Relocation 2025

Relocation Week 1 is in the books and it was a good one!  It helped that we had the Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, and were out and about on the other days.  We enjoyed a visit to The Mariners' Museum on Tuesday, and Freedom Park for a walk with our therapy dog friends on Wednesday.  On Friday. a group worked at Pet Supplies Plus, so we didn't have too many in the room that morning.  Friday afternoon was spent with Tracy and Janice, a new to us Parks & Rec friend, in the gym for :Longest Day of Play" activities.  It seemed as if the week flew by!

Tuesday, June 17

It was a drizzly morning when we headed to The Mariners' Museum.  Not to see Wisteria, but on our own this time.  We thought it would be fun (and cool on a warm June day) to try one of the museum's scavenger hunts.  We divided into groups and spent over an hour on the search!  It was fun!!

The scavenger hunt covered most of the galleries, and we found ourselves quickly finding some things because we were familiar with them from our experiences with Wisteria.  Other things we really had to search for, so we learned new things, too!

Gail tries to keep her balance on a portion of netting which sailors would use to cross from one side of a 72-foot catamaran to the other side.  It is made of a material stronger than steel.

Thomas got up to 86 rpms on a piece of "techno-gym" equipment in the Speed and Innovation Gallery!

Carol's group met up with Nan's group in the Exploration Gallery, and they set sail for who knows where!?  (Probably a lunch spot with Devin and Sam leading the way! 😂)

One of the highlights on the hunt was getting to ring the bell on the Monitor's deck!

After completing the scavenger hunt, everyone got to pick a prize from the treasure chest!  That was fun, and so was our morning at The Mariners' Museum, even if we were "on our own."

By noon the sun was trying to peek out, and it was steamy outside.  We decided to forgo walking on the Noland Trail.  "We walked all over the museum," said 5 people at once!  Besides that, "Everyone is starving," said 10 people at once!  So, we stopped at the shelter at Deer Park, where it was surprisingly pleasant, and ate lunch before heading back to the school.

We enjoyed a swig of root beer since today was National Root Beer Day.  We learned that the use of the sassafras tree to flavor root beer dates back to the indigenous people of Native America who didn't make root beer as we know it today, but used it for medicinal and cooking purposes.  (We were also reminded that we LOVE having a large screen, but taking pictures in front of it is kind of wonky!)

  
While we enjoyed the root beer, Lisa began reading the third and final book in the Wild Robot series.  This one is The Wild Robot Protects and, unlike the second book with 90 chapters, this one only has 80! 

We got an update from Michelle and Tessa today!  Michelle is on Summer Break from her teaching position, and will spend it working with Tessa at home, and also taking her for more rigorous outpatient physical therapy.  Look at how much Tessa's walking has improved just since we saw her a few weeks ago!  GO, TESSA, GO! 👐

This week, Tessa began field trips with Michelle and loved being out and about in the car!  She requested a visit to Pierce's for her favorite snack...fries!  Yum!  Her fine motor skills are much improved and she is using her thumb and pointer finger to pick things up.  Her stamina is much improved, too!  👏  She'll continue to work on balance and getting stronger every day!  KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK, TESSA!  We love and miss you! 😘😘😘

Wednesday, June 19

It was quite warm and muggy yesterday, and that continued today as we seem to be getting into "real" summer.  It didn't stop us from meeting some of our therapy dog friends at Freedom Park for a walk, though!  Marisol, along with her corgis Tucker, Louis, and Nellie were our guides for today's walk, and they decided we would take it easy with a stroll through the garden with all of its shady paths.  Check out our adventure!

At the start of our walk Carol S. and Casey posed with a few of us.

As we got closer to the garden, you can see Marisol with Tucker, Louis, and Nellie up front along with Erik and Kevin.  Caroline and Pip, and Carol D. and Darby were behind them with the rest of our group.

Along the way, we met a master naturalist named Pat who was working on recreating a ravine.  She enthusiastically explained that a ravine like this would have been carved out of the earth tens of thousands of years ago when glaciers covered the land.  She pointed out that she had placed a Chesapecten Jeffersonian fossil here.  It's from an extinct form of scallop.  Pat said these particular types of fossils can be found all around our area, in places like Jamestown and York River State Park.  Later, we found out that it is also Virginia's state fossil.

