Pet Therapy! DEAR FRIENDS: (Holiday card sparks memories for an Allendale Alum!) “Your [holiday] card with the children on their sleds reminded me of December 7, 1941 at Allendale. It was a Sunday, so after chapel we had the day free. I did have some chores because I was a farm boy under Mr. Hunt. His wife was in charge of the new Hospital we had just built. Anyway…we had fresh snow that day and a nice big hill out in back of the barn. We had also cut down some trees a few months back and left the stumps about 8 inches from the ground. The snow covered the stumps so when we went down, with some of us 3 deep, we never knew when we could come to an abrupt stop. What fun we had! Later in the afternoon we went inside the main cottage for hot chocolate. My memory leaves me now -- I can’t remember the name of that main cottage, but the office was there. The radio was on telling all about the attack on Pearl Harbor…two years later, I was at the submarine base in Groton, training to be a radioman on a sub in the Pacific. [While at Allendale] I was a Shelter [cottage] boy, but they were building a new Shelter [cottage] so I was sent to Virginia [cottage]. My nickname was ‘Wormy’ because I loved Visit our website: Sewing! Games! Model Building! Lots of Outdoor Fun! HOLIDAY FUN & WINTER ACTIVITIES! Winter Fun Indoors - Tie-Dying T-Shirts! YOU, TOO, CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE -- VOLUNTEER TODAY! CALL: 847-245-6204 PRESS I c u O ALLENDALE STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE: ACCREDITED BY: The Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children, Inc.; The Joint Commission; The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement; and The American Psychological Association --Pre-Doctoral Internship Program LICENSED/APPROVED BY: Illinois Department of Children and Family Services; Illinois Department of Human Services; Illinois State Board of Education; Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services APPROVED TRAINING SITE FOR: CE, CPDU and CEU Continuing Education Credits for Psychologists, Educators, Social Workers and Human Service Professionals WINTER 2018 NEWS BRIEF: is a publication of the Allendale Association. Allendale does not trade, rent or sell its mailing list to any organizations. All information provided is strictly confidential. Allendale4kids .org BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chairman: HORACE W. JORDAN, JR. Vice Chairmen: THEODORE L. KOENIG MARK W. MADIGAN Treasurer: TERENCE K. BRENNAN Secretary: JODIE L. NEDEAU Members: MARY-AUDREY ATTEBERRY SHARON BURD RICHARD D. DOERMER CHRISTOPHER A. FISHER SCOTT C. FROST ROBERT W. HOLT JOSEPH KEMPER SHARON KEMPER ROBERT E. LEE, III TINA MALDONADO JAY D. PROOPS BERNARD B. RINELLA MARK P. STYLES MATTHEW B. TRITLEY MICHAEL J. TUCKER FLOYD M. YAGER JEFFREY C. YEHLE LISA W. ZENNI Ex-Officio Members: JOAN BURKE KRISTEN WEISBERG ROYCEALEE J. WOOD Honorary Life Trustees: NANCY J. FLANNERY SCOTT D. WASHBURNE Advisory Board Members: MARIE BISKUP-WESSELHOFT EDWARD J. FIORENTINO WILLIAM C. FLOERSCH CHARLES W. MARTIN HEATHER L. MASON JOSH MCQUEEN F. QUINN STEPAN, JR. DOROTHY S. STRONG SCOTT D. WASHBURNE LET KIDS BE KIDS Recreational Therapy is Fun! Allendale P.O. Box 1088, Grand Ave. & Offield Dr., Lake Villa, IL 60046 847-356-2351 WINTER 2018 NEWS BRIEF Allendale ALLENDALE ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 1088 Grand Avenue & Offield Drive Lake Villa, IL 60046 THINK...SPRING! THINK...ALLENDALE PLANT SALE! MAY 11 & 12, 2018 SHOP OUR LARGE ASSORTMENT OF HANGING BASKETS; ANNUALS; VEGGIES/HERBS; SUCCULENTS; LARGE CACTUS; BROMELIADS & OTHER TROPICALS; & SOME AQUATIC PLANTS -- ALL AT REASONABLE PRICES Illustration: “Dispelling Darkness with Light” was drawn for our 2017 Holiday Greeting Card by artist and Allendale Art Teacher, Wendy Hall. She wanted her artwork to show that the child-like opportuni- ties of joy that the kids receive at Allenale, can be the light that they carry with them into their futures. -- Photos courtesy of the Therapeutic Recreation Team
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Pet Therapy!
