Welcome to the January Edition of our agency wide newsletter!
Washington Program
Decorating the tree for this year’s Festival of Trees
Bingo at the Senior Center
Romaine and Nicole making bird feeders.
Hackettstown
The Christmas party is the best! We have gifts and food with friends, play games, and even get a visit from Santa, who gives us all gifts. All my friends were excited and me too.
Rebecca
I went to the supermarket. I had a great time shopping. We bought things for the cooking club, and I also bought things for everyday use. I learned how to weigh apples. I checked the prices and brands to see which was a better deal. The cashier was nice. The trip there and back was fun. I saw farm animals.
Sabrina
We had a cooking club where we made apple bars. We got ready and put on our chef’s aprons and gloves. I cut up all the apples, and we chopped up both red and green apples. Some of my classmates added the dry ingredients, and others added the wet ingredients. I had a lot of fun making the bars and even more fun eating them. They were delicious.
Kevin
Mary Apgar
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We had another busy month! First, we had our Holiday Party and a delicious lunch. We had chicken parmesan and baked ziti. We also baked cookies for dessert. Everyone really enjoyed it. There was a trip to MSN to visit their “Winter Wonderland” and play games. We went to the Hologram Zoo Lehigh Valley for the Christmas show with Washington Center and Phillipsburg Center, it was a lot of fun! There was also a trip Dairy Queen for lunch and ice cream, and groups went out for Meals at Home every Thursday.
Joke of the Day:
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This or That?
- 9 Individuals prefer cats and 16 prefer dogs
- 12 Individuals prefer Summer and 10 prefer Winter
- 12 Individuals would rather live in a houseboat and 9 would rather live in a log cabin
- 13 Individuals prefer the beach while 7 prefer the mountains
- There was a tie between living in a house with a pool or a house by the lake!
In this month’s breakfast survey, we learned that 247 cups of coffee/tea and 117 cups of juice/water were consumed, as well as 77 servings of eggs, 70 bowls of oatmeal, 56 servings of waffles/pancakes, 119 servings of breakfast meats and 191 other items were consumed this month.
MSN
Employment Pathways
We are excited to share a new partnership with Wonder, a newly opened restaurant in Hackettstown. This collaboration is off to a great start, as Wonder recently hired one of our consumers, Eddie. The manager, Matilde, has been wonderful to work with and is enthusiastic about exploring additional opportunities for collaboration. We are grateful for partnerships like this that support employment and help strengthen our local community.
Residential
We’re thrilled to share that our second Residential Services apartment was licensed in mid-November and welcomed its first residents in December. Both apartments are now at capacity!
Administrative
