Volume 4, Issue 2 January 2021 Adult Services Presents

Sports Talk

January 2021 Volume 4, Issue 2

Adult Services Presents

“If I cannot do great things,

I can do small things in a

great way.”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

141 S. Main Street

Manville NJ 08835

www.thearcofsomerset.org

Publisher & Editor

Cliff Leon

Karen Kowalski

Contributing Writers

Karen Kowalski

Mary Scibelli

Jason Scheib

Chris Corvino

Lauren Frary

Photographers

Cliff Leon

Karen Kowalski

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“I Have A Dream”

From hockey to basketba l l , soccer to swimming, boxing to cricket – the “Let ’s Ta lk Sports wi th Jason and Josh” discussed a l l today with avid sports fans ! A few people in the group stated that they p layed soccer when they were younger. Damandeep said that he p layed both offense and defense. Deborah sa id that she used to play soccer and Kamala that she enjoys watching! Jason revea led to the group that his n ickname when he was younger and play ing soccer was “The Hai ry Spider”! There was a l ive ly discuss ion regarding the Is landers vs . Rangers game that wi l l be occurring soon. A lso, the group was surprised to learn that Mike Tyson and Evander Ho lyf ie ld were p lanning on having another boxing match! Thank you Josh and Jason for faci l i tat ing th is g reat group and may the best team win!

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Damandeep at Liberty State Park

Scenes from Jill Court’s Diner & Creamery

Familiar Faces

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This Week in Literacy

Mondays &

Fridays at 10AM

This week in l i teracy we ta lked about s igns that we see in the home, on the s t reet and on s tore windows. These words g ive us important safety informat ion or information about where to go. Lisa read the words “one way” on a b lack and white s ign and Les ley sa id that the shape is an arrow. Mary read the words “caution hot do not touch” on another s ign. We ta lked about th ings that are hot l ike a stove and why i t i s important to be careful when you see the word “hot”. Li sa and Ronnie a lso sa id open when they saw the s ign that sa id open and Steve read the word entrance. Words are everywhere you look!


Virtual Programming

The Arc of Somerset County i s thr i l led to be able to of fer a wide array of v i r tua l programming for individua ls within res idences and for those whom are served through our day habi l i tat ion programs. A l l indiv idua ls are welcome to at tend any and a l l g roups in order to catch up with fr iends and part ic ipate in fun and interact ive act iv i t ies. P lease refer to the th i s months v i r tua l ca lendar and feel f ree to contact Di rector of Adult Serv ices, Karen Z. Kowalsk i , with any quest ions at: [email protected]

• Bingo: Enjoy t ime with fr iends whi le playing “Bingo” with Mary Scibel l i in thi s very popular group! Any new individuals interested in joining thi s group, please contact Karen Kowalsk i to coordinate so that you can receive bingo cards

• “Art wi th Alec”: Join fel low art i sts as they learn about di fferent types of penci l and paper drawings. Make sure to have paper, penci ls and ei ther colored penci ls , crayons or markers

• “Royal Schoo l o f Yoga”: Enjoy a relax ing start to the week with Jane and fr iends with yoga. Yoga poses can be done seated or in standing based upon abi l i ty level.

• Literacy c lasses: Join Mary Scibel l i with her very engaging c lasses wherein l i teracy concepts are taught. Would be helpful for part ic ipants to have penci l and paper or someone to ass i st with thi s.

• “Morning Exercise with Fr iends ”: S tart the morning r ight with gentle stretching and exerci se with fr iends. Exerci se can be done in seated or standing pos i t ion.

• “Music for Hope and Inspiration ”: Join music ians and those whom just enjoy music for thi s var ied music programs featur ing guest music ians on a var iety of instruments such as gui tar, p iano, voice, harmonica, accordion. Part ic ipants are encouraged to s ing, c lap, dance to the music or just smi le, make comments and enjoy a good musica l t ime with fr iends!

• “Sel f -Advocacy Group”: Join Suman and the Self -Advocacy Group to learn about current i ssues and events surrounding self -advocacy. Please contact Karen Kowalsk i for more information i f interested.

