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Message from our Executive Director:
SAVE THE DATE!
KFS Holiday Party: The Winter Snow Ball
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Date: Thursday, January 14, 2016
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
Location: The Church at the Mall,
Plymouth Meeting, PA
This will be a “wear your best attire”
event. Much more to come!
Family Support and Peer Groups
Lehigh Valley Peer Groups
As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving and count our blessings, I want
to take a moment to express my gratitude to all my staff for your hard
work this year. Thank you for the work you do to make our organization
great. You help us provide amazing services to our clients. Without your
commitment, creativity, and high standards, we would not be the company
we are. I am very grateful for your efforts. I wish you a Thanksgiving
filled with abundance and bright moments. Thanks to you, we were able
to expand our reach to outlying counties and provide support to
individuals in need. I’m especially appreciative that you continued to pull
together to help make the changes needed to increase our activities,
expand our services, and participate in charity events, no matter what
challenges came our way. So thank you again for everything you do. I
appreciate your hard work and dedication, and I wish each of you a happy
and healthy Thanksgiving. I will end on this note - A perfect team
member is the one who inspires their leader as much as their leader
inspires him/her. Thanks for being my inspiration.
With gratitude,
Dr. Tara Colleen Macatee
Led by Jena Gant, M.Ed., continue on Tuesdays
from 6:00-7:15pm through November 17th. All
consumers are welcome to begin at any time.
Kaleidoscope Lehigh Valley Office
2200 Hamilton Street, Suite 102
Allentown, PA 18104
RSVP to Amanda Sanabria
[email protected]
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Enjoy just a few of our Holiday Party
Invitation Contest submissions!
Bryn Mawr Family Support Group
Reducing Anxiety in Uncomfortable Situations
We invited Behavior Specialist Judi Furman to
share some tools that can help us support
ourselves and our loved ones through stressful
times, most specifically, the upcoming holidays..
Tuesday, November 17th from 6:30-8:30pm
Kaleidoscope Bryn Mawr Office
940 E. Haverford Avenue, Suite 102
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
RSVP to Pam Frebowitz
[email protected]
Mission Monday - Kaleidoscope honors its providers for exceptional service …
-Jack D. for his dedication and caring nature when working with Larry and Ernestine.
-Sherilynn M. for her hard work and commitment when working with Renee.
-Megan O. for her great professional attitude and dedication to Stephanie.
-Milcia for helping Maggie gain independence by taking the bus.
-Karli C. for going above and beyond with Liz, especially notable is their recent apartment
organization project and finding GED tutoring services.
-Judi F. always does phenomenal work, and is always willing to be of service when helping
consumers and their families.
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Independence in the Home:
Here is Stacy cooking dinner for her whole family!
Our goal is to foster independence in the home and
community. Congratulations to our consumers for amazing
accomplishments!
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Allie for officially taking the bus independently!
Maggie for beginning her public transportation training!
Liz was able to successfully organize her apartment!
Stacy cooked her first meal on the stove!
Jonathan on winning best of show, second on trail, and third in
his division at the Horse Show!
Making
Connections:
Mike having fun
on Gress
Mountain
Sanctuary
Farm!
Sportsmanship:
Jonathan joined
his community
for friendly
competition.
Fostering Friendships:
Kaleidoscope Social Groups
from across the state enjoying
Fall Festivals.
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Sensory Friendly Films
Allegheny County Autumn Natural History
Walks/Tours
Tues – Sat, Nov 3 – Nov. 14, All Day until Dusk
All Ages, Locations include White Oak Park, Hartwood
Acres, Harrison Hills Park, Deer Lakes Park.
Hartwood Acres Park, Boyce Nature Park Center
Alleghenycounty.us/parks
Garden Railroad
Oct 17, 2015 to Feb 28, 2016
09:30 AM until 05:00 PM
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical
Gardens, One Schenley Park
Pittsburgh, PA - See more at:
http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/PittsburghMagazine/Calendar/index.php/name/GardenRailroad/event/14881/#sthash.0uoJk8Qq.dpuf
As part of an elaborate display in the South Conservatory,
model trains chug through miniature landscapes populated
with living plants, whimsical props and fun interactive
buttons. Admission is $15 for adults, $14 for seniors and
students, and $11 for children (ages 2 – 18). Phipps members
and children under 2 enter for free. Phipps is open 9:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. daily and until 10 p.m. on Fridays
KOZIOR’S CHRISTMAS CITY VILLAGE
782 Christmas Village Rd.
Bernville, PA 19506
Season Opening: November 7, 2015 through Jan 2, 2016.
