No. 18/19—SUMMER - FALL 2007

WALKATHON A SMASH SUCCESS Annual fundraiser brings in over $5000

SOAR HIGH EARNERS:

AIKIN - $1007

JANA - $310

MATTHEW L. - $300

ROBERT - $250

By Aikin On September 27, 2007 Springboard had it’s

7th Annual Walkathon at Ash Bridges Bay.

When we got there, everybody got their t-

shirts and then we got ready for the walk.

After everybody got back we all had our

lunch, which was really good and also

healthy. We had ham, turkey and veggie

sandwiches and for desert we had a cake,

which was made by Paul’s dad, Fred and it

was so delicious. After lunch it was time to

give out the prizes for the top three earners

and I was the top earner with a total of

$1007. I got really cool prizes like an Opera-

tion Springboard jacket, a portable DVD

player, a t-shirt and a free lunch at The Gin-

german restaurant. I also got a choice to

have free lunch with any staff of my choice

and I got a cap from CHUM FM I had so

much fun, I can’t wait until next year!

BYE-BYE BEARD

By Jorhan

Staff Dan Boyer promised SOAR participants that he would shave off his beloved beard if they raised $5000 for the Walkathon. Dan thought $5000 was a lot. Who could possibly raise all that money!?!

THIS IS DAN NO

W!

DOUBLE ISSUE

SOAR CITIZEN No. 18/19—FALL - SUMMER 2007

COMMUNITY

GOLF TRIP RIGHT ON PAR

By Misty We went golfing with Meaghan and Cavelle at the

golf course. We went to Loblaws to eat our lunch

first. After lunch we went to the golf course to play

golf. My ball went into the water last year and this

year my ball didn’t go in the water. My ball was

purple. Last year my ball was purple. Everybody

had fun at the golf course.

AN EX-CELLENT TIME

By Maria We went to The Ex and we looked at the games

and we played games. We saw a dog show and

won stuffed toys and had lunch. We walked in the

stores and saw horses walk along the side of the

street. We went back to SOAR and talked about

the Ex and went home.

TAYLOR CREEK PARK

By Sarah and Ashley On Friday we went to the Taylor Creek Park with

Claire, Kevin and Scott. We put the mulch into the

pail and poured it around the trees with Claire. we

went on a nature walk with Claire and she had

lunch with us. We learned about seeds and pulled

out bad weeds (“Invasive species”). After that we

talked about bird calls and sounds with Kevin and

built a birdhouse. We put the bird house on the

pole and after that we put the bird house near the

trees with Scott and Kevin. We worked on the bird

calls with Kevin. We learn about all kinds of birds.

ARTS AT THE HEART

By Sarah On Saturday we went to Arts At the Heart. We

looked at the paintings, jewellery, clothes and

bags. We went to the Eaton Centre to look at mu-

sic and videos at HMV and had lunch. Also, we

saw a robot that moves around if you pay him.

They have a sculpture and artworks we can buy

and take home. I enjoyed the music at the con-

cert.

The extended program goes golfing

SPORTS NEW LEAFS PLAYERS By Ken Are you a Leafs fan? If so, catch this! New players for the Toronto Maple Leafs are... Scott Clemmensen (40) Jason Blake (55) Mark Bell (07) Simon Gamache (39) Vesa Toskala (35) Derrick Walser (38) Tony Salmelainen (20)

Darryl Boyce (50) Robbie Earl (52)

Taking care of our community

SOAR CITIZEN No. 18/19—FALL - SUMMER 2007

LIFESTYLE

DATING ADVICE

HOBBIES By Navaid ALYSSA - Reading books, dancing and listening to music IAN - Listening to music, reading books, dancing and singing PAUL - Playing basketball and relaxing in the hot tub MICHELLE - Walking and collecting stickers MATTHEW L. - Listening to music, singing, playing the piano, acting and playing basketball SHAUN - Drawing RYAN - Swimming, listening to music, hiking, housework and watching wrestling on TV JAMES - Computers JAMIE - Singing, dancing, reading and playing board games JON ROSS - Playing PSP and Watching TV ROBERT - Watching TV and listening to music SHAUNA MARIE - Crossword puzzles, reading magazines, exercising, watching TV and movies and playing sports JUNIOR - Drawing and playing sports EVAN - Bowling and watching TV SUSIE - Watching TV, talking on the phone, baby-sitting and going to the movies KEN - Watching hockey on TV, playing video games and watching TV from 7:00pm-12:30am STEPHEN - Washing dishes, setting the table and taking tennis lessons JANA - Bowling, swimming and playing golf

