SPRING 2009

Participant Milestones: 

- Esther R turned 80 in May!  She celebrated wtih her family.

- Norm G is volunteering 3 days a week at the Rutland Mission. 

- Jim M is walking independently without his cane. 

- Jocelyn R reached her goal of taking up knitting again.  She is knitting up a storm!

- Congratulations to all our participants who are achieving their goals and celebrating milestones!

Group Achievements:

- In Colchester, the Garden Club, “The Green Thumbs” has been meeting weekly to plan, plant and maintain our gardens.  This year we will have tomatoes and flowers on the deck and a root vegetable garden in the front of the building.  Many thanks to volunteers at Key Bank for building a raised garden bed that has made it possible for our participants to maintain a garden on their own!

- In Rutland , a Bone Builders exercise and prevention program started in May and  worked up to 6 repetitions for each strength building exercise with weights.

Recent Events 

- In Colchester, participants and staff both have been enjoying entertainment at the PACE center.  In May we had a “Harps and Hammers” performance, featuring hammered dulcimers, harps and keyboard playing.  In June we had a visit from the Great, a magician with quite a “bag of tricks”! 

- The spring and summer months will bring with them many festivities.  The Colchester site will be celebrating the start of summer with a deck party and the Fourth of July with a barbeque.  Cooking projects, craft projects and gardening projects all are focused on the summer.

- New groups and activities are in the works in Colchester .  Stay tuned for the following: PACE Passport Program, a new PACErs Destination, a current events discussion group, a book club and much, much more!  For more information about any of these programs, please see Kate Ruesch , Activity Coordinator. 

- A Bell Ringers Group gave a concert at the Rutland Center in April.  On World Dance Day April 29th we held a dance-a-thon and winners received a prize. In May a speaker from the Rutland Historical Society came and spoke about the history of the Rutland High School . Some of our participants attended the school and found it very interesting.

 (Updated 6/17/09)