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Terri Lynn S. (Skycroft) Susannah Vourjolo (York Lane) Denise C. (Portland Place) Kevin Shobande (Oliver) Krysta Malchow (11th Avenue) Nicole Pivec (Plato) Tiankay Gbolo (Thomas Avenue) Christopher Kirkwood (Dayton Our House) Monique Labrasseur (11th Avenue) Margaret Kurtz (Aurora) Catherine Bichsel (17th Street) Karen P. (In-Home) Shantel H. (In-Home) Naima Sheikh-Hussein (91st Street) Isaac Borsay (Troseth) Steve S. (29th) Melvin K. (Portland Our House)
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Scott F. (Fairview) Lina Ntakagero (Skillman) Betelehem Wakana (Aurora) Gregory Malush (Oakland) Celeste Washington (In-Home) Barbara S. (York) Adam H. (In-Home) Pamela Carlson (Plato) Joslyn Ingalls (Glenpaul) Bilikisu Lawal (Skillman) Mika Melton (Plato) Sherilyn S. (In-Home) Marciano Dennis (Thomas Avenue) Wendelin Wald (16th Avenue) Cindy L. (Troseth) Ayan Mohamed (91st Street) Faysal Mohamad (11th Avenue)
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Happy Birthday!
Anniversaries
Aaron Irvin (In-Home) 1 yr, Car-lisa Brown (11th Avenue) 1 yr, Kamrice Lockwood (Harmony) 1 yr, Kashia Hughes (In-Home) 1 yr, Latoya Hall (Harmony) 1 yr, Milagro Valdes (Skycroft) 1 yr, Sue Willwerscheid (In-Home) 1 yr, Alicia Hafner (1489 Hoyt) 2 yrs, Nichole Hofbauer (16th Avenue) 2 yrs, Oludare Okusanya (York Lane) 2 yrs, Venus Kamara-Sirleaf (Aurora) 2 yrs, Bolanie Fadahunsi (Skillman) 3 yrs, Hector Johnson (17th Street) 3 yrs, Florence Adeneke (Dayton Our House) 6 yrs, Brenda Spraggins (17th Street) 9 yrs, Kelsang Dolma (Aurora) 10 yrs, Tiankay Gbolo (Thomas Avenue) 13 yrs, Alpha Kargbo (Groveland) 15 yrs, totalling 74 years! Congratulations everyone!
The Late George George, the pet cat at 1489 Hoyt, sadly died on July 25 of kidney failure. George was a longtime resident of this house and was beloved by all four house-mates. He was calm, low-key and could tolerate sudden bursts of physical enthusiasm from the clients. George loved to sit on his own stool and look out the front window for long periods. He wanted to be wherever the clients were. George made a lasting impression on Donna, Mike, Bill, and Barb. He was one-of-a-kind, and a cat of his temperament will be hard to find, should they eventually want another one. ~Maureen Merrill~
Batter Up! Wingspan’s softball league started up again on June 30th. House Coordinator Sharron Aken of Harmony House coordinates our summer softball league which, takes place on Sunday afternoons at Sibley Park in Minneapolis. Clients and staff of all abilities gather for fun, cheered on by enthusiastic fans. Every player has fun making lasting memories and great friends!
Elvis Still Lives on at Wingspan! Robin (Aurora) had a great time for her 60th birthday party along with her housemates, co-workers, family and friends. She had an amazing turn out and was smiling ear to ear the whole day. Elvis sang to her and did an extra number of, “Rockin Robin” that made her laugh. Everyone was dancing and singing along to the songs and having a great time. We had planned for it to be outside, but it rained and it was very hot and humid, so we moved it indoors. Besides the rain in the early morning throwing a curve ball, it all turned out quite well and Robin was extremely happy! ~Darla Jansen~
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Linda’s 70th Birthday Party 16th Avenue had the honor of celebrating Linda’s 70th birthday at Plato August 4th. She, along with her family and friends came together for food, fun and BINGO! Linda is one of the first clients served by Wingspan. She joined us from St Anne’s Residence. Linda enjoys sewing, coffee, taking walks, and social events sponsored by Wingspan. Please join me in congratulating her on this milestone in life. Again, Happy Birthday, Linda! ~Deb Hofbauer~
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