June News Letter - Midstep Services

Stepping Stone
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Mid-Step Market
FOR SALE: Wooden Coffee
Table with metal legs.
Contact Todd Nielsen at
Impressions or call
253-2558
WANTED: Old Tires for
decorative project. Contact
Shannon Graves at Impressions Print Shop Work Area.
LOOKING FOR: Topper for a
Ford Ranger. If you have
one or know of one for sale,
please call Todd Nielsen at
712-253-2558.
Place your ad free!
This ad is seen by all MSS
employees! Call Judy at
Impressions for details.
274-7261 or 224-8233
Iowa Special Olympics
Submitted by Christy Jessen
Many of the consumers
participated in State Special Olympics. Park View
submitted their winners
with 4 out of 7 coming
home with Medals.
Kellie - 1st place in the
25m Straight Manual
Wheelchair Race, Dean2nd place in the 30m
Salom Wheelchair Race,
Neil Petersen got 3rd
place in the Softball
Throw and Ed Raymond
also got a silver medal in
the 50m Walk.
Work Center Highlights
Submitted by Sylvia Flowers
The Estrella De Jalisco came to the work center to dance for the
consumers. Everyone enjoy the dancers and presented them with
Thank You cards and pens/stylus”. Staff also presented Rosa Luza
who supervises and manages the dancers with a nice shirt with a
Dance poem.
The LifeEnrichment Areas baked and delivered cookies to the Fire
and Police persons on their special days this month. They also
went to the Ronald McDonald House and made breakfast burritos
for the family members spending time there.
As always, please keep us in mind for recycling.
Stepping Stone
Volume 7, Issue 6
Inside this issue:
Baby Congrats ,
2
Sympathy and More
Come be a part of Mid-Step Services
Benefit Bike Ride on Saturday June 11,
2016 at The Ickey Nickel. Registration
begins at 10:00am. Kickstands up at 11:00am. Ride your own ride. All vehicles
included. $25 for drivers and $10 for passengers. T-shirts will be available for
purchase. 6:00pm there will be a benefit auction and dinner included. Live Music
at 9:00 No. 7 Band. Free Camping at The Ickey Nickel. For more information
contact Cari Kellen at 224-8201.
Mid-Step Services 2nd
Annual Golf Tournament will be held July 29th at Covington
Links Golf Course in South Sioux City, NE. 12:00 shotgun start.
Lunch and dinner are provided along with a benefit auction, pin
prizes, contests and a raffle. If you would like to help out with this
event, please contact Cari Kellen.
Mission Statement: At Mid-Step Services, we are dedicated to providing
residential, vocational, educational, and recreational services to people with
intellectual disabilities in a caring, supportive environment where each individual
is encouraged to reach his or her highest potential.
Vision Statement: Mid-Step Services, Inc. will be the most respected service
provider in the state; known for the opportunities we provide to consumers,
employees, and families.
Importance of
Exercise
2
Diversity
Corner
2
Word Search
2
Mid-Step
Milestones
3
Work Center
Highlights
4
Benefit Bike Ride
4
June 2016
Friday, June 10th, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Come and enjoy Bingo, Photo Booth, Gift Baskets
FOOD - burgers, brats, hotdogs & all the fixin’s, Wood Fireplace Pizza,
Music by REPLAY, Money Jar, Bounce House, Tattoos, Jenga,
Bean Bag Game and fun for everyone!
Start the week off with Mid-Step Spirit - June 6-10th
Monday: wear a MSS shirt; Tuesday: wear a favorite band/music shirt;
Wednesday: Team Day along with nachos and popcorn;
Thursday: Wear Blue day—Go Blue for a healthier you;
Friday STAFF APPRECIATION DAY
Just Because Balloons will have 20% off purchases all week!
(excludes candy and balloons)
Purchase your Awesome Biker Nights Raffle
tickets for a chance to win 1 of 6 motorcycles or
$12,500 in cash. Call Deanna Luhr at 712-2742252 today to purchase your raffle tickets. Join
us June 17 and 18 at Battery Park at The Hard
Rock for live concerts and fun. Mid-Step
Services is a charity that receives proceeds
from Awesome Biker Nights so be sure to come out, have some fun
and show your support!
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Stepping Stone
It’s A Girl!
Congratulations to
Tammy Brown, HCBS Asst. at
Stone Ridge, on the arrival of her first
grandchild, Journey Marie. Journey was
born May 24, 2016, weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz
and 19” inches long.
Sympathy
Our condolences to coworkers and friends
of Rose Jacobson, former Residential
Supervisor at Park View Homes, who
passed away May 16, 2016.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Marilyn McCormick
and Amber Owens, both nurses at South
Cypress, on passing their RN boards.
Congratulations to Jodi Roling for graduating from WITCC with her nursing degree.
Congratulations to Shane Rempe, 2016
Graduate from East High School, member
at South Cypress.
CPR - You never know when you
will need it.
While shopping in Walmart recently,
Katelyn Jackson, HCBS Asst. at Spring Hills
Apts., chose to give CPR to a 3-year old
boy who had stopped breathing. Using her
CPR skills, she was able to bring him back.
Congratulations Katelyn; we are all proud
of you.
This is a great opportunity to express our
thanks and appreciation to all MSS CPR/
First Aid instructors. You do a wonderful
service to our community as well as our
members and staff.
Diversity
Corner
Diversity also includes a wide variety of
differences that we normally don’t think
about, like work history, parental status,
educational background, geographic
location and much more.
Did you know?