• “Hot Topics”: Join fr iends as they part ic ipate in a var iety show program that features topics, peop le within the community and genera l ly things of interest that we want and need to know about! Prev ious topics have included v i rtua l tours, Tr igger the Therapy Dog, beekeeping, ba l loon scu lpt ing, denta l care, photography, v i r tua l l i ve tours of f lower store and loca l dog bakery. The sky i s the l imit with what can and wi l l be learned in thi s group!

• “30 Minute Mystery”: Join fr iends in a mystery group which wi l l have di f ferent themes for each sess ion! The mystery awaits you!

• “Cool Co l lections”: Jo in fr iends as they learn about each others ’ memorabi l ia! One col lect ion i s featured each week to include i tems such as basebal l/basketbal l cards, magnets, remembering years that people were born, Swarovsk i crysta ls.

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Virtual Zoom Schedule January 25th—January 29th

Please note: Please join any activity

that you are interested in. Every

literacy class has been opened up to

everyone, not just the home that is

listed. Attend as many as you like!

11:00-11:30: SGH Literacy Class

Meeting ID: 701 845 7910 Password :12345

1:00-1:30: 30 Minute Mystery

Meeting ID: 956 878 9920 Password: 566600

Thursday January 28 10:15-10:45: “Cool Collections” Steve’s coin & stamp collections

Meeting ID: 956 878 9920 Password: 566600 10:00-10:30: Literacy Class (Ardsley)

Meeting ID: 701 845 7910 Password :12345 11:00-11:30: Literacy Class (Cambridge) all welcome!

Meeting ID: 701 845 7910 Password :12345 1:00-1:30: “Music for Hope and Inspiration” Jody and the Great American Songbook

Meeting ID: 481 232 8925 Password: 12345 3:00-3:30 “Hot TopiX” Virtual Live Basketball


Friday January 29 10:00-10:30: Bingo with Mary

Meeting ID: 701 845 7910 Password: 12345 11:00-11:30: Soft Music Social Time

Meeting ID: 956 878 9920 Password: 566600 1:00-1:30: Literacy class (Commons 1)

Meeting ID: 701 845 7910 Password: 12345 2:00-2:30: Literacy class (Claremont)

Meeting ID: 701 845 7910 Password: 12345 2:45-3:15: 30 Minute Mystery


Monday January 25 10:00-10:30: Bingo with Mary

Meeting ID: 701 845 7910 Password: 12345 1:00-1:30: Royal School of Yoga

Meeting ID: 956 878 9920 Password: 566600 2:00-2:30: Art with Alec & Tonya

Meeting ID: 956 878 9920 Password: 566600 3:00-3:30: “MedTalk” with Rutgers Medical Students Mental Health and Mindfulness


Tuesday January 26

10:30-11:00: Literacy class (Griggstown)

Meeting ID: 701 845 7910 Password :12345 1:00-1:30: Literacy class (RHGH)

Meeting ID: 701 845 7910 Password :12345 1:00-1:30: “Music for Hope and Inspiration” Guest: Vinnie and his Many Musical Instruments Meeting ID: 481 232 8925 Password: 12345

2:00-2:30: Literacy class (UA2)

Meeting ID: 701 845 7910 Password: 12345 3:00-3:30: “Hot TopiX” - TBD Meeting ID: 481 232 8925 Password: 12345

Wednesday January 27 10:15-10:45: Morning Exercise with Friends Meeting ID: 956 878 9920 Password: 566600

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Evelyn’s Cabbage Patch Dolls

Thursdays at

10:15

Thank You!!! Adopt a Home Donations Donna Pasek Mike Stefani Dary le Peterson Tom Applegate Henkel Company & Arc Angels Ron S lahetka Chri s Korenowsky Kri sten Basis ta Mark McDonough Lauren Frary Matt Adams Robert Beringer Pat Car lson Nancy Mastriano Terry F latey Nico le Poyer Mary Burke L isa Marie Arieno