By Evan Give them a tour of your house then ask them

what they do with their spare time. Always tell

them your first and last name. Don’t tell them your

cell phone number, they might drive you bonkers!

Don’t start buying [gifts] yet, wait for the holidays.

Take them out to see the sun set. Take them

home to make sure they get home at the right

time. Play it smooth, it will bring you luck. That’s

all folks.

By Kadian I am a participant at the SOAR program and now I

have a baby. I like playing with him and I can’t

wait until he starts walking. Have one when you

are ready.

MY BABY

By Susie Have a frizz problem? Get this:

Fantasia Frizz Buster Gel

Fine or thin hair? Try this:

Alterna Life Volumizing Spray Gel

HAIR CARE TIPS

SOAR CITIZEN No. 18/19—- SUMMER - FALL 2007

TRAVEL

MY COTTAGE By Misty I go on the boat with mom and my dad and my

mom’s friend, Tom. I swim in the water at my cot-

tage. I go to the bonfire with mom and dad. I went

for walks with mom and dad. I go shopping to buy

food for me and my mom and my dad and my cat

eats cat food. I go for dinner with my mom and

grandmother and grandfather and my mom’s sis-

ter. I canoe with my dad. I saw a beaver in the wa-

ter. We are going to Algonquin Park to go on a

trail. I feed chipmunks. I go on long walks at night.

I go to the stores to buy chocolate ice cream. I go

with my grandmother and grandfather and mom

and my day play games until midnight.

VOCATIONAL

COTTAGE LIFE By Matthew W. I stayed in Port Hope up North at my cottage. Fri-

day to Sunday is the Georgian College Auto Show

in Barrie. I am going. I like looking at all the new

cars.

MY TRIP TO INDIA By Minoli I went to India for a vacation and I had a lot fo fun.

I got to meet a lot of cousins in India and they

were good and friendly to us. Me and Jaiwin Anna

went for a walk in the park. We went to church

and played a lot. They are fun to talk to. Me and

my cousins hang around a lot. In India they have

beaches, shopping, food stores and they also

have a lot of animals walking on the street. We

stayed at Divine three days for a church trip. In

India we go to church in the morning and at night.

They have a movie to watch everyday at night. I

enjoyed my vacation in India.

NEW PLACEMENTS

JON ROSS - Kornelia’s Korner

IAN - Kornelia’s Korner

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY By Shaun We are halfway done on nine houses and there

will be nineteen in total. We should be done by

Christmas, then we’re building ten more. We

have people from different companies come and

donate their time to help us build houses plus

schools. I now have experience in safety and I’m

a hero because I helped with a serious car crash

that happened across from my work last month. EAST YORK MIRROR

By Robert I like working for the East York Mirror depart-

ment because the customers are very friendly

to me when I deliver my flyers and I like get-

ting paid every month and I have been doing

this job since April.

SOAR CITIZEN No. 18/19—- SUMMER - FALL 2007

ENTERTAINMENT HALLOWEEN By Dzidra My review is of the movie Halloween (2007). I

thought I’d rate the movie from 1-10. My rating is

5. This is because the movie is a remake of the

first one. I liked the movie since I love horror mov-

ies. I can’t wait until they make another Halloween

remake but I hope it is better.

CANADIAN IDOL By Dianna This season of Canadian Idol was excellent. Brian

Melo from Halifax won. Mom and I thought that JD

from Alberta would win but he didn’t, he lost. He

should have won. I am upset that JD lost but it

was a close race between Brian and JD.

