My first official day as a client came on April 10th 2013; it was the best day of my life.

The staff are great, they have given me more responsibility and I appreciate it very much. The skills they let me work on are kitchen skills such as making blueberry muffins and binning items and peeling bananas.

I have learned to do jigsaw puzzles and write my numbers so that they can be read which is wonderful. I have been working on my money and customer skills by going out on the cart with Carlton to sell treats such as muffins, squares, chips and the list goes on.

It looks like my day on the cart will be Tuesdays.

I also did the daily deposit for the cart after we were finished It gave me a chance to work on my driving skills outside which can be a little shaky at times.

One of the many reasons I love working at New leaf is the staff foster independence and get us to do as much for ourselves as possible.

I will look forward to many great new experiences in the future.

My name is Randy Kerr and I am 38 years old. I’ve been working at New Leaf since 1996 and really enjoy my time here. I am very active in all programs at New Leaf and look forward to comeing to work to see all my co-workers. My favourite thing to do at New Leaf is the recycling of Christmas lights.

While in the Day Program there are many activities I really enjoy participating in. Literacy activities, computer programs challenge me and I like a good challenge.

I also enjoy arts n’ crafts. Another program I enjoy is business skills when contracts arrive. I enjoy stuffing and sealing envelopes. These contracts keep me busy.

The kitchen is another place I enjoy. The baking, mixing and wrapping of all the products is rewarding.
Recently I began to use a walker at work helping me with the posture, mobility and allwoing me to get around the facility safer.

I will be attending Camp Tidnish this summer again and I’m looking forward to seeing my friends.

Sometimes I go to Toyota and Parkstone to operate the lunchrooms. My pictiure for Easter Seals Drop Zone makes me feel special I still don’t like working in the kitchen. I wish I could just have kitchen on Friday instead of Wednesday.

If I could change my schedule I would be even more happy to also have two days with Rene as well. I also do the paper recycling every day and I also do invoices from Farmers Dairy.

I also write short stories sometimes when I’m in the day program. I am pretty good at math and reading the Give yourself Goosebumps books.

I like lots of animals like: Rabbits, Raccoons, Dragons, Foxes, Wolves and Unicorns. I especially like red foxes the best.

There have been so many exciting things happening in the Camp Tidnish office at our ESNS ‘headquarters’!

Most camper sessions have been filling up pretty quickly, but there are still plenty of spots available in Wayfarers 1 – I know that some of you worry that it’s too cold at the beginning of June, but that’s the beauty of an indoor heated pool, and we can all stay warm by DANCING!!

Speaking of staying warm, we just received an AHH- MAZING donation of some ‘made with love’ quilts from the Amherst Quilters Guild. Is anyone else as excited as me to snuglle up in one of these quilts during evening cabin time before bed?

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And since we’re on the topic of things that are ‘made with love’ I just received this staff package in the mail… can anyone guess who sent it?

Dinosaurs and camp stickers… it must be from Donna! Getting this letter put a HUGE smile on my face, so feel free to plaster your camper and staff packages with stickers too! Or drawings… or lipstick kisses… haha

Check back often to get the inside scoop on the adventures of the camping office and the other super fantastic programs of Easter Seals.

Cheers,

Patti