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With spring here and wildflowers beginning to bloom, it is fitting for this weeks theme to be flowers. Here is a sneak peak at the activity package that will be going out tomorrow to the participants who are still at home. Enjoy your Thursday – the weekend is nearly here.
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Spring is the time for change and cleaning starts, in light of that the Employment Room has been rearranged for a pleasant change of scenery.   We would like to shout a Happy Belated Birthday to Josh. The staff and participants hope your day was absolutely fantastic.  Happy Monday! Bob the Pineapple plant is now 1 month old. His roots have grown. He is still bright and healthy looking and the participants in the Catena Forever Friends are excited to inform you that Bob is now planted into a flowerpot with soil. We plan to give a monthly update on Bob and how he is growing with updated pictures each month. We hope you enjoy watching Bob’s journey with us. Let us have a little bit of fun today and post about what happened on April.30th through history, who celebrates a birthday with you, and couple other categories.
It's National: National Oatmeal Cookie Day Today in History: 1859-Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is first published in literary periodical "All the Year Round" (weekly installments until Nov 26) 1952-Mr. Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television. 1953-Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League 1958-Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits. 1967-Ostankino Tower, the then highest free-standing structure in the world at 540m is finished in Moscow, Russia. 1989-World Wide Web (WWW) is first launched in the public domain by CERN scientist Tim Berners-Lee. 1997-Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes. 2013-Willem-Alexander becomes the first male Monarch of Netherlands in 123 years, following the abdication of his mother, Queen Beatrix. 2018-New species of water beetle from Malaysian Borneo’s Maliau Basin named after actor Leonardo DiCaprio. 2018-World's oldest known spider, a female trapdoor, dies after being killed by a wasp sting in Western Australia, aged 43. Celebrities Birthdays: Paul Gross, Canadian actor Johnny Galecki, American actor Kirsten Dunst, American actress Gal Gadot, Israeli actress Kunal Nayyar, British-Indian actor and writer Kendricke Bullard, NFL wide receiver Matt Martin, Hamden, NHL defenseman Isiah Thomas, NBA forward Movies Released on this day: 2004-Mean Girls 2018-Avengers: Infinity War Songs Released on this day: 1976- Silly Love Songs- Wings Catena Jobs Plus & Personal Touch Embroidery would like to wish everyone a safe and happy weekend. Happy Birthday to Ralph and happy early birthday to Heather, we hope both of you have wonderful birthdays. The theme for this week’s activity package is Cinco De Mayo - It is a celebration that is celebrated in parts of Mexico and the United States on May 5th, Cinco De Mayo is translated as “Fifth of May”. The activity packages contain hidden objects, spot the differences, word searches, colouring pages, math and more. they are filled with lots of activities to help keep you busy.  Who says learning hygiene can’t be fun, a lesson on nail care. Can be a perfect reason to add some colour to your nails. Happy Monday, we hope that you had a splendid weekend. The forever friends seniors group have been working on painting sun catchers for their room. They want you to see how they turned out. The participants are happy with them as they brighten up their environment and they hope you like them too. Have a great day!       Let us have a little bit of fun today and post about what happened on April.23rd through history, who celebrates a birthday with you, and couple other categories.
It's National: National Picnic Day Today in History: 1597 William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance 1851 Canada issues its 1st postage stamps 1939 Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR 1972 Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface 1978 Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 consecutive errorless games at 2nd 1992 McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China 2020 First findings of a frog fossil 40 million years old, found on Seymour Island, Antarctica (2015) published in "Scientific Reports" Celebrities Birthdays: Shirley Temple, American actress Michael Moore, American filmmaker Joyce DeWitt, American actress John Cena, American professional wrestler, rapper and actor Kal Penn, American actor John Oliver, English comedian Steve Clark, English rock guitarist Movies Released on this day: 1931-The Public Enemy 1953-Shane 2013-Star Trek Into Darkness 2018-Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" Songs Released on this day: 2001- Fatboy Slim-Weapon of Choice Catena Jobs Plus & Personal Touch Embroidery would like to wish everyone a safe and happy weekend. Today is Earth Day It has been practiced on April 22nd each year since 1970. It is a time when we can show our appreciation for the earth and to help clean it up from things such as garbage and pollution. We can do things to help our earth by cleaning up our yards or helping in your community by joining with your neighbours and cleaning up your neighbourhood. Planting trees and plants also helps our earth, they give oxygen and make our world a healthier place to live. What will you being doing to help our earth today? The theme for the activity packages that will going out tomorrow to the participants who are still at home is Aliens. Is there anybody out there? The package is filled with colouring sheets, math, word scrambles, crosswords, secret message games and more.  Making Progress: We are pleased to announce that Andrea has joined us for a short time each day to upgrade her Employment Skills.  The staff and participants of Catena Jobs Plus hope want to wish Janet a very Happy Birthday. We hope that you have an amazing day.