Intellectual disability occurs in all races
and cultures. Overall, males are more
likely to be diagnosed with both mild and
severe forms of intellectual disability
than are females.
The Importance of Exercise
Submitted by on-site Mercy Nurse, Marilyn West, R.N.
Becoming more active does not mean you need to go to the gym. You can be active
and exercise anywhere! Exercise is good for our bodies and mind.
Exercise benefits include:
1. Control weight. Exercise helps with the energy balance process, which is calories
consumed verse calories expended through exercise. Basically, you burn more
calories when you exercise which helps with weight loss.
2. Helps prevent and improve health conditions. Exercise can help prevent/improve
heart disease, blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, arthritis, and many more health conditions.
3. Improves mood and boosts energy. Exercise increases your endorphins which can
help put you in a better mood and have more energy to take on your day.
4. Helps manage and reduce stress. Endorphins produced during exercise can also help
you reduce stress by improving mood, self-esteem, and decrease overall tension. After
exercise you tend to feel better about things and are able to cope with stress more
easily.
5. Helps your sleep. Exercise can help you fall asleep faster at night and sleep better at
night. However exercising too close to bedtime can cause you sleeping problems if
your energy level is too high after exercise. Make sure to watch how late you exercise.
6. It is fun and great social activity. Exercise can be done anywhere no matter what the
weather or where you are at. You want to do something you enjoy and makes you feel
happy. Exercise is also a great way to be social with friends and/or family. Finding a
workout buddy can be a great motivator.
Exercise can be broken into cardio and strength training. Both are important to
practice. The following are ACSM's recommendations:
Cardio: ACSM recommends exercising for 150 minutes of moderate intensity every
week. This can be broken down into 30 minutes 5 days a week or even into smaller
segments if needed as long as you are doing at least 10 minute intervals and increasing
your heartrate. If you are unable to meet these recommendations you can still benefit
from exercise. Little is better than nothing. Examples of cardio include: running, walking, biking, swimming, tennis, Zumba, etc.
Strength: ACSM recommends strength training a minimum of 2 days a week and
should be focused on training major muscle groups. Each exercise should be performed
2-3 sets with each set being 12-15 repetitions. Make sure to rest between set for at
least 30-60 seconds. When selecting weights you want the last few reps to be challenging and near muscle fatigue. It is also important to watch your posture/form. Types of
strength training include: body weight exercises, free weights, resistance bands, weight
machines, TRX.
Source: American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
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Mid-Step Milestones June Anniversaries
One Year
Four Years
Twelve Years
Twenty-five Years
Maria Soto Lopez, 8th
Aja Simpson, 15th
Aliyah Wright, 29th
Sejla Omerovic, 15th
Wilma Mancilla, 15th
Jessica Sauter, 1st
Patricia Kann, 8th
Rachel Miller, 22nd
Lina Crow, 25th
Shana Blowers, 11th
Carolyn Niemeyer, 1st
Brett Johnson, 11th
Six Years
Thirteen Years
Twenty-nine Years
Mary Beth Kirkegaard, 2nd
Abigail Haller, 21st
Amber Owens, 23rd
Dawn Hysell, 30th
Eight Years
Seventeen Years
Katerina Fondoulakis- Listamann, 25th
Polly Shuck-Norton, 11th
Susan Alejo, 16th
Sarah Sands, 2nd
Ashley Bradbury, 16th
Two Years
Hannah Oakland, 30th
Kenneth Banks, 9th
Juana Cisneros De Landeros, 16th
Jesse Hare, 30th
Dawn Heiden, 9th
Three Years
Thirty-one Years
Nine Years
Mary Hacker, 18th
Raylina Wimmer, 18th
Ten Years
Oludayo Ayodele, 19th
Lakeisha Hayes, 3rd
June Birthdays
Betty Kluver, 1st
Tracy Lofshult, 1st
Mason Gentry, Sr., 4th
LaTonya Booker, 4th
Jayna Lee, 4th
Shae Harper, 4th
Teresa Honeycutt, 5th
Tracy Bertrand, 5th
Jan Hackett, 7th
Linda Klemmensen, 9th
Gary Turbes, 11th
Angela Campbell, 13th
Jaden-Lynn Logan, 16th
Kaylin Martin, 17th
Abigail Haller, 18th
Leslie Harlan, 18th
Janice Nelson, 19th
Kristi Parks, 23rd
Jill Flynn, 23rd
Robert Mathison, Jr., 23rd
Tracey Watkins, 25th
Victor Gonzalez, 25th
Tanya Giffin, 26th
Nicole Merriweather, 26th
Jennifer Brainerd, 26th
Richard Most, 27th
Kristine Sibert, 27th
Ashley Adkins, 28th
Irma Gomez, 28th
Michaela Holtz, 28th
Shauntal Dean, 28th
Kelsey Kamm, 29th
Miranda LeClair, 28th
Cari Kellen, 29th
Deanna Luhr Rodriguez, 28th Chase Pipkins, 30th
New Employees
So. Cypress
Courage Homes
Jannet Amador, LPN
Angela Campbell, RLA
Monica Gomez, RLA
Sabra Aga, RLA
Monica Torres-Quintero, RLA
Awal Abdella, RLA
Park View Homes
Janeal Aunquoe, RLA
Amy Cook, RLA
Shea Harper, RLA
Bluff View Homes
Amanda Hayes, RLA
So. Maple
Nancy Huynh, HCBS Asst.
Pier Center
Machensey Shelgren, Beh. Tech
We’re very
happy you’re here!