HOROSCOPES

By Misty, Jeremy and Ashley ARIES

Watch a movie at home.

TAURUS

Stay at home for vacations.

GEMINI

Look out for a monster coming to get you.

CANCER

You are going to haunted houses for Halloween

night.

LEO

You are getting a new girlfriend (or boyfriend).

VIRGO

You are going on vacation and off to New York City

LIBRA

You are getting new cats. You’ll be happy today.

SCORPIO

An old friend is coming to see you today.

SAGITTARIUS

You will get a new ring.

CAPRICORN

You will get a new hat.

AQUARIUS

You are going on vacation. You will be sad today.

PISCES

You will get a new book today.

TOP 10 SCARY MOVIES

By Dane and Dzidra 1 Halloween H20

2 Scream

3 Dawn of the Dead (2004)

4 Saw 3

5 Freddy Vs. Jason

6 Jason X

7 Halloween (2007)

8 Seed of Chucky

9 Slither

10 Final Destination 3

SEED OF CHUCKY

By Michelle Chucky is a doll who kills people.

He’s not nice, he’s mad. Chucky

gets married to Tiffany. They have

a kid. They found a house to hide

in. They found a girl named Jenni-

fer. Jennifer has two kids, they are

twins. Tiffany changed into Jennifer

and her eyes turned green. I love it,

it’s fun.

ZOMBIE WOODS By Dane

By day the woods is a nice quiet area where all the animals sing

and play. At night the living dead come out to terrorize and feed on

anyone who enters or stays in the woods. Chad and a couple of his

friends Jay, Kelly, Mike and Kerri were going to go to Zombie woods

to relax and camp out. Mike thought that they should go down there

and stay over night. They asked him why, and he told them about

the zombies that come out at night and stay in at day and how they

feed on flesh and brains. They didn’t believe him so they thought he

was joking. They went to the woods and the first night that they

were there, Kelly had to go to the bathroom. On her way there she

heard a sound behind her and when she looked there was nothing

there. When she turned back around a zombie took a bit out of her.

Chad, Jay and Mike heard a scream. Jay went to go see what it

was. Then from out of nowhere a pack of zombies came. They tore

Mike up. Kerri and Chad ran. Kerri fell and hit her head and the

zombie got to her. Chad was still running. He saw a barrel of toxic

waste then he realized what happened - That it spilled on the floor

in a cemetery and that’s what happened. Just when Chad wasn’t

looking the zombies were right behind him. Chad tried to run but

they caught him and had him for dinner.

SOAR CITIZEN No. 18/19—- SUMMER - FALL 2007

SOAR PARTY

By Aikin On October 25, 2007 SOAR will be having its annual

International Pot Luck party. There will be staff and par-

ticipants who will be dressing in costumes. There will be

lots of good food like last year we had Chinese food,

which was really good. There will also be good music

and a lot of dancing and people taking pictures of every-

one. Downstairs the hallway will be dark and will be

decorated. It is going to be really scary, although last

year I was not scared at all. I just want to say that it was

a lot of fun.

HAUNTED HAUNTED HAUNTED HAUNTED HOUSEHOUSEHOUSEHOUSE

By Jamie

Cavelle, Sherry, Toni, Nadia and

Fatima are going to a costume party

at night time. Jorhan, Jason, Dan,

Shannon and Brad are going out to

a party. Cavelle and Fatima are in

the Haunted house. Sherry is fight-

ing with a skeleton. The staff is

throwing candies on Halloween

night. All the staff are in the Haunted

House to scare the people in SOAR.

HALLOWEEN Special Section

TALES OF TERROR!

SOAR CITIZEN No. 18/19—- SUMMER - FALL 2007

THE GHOSTS By Dzidra Once there was a strange couple who lived in an old house. The

house was said to be haunted! Four people went in the house and

were never seen again. People say the ghosts took them. They saw

dripping slime and heads floating around and skeletons. Anyway,

new people have inherited the house. They were relatives of the

ghosts. One night on Halloween they got all the candy and other

stuff out. They told the trick-or-treaters the grapes were eyeballs.