We had an opportunity to share with our therapy dog friends that we work in the Therapeutic Garden with our master gardener friends!  We showed them the herbs, fruits, and veggies we are growing, including the potatoes, shown here with Xavier, Thomas, and Gail.  They seem to be dying back a little, so they may soon be ready for harvesting!  We'll see the MGs next week for an update.

We also checked the button bush tree that MG Rick showed us on our tree walk recently.  He said it would have white, fragrant blooms soon, and we saw them today!  They were very fragrant, and we noticed a lot of bees on them.

We continued our walk with Marisol and the others, noticing all kinds of interesting things.  The dogs were a little bit curious, but mostly they seemed to just enjoy walking with us!

Carol S. and Casey had to depart before we got our final pictures, but we thank all of our therapy dog and handler friends for meeting us today.  Liz's mom, Lise, joined us too!  We walked for about an hour and then said farewell after all the pups (and us) had a good drink of water! 

Caroline, Alexis, Lise, Laura, Pip, Liz, Darby, and Carol D

Thanks, Marisol, for being our cheerful guide today!  Your spirit is infectious, and your love for the "magical" Freedom Park really shows!  There is nothing like a good walk in nature to clear our minds and feed our souls!

Marisol, Abraham, Thomas, Gail, Emma, Xavier, Michelle, Erik, Devin, Sam, Patrick, Kevin (standing), Annmarie, Drew, Nan (on bench), and Louis, Nellie, and Tucker

Due to the steamy weather, we decided to return to the school and enjoy lunch in the cool cafeteria!

The next task was to arrange flowers for CSL and water the plants and feed the birds in the garden outside our AFCC window!  Divide and conquer!

We have cherry tomatoes on our plant!

We made an extra arrangement and delivered it to Walt, the very helpful IT guy at James River Elementary School.  Walt came to our rescue in Room 144 yesterday and taught us how to connect to the big screen with our Arc computer.  Turns out it was easy-peasy...the way he explained it!  He told us he will be here every day and to let him know if we need any more assistance!  Thank you, Walt!

 

We ended the day with a lesson about the significance of Juneteenth, and why it is a federal holiday.  June 19, 1865 is the anniversary of Union General Gordon Granger's arrival in Galveston, Texas to announce the freedom of enslaved Americans.  It had taken over 2 years for the enforcement of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation to reach all areas in Confederate territory. 

We learned that red foods and beverages are often served during Juneteenth celebrations to symbolize the bloodshed and sacrifices of enslaved people, and to also represent resilience and cultural heritage.  We thank Lisa for baking red velvet cookies at home last night for our enjoyment after this lesson!

Thursday, June 19

Friday, June 20

The Arc of Abilities was back in session this morning.  A crew stayed in Room 144 to work on thank you cards and begin prep work for a party we're having next week.  Our second crew headed to PSP to see how they could help.

While we are in Room 144 we can't see when our friends arrive, so Patrick and Alexis man the front door from 8:30-9:00 to let everyone in.  Thanks, Lexi and Pat!  

Devin, Lexi, Patrick, Emma, Abraham, and Laura were on the center crew.  (We had 5 friends absent today.)  They colored big letters to use in making banners, and also small pictures to use on some thank you cards.

This crew also composed letters for the thank you cards.  Here, Devin is being our editor as he proofreads one of them.  Our thank you cards were for the JRES office staff and custodial team.

After finishing the cards and party preps, this crew got in a bit of corn hole practice.

Over at Pet Supplies Plus, Kevin and Xavier helped Scott feed the fish.

Liz mentored Gail and Thomas on stocking the shelves, as they are still learning the ropes at PSP.  Thanks, Liz.  You are a good teacher!  (It helps to have great students like Gail and Thomas, too!)

Liz also taught Thomas how to "fold" towels by rolling them.

Bryan and Erik paid attention to detail as they stocked both fish and bird items.

Kevin also assisted Scott with washing down the dog bathing area.  Laura assisted Scott with this task last week, but we overlooked putting her photo in, so we added it today.  This was a new skill and they both did well with it!

AoA would like to showcase the beautiful and stylish clothes available at PSP for your pets.  Come check them out!  Scott and Roxanne, we appreciate you allowing us to work at your pet store.  We have learned so many skills and love seeing all the animals.  Thanks for your support, and for believing in us!

After lunch, Tracy came by to set up activities in the gym.  Parks and Rec was celebrating the summer solstice (longest day/shortest night of the year) with an event called "Longest Day of Play."  Tracy chose to host her activities at the gym at AFCC so we could be included!  First, she explained how the event would work, and also told us there would be prizes at the end!