A little neat fact about today that seems quite interesting is that the Simpson’s first aired on television 33 years ago today. Here is a clip of their first episode (it is only about 1 minute long). Their first episodes were short clips that were part of another show called The Tracey Ullman Show. April 19th, 1987 : The Simpsons Debut Happy Thursday the theme for the activity packages that will be delivered tomorrow is Earth Day. Earth Day is April 22nd. This weeks activity pack is filled with spot the differences, word searches, colouring pages, math games and much more. Our environment is important and perhaps this activity pack will help to inspire ways to help protect it. We the staff and participants would like to wish Jared a very Happy Birthday and we are sending out Birthday wishes to Danny who will celebrate his special day on Sunday.  April 14th is national gardening day, and at the center we enjoy our gardening. Thanks to Heather we have a pretty impressive collection of plants starting, from spider plants to tomatoes and indoor trees, our outdoor gardens have started to sprout as well. So take a few minutes today to appreciate the benefits and beauty of gardening and maybe start one yourselves. We would like to shout a Happy Belated Birthday to David. The staff and participants hope your day was absolutely fantastic.  Today is the International Day of Human Space Flight, it was declared in 2011 by the United Nations that April 12th be observed as the Day of Human Space Flight to recognize the first human space flight that took place on April 12th, 1961. The first cosmonaut to enter outer space was Yuri Gagarin, a monument of him is in Moscow.  Let us have a little bit of fun today and post about what happened on April.9th through history, who celebrates a birthday with you, and couple other categories.
It's National: National Chinese Almond Cookie Day Today in History: 1932 Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Toronto Maple Leafs beat New York Rangers, 6-4 for 3-0 series sweep; Toronto's first SC as the Maple Leafs 1935 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Maroons beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1 for 3-0 series sweep; Maroons last defunct team to win the Cup 1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame 1941 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Dorothy Kirby wins comfortably by 16 strokes ahead of Helen Sigel 1945 NFL requires players to wear long stockings 1946 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 6-3 for a 4-1 series victory 1959 NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury 1962 JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium 1963 Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen 1987 For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 points (1 goal, 6 assists) in a Stanley Cup game and passes Jean Béliveau as all time playoff scoring champ 2019 Wolves have returned to the Netherlands after 140 years claim ecologists Celebrities Birthdays: Mark Pellegrino, American actor Cynthia Nixon, American actress Keith Nobbs, American actor Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer Spencer "Spenny" Rice, Canadian entertainer Movies Released on this day: 1976 "All the President's Men Songs Released on this day: 1971 Ringo Starr-It Don't Come Easy Catena Jobs Plus & Personal Touch Embroidery would like to wish everyone a safe and happy weekend. The theme for this week’s activity package is the 5 senses. It contains math, colouring, word searches, hidden object games and much more.  The Catena Forever Friends are working on a new project – They are going to try to grow a pineapple plant. They named it Bob the Pineapple Plant. They first enjoyed a treat of fresh pineapple then saved the top, they have it sitting in water hoping to root. Updates will be provided as Bob the Pineapple Plant progresses. Focus Forward Team Exercise “Marshmallow and Spaghetti freestanding Tower”. They all WON!!    The staff hope you had a wonderful long weekend and a great Easter. Find the 6 Words in the Picture. 
Happy April Fool’s Day - Don’t forget if you are going to play pranks or Jokes on people to make them playful not hurtful. Today, the Staff and participants want to wish Chris a very Happy Birthday and an early Happy Birthday to Heather who celebrates her Birthday on Easter Monday. With tomorrow being a holiday – We will be delivering the Easter packages to the individuals who are still at home. A bag of Easter goodies is going to all participants of Catena Jobs Plus including those who are not yet back to the programming at the centre. We the staff want to wish everyone a very happy Easter weekend.   The participants from the Employment Program are all caught up to what was lost during the last shut down and now moving forward. We have a new addition, Andrea who's doing wonderfully, working towards her goal of future employment.     |
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