Gifts of the Seasons compliments of L’Oreal of Franklin Toys for JDCC – Brad V. from Weichert Realtor Rekha Dalsania Holiday greeting cards for home – Camp Jotoni counselors

Dur ing “Cool Co l lect ions” we took a look at Evelyn ’s Cabbage Patch Do l l s ! According to Evelyn, her co l lect ion began growing about 15 - 16 years ago when her do l ls were a l l g iven to her as g i f ts ! We learned that Cabbage Patch Do l ls a re a unique type of do l l that usual ly have chubby cheeks and lots o f yarn - l i ke ha ir - how cute! Evelyn showed us how each one has var ied outf i ts ranging f rom sty l i sh overa l ls to pretty dresses . In case anyone e lse wanted to s tart thei r own co l lect ion, she shared with us that you can f ind Cabbage Patch Do l ls on Amazon. Evelyn hopes to grow her co l lect ion in the future. Towards the end of the s l ideshow presentation, everyone part icipated in a Cabbage Patch word guess ing game where everyone took turns guess ing letters to the mystery word. The answer was DOLLS! Not only d id Evelyn share her do l ls with us today, but she a lso shared a pr ize. We were a l l intr igued to see Evelyn ’s bowling t rophy which she received this year as wel l - Great job Evelyn and thank you for sharing!


Reminiscing with Colleen & Dee

Tuesdays &

Thursdays at 1PM

A Capella Version

The “Music for Hope and Inspiration” was thrilled to welcome our friends and fellow musicians, Colleen and Dee, as we reminisced through many wonderful songs from the past! Colleen and Dee guided us in singing, dance and conversation as we listened to songs such as “Rock Around the Clock”, “Peggy Sue”, “Put Your Head On My Shoulders”, “I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You” and “Build Me Up Buttercup” which were all crowd favorites. MaryLou pumped the group up with her high energy dancing and Donna was able to identify the names of most of the songs as they played and let the group know those names. Thank you Colleen and Dee for leading this wonderfully engaging group with us and looking forward to your next class!

The “Music for Hope for Inspi rat ion” learned two new musica l terms today…. “a cappel la” and “ Improvi sat ion”! The group had a rea lly fun t ime thinking of songs and s inging such as “You Are My Sunshine”, “Row Your Boat”, “Sunshine On My Shoulders” and “Stand By Me”. We sang without mus ica l inst ruments therefore “a cappel la” and a lso came up with these songs wi thout any p lanning therefore “ improv isat ion”. Leah treated us wi th a beauti fu l so lo on “Here Comes the Sun” and we a l l enjoyed being super s i l ly as Co l leen and Dee led us on “ I f You ’re Happy and You Know It”. We a lso had a surprise guest , Fel ic ia ’s dog Gi lbert ! I t i s a lways fun and educat iona l to spend a mus ica l a fternoon with f r iends!

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Baby Pictures & Thank You Suzie

History about Martin Luther King Jr.

Tuesdays &

Thursdays at 3PM

Today in Hot TopiX the group adored taking a peek ins ide Barbara ’s baby book today as she showed lots of her baby pictures . The group enjoyed approximating Barbara ’s age in her many pictures throughout the year. One theme emerged among the p lethora - great ha ir ! ! Thank you to Barbara for sharing such sweet photos ! The group also part ic ipated in a game of “Guess That Baby!” where they were shown a “mystery baby” and had to guess who it was. Karen, Suzie, and Trevor a l l revea led themselves as the mystery babies , and everyone was surpri sed! In one of Karen ’s photos , she was wear ing a beaut i fu l , del icate dress handmade by her mom, and the group was very impressed. Damandeep a lso jo ined in on the fun as he found one of his baby pictures on h is iPhone and shared i t wi th the group - a lso very cute! Last ly , the group began thei r goodbyes to Suzie as she is f inishing up wi th her f ie ldwork experience at The Arc. Everyone shared such kind words and touched her heart .

