October Newsletter - Creative Living Services

October 2013
CREATIVE LIVING SERVICES
FUN
OCTOBER
EVENTS
October 5
CLS Rummage Sale
10a-3p
3222 Hill Ave
UT vs Mich Football
University of Toledo
October 6
McQueens Orchard
Apple Butter Festival
10a-6p
7807 Angola Rd
Holland, OH 43528
October 12
Fall on the Farm
Sauder Village
Archbold, OH
October 25
Garrison Ghost Walk
Fort Meigs
Perrysburg, OH
October 26
CLS Fall Festival Party
5p-9p
3222 Hill Ave
Toledo Walleye Game
Huntington Center
7pm
October 31
HAPPY
HALLOWEEN!
Insurance Updates
As of September 23, 2013, all active CLS employees were
mailed a notice of insurance offerings. Eligible employees
may make an appointment with Matthew Siebert, Employee
Relations Coordinator, to discuss plan options.
Creative Living Services Fall Festival Party
October 26 5pm-9pm
CLS FALL FESTIVAL PARTY: OCT 26 5p-9p
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Creative Living Services will host a Fall
Festival Party on Saturday, October 26
from 5:00pm - 9:00pm at our Adult
Day Services facility. The event is
open to the consumers and staff of
CLS, as well as their families.
Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Costumes are welcomed, but not
required. Also, feel free to bring
Trick’or’Treat goodies to share with
your friends! For more information,
please call Kiesha at 419-724-4690.
Adult Day Services
3222 Hill Ave Ste.C
Toledo, OH 43607
Transportation Van News
Good news! Creative Living Services now
has a transportation van! The van will be
used to transport consumers attending our
Adult Day Habilitation and Adult Day
Services programs. A transportation
vehicle operator will be hired to fill this role.
The full job description is available on the
Creative Living Services website. If you, or
someone you know, may be interested in
this position, please contact Matthew
Siebert for more information.
The new CLS transport van!
CREATIVE LIVING SERVICES October 2013
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Toledo Area Trick-or-Treat
Information & Safety
Toledo Trick-or-Treat
October 31
Times Vary by
Community
Check
www.toledo.com or
your local news
station for
information in your
community.
30 Cheap & Easy
Halloween Costumes
Costumes from the Closet
1. Crayons. Find colored long
underwear (or dye it). Add a paper
colored cone hat to match. Iron on
the word “crayon” sideways on the
front. Join with a few friends to
have several colors.
2. Ghost with flair. Use the usual
white sheet, with eyes and nose and
mouth cut out, but add eye lashes,
eye shadow, blush on the cheeks,
some lipstick, earrings, necklace. If
it’s a male ghost, add a beard or a
mustache.
3. Scarecrow. Wear an over-sized
flannel shirt, faded blue jeans with
patches, rope for belt and to tie at
the cuffs of jeans and sleeves, stuff
clothes with plastic grocery bags or
newspaper, and add a bit of straw
hanging out of jeans and shirt.
4. Candyland. Wear a cute dress in
the Candyland game theme colors
(pastel pink and green). Attach
lollipops, candy canes, gum drops,
licorice to your clothes and shoes.
Wear bright colorful make-up, hair
and accessories.
5. Unicorn. Purple sweatpants and
hoodie top (or any other pastel
color). Make a horn out of colored
paper to match and attach it to the
hoodie. Wear colored gloves to
match the costume.
6. Dwarf. Wear dark pants, long
sleeved top, boots, long white
beard, and make a cone hat out of
paper or felt.
7. Boxer. Basketball shorts, dad’s
bathrobe, boxing gloves (or winter
mittens stuffed with paper), a towel
over the shoulder, sneakers, and
makeup for a black eye.
8. 80’s rocker. T-shirt, jeans, toy
guitar, long wig.
9. Raining cats & dogs. Wear a
raincoat and rain boots. Take a clear
or plain colored umbrella and cut
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2.
3.
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Plan a route in advance, and stick to it.
Use a flashlight or wear bright, reflective clothing.
Avoid masks that make it difficult to see or hear.
Wear costumes that are easy to move in, and can’t
be tripped over.
out silhouettes
of cats and dogs
and glue to
umbrella.
Box
Costumes
11. Christmas
present. Take a
big box, make
holes for arms,
legs and head.
wrap it in
Christmas
paper, add
bows.
12. Dice. Take a
big box, paint it white, add black
circles. Do it with a friend and go as
a pair of dice.
13. Rubics cube. Take a big box,
paint colored squares.
14. Jack-in-the-box. Paint the box
in bright colors, than wear a
matching top and hat. Clown makeup will add that little extra.
15. Robot. Cover box in foil, then
use have fun decorating.
16. Toy chest. Wear a box at the
waist and have some other dolls
and toys attached so it looks like
there are toys coming out of the
chest.
17. Sponge Bob. Paint box yellow
and decorate to look like a sponge.
Cut out holes for arms, legs and
head.
18. Lego. Use glossy spray paint
and round boxes glued onto the big
box, holes for hands, legs and head.
Wear clothes that match the color of
the lego block.
19. iPod. Paint box any color, cut
out or draw the MAC apple and the
ipod control button.
20. Favorite Book. Cut opening for
arms, legs, head. Tape rest of box
shut. Decorate as your favorite
book.
21. Sandwich. Take cardboard,
paint it white and attach it to front
Halloween
Costumes
Halloween Costumes
don’t have to cost a lot to
look great. Check out
these ideas for low-cost
costumers that are sure
to make an impression.
-Ideas courtesy SignUp Genius
www.signupgenius.com
and back. Dress in whatever color
food you want in the sandwich.
Prom Dress Costumes
22. Miss Piggy. Blond wig, make a
big nose, lots of bling.
23. Prom Queen. Make a crown
out of tin foil.
24. Cinderella or any other
Disney princess.
25. Bride.
26. Angel. Make wings from
cardboard or netted material
stretched over wire-shaped wings.
Odds’n’Ends Costumes
27. UPS man or women. Wear all
brown with a brown baseball cap,
carry a box that says UPS on the
side.
28. Biker. Combine a do-rag or
bandana, temporary tattoos, black
leather jacket or vest, t-shirt,
sunglasses, black leather gloves,
black boots or shoes, studded belt,
chokers to get a great biker
costume.
29. Artist. Big white t-shirt over a
longer-sleeved shirt. Splash paint
over the t-shirt, wear a black felt
artist hat, carry a paintbrush and
home-made pallet.
30. Old lady. Lumpy pillows in
appropriate places, silver temporary
hair dye, old glasses, cane.