DEAR FRIENDS: (Holiday card sparks memories for an Allendale Alum!)“Your [holiday] card with the children on their sleds reminded me of December 7, 1941 at Allendale. It was a Sunday, so after chapel we had the day free. I did have some chores because I was a farm boy under Mr. Hunt. His wife was in charge of the new Hospital we had just built. Anyway…we had fresh snow that day and a nice big hill out in back of the barn. We had also cut down some trees a few months back and left the stumps about 8 inches from the ground. The snow covered the stumps so when we went down, with some of us 3 deep, we never knew when we could come to an abrupt stop. What fun we had! Later in the afternoon we went inside the main cottage for hot chocolate. My memory leaves me now -- I can’t remember the name of that main cottage, but the office was there. The radio was on telling all about the attack on Pearl Harbor…two years later, I was at the submarine base in Groton, training to be a radioman on a sub in the Pacific.
[While at Allendale] I was a Shelter [cottage] boy, but they were building a new Shelter [cottage] so I was sent to Virginia [cottage]. My nickname was ‘Wormy’ because I loved
Visit our website:
Sewing!
Games!
Model Building!
Lots of Outdoor Fun!
HOLIDAY FUN & WINTER ACTIVITIES!
Winter Fun Indoors - Tie-Dying T-Shirts!
YOU, TOO, CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE -- VOLUNTEER TODAY! CALL: 847-245-6204
PRESSIc u O
ALLENDALE STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE:
ACCREDITED BY: The Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children, Inc.; The Joint Commission; The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement; and The American Psychological Association --Pre-Doctoral Internship Program
LICENSED/APPROVED BY: Illinois Department of Children and Family Services; Illinois Department of Human Services; Illinois State Board of Education; Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
APPROVED TRAINING SITE FOR: CE, CPDU and CEU Continuing Education Credits for Psychologists, Educators, Social Workers and Human Service Professionals
WINTER 2018 NEWS BRIEF:is a publication of the Allendale Association. Allendale does not trade, rent or sell its mailing list to any organizations. All information provided is strictly confidential.
Allendale4kids.org
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chairman:HORACE W. JORDAN, JR. Vice Chairmen:THEODORE L. KOENIG MARK W. MADIGAN Treasurer:TERENCE K. BRENNANSecretary:JODIE L. NEDEAU
Members:MARY-AUDREY ATTEBERRY SHARON BURDRICHARD D. DOERMERCHRISTOPHER A. FISHERSCOTT C. FROSTROBERT W. HOLTJOSEPH KEMPERSHARON KEMPERROBERT E. LEE, IIITINA MALDONADOJAY D. PROOPSBERNARD B. RINELLAMARK P. STYLESMATTHEW B. TRITLEYMICHAEL J. TUCKERFLOYD M. YAGERJEFFREY C. YEHLELISA W. ZENNIEx-Officio Members:JOAN BURKEKRISTEN WEISBERGROYCEALEE J. WOODHonorary Life Trustees:NANCY J. FLANNERYSCOTT D. WASHBURNEAdvisory Board Members:MARIE BISKUP-WESSELHOFTEDWARD J. FIORENTINOWILLIAM C. FLOERSCHCHARLES W. MARTINHEATHER L. MASONJOSH MCQUEENF. QUINN STEPAN, JR.DOROTHY S. STRONGSCOTT D. WASHBURNE
LET KIDS BE KIDS Recreational Therapy is Fun!
Allendale P.O. Box 1088, Grand Ave. & Offield Dr., Lake Villa, IL 60046 847-356-2351 WINTER 2018 NEWS BRIEF
SHOP OUR LARGE ASSORTMENT OF HANGING BASKETS; ANNUALS; VEGGIES/HERBS; SUCCULENTS;
LARGE CACTUS; BROMELIADS & OTHER TROPICALS; & SOME AQUATIC PLANTS
-- ALL AT REASONABLE PRICES
Illustration: “Dispelling Darkness with Light” was drawn for our 2017 Holiday Greeting Card by artistand Allendale Art Teacher, Wendy Hall. She wanted her artwork to show that the child-like opportuni-ties of joy that the kids receive at Allenale, can be the light that they carry with them into their futures.
-- Photos courtesy of the Therapeutic Recreation Team
MoviePREMIER!
“THE PICTURE ON THE CARD REMINDED ME OF THAT DAY AND I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU!” -- Allendale Alumni, Fred Richards
BE A HERO FOR A KID!Join us for an exclusive Thursday Night Premier
showing of the
“AVENGER’S INFINITY WAR”
with your friends and family at the Lincolnshire Regal
are tranforming kids’ lives’-Excerpts from an article featured in the Daily Herald on 1/10/18
Today, having overcome depression, anxiety and an ulcer at the age of 14, Leyda is a cum luade student at University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She’s also the newly-adopted member of the Greenawalt family, who began fostering her through our Specialized Foster Care program in 2013.
“We had raised our children,” Janice Greenawalt said. “As empty-nesters, we weren’t done. We felt we could support a child whose family was strug-gling and in crisis.”
“There is a desperate need for families who are willing and able to open their homes and hearts to children -- children entering the system with more acute, complex needs,” said Jason Keeler, Allendale President.