 

Upon arrival in the gym, we walked a few laps and then participated in a stretching session.  Tracy's coworker, Janice, helped with the activity, too.  

The last activity was a team version of tic-tac-toe.  We enjoyed participating in the "Longest Day of Play," but we were glad Tracy brought the games indoors where it was cooler!

Everyone earned a prize for having fun and being active!  Thank you Tracy, and Janice, for a fun ending to our week.  We loved kicking off summer (officially) with you!

As we headed home for the weekend, we were thinking about the forecast for next week.  The heat index is going to be over 100 degrees, so we will need to pace ourselves.  Our plans have us out and about all week.  Be sure to bring water bottles each day, wear sunscreen as needed (especially Tuesday), and bring your hats for outside! (We have extra sunscreen and will take our water cooler so bottles can be refilled.)

Tuesday:  We'll meet our master gardener friends for a tour of the Historic Triangle Community Garden.  After this, we are going to Sal's for a pre-Summer Break celebration lunch. 😉 Please bring $12 for lunch, and you will get a choice of pizza or 1/2 sub, and fries.  After lunch we will return to Room 144 for choice time, read-aloud, and to make cards for Friday's honored guest!

Wednesday:  This morning we will arrange flowers for CSL and volunteer at GCOC, so please wear Arc shirts.  Other activities today will include a make up for American Eagle Day, and a "celebration" of National Leon Day, which always falls on June 25, six months before Christmas (hint:  Leon spelled backwards is Noel)!  Lunch on your own.  Microwave available.

Thursday:  We'll brave the heat long enough to load the vans for a trip to the Williamsburg Regional Library.  We'll take a tour and enjoy a movie in their theater.  The gang voted for us to watch Shrek.  We'll return to Room 144 for lunch on your own.  Microwave available.  After lunch we will squeeze in this year's July 4th lesson, and celebrate Bomb Pop Day with a cool treat!

Friday:  We are going to have a busy morning!  First, we will go to Eaton for a work session, so please wear Eaton shirts.  When we return to Room 144 we'll celebrate our friend JaVante who is not only having a birthday, but is preparing to move to Knoxville to attend grad school at the University of Tennessee.  We are going to miss him!  Lisa and Carol will prepare Chicken Pasta Caesar Salad and Jell-O with pineapple for lunch (at their homes Thursday evening).  JaVante requested this "specialty" dish of ours!  Oh, we have a special cake planned, too!

Reminder:  The Arc of Abilities will be closed July 1-4 for Summer Break.

Enjoy the weekend,

Lisa, Carol, Nan, and the AoA Gang

Round Up and Relocate!

We were very proud of our results after our cooking and baking challenge on Thursday, and ready to eat, too! 

Since we're out of school and don't get "summers off" anymore, it's not that exciting to us, but the JRES kids were over the top with excitement (according to Heike) since Wednesday was the last day of school!  For us, it means Heike and her team will be cleaning the AFCC from top to bottom, including refinishing the floors, so we have to move to a room on the school side of the building for a couple of weeks.  We spent Friday rounding up supplies and relocating to Room 144!  Earlier in the week we had a great lesson on bugs with the master gardeners and a special guest, volunteered at GCOC, arranged flowers for Commonwealth Senior Living, and had a cooking and baking challenge!  We also enjoyed Frosty treats from Wendy's, courtesy of our friends at the Williamsburg Moose Lodge, who recently gave us some "treat funds."  It was a splendid week!

Tuesday, June 10

It was a warm and breezy morning as we headed to the Williamsburg Botanical Garden at Freedom Park for our session with the master gardeners.  They had a special guest for us today, Luke Gladden.  Luke is an Associate Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources, who serves New Kent and James City Counties.  He graduated from NC State last year with a degree in Environmental Science, with a focus on Entomology.  We learned entomology is the study of insects!

Luke kept our attention as he explained that insects have 3 body parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and 6 legs.  It was fascinating to learn that the legs are attached to the thorax, three on each side, and insects have different kinds of legs that are modified for different functions such as jumping, swimming, walking, running, digging, and grasping.  He showed us pictures to help us understand.

We enjoyed hearing Luke talk about the varieties of butterflies we have in our area.  He had pictures of them, also!

Luke had a bug board, too!  It had moths, butterflies, and all kinds of beetles and other small bugs on it that we could touch.  We learned that beetles have wings under their shells, and that they aren't very good or fast flyers.