Koziar’s Christmas Village provides the greatest
Christmas display in the U.S., located just outside Lehigh
Valley, Pa. This family owned Christmas attraction dates
back to 1948 when William M. Koziar began decorating
his home and dairy farm for the pleasure that he, his wife,
and four children derived from it. It has continued to grow
for more than 60 years and has become one of the most
famous Christmas attractions in the USA.
See website: www.koziarschristmasvillage.com for details
The lights are turned up, the sound is turned down, and guests may
walk around, dance or sing during the film.
Where: AMC Theatres in Allentown, Bensalem,
Philadelphia, Springfield, Pittsburgh, West Chester, PA,
Cherry Hill and Hamilton, NJ
November 7, 2015 (7:00pm - 9:00pm)
Sensory Friendly Movie: Spectre
November 14, 2015 (10:00am - 12:00pm)
Sensory Friendly Movie: The Peanuts Movie
November 24, 2015 (7:00pm - 9:00pm)
Sensory Friendly Movie: The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay
November 28, 2015 (10:00am - 12:00pm)
Sensory Friendly Movie: The Good Dinosaur
Gifts that Give Hope Festival
Tuesday September 8 through Saturday December 12, 2015.
Farm & Home Center
Time: All Day Event, Price: Free!
Location: 1383 Arcadia Road,
Lancaster, PA
The 8th annual alternative gift fair
offers holiday shoppers the
opportunity to purchase gifts
that make a difference
in the lives of people here in our local community and around the
world through the purchase of gifts given in honor of a loved one.
Like a gift catalog that you may have seen during the holiday season
coming from charitable organizations like Heifer International
where you can purchase the gift of a cow & the like for
impoverished families-the gift fair embodies the same conceptincluding 30 nonprofit organizations that feature gifts that go
towards eradicating poverty, improving access to education,
rescuing & restoring victims of trafficking, caring for the earth
through sustainable gardening practices, care for orphans & children
in the foster care system, shelter & housing for the homeless, and
much more. Food is available from local food vendors, free
children’s activities & a variety of fair trade items such as Bead for
Life Jewelry, Divine Chocolate, Singing Rooster Coffee and much
more.
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Congratulations Team Kaleidoscope for rocking the Autism Speaks Walk!
Do It Yourself
TURKEY MUFFINS
How Do You Define “Beauty”
Last week one of Kaleidoscope’s social groups met at Linvilla Orchards for a
hayride and subsequent campfire to enjoy the season. Because we have such a
large group, we were able to secure our own wagon. We were supposed to
leave the docking station promptly at 6:15pm, but we ended up departing at
6:40pm, just in time to watch a magnificent sunset as the wagon bumped
through the groves, consumers and providers laughing and marveling at the
“beauty” of it all.
One of the beautiful things about “our” group is that people come from all
over Philadelphia, and its surrounding suburbs to be together on Thursday
nights; operative word being "our" because there are so many beautiful and
abundantly special things about our group - about the social aspects of
Kaleidoscope as a whole.
An example of “beauty” demonstrated within our group was during the
wagon ride. Picture this: the air is crisp and just warm enough for a slight
jacket, the sky is clear, dusk is settling, a crescent moon becomes visible as
the sun slowly begins to set, and while sitting on the hay in the back of a farm
truck, the Kaleidoscope group (of plus 30) puts their hands out to welcome
and assist our physically handicapped friend to climb aboard, wheelchair and
all. The moment was, for lack of a better word, magical.
Lucky for us, as an agency that services individuals with disabilities, we see
this aspect of beauty on a daily basis. However, the public is beginning to see
it as well. For example, Target, one of the largest department stores in the US,
recently showcased a picture of a handicapped girl on their cover page to
promote Halloween costumes. Similarly, Nordstrom, a high-level department
store added diversity to a sale catalog by featuring a physically handicapped
woman to sell boots. At Kaleidoscope, we would call this a beautiful thing.
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What you need:
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Pumpkin muffins
Red apple
Green apple
Sliver of carrot
Squeezable icing—eyes
From each apple, cut a slice from the side of
the apple. Set flat and cut squared-off, tapered
feathers. Cut a small beak from a thin slice of
carrot. Make a slit in the end of a green grape
and dab off excess moisture. Insert beak into
grape. Poke small ends of feathers into muffin
and set head on muffin, resting on the muffin
paper. Once assembled, add tiny dot eyes
with icing.
Source:
http://www.parenting.com/article/pumpkinturkey-muffins?cmpid=obinsite
Kaleidoscope Family Solutions, Inc.
940 E. Haverford Road, Suite 102
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
600 North Bell Ave., Bldg.2, Suite 240
Carnegie, PA 15106
2200 Hamilton Street, Suite 102
Allentown, PA 18104
P: 877-384-1729 F: 610-527-8672
www.kfamilysolutions.org
www.facebook.com/KFSCares
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