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Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
September 17
September 18
September 19
September 20
September 21
September 22
September 23
Are you ready for
some football?
Instrument Petting
Zoo with the Portland
Symphony Orchestra
Watch the Patriots
play the Dolphins on
our giant TV with
snacks, games, and
more!
1:00,
Café Brighton
Walt & Ellie Christie:
Surviving Tsunami
and Stroke in Japan
3:00-4:00,
Café Brighton
Inaugural Cornhole
Tournament &
Community
Abilities Fair
12:15
Featuring
☺
NERHP staff,
former patients, and
local celebrities
Displays:
BI Voices
Back in the Maine Stream
Maine Adaptive
BASICS Fitness
VAST
2:00-3:00,
Café Brighton
Prizes for kids who show
up in their superhero
costumes!
Plus lunch grilled by
our CEO Jeanine
Chesley!
Patient Awards
Recognition
Ceremony
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Café Brighton
☺
Artists’ Tea
with
special guest
Hilary Zayed
Donate $5 to the
Christopher & Dana
Reeve Foundation to
wear jeans!
4:00-6:00
Café Brighton
Join the celebration of
patients who have
overcome major
barriers in their
rehabilitation, and
who continue to
inspire us with their
hard work and
positive attitudes.
The Dog Days
of Rehab
visits from our
Super Therapy Dogs
☺
Join the Phoenix Squad to be a CPR
Superhero! Complete daily missions to help
our elite team prove the power of
rehabilitation!
It’s Phoenix’s Day:
Wear Green and Yellow!
It’s The Flash’s Day! Join
the Scarlet Speedster in
Red and Gold!
It’s Batman’s Day: join the
Caped Crusader and wear
Black and Gray!
It’s Spiderman’s Day! Wear
Red and Black or Blue and
use your Spidey sense!
Superman’s Day: help the
caped crusader save truth,
justice, and
the American Way!
Wear Red Blue and Yellow!
(Celebrating)(National) (Rehabilitation) (Week) (2016)
An Invitation to Patients and Family Members
National Rehab Week, SEPTEMBER 17-23rd, is a time to celebrate patients and families, our staff, and everyone who helps you
through your rehabilitation. This year’s theme is “the power of rehabilitation,” and we’ve planned lots of events to celebrate
our superheroes: our staff, patients, and families. You and your family or friends are invited, as long as it doesn’t interfere
with your therapy; just talk to a staff member and we will help you to get there.
Saturday September 17th
Tuesday September 20th
Instrument Petting Zoo! Café Brighton, 2:00-3:00
Cornhole Tournament! Back Parking Lot, 12:15–1:00
we are having our first-ever Cornhole tournament! There will also be a
Community Abilities Fair, with information from local recreational groups.
If you would like to watch the game, please let your nurse know so that
we can make arrangements for you.
An opportunity for kids to touch, play & hear instruments like Violin, Bass,
Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, Trombone, Tuba and Percussion instruments,
with demonstrations by professional musicians. Bring your superhero to
discover the superpowers of music!
Everyone is welcome! Please invite your children or grandchildren!
Sunday September 18
th
Popcorn & the Pats! Café Brighton, 1:00
Drop in any time to Watch the patriots game with us on our big screen with
fresh popcorn, treats & trivia! go pats!
Monday September 19th
Comeback Story: Walt & Ellie Christie Café Brighton, 3:00–4:00
In 2011, Walter Christie suffered a stroke while on a flight from
Los Angeles to Bhutan, at the same time that an earthquake & tsunami had
hit Japan. Walt & Ellie will share their Superheroic story of their return to
Maine, Walt’s rehab, & his book, Rising Above the Wave.
Wednesday September 21st
Patient Awards-Celebrate Successes! Café Brighton, 3:30-5:00
All of our patients are superheroes; our Patient Awards Ceremony gives us a
chance to honor some of them as they overcome their challenges in rehab.
Thursday September 22nd
Referral Source Breakfast Brighton Room, 6:45-7:30
Artists’ Tea Café Brighton 4:00-6:00
Celebrate the arts! This year’s tea will feature Hilary Zayed, teacher of
our Friday art class, who has written a book, Reinventing Oneself After
Loss.
Friday September 23rd
JEANS DAY TO BENEFIT THE CHRISTOPHER & Dana Reeve Foundation!
Staff will be wearing jeans as a fundraiser to Help out a great cause dedicated to curing spinal cord injury & improving quality of life for people
living with paralysis.
The Dog Days of Rehab
Our therapy dogs are Superheroes whose superpower is making everyone
smile!