Something else we learned from Luke is to beware of fire ants and the spotted lanternfly, but most types of ladybugs are very helpful!  (The spotted lanternfly isn't in our area...yet, but Luke and fellow entomologists are on the lookout!)

Thank you, Luke, for this educational and interesting presentation about insects!  We enjoyed chatting with you, and even hearing about the gross stuff like how flies regurgitate their last meal on their next meal to help break it down!  Thanks for all you do to help people understand about sometimes misunderstood bugs!

Before we ended the session, Barbara and Joanne shared beautiful flowers they picked in their gardens this morning.  Barbara had gladiolus, colorful blanket flowers, snapdragons, and a type of salvia called hot lips!  In Joanne's vase were coneflowers, daisies, and lantana.  We love bringing the pretty arrangements back to our center!

There was just one more thing to do before we left...sing "Happy Birthday" to Krafty Karen!  Her birthday is on Thursday, and we hope all of her wishes come true!

Here is Carolyn's beautiful journal page reflecting the great time we had today.  As always, it captures the session beautifully!  Thanks for sharing, Carolyn!!

We returned to the center for lunch, and JRES had just finished its 5th grade graduation ceremony.  Our dear Mr. Howard, who was our first custodian supervisor "back in the day," was here to see his granddaughter graduate, so of course, he stopped by to say "hi" to us!  Not everyone had the pleasure of knowing Mr. Howard, but these six remember him well and were thrilled to see him! 

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Shortly after Mr. Howard stopped by, we welcomed another visitor, Pam!  She was thrilled with the card she had asked us to make for Britnee, who works at Williamsburg Landing and is on the Arc 5k team.  Thanks for your kind words about our creation, Pam.  We appreciate your trust and enthusiasm for our work!

Our last activity for today was a lesson to celebrate National Herbs and Spices Day.  We saw a video and recognized a lot of the herbs and spices mentioned, and we learned that herbs are generally the green, leafy parts of certain plants while spices tend to come from other parts of plants such as the roots, seeds, stems, and bark.  We had to really think about the answers to some of these quiz questions, but we used the process of elimination and also information we had gained from previous answers to help us!

Bingo and brain work!  Herbs and spices are very interesting!  We're looking forward to experimenting with them in the kitchen this summer!

Wednesday, June 11

It was a typical Wednesday morning.  One group went to GCOC to bag food, and the other stayed at AFCC to arrange flowers.  We like our Wednesday routine!

Setting up for arranging flowers:  Patrick and Sam raise the table height by putting risers under the legs; Liz adds water to the jars; Erik cuts open the packs of flowers; Sam and Patrick remove excess leaves from the stems.

After one group leaves for Grove, we cut and arrange the flowers.  Alexis and Gail picked pretty stems.  Thomas, Abraham, and Drew held the finished arrangements.  They had helped with some of the arranging, too.

Here's a snippet from the morning activities with they boys still in dance mode, while Alexis, Emma, and Gail got started on arranging!

After arranging the flowers for CSL, we went outside to check our gardens!  We have pots of tomatoes, peppers, and cosmos, and a potato grow bag, outside our room window.  We added more soil to the potato bag, and watered everything.  We have flowers on the tomato and pepper plants, which means (hopefully) fruit will be forthcoming.  There are a couple of cosmos about to bloom, too!

The herb garden, which is out back in the Grove Community Garden, is also growing!  We will be back tomorrow to harvest some herbs to use in our cooking challenge!

Meanwhile, at GCOC, it was business as usual for our gang as they worked with Ursula, Thom, Peggy, and Joel to pack the USDA food distribution bags.  So many hands....so many cans...so many blessings for the Grove community!

Yum!  Thank you Ursula for the cranberry scones.  We 💗 you and Peggy for blessing us with your delicious baked goods!

We finished our Father's Day gifts today.  Surprise!!  They will come home on Friday, but don't let the special fathers and other father-figures in our lives peek until Sunday!

What a special treat to get to go to Wendy's for Frosties (or sodas) today!  We cannot recommend the Wendy's near Kingsmill enough.  All of the staff members there are terrific, and we always enjoy our visits, even if they are busy!

In fact, we love this Wendy's so much that when we got back to the center, we gave them a glowing review by completing the online survey!

