Author: Maggie Voorhees

July 27, 2022

Good Times – Making Summer Memories

Summer is finally here!  Now is the time to get out and find something to do.  The ARC of Clarion and Venango welcomes anyone to attend their “Good Times” hangouts.  Here in Northwestern PA we are enjoying beautiful driving weather, so grab your friends and head out to one or all of the events sponsored by the ARC! Click the...

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July 13, 2022

The Inclusion Library

Looking for something to do? Look no further! The Arc of Clarion and Venango has done it again!  There is  something for everyone to try out in their new ‘Inclusion Library.’  New to the game Bocce?  Try it out!  Bocce is fun for everyone.  Can’t decide if you want to relax a little by going fishing or looking at the birds? ...

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May 25, 2022

Hospice Help

Do you remember everything you hear and read?  If you are like me, often times it goes in one ear and out the other!  We have many programs here at the HCQU to help during difficult times.  One of the most difficult times we experience in our lives is the passing of a person in our care.  Did you know...

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May 11, 2022

“Lettuce” Help with Dinner

Be-Leaf it or not, North Country Brewery Growing Together Aquaponics and Milestone HCQU West partnered together to mix up the dinner menu – with salad mix, that is. “Lettuce Help With Dinner”  kicked off Wednesday, April 13, 2022 when 29 bags were delivered to 87 participants.  Pre-registered homes received healthy greens and a six-step recipe card to make a delicious, nutritious...

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October 27, 2021

Cushion Consideration

When do you know its time for the dreaded shopping trip for new shoes?  Do you go based on how much tread is left?  Do you wait until you have toes poking through a hole in your shoes?  Is it time to go when you no longer have any arch support?  Or do you schedule it for every 6 months?...

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June 16, 2021

The Joy of Adaptive Ski with My Family

Interested in trying something new? Join this zoom event to learn about adapted skiing. Maybe this winter, you will enjoy a new sport. Self-Advocacy Voices – Mentorship Incubator Program is hosting an event this Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.  You are invited to join this free Zoom presentation, The Joy of Adaptive Ski with My...

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February 3, 2021

Brother Andre’s Café

I received an email just a little bit before Christmas.  In part, it read;  “You all may feel a little disheartened this time of year with the pandemic and chaos we are facing, but maybe this little bit of good news will give you a ray of hope.   Milestone Supported Employment assisted in opening a café.  This café is staffed...

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November 25, 2020

No Black Friday?

As it turns out, 2020 may have just turned into my favorite year!  This year there will be no Black Friday shopping.  It seems every year, I think “maybe this will be the year I try it again.”  Then I remember the one year I went…  My sister, who thoroughly loved to shop convinced me that somehow I was missing...

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September 9, 2020

Being Human

Image of Clarke Peters credited: Tulane Public Relations / CC BY Image of Chadwick Boseman credited: Georges Biard / CC BY-SA I recently read an article in which actor Clarke Peters says he misjudged fellow actor Chadwick Boseman.  Peters said he told his wife that he thought Boseman was a bit “precious.”  He went on to say that he told...

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July 22, 2020

Mokusatsu

Mokusatsu is a Japanese word with several shades of meaning.  Much like many of our English words, the meaning is left up to the person using the word.  Only that person knows the intent.  Mokusatsu: to ignore, to refrain from comment, or to seek more information.   Looking back in history it is easy to imagine “what if,” “should of,” “could...

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