Agency Newsletter – July 2025

Welcome to the July Edition of our agency wide newsletter!

Hackettstown Center

My favorite books by Brian S

I like mysteries and superhero books. I enjoy looking at the pictures and having my family and staff read to me. I like big books because I can see the pictures better, and they have more stories.

A person wearing a blue X-Men t-shirt is sitting at a table, reading a comic book. The table is covered with puzzle pieces featuring letters and leaf illustrations. In the background, another person in a green shirt sits in an office chair near bookshelves against pink walls.

Two people are sitting at a table, looking at an open comic book. The person on the left is wearing a blue X-Men t-shirt, and the person on the right is wearing a black and white zigzag patterned jacket over a white shirt. The table has puzzle pieces with letters and leaf illustrations. In the background, there are bookshelves against pink walls.

My Creations by Brianna H

I like building, and LEGO is the best. They come in different colors and shapes, and the instructions help you build things. Plus, they’re like a whole other world. Legos help me use my imagination. Right now, I’m building a mansion. My dream is to create an entire city with Legos.

A person wearing a black and white patterned shirt holds a yellow toy truck made from Lego building blocks, with a rubber duck on top. The truck has 'Rubicon' written on its side. In the background, shelves with various items, colorful ceiling decorations, and people sitting at tables are visible in a room with green walls.

A person wearing a black and white patterned shirt stands behind a table displaying various LEGO creations, including a large multicolored structure, several vehicles, and a yellow toy truck. The room has green walls, tables, chairs, other people engaged in activities, colorful ceiling decorations, and artwork on the walls.

Mary Apgar

Latest news and updates by your reporter on the scene, Darren.

The past month we had group outings to the Senior Center for lunch, ShopRite, Dairy Queen for lunch and we went on Meals at Home 6 times!

Two people are seated at a table, working on an art project. The person on the left, wearing a yellow shirt, is assisting the person on the right, who is wearing a striped shirt. They are placing small colorful objects onto a black piece of paper. The room has light blue walls, windows with curtains, and additional tables and chairs in the background.

A person wearing a red Hello Kitty t-shirt sits at a white table, holding up a piece of black paper decorated with colorful dots and lines made from small objects. Behind them are shelves with clear plastic storage containers.

Update on our vegetables:

We have green beans and tomatoes growing on our plants! The pumpkin vines and herbs are getting big. It looks like we’ll have squash starting soon. We used the lettuce we grew to put on our burgers when we had our summer picnic. It was tasty!

A pumpkin plant with large green leaves and a single yellow-orange flower grows next to a blue wall on a patch of soil and grass.

A person in a blue jacket sits in a motorized wheelchair with red accents, holding the joystick control. They are outdoors near a blue building, with green plants in the foreground and a grassy area with trees in the background.

This or That:

8 Consumers prefer books and 13 prefer Films
9 Consumers like running and 12 would rather ride a bike
14 Consumers like the beach while 4 would rather enjoy the mountains
7 Consumers like Pop music while 14 would rather listen to Rock
12 Consumers enjoy art while 10 enjoy drama
An equal number of Consumers like Superhero roles as Wizard Roles!

Based on our breakfast survey, we learned that 121 cups of coffee, 44 eggs, 78 cups of juice, 79 bowls of oatmeal, 42 waffles/pancakes, 23 servings of bacon, and 160 “other” items were consumed this past month!

MSN

A person wearing a light blue dress sits in a chair next to a table, gently petting a white and brown dog lying on the floor. The table holds colorful drawings and papers. In the background, a light orange wall features a whiteboard.

The therapy dogs came to visit MSN today. Mary Ann used to be afraid of dogs. She recently overcame her fear of dogs because Dixie comes to visit every other week. Dixie is a mild-mannered border collie with a calm personality.

We’re happy to announce that Mary Ann is the consumer of the month. Mary Ann loves to dance, model, and get her nails done.

CRP

Interior view of the Mermaid Museum in Berlin, Maryland. A chandelier hangs from a decorative ceiling above mermaid-themed exhibits and displays. The text 'MERMAID MUSEUM' and 'Berlin, MD' is prominently featured in the center of the image.

by Holly

A couple of years ago in the late summer and early fall I went to Ocean City, MD for vacation and it was awesome! We went to The Mermaid Museum and we saw the artifacts of mermaids, sight seeing reports of mermaids, mermaid statues, historical artifacts of mermaids, mermaid’s drawing wall, I heard mermaids singing when I enter the building, I took pictures and they have mermaid souvenirs in the gift shop! You should check it out when your on vacation and it at Berlin, MD on top of Good Old Fellows building!

Finding Art-facts around the world for them – by Joel

Mousey and Elfvey go on a jounty in the jungle. They need to find this artifacts that really old, and can break really easy they have to hold it tight without dropping it. It would fall apart in there hands. This artifacts is one of kind that its really hard to get if something happen to it. The artifacts been in the family for years to come, its very old they pick them to have it in there house has a decor on the wall. Mousy and elfey are brother they do every thing tother they play and go places They artifacts looks like a special animals you cant find the animals of them. Its a big tiger that sits on a Sevres, because its really big and heavy. But they can carry on something heavy then parts on there is there time machine they ride on it. Were are the parts they are over the jungle to find them, thats why mousey and elfey went on this long jouty together. Because they like doing things together because they are brother they get long with each other and they are really close to each other . Because they are twins they look like each other. The frist thing stop looking in a village the village is called rocket place. Its going to take while to get there to looking for it. They need a map to look that artifacts in the jungle .for the family, because more artifacts in the jungle they final art there to look for the artfact in the village in the jungle on there jounty and theirs people around there mousey and elfey in the village and they ask for help to find the artifacts with them, every were they go on a jounty in the jungle. Its going to take while to get to other place from were they are right now, Mousey and elfey they go on a tracker thought the jungle to get on there jounty, they help them they final get to place one of the map in the other village , the first artifacts is in the village were they are they have to in a treasure cave to find in there its on the beach and its in light house. Mousey and elfey have to go there to do it and get the artifacts from there and they final get there and they have the art facts the artifacts is on a dragon scale beta fish in a pond my the treasure cave were there first artifacts is at there. Mousy and elfvey is happy about it for there family so now its going to the place to find artifact were it is at, so now they meet the crazy monkey that looks like a bird in the village. Were they are staying because they are tried from hide there all this time The crazy monkey that looks like a bird hes so nice to mousey and elfey.