a terrific day.
The golf tournament is utilized as a fundraiser for the agency with the proceeds from this event going to help the valuable work that Community Living Chatham-Kent does each and every day, supporting over 550 people in Chatham-Kent.
It would not be possible to hold this event, if not for the generous participation of so many people that continue to support the worthwhile events throughout the year. A huge thank you goes out to Waste Connections of Canada, our major sponsor for the event. Many thanks to our additional sponsors Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers, Matthews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP, Optimist Club of Chatham, Chatham Volkswagen, Wes Thompson, Industrial Alliance, HUB International, Canada Life, the Linton Family, JOBWORX-Employment Service, OPSEU Local 148, Swackhammer Services, prem., The Cement Man, JD Auto Glass, Mortgage Architects, KPMG MSLP, Mamma Marias, Pizza Tonight, Pour Decisions, Anne's Auto, Huron Construction, and North & South Kent Wind.
Many thanks to our Volunteers with whom we are grateful for the continued dedication.
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We are happy to share that CLC-K's newest accessible home is complete. The gentlemen are thrilled with their beautiful home and extend their thanks to Fred Naclerio and Magna Homes for all their hard work with this project! |
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CLC-K Sunflower Challenge! |
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"Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say, it's all right".
It was definitely all right for the winners of our Sunflower Challenge! There was a tie for the winner of the tallest sunflower at 10 feet 6 inches. The largest sunflower was 1 foot 4 inches in diameter!!
Congratulations to all!
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CLC-K IS GETTING READY FOR THE FALL! |
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Falling leaves, and warm autumn breezes made for
spectacular days in and around Chatham-Kent!
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ZOOM WITH TROY CONTINUES! |
Zoom with Troy continued to make an impact over the summer months. Many activities continued including Zumba with Lisa, Karaoke with Tony, cooking, and a variety of crafts. Everyone looked forward to the online lessons and staying connected. |
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BINGO AT HOME SESSIONS
EVERY THURSDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT @ 7PM!
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Congratulations to our many dedicated employees!
July:
Glenna Pickering – 35 years
Jill Gregory – 15 years
August:
Sandra Cunningham – 15 years
Amanda Lehmann – 15 years
Eric Dunlop – 10 years
Michelle Glogowski – 10 years
September:
Sue Halbauer – 35 years
Karen Whittal – 10 years
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Rose-Marie KoeKuyt
Vaughn Huston
Verna Southgate
Donna Cowell
Patricia Dodman
Janice Bradley
Brian McMath
Bailey Sarah Cowell
Paul Cowell
Jack Cowell
Lee Osborne
Jonathan Daniel Stone
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On behalf of our son Brian, we want to thank Community Living Chatham-Kent for all of the assistance, consideration, encouragement, and loving care they have provided for our family for 37 years.
When Brian was four years of age, he attended the segregated full-day Early Childhood Education Program at the Developmental Day Centre at the Winston Churchill School site.
This program prepared Brian to be able to be integrated into the Junior Kindergarten Program at the age of six. Brian was a student at G. P. Vanier School, St. Ursula School and he graduated with his peers from U.C.C. Brian was the first high needs student to be enrolled with the St. Clair Catholic District School Board in Chatham and he loved every minute of it.
Following High School, Brian was able to enjoy daily activities with his friends at the Sass Side Road Day Program. Here Brian participated in music programs, creative art programs, leisure activities and socialized with his many peers. This Program offered everyone the opportunity to be together to celebrate all of the Special Activities throughout the calendar year (especially their birthdays). Thank you to the many wonderful Program facilitators.
As a family, we especially appreciated the Children’s and Adult Respite Programs available for Brian. These programs were a God-send for our family and enabled us to spend quality time with our 2 other daughters.
In Brian’s late 20’s he was invited to share a home with 5 women (he was pretty excited about that!!! – unbeknownst to him they were in their late 50 and 60’s). He was very proud that he could live independently just like his older sisters. Brian had great fun there. He was well cared for, always on the go, lived with great friends (especially his friend Jeff who he met at Children’s Respite), and was so fortunate to have had very compassionate and loving Caregivers. He was well respected by everyone. Brian also enjoyed coming home every other weekend. He enjoyed sleeping in his own bed, eating his favourite home-cooked meals, sleeping in, and sitting with his dad watching sports on TV.
We are blessed to have Community Living Chatham-Kent. We encourage all parents to participle in the many programs, activities, and amenities that are available for our children.
Thank you.
The McMath family
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COMMUNITY LIVING CHATHAM-KENT
www.clc-k.ca
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