Volume 34 Issue 5 May 2014 www.cosmoindustries.com

Cosmo was awarded the con-tract to provide recycling ser-vices to Multi Unit Residences in Saskatoon based on a city coun-cil vote that passed 7 to 4. Our proposal for recycling services at multi-unit residences is custom-ized to address the specific re-quirements of condos and apart-ments. Some locations will have steel bins with plastic lids. These bins will be 3, 4, 6, or 8 yard metal bins, depending on the ca-pacity required. Where a steel bin can’t be placed due to safety concerns or space requirements, properties will have 95-gallon carts like the curbside pro-gram. For the minority of prop-erties, which will need carts, Cosmo will be providing “walk-up” or “valet” service. The carts will be in a staging area for nor-mal use by residents. We will roll the carts from the staging area on the property to the collection vehicle, tip them and return them to their proper place. The program is built for success with additional capacity provided by

larger bins or extra carts without an extra charge. We intend to work closely with superinten-dants and property managers to ensure the collection of bins that are not accessible due to block-age or contamination (ie sofa in a bin). The earliest that we will be able to provide recycling ser-vices to Multi-Unit Residences will be in October of this year. The timeline is tight and the program will be phased-in. The goal is to have the program fully operational by the begin-ning of 2015. There is much to be done prior to collecting and processing our first recyclables from the program, but everyone at Cosmo is excited by the new opportunities that the program will provide. Thanks to everyone who supported our recycling ef-forts. We look forward to your assistance in making Saskatoon’s Multi-Unit Residential Recycling program one of the best in the country.

The Cosmo Bull-a-thon with Pat and Cristy brought in almost $9,000 for renovations to Cosmo. Stuart MacLennan’s team lead the way with over $2,200 raised. Cosmo Captain Stuart will receive an Apple iPad. Karsyn Grasby, one of our youngest bowlers was also the individual who brought in the most money and will take away an Apple IPAD as well. There was a wide array of prizes to go along with the pizza and pop that was served. We’d like to give a special thanks to our title sponsors Pat Dubois and Cristy Beggs of the BULL radio station. Of course, the Bull-a-thon would not be a success without the involvement of the staff who have adopted this event, knowing that it is a highlight of the year for many of our participants. We are making plans to have the event grow for 2015. See you at Hunter’s Fairhaven Bowl next year.

BULL-A-THON

FUN FOR ALL

OVER 400 REASONS TO RECYCLE

Some of this year’s bowlers are seen above.

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Do you like to knit?

Do you enjoy reading?

Do you want to teach

someone a new skill?

Volunteer on your own time,

volunteer with a friend, family

member or group.

We are currently recruiting for the

following volunteer positions:

Knitting Club Coordinator

Peer Interaction

Coordinator

Functional Academic Tutor

Each position is uniquely

designed to fit your schedule and

compliment your skills with the

help of our Volunteer

Coordinator.

Email volunteers@cosmoindustries.com

or call 306-664-3158 to apply

Upcoming

TeleMiracle

Fundraiser

Canada Day Basket Raffle Ticket sales begin Mon. June 9th

Draw date: Mon. June 30th $1.00 each or 10 for $5.00

Tickets can be purchased from

our lovely front receptionist.

Pathways is looking for donations of knitting supplies.

Knitting needles

Yarn (heavy enough to make dish cloths)

If you are able to donate supplies,

please contact Trisha Lazaro at 306-664-3158.

Thank you in advance!

REMINDER

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With summer upon us, the Life Skills Training Division

would like to remind all staff and

participants that socks are still mandatory in the

Snoezelen room.

5th Annual

Pathways

Fashion Show

Friday, June 13th

12:45-3 pm

Cosmo Gym

LATE BUS?

To track the status of a

First Student Bus, please

contact 306-343-3300

Thank you to everyone

who purchased raffle tick-

ets for a chance to win the

“Hand Made with Love”

blanket.

The lucky winner of the

draw was Gloria Riou.

Congratulations!

Hello folks, Well what an exciting week I had! I bet yours was the same on Mother’s Day. What I like about it is that you get to celebrate with friends and family because that's what family's do, right? I cele-brated with my brothers and sis-ters. As a family, we got some flowers for our mother, but what do I like about it is that umh! Hmm!! Pretty much says it right there. Anyhow, you get the pic-ture. That's basically all I can say at this point. This is Brian Skip-ping Adam Pretzel Stones signing off! Ciao! Just kidding! Anyways, hope you had fun reading my arti-cles that are in the Communicator. I plan to write more in the coming months ahead so keep reading and remember, yes, we are the Miracle on 34th Street and re-member NEVER SAY NEVER TO THINGS THAT DON'T GO AS PLANNED. IT MAY SEEM THAT WAY BUT DO AS THE BIEBS SAYS IN HIS SONG OK. I must go, see ya. Brian A. Stones See ya! Bye!

SKIPPING

STONES

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On April 25th, the Community

Work Group Program cele-

brated Supported Employment

Month. This was a planned mini

event in order to celebrate and

recognize each participant’s

achievements and contribu-

tions toward working out in the

community. The support team

of Job Coaches were important

for the planning of this event,

including the dispersing of

treats, and fizzy drinks, and

providing each participant with

a small token of gratitude. Also,

in celebration of the event, each

business received a basket of

homemade cookies and a card

of acknowledgement for pro-

viding opportunities and thank-

ing them for supporting our

Community Based Employment

Program. As a team, the CWGP

truly achieves great things and

everyone involved should be

very proud of all that they do,

learn and accomplish.