They had candy vampire teeth and juice disguised as blood. They

left the stuff out for the kids. If they took too much of the candy the

kids would disappear. No one knows what happens to them. The

owners of the house were inside having a party with their ghostly

relatives. Every year after Halloween the house would be deserted. It

was as if no one lived in the house. No one dared to buy the house if

they put it on the market. BOO!

Special Section

AFTER DARK By Ryan Navaid - That he likes to dress up as an alien Shauna-Marie - She enjoys having fun and she likes eating food Junior - He likes candy and also like to dance Shaun - He likes eating candy Kerry - Likes the soar haunted house Susie - Dressing up as a Greek girl and being with her friends Stephen - Dressing up as Batman Jamie - Liked going through the SOAR Hallow-een haunted house Matthew L. - Likes having fun and also he likes scaring people

MEMORIES Based on true events! By Meaghan

Once program is over and everyone signs out, SOAR

changes. It becomes quiet and dark and scary. It is

almost like a haunted house, with strange noises and

creeks. Once everyone leaves you can hear the peo-

ple who live above SOAR using their staircase. It al-

most sounds like someone is coming up the SOAR

staircase from the basement. The water pipes are

also very loud at SOAR when it is quiet. Sometimes I

think it is a waterfall on the other side of the wall and

then I realize that it is just the pipes. The dishwasher

is also loud once everyone is gone home. Sometimes

I think someone is doing the dishes. When I go to see

if they need help I don’t see anyone there and I hear

the dishwasher instead. Even though there are scary

things at SOAR I am still really happy and excited to

be the new Vocational Counselor.

MORE TALES OF TERROR!

RAMADAN By Alyssa

Ramadan starts on September 12. Muslims can’t eat food or

drink water from when the sun rises until the sun sets. People

can eat and drink when the sun sets. They have the big feast

and the people celebrate Eid on October 12. This is after 30

days of fasting.

MORE IMPORTANT FALL DATES...

Sept. 23 ~ First Day Of Fall

Sept. 30 ~ Rosh Hashanah

Sept. 22 ~ Yom Kippur

Oct. 08 ~ Thanksgiving

Oct. 31 ~ Halloween

Nov. 11 ~ Remembrance Day

SOAR CITIZEN No. 18/19—- SUMMER - FALL 2007

OPERATION SPRINGBOARD—SOAR 1118 Victoria Park Avenue Toronto, ON M4K 2K3 Phone: 416-913-1301 | Fax: 416-913-1304

FRANKENSTEIN

GRAVEYARD

HEADSTONE

SCARECROW

SKELETON

WEREWOLF

PUMPKIN

COSTUME

VAMPIRE

MONSTER

SPOOKY

COFFIN

GOBLIN

GHOST

WITCH

PARTY

SKULL

TRICK

MUMMY

TREAT

CRYPT

HALLOWEEN WORD SEARCH

Special Section

HAUNTED

CAT

TOMB

MASK

NEW STAFF My name is Meaghan and I am the new

Extended Program Vocational Coun-

selor here at SOAR. I am very excited

to be here. Everyone is so friendly and

always makes sure to say ’hello’ when

they see me. Before program begins, at

break and at dinner we talk about all

sorts of things like our favourite foods,

plans for the weekend or current

events. Being new to SOAR, it is very

comforting to always have a very socia-

ble group of people around me. Every-

one is friendly from the time they enter

SOAR until they sign out.

My name is Yewande and I am a Cen-

tennial College Student. I am currently

in my 2nd year in the social service pro-

gram. I am completing my field place-

ment at SOAR. Working at the program

is a new learning experience. The staff

at SOAR are great, helpful and encour-

aging. I am willing to learn more during

my placement time in order to further

my learning as a social service worker.

GOODBYE Best of luck to staff Kelly (former Voca-tional Counselor) and Lee (former Relief Staff)! You will be missed!

BABIES Congratulations Jason and Liisa on your new baby girl, Francesca! Congratulations Tanya and Abner on your new baby girl, Zoe!!