Easter Seals Profile: Meet Sonya Demone

Hi my name is Sonya Demone and I have been working at New Leaf since January 15th 2013. It was on a trial bases for three weeks but the staff decided to let me stay.

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.