Re: question- montvale roller rink outing?

[Guest guest]

What a great idea. It would be fun to get together with everyone in

something other than a " meeting " setting. And I have no doubt that the kids

would have a blast. Keep us posted.

Janet

[Guest guest]

Yeah Jeannie!!

You are officially awarded the " CHERAB gold star

of the day " !! Jeannie Buesser who was just featured in the February

2002 Exceptional Parent magazine

http://www.exceptionalparent.com/welcome/magazine/feb02_magazine.htm

is President and Founder of the nonprofit Apraxia Network of Bergan

County -and Outreach Coordinator for the nonprofit CHERAB Foundation,

and the librarian and facilitator for the nonprofit Compassionate

Friends works very hard (all volunteer) to help all of us and I for

one appreciate all she does to reach out to help. Right now I am

assisting Jeannie on the Apraxia Network of Bergan County's Third

Annual Apraxia Day Picnic which keeps growing every year! (pictures

from last year at

http://community.nj.com/cc/apraxianetworkofbergencountyro?

display=gallery

I'm going to be putting up a page at http://www.apraxia.cc for all

the details of this year's picnic very soon - here is the Spring 2002

apraxia day picnic outline Jeanne just emailed to me:

Sat may 4th, 2002 from 11am- 3pm

Sign in/registration name tags

Coloring eggs/table assistant

11am games start- simon says, or roll the ball, in grass field near

parking lot 4

12pm- pizza served

1pm- Entertainment for the children

2-3pm more games- duck duck goose,

dessert/(fruit served)(cake) and raffle

I know when I first started the Children's Apraxia Network in August

of 1999 we coordinated through early 2000 with The Friends Health

Connection http://www.48friend.org -a nonprofit that works with

hospitals all over that I first met in my work through

Shopinservice. The Friends Health Connection (1800-48 FRIEND) is

awesome in bringing people with similar challenges together for

support and friendship and they organized boat trips and plays, etc.

as well as some of the most awesome speakers. Most of the time

however, as many people that came to our support meetings - the only

people that went to the outings were my friends and family so we

stopped planning the outings with the group (not with friends and

family which is a given) I just checked and the Friends Health

Connection is not offering any outings right now either. I'm sure if

there was interest on our part we could work out something there

again. (The Friends group is a nonprofit you may want to check out

anyway -I always try to work with nonprofits like them who are

inviting to all)

It's lots of work to organize for a group. The Friends Health

Connection would look to book up a boat -or it would be lunch and a

play for the family, etc. and that they would bring all kinds of

goodies for everyone -and I noticed there would be lots of left overs

(meaning that people didn't show up) I once saw a billboard for

teeth that sums up support groups and the activities that volunteers

like Jeannie or I plan (including booking probono speakers, etc.) or

that funded nonprofits like Friends Health Connection plan " Ignore

them and they'll go away " You guys that know me -know me. I love

booking all kinds of activities for us - which I love to do when

people fly in for TV stuff. Based on past history -we just didn't

know there would be interest -hope there is!!

Looking forward to seeing you Janet, and everyone else that goes to

the outing that Jeannie's planning!

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[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

I just spoke to Bill the manager, he told me that the fri-sun in booked up.

He offered a time slot in the evening for us which would be in may. I will

let eveyone know when and what time. The other senerio, is a maybe meeting

during the week in the morning. jeanne