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EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION

Full time and part time employees were gifted logo embroidered Eddie Bauer fleece jackets.

$124,840 to Further Increase Community
SIBLINGS MEET & GREET Access to Healthcare Services

We are one of twenty six upstate and North
We recently teamed up with accessible resources available Country health centers to receive this federal
SibsNY, Sibling Resources, online through SibsNY and award, and we were chosen because we have
and the NYS Developmental Sibling Resources—both exceeded or met quality standards and patient
Disabilities Planning Council well-established advocacy care goals.
(DDPC) to begin hosting organizations.
meetings for adult siblings of The funds allow us to continue to improve the
individuals with intellectual For more information or to quality of care we provide our patients—further
and or developmental refer a meeting the healthcare needs of the community
disabilities. participants and improving accessibility.
Contact Jim
The purpose of these Williams,
Siblings Meet and Home Service EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR
Greets is to provide an Director, at
opportunity for siblings to (315) 379-8202
share information and or jim@cpnorthcountry.org.
common concerns, and learn

PERSONAL TRAINING PROGRAM

Thanks to a grant from New York State Elks Major Projects, our
Home Service Director for St. Lawrence County, Jim Williams,
became certified as a personal trainer through the American
Council on Exercise and launched a Personal Training Program
for our clients this summer.

As a personal trainer, Jim can now provide health screenings
and physical exercise assessments.

Jim currently meets with five individuals twice a week to teach *Note—Melissa Moore is missing from this photo.
them proper movement patterns, encourage adherence to an Each year we honor staff members who have gone
on- going exercise regimen, and assist them progress towards above and beyond the typical responsibilities
their individual goals. associated with their positions. Lindsay Sloan-

The Personal Training program is funded by Sunmount’s Barkley, Lesley Thompson and Melissa Moore,
Family Support Services Advisory Council. For more were the 2017 recipients. They were presented
information, contact Jim at (315) 379-9667, or with the award at the United Cerebral Palsy
Jim@cpnorthcountry.org. Association of New York State Conference last
fall. (photo above) Congratulations!

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