Residents@JV

C J L Picnic in Park

Monday afternoon, April 24, at 2:30pm Jacob’s Village had Home-Coordinator Joe come in for work early to pick Debbie and Michael up after work at 3:00 and 3:30. Usually, the city METS transportation bus picks them up from work and has them home by 4:30, but that would make them run late for the Community Job Link Annual Picnic. That was the set date for this years’ picnic, which was held Monday evening, April 24, 2006, 4:00 to 5;30 in the 1st shelter house at Wesselman Park. Scott was with Joe when Debbie and Michael were picked up from work. Arriving at Wesselman Park right on the hour of 4:00, we pulled up beside Gloria in the green Jacob’s Village van that had just arrived a few minutes earlier with Wanda, Donna Kay, and Mike. It was a perfect evening for a picnic, big blue sky, comfortable temperature, and the wind was not a factor. The Jacob’s Village bunch was not the first ones to show up but a few more guests trickled in after we found our spot under the 1st shelter house. All total, there were 22 people for the picnic, other than the Jacob’s Village bunch, no one else was at the past year’s picnic. Rudy Winderlich, Job Development Specialist for Community Job Link, also a newcomer, only holding that title for less than a year, was their representative to organize, host, and distribute the goodies. The food consisted of ham, roast beef, and cheese sandwiches to mix in with chips, fresh fruit, cookies, and assorted soft drinks. After filling up on the good and tasty food it was time for an activity to burn some energy off. This year, Rudy had a parachute game, the parachute game consisted of a 10 or 12 foot round piece of rainbow colored triangle material made out of nylon. The round material had handles around the edge of it so players could grab a hold of it with both hands and in unison wave it up and down and whip some type of ball high into the air. The parachute game was a well liked game activity. A good time of fellowship, good music, and a parachute game was had by all.

posted by J V Resident Blog @ 11:48 AM