Thank you to Moose Patti and ALL of our friends at the Williamsburg Moose Lodge for a recent "treat donation."  We are so grateful for your friendship and support of the Arc of Abilities and The Arc of Greater Williamsburg.  It had been a while since we got Frosties, and they are one of our favorite treats! 💖💖💖

🏌🏌🏌Thanks also to the Women of the Moose (WOTM) for their ongoing support of us through their annual golf tournament.  The 10th annual tournament is coming up on August 2nd, so please let us know if you are interested in supporting as a player, hole sponsor, or other donor!  Let's make the 10th one the best one! 🏌🏌🏌

One more thing today...Liz and Abraham had big smiles as we delivered the flower arrangements to Commonwealth Senior Living!  When Trader Joe's sends more flowers than we need for the 12 dining room arrangements, we bring the extras to CSL and the residents are able to take some to their rooms!

Thursday, June 11

Check out today's cooking and baking challenges.  It was a lot of fun dividing into 5 teams to get the job done and put a tasty lunch on the table!

Members of the breakfast casserole team made a trip to our herb garden to clip thyme, rosemary, chives, basil, and oregano to use in today's recipe.  Can we just say now that the casseroles were DELICIOUS, with the flavor of the fresh herbs coming through in every bite?!?!  We didn't know how much of each herb to use (it wasn't in our recipe to add fresh herbs), so the team "winged it" and really got it right!

Several of us handled the camera this morning, too, trying to capture the enjoyment of our cooking experience.  Here are some glimpses into our cooking and baking challenge!

Carol and Allison organized Team Casserole so ingredients and supplies could be gathered after they had visited the herb garden.

Thomas and Erik cut peppers and onions into small pieces after Allison got them started by first cutting the veggies into strips.  

Liz poured the egg mixture over the top of one casserole.  We used hashbrowns, sausage, and cheese in addition to the onions, peppers, and fresh herbs.  In the smaller dish we made a dairy free version for a couple of our friends with dietary restrictions.

Under Thomas and Allison's watchful eyes, Kate poured egg mixture over the second casserole.  She did a good job, as whipped up eggs can come out of a bowl pretty fast!

We were celebrating National Peanut Butter Cookie Day, which was June 9th, but we don't worry about details when it comes to cookies.  For our baking challenge, Nan's team made peanut butter cookies using 3 ingredients, and Lisa's team made a recipe that called for 5 ingredients.  Nan's group only used peanut butter, egg, and white sugar, while Lisa's group used peanut butter, egg, white and brown sugars, plus a bit of baking soda.  

Drew, Michelle, Kevin, and Nan felt confident that their cookie recipe would be the better of the two!

Abraham, Patrick, and Laura were certain their recipe would prevail.  In the end, the gang decided BOTH cookies would win...and we weren't surprised by their verdict at all!  Each recipe was a keeper!

Short of making a five-course meal, it's a challenge of another kind to include everyone in the cooking parts of our lunch preparation.  That's why we are grateful for those who volunteer to handle making napkin rings for our silverware, like Sam, Alexis, and Emma.  Gail was a one-woman clementine peeling show, and she did a great job, too!  Everyone chipped in to color decoration pictures when their other tasks were done, and it all came together by noon, when lunch was served!

One of the casseroles, plus the dairy-free version, were still baking when we took this photo, but once again, our lunch was (to us) award-winning! 😀😀😀  The decorations always make a nice touch!  Great job, everyone! 

After lunch Drew shared the postcard he brought back from his trip to Emerald Isle, NC for us to add to our collection!  He said it is a very pretty beach, he had a great time with his family, and it has good chicken nuggets, too! 😂

We finished The Wild Robot Escapes and voted to read the third and final book in the series for our next read-aloud.  Roz made it back to the island, where she first became a "wild" robot (rather than a "typical" one).  We related to Roz on many levels.  We want to know what more of an adventure she could have after her escape from being destroyed in this book...all because she somehow adapted to have human-like emotions!

We ended a very busy day with our first "summer vacation" day in the gym!  The students and Coach Brown are off for a few weeks, and we hope to keep the gym company while they are gone.  We don't know if the floor in here will be redone, but for now, we have game plans!  Today, we played a game where the object was to keep kicking the big balls to the opponents' side.

Friday, June 13

It may have been Friday, the 13th, but we didn't have any bad luck today.  We did a great job working at Pet Supplies Plus and moving things to our temporary space in a classroom on the school side of the building.  After lunch, we had a great time with Christina at The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg!

