No Limits News

No Limits Eastern Shore

Wish List:

Grocery gift cards

Puzzle Books

Potting Soil

Mulch

September 2016

Executive Director: Rachel Evans

Coordinators: Maryann Brittingham Operations Emma Fillebrown Outreach Adrian Carpenter Health and Safety Kyle Fulk Productivity

Volume 5, Issue 9

Board of Directors:

Rosemary Pendleton,

(President)

Philip Martin

Sandra Fox

Annie Mehfoud

Welcome New

Members:

Julia Warner

Laurice Hohlt

What is

No Limits Eastern Shore?

We are so glad that you asked! NLES is a nonprofit brain injury services provider which operates the day program No Limits. Our mission is to improve the lives of adult survivors of brain injury on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Our program is supported by state general funds administered by the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, as well as generous private donations. Here at No Limits we help survivors of brain injury to be as independent, as physically integrated, and as socially included as possible in the community while encouraging them to engage in meaningful productive activity. We don’t believe in “busy work”, we’d rather be “busy working”! We follow a “use it or lose it!” approach to skill recovery and skill maintenance for brain injury survivors. We do this by maintaining an ongoing schedule of activities, organized into 5 unique categories, that are designed to develop and strengthen the skill areas that are commonly impacted by a brain injury. To see examples of the types of activities that we have to offer please turn to page 2! To learn more about us in detail please visit our website at www.nolimitseasternshore.com!

Page 2 No Limits News

Learning to use a riding mower! Baking a cake for a birthday!

Organizing the monthly newsletter for delivery! Brain injury prevention for teens!

Inspecting the vans for safety! Dehydration Safety—thanks Coni Chandler of Intrepid!

Independent Living

Outreach

Health/Wellness

Page 3

This month we celebrated birthdays for…

Adrian and

Sherry!!!!

Making animal treats for the local shelters! Volunteering at the Foodbank!

Solving tangram puzzles Working on crossword puzzles as a group!

Productivity

Cognitive

Snack Items—Laurice Hohlt

Card Making Supplies—Liz Walters

Drinks—Rachel Evans

Snacks—Anonymous

Phone: 757-789-3990 Fax: 757-789-3299

No Limits is supported by state general funds administered by the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services and private donations.

Email: nolimitseasternshore@gmail.com Web: nolimitseasternshore.com

“Our name is No Limits because there

are no limits to what we can try to do.”

No Limits Eastern Shore 24546 Coastal Boulevard P.O. Box 259 Tasley, VA 23441-0259

No Limits

Visit the BLOG and website...www.nolimitseasternshore.com

Looking Ahead…

September

Thank you for your donations…

5 CLOSED—Labor Day

6 Walmart Trip

12 Outreach Cooking

15 No Limits Anniversary Cookout!

22 United Way Exercise w/ Betsy

26 Walking Trail Assessment/

Outreach Cooking

27 Jason’s Birthday

29 United Way Exercise w/ Betsy

30 Order Out Day

No Limits is a day program for adult

survivors of brain injury. We opened in

3/01 but since 9/12 we have been

operated by No Limits Eastern Shore,

a locally based nonprofit organization.

At No Limits we adhere to the core

values of independence, integration,

inclusion and productivity...or as

founding participant Maggie Byrd

described it:

We are deeply saddened to announce the

passing of our Board Member Jean Kranich

of Onancock, VA. Her kind heart and keen

mind will be greatly missed. Rest in peace,

Jean, and thank you for your service.