Clubhouse Inspiration May 2020 The Dove Chronicle Members and staff at Clubhouse Inspiration have been hard at work on out- reach, while we are all at home due to the COVID-19 outbreak. As I am writing this, I am looking over the total number of outreach attempts made from last week. There were 164 phone calls documented. I would like to personally thank Hunter and Tabby for helping us with this. Carol and I have been very busy and it is such a huge help to have members working on this with us. I am sure other Clubhouse members appreciate hearing from members too. It is true what they say, that the work of the Clubhouse can- Trisha Huffman not be done by staff alone. We NEED the Clubhouse members to function! It is also nice that, during this time, we can keep the work ordered day going for some people. We really appreciate the work being done on the newsletter, as it is another way for us to all stay connected. I would like to thank Jeff E. for all of his hard work on the newsletters every month, it is even more important now than before. There are also members writing articles and help- ing assemble the newsletters. We appreciate everything that members have been doing. Even though we aren’t together we are trying to keep Clubhouse going as best as we can. I have talked to many members over the last few weeks and I can say that the one thing we all want is to be back at Clubhouse together. One big way that we have been in contact with each other is staying active in our Clubhouse Inspira- tion Private Party Facebook group. Many members and staff have been posting about their days. We have been having our daily morning meetings as well as a wellness event every day at 12:30. There have been some virtual social events, such as taking a virtual tour of the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market. It is a great way for Clubhouse members and staff to stay in touch with each other. If you are a mem- ber of Clubhouse Inspiration and have a Facebook and are not in our group, please let one of us know and we would love to add you! Another thing that we just started doing is having conference calls. We are lucky that we have Hunter, who set this up for us. We did a test run and had our first General Membership Meeting this way and it was a big success. We hope that next week even more members will be able to join us. I just want to say thank you again to all of the members and Carol for all of their hard work during this time. I am glad that we all have each other for support and I can’t wait until we can all be back together at Clubhouse again. Movies The Call of the Wild is an American adventure film based on the Jack London 1903 novel of the same name and on Twentieth Century Pictures' 1935 film adaptation. Directed by Chris Sanders, the film was written by Michael Green, and stars Harrison Ford, Dan Stevens, Omar Sy, Karen Gillan, Bradley Whitford, and Colin Woodell. Set during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, the film follows a dog named Buck as he is stolen from his home in California and sent to the Yukon, where he befriends an old outdoorsman and begins a life-altering adventure. Onward is an American computer-animated urban fantasy film produced by Pixar Anima- tion Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film is directed by Dan Scanlon and stars the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Octavia Spencer. Set in a suburban fan- tasy world, the film follows two elf brothers who set out on a quest to find an artifact that will bring back their deceased father Frozen II, also known as Frozen 2, is an American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It is the sequel to the 2013 film Frozen and features the return of directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. Veteran voice cast Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, and Ciarán Hinds return as their previous characters, and they are joined by newcomers Sterling K. Brown, Evan Rachel Wood, Alfred Molina, Martha Plimpton, Jason Ritter, Rachel Matthews, and Jeremy Sisto. Set three years after the events of the first film, the story follows Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven, who embark on a journey beyond their kingdom of Arendelle in order to discover the origin of Elsa's magical powers and save their kingdom after a mysterious voice calls out to Elsa. Three Christs is an American drama starring Richard Gere. In 1959, psychiatrist Dr. Alan Stone arrives at a mental hospital in Ypsilanti, Michigan armed with the radical belief that schizophrenic patients should be treated not with confinement and electroshock therapy but with empathy and understanding. He takes on a particularly challenging case of three men, each of whom believes they are Jesus Christ. Dr. Stone begins a risky, unprecedented experi- ment that will push the boundaries of psychiatric medicine and leave everyone involved pro- foundly changed. Based on a remarkable true story, Three Christs is a fascinating and mov- ing look at one man's journey into the deepest mysteries of the human mind. 2 Indoor Activities NO BAKE COOKIES 60 Cookies Total Time: 40 Minutes Are you bored yet? Feeling a bit stir crazy, being confined indoors due to the coronavirus Cook Time: 5 Minutes social distancing restrictions? Here are some suggestions of activities you can do alone or Prep Time: 5 Minutes with your roommates and family. Ingredients: Cards 2 Cups Sugar 1/2 Cup Milk Crazy 8 1 Stick 8 Tablespoon Unsalted Butter Go Fish 1/4 Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Old Maid 3 Cups Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats Uno 1Cup Smooth Peanut Standard deck of playing cards: Euchre, Rummy, Hearts, Spades, Soli- Butter taire 1 Tablespoon Pure Va- nilla Extract Board Games Large Pinch of Salt Sorry Directions: Aggravation 1. Line a baking sheet Monopoly with wax paper or parchment. Clue 2. Bring the sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa to a Word Games boil in a medium sauce pan over medium heat, Boggle stirring occasionally, then let boil for one mi- nute. Remove from the Scrabble heat, add the oats, pea- nut butter, vanilla, Crafts and salt, and stir to com- bine. Knitting 3. Drop teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto the Crocheting prepared baking sheet, and let sit at room tem- Needlepoint perature until cooled and hardened, about 30 minutes. Refrigerate in Latch hook an airtight container for up to 3 days Puzzles Recipe by Liz J Jigsaw puzzles Word Searches Crosswords Sudoku 3 For this month’s member spotlight, Clubhouse Inspiration is pleased to feature Liz J. Liz became a member many years ago, back when we were in the original clubhouse location at TTI. A few years ago, when Michigan imposed spend down restrictions, Liz was among the members who were una- ble to continue attending, but we’re thrilled to have her back. She’s become a very active member again, starting about two years ago. Liz works in our business unit and has taken on the responsibility of daily attendance and mainte- nance of our Flourish computer software. She also usually works as cash clerk, at least on the days she is not working her TE job at OCHN. In January, she started the job as a customer service rep- resentative where she prepares a weekly mailing packet and performs other data maintenance re- sponsibilities. Liz grew up here in Michigan, born in Detroit. She was raised in Saline where she graduated from high school in 1975. She earned an accounting degree from Western Michigan University in 1982 , and she worked as a scheduling manager at Hudson’s for about fourteen years. She also worked in management at other retailers and food service chains. Liz is a huge sports fan and loves watching football, baseball, and basketball. Her favorite teams? The Western Michigan Broncos and the Detroit Tigers! She’s anything but a couch potato, though. She’s also a very accomplished cook and loves spending time in the kitchen. And she is very active on several committees at TTI and OCHN. She’s a board member at TTI, and she sits on the CAC committees for both organizations as well as the OCHN recipient rights committee. The oldest daughter in her family, Liz has three siblings. She took care of both of her parents until they passed, and she now lives in her own apartment in the Lake Ori- on/Oxford area. Her sister Chris is a nurse educator who lives in Washington state, and her brother Karl is a social worker and former engineer from Montana. Pete, her other brother, passed away last year. At Clubhouse Inspiration, Liz is like a mom or big sister to most of the members. She looks after everyone, and she’s very diligent and detail oriented when it comes to maintaining all of the attendance records. Liz is the type of listener people go to for advice because she has an abundance of empathy and wisdom. We all love and appreciate Liz for all she does for us and for our club- house, and we’re excited to feature her in this month’s spotlight. 4 Clubhouse Conference Call Number: 978-990-5000 Access Code: 371536# Mon-Friday member chat con- ference call at Noon for all who want to participate Tuesdays: General Member- ship conference call meeting at 1:00 o’clock You may also call the number at any time to see if anyone else is connected and available to converse.