INTERESTED IN FOSTERING? Call Bradley Counseling Center: 847-356-3322
to read (and still do). During the war, I was on Midway Island for “rest camp” and I heard a voice in the rear say, “Hey Wormy”. It was Swede Johnson from Bellerose [cottage, Allendale]. I saw him again before the war was over.”
Alendale Alumni Sharing Fond Memories!
Thanks to Lakeland Autobody, the boys from St. Armand’s Cottage enjoyed an evening of tubing!!!
Wilmot Mountain Tubing with the Lake Villa PD!
Allendale Students Take on Challenges!
Recently, one of our classes visited North Wall Climbing Gym in Crystal Lake to tackle physical challenges through team work. After reviewing the rules, procedures, and protocol for rock climbing, the owner presented the class with their first challenge of traversing one side of the climbing gym.
Soon after the class experienced additional physical challenges such as climbing up the rope, climbing up to the top of climbing routes as high as 26 feet, and slack lining (an activity in which a person attempts to walk across a rope balancing their body weight without using their hands).
POETIC JUSTICE -- Hear our VoicesDuring this past summer, Ms. Renita’s class participated in a poetry perfor-mance class sometimes known as “Power Poetry” or “Slam Poetry”. During this class, the students began using personal experiences to tell their life story through poetry. They began analyzing, writing and performing in front of each other before ending the summer class with a performance at Starbucks. When the fall semester started, they began “Creative Writing” by working on a poetry anthol-ogy. As the girls continued to write, op-portunities for open mic presented itself allowing them the platform to share their work.
We grow and grow and grow and our
future becomes our present
Leaving our past without the worry
of being judged
Pushing past to be accepted for
who we are
Forever pursuing the people
we want to be…….
A million poems could never express
the desire we have to be more
More than what they think I am
More than what they think I am
capable of being
More than what I present myself to be
Finally discovering how to be more
…….Me.
-written by students in Ms. Renita’s class
WHO WE ARE
Throughout the time spent at the North Wall, the class practiced trusting one another and their harnesses to keep them safe while working towards and finishing numerous physical challenges. Everyone was exhausted after climbing for two hours, but the day was finished off with a trip to Portillo’s for lunch and gratification of a fun collaborative workout!
Out of this, the group Poetic Justice arose using Creative Writing for all to “Hear Their Voices”! (Read their group poem, to the right!)
FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT: www.allendaleshelterclub.org
FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2018
SHELTER CLUB’S TEMPEL FARMS EVENT!
SAVE THE DATE!
ALLENDALE...HELPING KIDS & THEIR FAMILIES... learn. grow. heal.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE Shelter Club for hosting their annual Holiday Party and providing individual gifts for our kids!!! Big thanks also to the following donors for providing gifts (games, toys, hygiene products, pillows, hats/gloves, etc) and/or sponsored food/party supplies for our outer programs in North Chicago, Wood-stock, Waukegan and Benet Lake, WI ensuring that all our kids enjoyed a very merry Christmas!
ALLENDALE SHELTER CLUBLAKE COUNTY CARES/PAM GRACYALNY
NORTHSHORE MEDICAL GROUP EMPLOYEES/SILVIA WILEYWOMEN’S GROUP BWWPC/JENISE SPEARS
LEGACY RE-ENTRY FOUNDATION/REGINA MOORETED & NANCY KOENIG & FAMILY
ZETA & AMICA SORORITY/ELOUISE JONESLAKE VILLA SEWING GUILD/COLLEEN KOSCHAK
FOX VALLEY CHURCH/LINDA HALKAFILL-A-HEART 4 KIDS/ANNIE MCAVEENEY
GIRL SCOUTS/JUSTINE DANZMARINE CORPS/TOYS FOR TOTS/GERALD PEDRIN
GIRL SCOUT TROOP 40872/SELENA VIZINILINDENHURST PARK DISTRICT/KATIE KOZUCH
CHIC-FIL-A
“CHRISTMAS OF SMILES”-written by an Allendale Student
for a thank you note
SOMEHOW SEPARATE SOULS,FROM DIFFERENT WORLDS;
STILL CARE FOR EACH OTHER; REGARDLESS OF BOY OR GIRL.YOU HAVE NOT SAW MY FACE,
AND YOU HAVE NOT SHOOK MY HAND.BUT STILL – YOU MAKE ME SMILE –
WHEN CHRISTMAS SOON BEGAN,YOUR MONEY BOUGHT THE GIFT;
BUT YOUR HEART HAS BOUGHT MY SEASON.I NOW CAN CHERISH “HAPPY HOLIDAYS”,
AND YOUR BIG HEART’S THE ONLY REASON.I MUST THANK YOU A GREAT DEAL,
FOR A CHRISTMAS MORE THAN GIFTS.THANK YOU FOR A
– CHRISTMAS OF SMILES –AND USING KINDNESS TO FULFILL