-Darla Janzen Community Based Work Groups Coordinator

CELEBRATING SUPPORTED

EMPLOYMENT MONTH

On May 6th, Jesse Haughn, Kathy Hoffman, Heather Cone, Richard Donnan, Holly Best, Rhenelyn Dela-Cruz, Trisha Tel-ford and I had a memorable day at Prairieland Park to kick off the North American Occupa-tional Safety and Health Week. After a great lunch, we listened

to Mayor Don Atchison address the crowd on how safety in the work-place has affected him and, more specifically, his father, in their re-spected work areas. The highlight of the day was the guest speaker, Josh Dueck. Josh broke his back in 2004 in a skiing accident

that left him paralyzed. His most recent accomplishments include silver and gold medals from the Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia (2014). Some other highlights in his career include: a silver medal at the 2010 Paralympic Games in Van-couver, gold in Mono Skier X at

the 2011 X Games, bronze at the 2012 X Games. He has won multiple IPC World Cup podi-ums and is the 2009 World Downhill Champion. To top it all off, in February of 2012, Josh shot to international acclaim when he went upside-down, and became the first sit-skier to complete a back flip on snow, earning him world-wide notoriety and an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Josh`s inspirational speech was one that will truly not be for-gotten by all of us that at-tended! -Dave Parkalub Recreation Coordinator OHS Committee Member

OLYMPIAN SHARES EXPERIENCE

ON WORK SAFETY

Left to right: Heather, Kathy, Dave, Josh, Richard, Jesse, Trisha and Rhenelyn. Front: Holly

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THAT’S A WRAP

A big thank you goes out to the 41 Rhythm Band members and our three volunteers, Russ (conductor), Shirley (pianist), and Rick (set up) for their patience in the delay of our Rhythm Band season. Our season was scheduled to begin in January, but due to some construction, our season was un-able to begin until the end of April. We were so excited to see Russ, Shirley and Rick come in for our first practice in April! It was like Christmas all over again. The group didn’t miss a beat and they sang louder than ever! Our season is now wrapped up, with a total of only four practices. We will take the summer off and resume practices in September with an anticipated full season. -Chantal Gosselin Coordinator of Volunteer Services

Thank you for all of your donations and helping make the Pathways Annual

Garage Sale a huge success!

On April 26th, Justin Tharp and Curtis Reid took in a night of boxing. To start the night off right, they had supper at McDonald’s before going to Nelson Boxing. While at Nelson Boxing, Justin and Curtis were right into the action as they did not take their eyes off of the matches. They were enter-tained to see boxers from BC, two knockouts and some great

local talent. At the end of the evening, they were asked what they thought and one word was echoed by both, “SWEET!”. Thank you to Top of the Rock for making this experience one to remember! -Owen Christopherson Community Based Work Groups

New Staff Alicia Thatcher- Student Summer

Works Program- Life Enrichment Divi-

sion

Josh Howie- Canada Summer Jobs Pro-

gram- Life Enrichment Division

Leanne Mathieson- casual- Pathways

Division

Monica Fuller- term-Life Skills Divi-

sion

Elizabeth Wotherspoon- term- Con-

tracts Division

Eldon Genest- term-Life Skills Division

Christi Adams- fulltime- Life Skills

Division

Staff Changes Jayla Mortenson- fulltime- Life Skills

Division

Jamie King- casual

Goodbye

Dale Crawford

Participants Leaving

Julianne Lucyshyn

Cosmo had another successful year at the Special Olympics track meet hosted once again by E.D Feehan High School. We participated in events like 50 m and 100m track, shot put, soc-cer, standing long jumps and ball toss. We had a great time supporting and cheering on our team! The best part of each year is meeting up with old friends, making new friends and celebrating every person’s achievements! With a few words from our mayor and

even a visit from the Olympic torch, you could feel the over-whelming excitement and sup-port for our athletes. Congratulations to every ath-lete that competed. It was truly an honour to witness such hard work and dedication to sport! -Maegen Urdal Recreation Coordinator -Brittani Fox Recreation Coordinator

SPECIAL OLYMPICS 2014

‘SWEET’ NIGHT OUT

Chris Schafer Frank Binny

Jordan Graves-Westfield Todd Phillips

Richard Sayers

Dan Sare Darren Hastings Rebecca Lewis

Tim Latimer Kelly McRuvie

Congratulations to Cosmo’s

Special Olympics athletes:

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Congratulations to the following participants who are receiving years of service recognition awards.

Thank you for your hard work and commitment to Cosmo.

5 Years of Service Curtis Gerwing

Gus Cherry Stephanie Hlynsky

Justin Fraser Donna Romashenko

Michael Weyer Allison Man

Evgeny Miroshnichenko Jenny Janvier

Judy Banda Vernon Eyjolfson

Patrick Tharp Jesse Haughn Brett Sperling

15 Years of Service Dirk Iron

Peggy Balan Mike Snell

Kristie Krzyszton Brian Zerr

Vanden Wiebe Danny Foth

Betty Ann Foth Anthony Hrytsak

Sharman Berg Bill Mills

10 Years of Service Dan Reid

Robert Leibel Cynthia Toews

Trevor Martens Ian Cushon

Stuart MacLennan Anthony Busch Crystal Quintal

Cory Kadlec Richard Friesen Shaun Poncelet

Joel Fehr Jason Auchstaetter

20 Years of Service Gloria Fournier Valerie Horkoff Kim Doerksen

David Eagle Marlene Davitko Matthew Smith

Michael Edworthy Jonathon Turgeon

Jason Green Evelyn Pritchard

Margaret Claypool