Barbara Karen Damandeep Suzie & Trevor

“Hot TopiX” cont inues to provide current information that indiv idua ls want and need to know about which was c lear during this g roup wherein indiv idua ls learned about and discussed the h is tory of Mart in Luther King and why we celebrate thi s day every year. We learned that Mart in Luther King as wel l as other indiv idua ls such as Rosa Parks helped to br ing community together through advocacy of the r ights of a l l people. The group enjoyed watching a port ion of the famous “ I Have a Dream” speech and Steve mentioned that he remembers watching that orig ina l ly on te levi s ion. We discussed that not only the words but the poetic way that Mart in Luther King spoke was very captivat ing. Donna reminded us that there i s a ho liday coming up to honor Mart in Luther King. The group a lso di scussed that people usua l ly do vo l -unteer projects especia l ly at th is t ime of year to honor the work of Mart in Luther K ing. Thi s i s being done at J i l l Court Day Habi l i tat ion this week wherein indiv idua ls a re des igning book marks that wi l l be then provided to the Somerset County YMCA to dis tr ibute to chi ldren in loca l publ ic schoo ls when they a lso receive book donations . Whi le we cannot do in -person day of serv ice act iv it ies th is year as we did last year, we certain ly are contribut ing in this way! Great job everyone!


Mondays at

2PM

2021 s tarted out with more amazing art c lasses with our fr iends and fe l low art is ts , Tonya and Alec! Art is ts cont inue to enjoy spending t ime with each other during the art process on a weekly bas is . During the past two weeks, the group learned how to des ign and draw a New Years scene and a lso Aurora l i ghts – both beauti fu l s igns for a promis ing new year! Thank you Tonya and A lec for guiding us in our weekly art co l laborat ions !

Damandeep’s Art


WORD SEARCH

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Friday, January 22nd

Saturday, January 23rd

Sunday, January 24th

Monday, January 25th

Tuesday, January 26th

Wednesday, January 27th

Thursday, January 28th

Friday, January 29th

Saturday, January 30th

January Holidays January 22nd—January 31st


Sunday, January 31st

January Holidays January 22nd—January 31st


Med Talk Our “MedTalks” programs are a lways so current wi th topics and what i s more current than learning about what a COVID test i s ? We were thri l led to have Rutgers Medica l Student f r iends, Joseph Hawes and Krysten Mayers , back today to prov ide education and a l i ve ly d iscuss ion regarding “What is a COVID nasa l swab test”! We discussed that COVID -19 i s caused by germs that come out of our nose and mouth as we ta lk and breathe which is why wear ing a mask over both

our noses and mouths and socia l dis tanc ing by s ix feet from others i s so important. Joe and Krysten showed the group what i t was actua l ly l i ke to have the COVID nasa l swab done and a few people whom have had thi s test done before re lated thei r experiences. It i s good to ta lk with f r iends about things such as these so that we feel more comfortable. The group a lso ta lked about ways that we can s tay

hea lthy and engaged dur ing thi s t ime such as go ing for walks and exercis ing in our homes as wel l as keeping busy with act iv it ies . Thank you Joe and Krysten and the whole group for making us feel much more comfortable with a COVID nasa l swab should we need to have this test done in the future!

Ind iv idua ls at JCATC honored Mart in Luther King through vo lunteer ism by des igning and creating bookmarks that wi l l be provided to chi ldren in the Bridgewater Raritan and Somerv i l le Schoo l Dist r icts . This co l laborat ion was through the Somerset County YMCA and Togetherhood Somervi l le. The bookmarks were des igned during program vis i ts to JCATC and then given by Di rector of Adult Serv ices , Karen Kowalski , to YMCA Executive D irector, Kate Russo. Whi le an in -person day of service was not able to be done this year, indiv iduals at JCATC certain ly honored Mart in Luther King ’s legacy through this outstanding vo lunteer opportunity – thank you a l l !

Martin Luther King Volunteer Service


Buzzwords

The Arc of Somerset County cont inues to be in di rect communication wi th the state regarding the COVID consents and vacc inat ions . P lease stay tuned for more informat ion.

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Volume 4, Issue 2 January 2021 Adult Services Presents