UNLIMITED VOICES Reflections and Stories from the Members of Envision Unlimited
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MEETING PEOPLE By Jamie P. We went to Frick Center for Farm to Table. Our job was to use
A Glance at Westtown
the cameras. We learned the cameras and hold the stick. We took pictures and made a video of everyone around. We ate
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after we did the camera. Charles and I took a break and ate a snack for a little bit and fruit punch. After that, my feet was killing me wearing high heels! We went inside Frick Center to eat dinner. We ate meatballs, deviled eggs, and a chicken shish
The Weaving Mill
kabob and a barbecue shish kabob. After that, we left and took Charles home. Charles was sleeping in the van. It was really fun.
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We meet people, talked to people a little bit more,
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FARM TO TABLE By Charles A./Rocky
I went to Frick Center with Jamie, me, and Jimmy. He drove us in the white van, in the Westtown van. You had to walk inside the back of the building first.
The tables were all decorated with ribbons and centerpieces, similar to a flower. It was beautiful. Jimmy looked nice in his clothes. He wore black pants and black shoes. I wore shorts, gym shoes, and the Westtown shirt. I saw Susan, Jazmin, Chef Bruce, David, and his fiancée. We saw Mark and his wife, Marty, and different people. Chef Bruce said congratulations to the cooks for doing a good job. He was proud of them. David said he's getting married soon. David wore a suit with his gym shoes. We took pictures with Jimmy. We took the snapshots. There were shish kabobs, fruits, and deviled eggs. Jimmy ate the deviled eggs, not me. Aquillia came and left before us. She wasn't even there. One of the guests was trying to box me! He didn't hit me that hard. He was just playing with me. We introduced ourselves to the guests. I was talking to Jazmin a little while. I didn't see Sherece.
We were out in the garden, taking pictures around it. We were walking around the gazebo. We took a picture of it. It was red. Then we went back to get ready to leave. Jimmy said congratulations to all of us for taking pictures. We took pictures under the Envision banner. We took one with David and his fiancée, one with Jazmin and me, and Jamie took one. Jimmy was yelling for her because he didn't know where she was. We took some cameras with us to the kitchen. Jimmy put his stuff behind the kitchen wall. We had the cookies that Westtown made, Jell-O (it was good), and shish kabobs. I had two shish kabobs. I really enjoyed the meat balls.
Jimmy drove me home. We saw Janet in her car. She didn't answer. We had a great time. My staff Pete opened the door for me when I came home. Jamie said bye to my staff. I told my staff I ate already. I had fun!
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THE SHAG GALLERY DATING By Jamie P. I went to the outing on Friday on September 10, 2021. We show up to the art gallery shag rug open house. We gave the shag newsletter to Monika. After that, we walked to the restaurant. The food was really good, and Vahid make me smile because what he said about beer or liquor. The person gave us the drink, and we waited for the food to be ready.
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was an amazing spot to sit down. This my first time dating with Vahid, eating at the restaurant. He is good guy for me, that's why I love him. I know he is the best boyfriend to me.
He treats me good and
with respect. He smiles and drinks water with flavor. It tastes so good. I'm really glad we came to open house to see the beautiful rugs. We looked around and we left early. We had fun! I love being there because Vahid was there, making me laugh.
MONARCH GARDEN By Willie N. I was in the garden, and I pulled up the tomato. You look at it - "Is it red?" Then you pull it. Don't pull the green ones or the orange ones. Wait for the orange ones to turn red. Wait for the green ones to turn red too. I take it back to Westtown. They will cook it too. I had lots of fun at the garden. We eat tomatoes on tacos, nachos, salad, and sandwiches. You should plant it in your garden too!
PUERTO RICO By Vahid M.
I went to Puerto Rico with my family and friends. I see animals and fish and the guy who drives the boat. I was really scared. I caught one fish. It was really heavy. I put it in the bucket. So many people with us, and I say, "Wow..." I stand 3 feet from people and say, "Don't take your mask off."
I ate breakfast, rice, drink, chicken, beans, and soup. It's really delicious. The party and show was really nice. Dress up, take a shower, and change your clothes. Put the clothes on the hanger if you wash in the washing machine and laundry, on the porch.
In the restaurants there's 200 people and a watermelon. I drink lemonade with shots, like alcohol, like a juice. I said, "I need two more."
