February Fitness with Ann
The evening of Tuesday, February 05, 2008, the residents of Jacob’s Village: Wanda, Donna Kay, Debbie, Mike, Michael, Scott and Home Coordinators Carol, Halleck, and Barry had just finished up with their meal when they tuned into a local TV station to see how close threatening weather was. And there was a line of thunderstorms just crossing the Wabash River heading into the Jacob’s Village neighborhood. Could this be Déjà vu? Last month, less than favorable weather conditions kept Ann Coy from coming out for her monthly activity visit. It was rescheduled for this night, could it keep her away again? No, not this time, Ann arrived a few minutes before the thunderstorm and didn’t even get wet. Instead of a guest musician, her special guest was Kellie Snyder, an O/T at Select Specialty Hospital, which is a Rehab/Therapy facility in the old Welborn Hospital Campus. Kellie is also a mother of Marshal, a 2 year old boy and she is 5-months pregnant, expecting in May. The theme for Ann’s activity in February was all about Health & Fitness. Ann had her Jam-box and her usual cassette tapes ready to play. The roll call song had everyone saying what made them happy and what they were blessed with. No one was missing; everyone was present and accounted for. Ann, always associating scripture from the Bible to her visits theme, had some marked. First Book of Timothy: Chapter 1, verse 08, Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately. An appropriate Psalm was read also. Kellie led the residents in a few exercises that worked specific muscle groups and body parts. She pulled out some bands to stretch with, which the residents were familiar with, unbeknownst to Kellie. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church donated bands, weights, and balls that were recommended by Atlas Allen, the Jacob’s Village Fitness Director from SOUL Empowerment (Spirit Of Ultimate Liberation Empowerment) at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church. The residents all had a good work out under the direction of Kellie. As usual, time got away and ran short. Ann presented and gave something special to each resident. Christina Osman, Children’s Ministry at the Potter’s Wheel, had the kids make bracelets out of imitation stone pebbles with plates labeled Cure, Faith, or Prayer for a fund-raiser. The group sold the crafty bracelets to benefit an Evansville boy at Riley Hospital in Indianapolis, IN, who was diagnosed with Leukemia. Ann also had some arts and crafts for the residents to work with that included cloth patterns to be colored, cut out, and made into religious symbols. This time, everything was put away for another day. She did however, have time to pull out the snacks of fruit tarts and kool-aid for the residents to enjoy before she left. There was a sound and light show outside but Ann and Kellie didn’t let the threatening weather distract them and the residents benefited from their courage and perseverance.
posted by J V Resident Blog @ 6:57 AM
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