Taking Flight October 2019

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Mary (91st Street) Aisha Raini (11th Avenue) Iman Mohamud (Wentworth) Abubakar Osman (Troseth) Nancy (48th Circle) Tawrence McMiller (29th Avenue) Julie (Colfax) Jenny (Glenpaul) Colette Tauer (In-Home) Charleston Azonwu (Skillman) Kathleen (Portland Avenue) Ayan Sheikh (In-Home) Tsehay Melka (Portland Our House) Geehan Mohamed (Fairview) Tammy Caldron (Wentworth) Shirley Saydee (48th Circle) Sarah Oni (Skillman) Michael Akindele (Portland Place) Nicole Casey (In-Home) Wanda Davis Portland Place) Tiesha English (Harmony) Aretha (1th) Comfort Meh (Wentworth) Sewunu Samuel (York Lane)

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Colleen Colonna (In-Home) Aaron Irvin (In-Home) Nancy Klemz (Plato) Dana (11th Avenue) Huda Hassan (Wentworth) Carolyn Ann (In-Home) Bill (1489 Hoyt) Stacy Jacobsen (RN) Lametria Bland-Williams (1250 Hoyt) Pat (Oakland) Taoreed Majekodunmi (29th Avenue) Joel Olaniyi (Thomas Avenue) Rebecca (In-Home) Kevin (In-Home) Sandy Sabey (In-Home) Mojisola Olafeso (Glenpaul) Karen Schreifels (48th Circle) Nichole Hofbauer (16th Avenue) LaTasha Robinson (Portland Our House) Nigeria Boclair (Colfax) Adeola Oluwinners (Skycroft) Emilie Huber Rodriguez (17th Street) Tyler (Skycroft) Jonna Karan (Aurora)

Happy Birthday!

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Anniversaries

Bolade Omole (Colfax) 1 yr, Holly Jones (Colfax) 1 yr, Olaniran Ayodel (Troseth) 1 yr, Tiesha English (Harmony) 1 yr, Vanecia Samuels (Troseth) 1 yr, Victoria Nash 17th Street) 1 yr, Yolawnda Shockency In-Home) 1 yr, Diamond Dixon (In-Home) 2 yrs, John Brewer (Groveland) 2 yrs, Sarah Alemneh (Dayton Our House) 2 yrs, Tsehay Melka (Portland Our House) 2 yrs, Ajoke Adeniyi (Aurora) 3 yrs, Imani Bellamy (29th Avenue) 3 yrs, Steve Chinatu (Portland Avenue) 3 yrs, Annette Ogamba (91st Street) 5 yrs, Charles Akyigyina (Fairview) 6 yrs, Martha Adghe (29th Avenue) 6 yrs, Lori Mason (Oakland) 7 yrs, Gifty Narh (91st Street) 8 yrs, Nancy Klemz (Plato) 8 yrs, Thomas Herbst (Maintenance) 8 yrs, Stacy Boehmer (Plato) 9 yrs, Saidat Adetunji (91st Street) 11 yrs, Mark Lawson (Demont) 12 yrs, Mary Hall (In-Home) 13 yrs, Jacinta Gortmaker (1489 Hoyt) 15 yrs, Karen Nelson (In-Home) 17 yrs, Colleen Colonna (In-Home) 32 yrs, totalling 181 years. Congratulations everyone!

You Rock! Angela lives at Skycroft, and she has become adept at dealing with the public. As part of her paid job training in our Supported Employment Program, she sometimes goes to neighborhood Caribou Coffee houses, and posts job openings for Wingspan, talking to the managers about our job openings in their neighborhoods. Caribou does this service for non-profits. Angie and a co-worker, Sue (Groveland) also go to Feed my Starving Children on a regular basis to assist in packing food for poor nations. This has apparently opened Angela’s eyes to the concept of donating and volunteering in the community. One day, during a break, Angela was at the Holiday station next door to Wingspan’s Plato office, and she began talking to an employee there. She said that Wingspan was having a carnival/picnic soon in our parking lot for all our clients. She asked if they’d like to donate, and the manager said, “Yes!” 100 cold bottles of water were soon delivered to us to keep people cool during the carnival. Nice work, Angie! And thanks Holiday station! You both rock! ~Maureen Merrill~

Glee Club is Back In Session Glee Club rehearsals resumed on September 9th and we have our biggest group ever. We are delighted to have Sean Turner back as our Music Director, and Micheal Brannan has committed to being our volunteer. It was great to reunite after summer break. We’re prepping for our Sunday, November 24th concert at Roseville Lutheran Church with guest artist T. Mychael Rambo—Regional Emmy Award winning actor, vocalist, arts educator and community organizer. We’ve chosen a variety a water-themed songs for our concert. Stay tuned for more information and be sure to save the date! ~Darolyn Gray~

Team Spirit

On an overcast day, September 9, Angie. Sherrie and Sue, who are in Wingspan’s Supported Employment Program, and staff Jodee Enfield, Eleaisha Jackson, Carol Hanson and myself got together to put on a garage sale at our Sherburne office to raise money for craft supplies for the program. continued


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