I played volleyball, baseball. It's really nice. I said, "Hannah is my friend. Do you remember her?"
I went to a party/show. The guy threw dollars on the floor. My family said, "Don't touch the money. Don't touch the floor." I played an instrument. The lady was singing on the microphone, and I was laughing with her. She's not married yet. She doesn't have kids or a husband. She had jeans, dressed up. I drank iced tea.
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ANIMAL PICTURES By Christina R. Sophia, John, Mark, Anteneh and I went driving to art. It's like an animal, draw a picture. We ate tacos and pop. It was so fun.
ENVISION FISHING By Lucy P. and Nikko T. It was nice. We met the fishermen Christopher and Christ. We had pizza. Christopher said, "We're ordering Pizza Hut." Nikko says, "I wore a blue t-shirt and my fisherman's hat." We had a good time, but we didn't get to caught the fish. Maybe the fish didn't come up. I don't know what happened. Maybe we'll catch a fish next time. I wish we could go again. We're going to go again starting Thursday!
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THE MONARCH COMMUNITY GARDEN By the residents of Myrick CILA
Monarch Garden or Community Garden is a large piece of land/garden shared by different people in the community. Everyone plants and grows whatever they want in their own share of the garden. Just like every other person that has gardened there, Envision Unlimited has its own garden where they plant different types of vegetables and herbs such as tomatoes, carrots, beets, radishes, and other types of vegetables, fruits, and herbs. We started going to the garden in the Summer of 2020, and it was our way of going on outings during the Coronavirus pandemic closed most of the city.
We enjoy walking around the garden and seeing what kinds of vegetables, fruits, and herbs have been planted by others. We did some planting, weeding, and harvesting of vegetables when the time comes. The only downside of going to the garden is that there is no nearby toilet, until now. We just found out that we can use the hospital’s restroom, and often the garden can become uncomfortable when it is too hot outside.
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WEAVING MILL SUNDAY SALE By Jamie P.
I'm really happy helping out Emily and Kendall at the parking lot sale. The Weaving Mill was there to sell clothes, fabrics, everything. I tell everybody, "There's cookies, there's coffee, and donations for Envision." I'm really happy to be there. People looked around and see everything, like, "Wow. I see a dress, I see fabric." They talked to Emily and Kendall. I collected money for donations. I said, "This is for Envision." I loved doing that.
SUNDAY WESTTOWN ENVISION By Lucy P.
We raised some money for our program, keep the program going. Buying some art stuff we need. We raised $141. I helped with the coffee and cookies. I met some dogs. I liked helping Emily raise some money.
QUEEN LATIFAH - LIVING SINGLE She got a BET award for her rap music. Dancers performed her music, then she came up and accepted the award. She said "thank you" to her fans and her mom. She was holding a picture of her mom in her hand. I like her shows, like Living Single. She played Khadijah and her sister played the receptionist. She's funny on there. My favorite is when she's the boss in Living Single. She runs the magazine. Kim Fields played Tootie. She used roller skates on the show. I like the theme music. I like her movies. They're more different 'cause they wrote her scripts in the studio. Some of her movies are Last Holiday, Beauty Shop, and Bringing Down the House. I like her in Beauty Shop - she's funny! Queen Latifah's wife Eboni Nichols is charming and beautiful. They probably go out to dinner together with the family. Rebel is their son. He is 2 years old. I give her 5 stars because she's funny and talented.
CHARLES' ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW CACTUS JACK Cactus Jack is the greatest wrestler. He's weird; his shirts and mask are different. His theme music is kind of different when they play it. He's funny, the way he fights. But he can fight! His tagline is, "Bang bang!" with the finger guns. He never made it to the Hall of Fame. He has the greatest tag-team partners, like Chainsaw Charlie. Cactus Jack celebrated the Rock's birthday, but the date was wrong. His interviews are different because you never know what he's going to say. My favorite interview is him with Jim Ross because he talks about his tricks, like how he hits his opponents with a barbed-wire bat and a garbage can.
Cactus Jack is one of Mick Foley's personas. Mick's other persona is Dude Love. He turned 56 years old this year. I hope he celebrated with his family. I give Cactus Jack 4.5 stars because he's funny and weird.