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Family Resource Centers
Crossroads and Open Dorr Resource Centers
Have Much To Be Grateful For!Thank You Directions Credit Union!!
Crossroads and Open Dorr Family Resource Centers would like to thank the staff of Directions Credit Union for their dedication and commitment to providing financial literacy classes to our staff and many of our clients this past year. We are especially grateful to Kathy Martin, Vice President for Business Development and Innovation, Brenda Schwind, Director of Business Development, and Mary Beth Tice, Director of Education Services and Solutions. They creatively transformed the FDIC’s Money Smart Program to make it easily understood and fun to learn about budgeting, banking and credit basics.
Through activities like the Budget Bonanza Game we learned how the daily choices we make can impact how much money we have left to save. The staff from the Directions Credit Union made themselves available to clients and LSS staff and provided incentives for us to save money. They also came to the Summer Camp at Open Dorr one morning a week and worked with the children from kindergarten through fifth grade, stressing financial literacy should begin at a young age. The “money ladies”, as they were called, used age-appropriate and creative activities to teach the basics about money, spending and saving to the children. On the last day the children decorated their own piggy banks to take home to begin saving. This academic year, the Money Smart program is being provided to the teachers and students of the fifth grade at Dorr Elementary School.
(Above) Open Dorr Summer camp participants decorate piggy banks as part
of the financial literacy class provided by Directions Credit Union.
Timberlake Community Church Continues “Day of Caring”
Once again the members of Timberlake Community Church reached out to their neighbors in need at Royal Village Mobile Home Park. Applications for needed repairs were taken at Open Dorr Family Resource Center who screened the clients and made the referrals to Timberlake Church. On August 30th and October 17th, the church held a Day of Caring and brought the necessary materials to make much-needed repairs to some of the families’ homes. In addition, they provided lunch as well as donated school supplies and gently used
clothing. We extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to the congregation of Timberlake Community Church for their generosity and hard work!
(Above & Right) Volunteers from Timberlake Community Church reach out to neighbors in need during “A Day of Caring”.
Women’s Initiative of United Way Funds Girls’ Circle
THANK YOU to the Women’s Initiative of United Way for awarding $10,200 to Open Dorr Family Resource Center for the Girls’ Circle Program. The Girls’ Circle is a program of structured support groups for girls ages 9-18. This evidenced-based program is designed to foster positive self-esteem and a healthy body image, promote self-efficacy and good decision making and build positive relationships. It utilizes a strengths-based, skill-building approach to create a safe place for genuine self-expression through verbal sharing and creative activity. It is designed to counteract popular trends toward self-doubt and unhealthy body image in young girls which contribute to eating disorders, self-harming behaviors, pregnancy and substance abuse. In addition, it works to create better connections between young girls and their mothers/female caretakers as well as women in the community who are positive role models. The Girls Circle Program is being offered to the fourth and fifth grade girls at Dorr Elementary School.
Rosa Morgan
Rosa Morgan Party featured in The Toledo Blade 12/17/09! Check it Out!!!
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Rosa Morgan Welcomes New Program Coordinator Jalon Harris!
Jalon Harris has been named the new program coordinator for The Rosa Morgan Center. She completed her bachelorate degree at Bowling Green State University, majoring in gerontology and health promotion and went on to complete her master’s degree at The University of Toledo, majoring in recreation therapy and geriatrics.
Jalon has been employed at the University of Toledo as an instructor for recreation therapy intervention courses. She taught animal assisted therapy, assisted technology, therapeutic arts, horticulture therapy and stress and relaxation. In this past year, Jalon has also been working on “Effects of Dancing Heart Program (DHP) as therapeutic recreation intervention on risk of falling among community dwelling elderly,” which was submitted and has been accepted for publication this fall.
Jalon volunteered at Rosa Morgan as a clinical student in 2008 and 2009 while attending the University of Toledo. She completed her geriatrics clinical and loved it so much that she begged her instructor to let her complete her physical rehabilitation clinical at the Rosa Morgan Center as well. Jalon frequently returned to visit Rosa Morgan and could be heard telling the clients, “I will be back!” The Rosa Morgan clients were thrilled to learn that Jalon was fulfilling her promise to return when she accepted the Program Coordinator position. Jalon feels the position at Rosa Morgan is a dream come true. She states,“I have never found such a great group of seniors to work with, the clients are like my family; I am so blessed to have this wonderful opportunity.”
Western Region
A Time To Be Thankful!
We are thankful for:
Therapists: who are compassionate, credentialed and deliver outcome based counseling
Helpful and willing volunteers who assist in delivering services and support for the ongoing ministry of LSS as we could not do what we do without them.
Advisory Committee members who provide us with ideas and input that help us serve more people in our community with Christian counseling and support regardless of ability of our clients to pay.
New programs successfully established by contacting and developing referral relationships with congregational partners for new counseling sites in Bryan and Defiance as well as community services to long term care facilities throughout the region.
Kindness and generosity of individuals, organizations and congregations who prayerfully support LSS with gifts of service and financial contributions.
Staff who are dedicated and committed to putting the mission of serving all who seek our agencies services into action.
Thanks to all who have made it possible for so many people to become richly blessed!
Southern Region
Grand Opening Held To Celebrate Move Into New Location!
An Open House was held on September 22, 2009 to formally mark the grand opening of the LSS Lima campus. We Care Regional Crisis Center moved to its new location at 797 S. Main Street in Lima on July 17, 2009. The building is in the process of being renovated to make it more welcoming for our clients and the public. Crisis intervention and assessment services have been provided to over 166 persons since the move to the current location.
The Crisis Stabilization Unit was opened on September 1, 2009 and 25 clients were served on the unit in the first six weeks of service. As a result of opening this unit, we were able to avoid hospitalizing 22 clients and decreased the hospital stay of 3 clients.
Services offered to clients admitted to the Crisis Stabilization Unit include nursing services, psychiatric services, group therapy, and individual therapy. We are very excited to see that clients are seeking out services at the new location and we continue to assist those persons in crisis in our community.
(Above) Mike Schoenhofer, Exec. Director of Mental Health & Recovery
Services Board of AAH; Rev. Charles Campbell, Chairman, LSS Board of Directors;
and Nancy Yunker, President & CEO of LSSNWO at the grand opening
of the LSS Lima Campus.
(Above) L to R: Lima Clinicians Rae Staton, LSW and Sara Creighton,
LSW at the Lima Open House.
(Above) Members of the Lima American Legion Post raise the American flag
donated to LSS by Priscilla Burtt in memory of her father,
Robert P. Price, a WWII veteran.