While the PSP Crew was at the store, the rest of us gathered a few things to move to Room 144, where we will be for the next two weeks while the AFCC is being deep-cleaned.

Many thanks to Thomas, Kevin, Erik, Patrick, Xavier, Nan, Drew, Abraham, Annmarie, and Gail for their excellent moving and organizing skills today!

We took our time moving things, and finding a place to put them in the classroom, which is located beside the Computer Lab!  

We made 4 round trips, and didn't overwhelm ourselves by taking took much at one time.

Here's our home for the next two weeks.  We're sure everyone will step up and adjust to the smaller space, and we'll enjoy the change of scenery!  We actually have plans to be on the road most of the days, so the time will probably fly!

Not to be outdone, our PSP Crew was hard at work helping Scott at the store today!

Kate and Devin stocked shelves with dog leashes and pet combs and brushes.

Emma and Laura assisted Scott in cleaning the filters on the fish tanks.

Pet Supplies Plus helps facilitate a cat adoption process.  Our team was enamored with 2 of the 3 kitties currently awaiting adoption into a fur-ever home. They are known as the "Cheese Group," and their names are Parmesan, Pepper Jack, and Pimento.  

If you or someone you know is interested in adopting one of these adorable kitties, stop by PSP for more information!

Our crew wants everyone to know that there are plenty of pet toys to check out before you even enter the store!  So much fun awaits the furry friends in our lives!  Thanks, Scott and Roxanne, for another excellent vocational experience!

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Christina's summer schedule at The Art Museums is all over the place, so we are being flexible in working out our visits because we surely don't want to miss spending time with her and learning cool and artsy things!  That's how we ended up visiting her on a Friday afternoon, after our busy work morning. 

Today's gallery tour featured objects that the artists created after being inspired by the work of other artists.  They didn't exactly copy them, but in some cases, they came close.  Christina explained that this is ok to do, for it helps artists learn.

These paintings and the ceramic piece are in the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Art Museum, which is one of the two museums that make up The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. 

Today, we were particularly interested in an exhibit about Eddie Arning, which is located in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, the other museum within the building.  Eddie Arning drew inspiration from photos in magazines and produced most of his work in the 1960s and 1970s.  He would find a picture he liked, and then put his own spin on recreating it...and he drew on construction paper using crayons!  (In his later work, he sometimes used oil pastels.)

Sadly, Eddie Arning spent a great deal of his life in mental hospitals due to schizophrenia-like behaviors.  An art therapist introduced him to crayons and paper.  We were intrigued by his story, and found his artwork very interesting!

For our project this afternoon, we were going to see if Eddie Arning's drawing called TWO.GEESE could inspire us to put our own spin on a drawing of geese!

It seems we were inspired!  Our spins on the geese were pretty unique.  

Thanks, Christina for another great gallery tour filled with fun and interesting stories about the beautiful objects at the museums.  We also thank YOU for inspiring us to be amazing Arc-tists!!

What a colorful way to end the week!  We're looking forward to the weekend, and hoping it won't rain too much for Father's Day.  We'll be back for another fun week on Tuesday, and here are our plans as we relocate to Room 144:

Tuesday:  We begin our 2 week relocation to a classroom in JRES this week, so we have plans to be out and about as much as possible due to space limitations in the room.  Today we're going to The Mariners' Museum on our own to try their Scavenger Hunt.  If the weather cooperates, we'll enjoy lunch at the park and take a walk on the Noland Trail.  It's also National Root Beer Day, so we will have a little celebration for that!  Please bring a bagged lunch.  

Wednesday:  It's Therapy Dog Day, and we are going to meet our furry friends and their handlers at Freedom Park for a walk!  We'll watch the weather for lunch plans.  Back at the center we will have a lesson about the holiday, Juneteenth.  Please bring a bagged lunch.

Thursday:  The Arc of Abilities will be closed in observance of the Juneteenth Holiday.  Share with your family what we learned about it!

Friday:  It's a PSP work day, so please wear PSP shirts.  The group that stays at the center will begin preparations for a special event we have next Friday.  After lunch we'll have a lesson for American Eagle Day and do some chair yoga activities.  Please bring a bagged lunch.

The Arc office and Arc of Abilities will be closed on Thursday, June 19 in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.  

The Arc of Abilities day program will be closed the week of July 1-4 for Summer Break, and will reopen on Tuesday, July 8.  

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Enjoy the weekend!

Lisa, Carol, Nan, and the AoA Gang