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The CORIL Courier is a semiannual PublicationFall 2010 Volume 6 Issue 2

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The popular Holiday Magic Concerts return on Decem-ber 10th, 11th and 12th this year at Summit High School, presented by the Cascade Chorale of COCC and Director James W. Knox and with our continuing Presenting Spon-sor, SELCO Community Credit Union!

Friday evening and Sunday matinee con-certs will feature sa-cred and popular holi-day music performed by the 80-voice Cas-cade Chorale with a full orchestra. Music will include a Sym-phony of Carols and Gloria, selections from the suite “Many Moods of Christmas,” Alle-luyah Sasa, The Snow, Drummer Boy, and se-lections from Handel’s Messiah.” Director James W. Knox welcomes back local artist and songwriter, Lindy Gravelle as featured soloist.

New this year is a special Children’s Holiday Magic Con-cert on Saturday afternoon, December 11th at 4pm, also at Summit High School. The concert will feature joyful and entertaining holiday music for the entire family. The Cascade Chorale and the orchestra will be joined by the 80-voice Bend Children’s Choir under James W. Knox’s direction, for an exciting “Holly

and Jolly Sing-Along” and other selections. Says Knox, “It’s a wonderful chance to showcase our youngest singers performing with a full orchestra and sharing the stage with the Cascade Chorale and Lindy Gravelle.”

For the Children’s Holiday Magic Con-cert, children bring-ing a canned food do-nation will be eligible for a special raffle drawing, including a chance for a Sled Dog Ride with Rachael Sc-doris at Mt. Bachelor!

There is no charge for this special Chil-dren’s Holiday Mag-ic Concert but each person must have a ticket as there is lim-

ited seating capacity. Tickets for this special Concert are being distributed by the Bend Children’s Choir and CORIL. For more information, please go to the CORIL web site or call the numbers listed below.

The Children’s Holiday Magic Concert is a gift from the Cascade Chorale, Orchestra, CORIL and our Presenting Sponsor SELCO to the children in our community. Donations to CORIL will be accepted at the door or at the close of this show.

Holiday Magic Concerts Return! Cascade Chorale, Lindy Gravelle and Bend Children’s Choir Present Exciting

Performances at Summit High School!New Saturday Afternoon Family and Children’s Concert!

Regular Tickets are now available to order by check or cash for the Friday and Sunday Holiday Magic concerts by calling CORIL at 541-388-8103, extension 200, Lisa Mc-Clean or extension 216, Tim Johnson. Tickets will also be available on the CORIL web site, www.coril.org beginning Monday, November 15th.

The Friday night concert begins at 7:00 pm. The Sunday matinee begins at 3:00 pm. All Concerts are open seating at Summit High School auditorium and doors open one hour before each performance.

The ticket price is $15 for either the Fri-day evening or Sunday matinee show-ings.

Will Call will be available one hour pri-or to each show for all pre-performance ticket purchases made by check, cash or by credit card via the CORIL web site. For sponsorship opportunities or group sales, please contact Jim Lee at jiml@coril.org.

The Holiday Magic concerts are a benefit for CORIL, Central Oregon Resources for

Independent Living. CORIL assists people with disabili-ties to live independent lives through work and integration into the community. CORIL gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship of the Holiday Magic concerts by SELCO Community Credit Union.

Celebrating Community PartnershipsUnveils New Strategies

With strong sponsorship support from Bank of the Cascades, BendBroadband and the Horizon Broadcasting Group, CORIL and EDCO hosted our Sixth Annual Celebrating Community Partnerships Luncheon to a packed audience on September 27th at St. Charles. The central purpose of this event is to share the success stories of our many partner-ships in the community, the wonderful achievements of the people we have the privilege to serve and how you, mem-bers of our community can support us going forward!

While CORIL has featured our Three Legs of Sustainability model many times before, Amy Tykeson from BendBroadband introduced the program by talking about the three specific goals each of these three legs now represents:

Raise 150 thousand dollars a year through private investments and special events.Procure 255 days of work opportu-nities for people with disabilities in our programs and services through expanding business partnerships.Recruit 75 hours of weekly volun-teer service hours at our Work Cen-ter to help sustain our quality and growth.

The challenging times that we face both now and in the fu-ture demand a more tactical approach that has sustainability over time by increasing the level of community partnerships and investments of time, talent and treasure in our mission.

Keith Shipman from Horizon Broadcasting talked about the many years of partnership and support they have pro-vided to CORIL through such avenues as Holiday Magic (December 10th -12th at Summit High School), Bend’s Trilogy of Inspirational Theatre held this past May at the Tower Theatre and our radio campaigns highlighting our many partnership opportunities. Keith also introduced Ben Perle, the General Manager of the Oxford Hotel who shared how CORIL participants are now coming to the Hotel each weekday to complete their laundry work under the supervi-sion of CORIL staff. Ben related how he came to CCP in 2009 not knowing much about CORIL and is now a faithful believer, partner and supporter! Who’s next?

Julie Miller from Bank of the Cascades shared their long standing partnership with CORIL and how our business model reflects a proactive strategy to maximize leverage and provide a beacon of hope for people with disabilities in our community. She also related the story of how the Sandler Sales Institute is providing consulting services to CORIL to help them refine their business development needs. Julie introduced one of the Sandler partners, Paula Creekmore, from Eugene who gave a heartwarming and inspirational testimonial about her son Davey, a gentleman with a significant disability whose talents and personality amaze all those who meet him.

Executive Director Jim Lee then introduced Sarah Mues, a long-standing partner and supporter of CORIL’s mission, by showing a recent clip of her on the Today Show being interviewed about her physical disability stemming from a blood born pathogen that ren-dered her without hands and some of her toes at age 14 and how she not only relearned how to live her life but now inspires thousands in the process. Sarah related how one of her life long goals is to become a professional motivational speak-er while continuing to partner with and support CORIL. All who were present to hear Sarah will attest that she is well on her way!!

Thanks to all of our Sponsors, Table Captains, Investors, Partners and Volunteers who made this great event all possible. Tune in next year on Monday, September 26th, 2011!!

Help CORIL Reach our Investment Goals!!

Can you help us reach our Invest-ment goal of raising $150,000

a year from private resources to help share in the community own-

ership of CORIL in these chal-lenging times?

To learm more or make yourcontribution please visit:www.coril.org or contactJim Lee at jiml@coril.org

There seems to be a new buzzword going around town

“Upcycle”

What is Upcycle? “Upcycling simply put is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or a higher environ-mental value.”

At Sara Bella* Upcycled they do just that. They believe very strongly in community sup-port and involvement. That is why Sara has collaborated with the folks at CORIL. The par-ticipants at CORIL sort, flatten, stack and iron plastic bags into panels that are used in every Upcycled plastic bag product they make. Our work is an extension of community supporters who collect the plastic bags for us to use and together we are all working to decrease the amount of plastics in our environment!

Sara Bella* Upcycled is a business devoted to the craft of upcycling plastic bags and old worn-out banners into fun, fashionable and functional items. From tote bags to aprons, wallets to belts, they use only trash – plastic bags and used banners that would otherwise be tossed into the landfill, to create “one of kind” treasures that can be put to use every day.

Beginning the week of October 11th, Sara has invited our tal-ented participants to work with her at her studio in the Old Mill District. They will be invited into the process to use their creative talents and imaginations in the actual design of the end product that Sara completes. Sara, true to form as a teacher, will be using her creative talents by providing natural supports to the workers selected for her projects. We are proud to be a part of her goals.

Now let’s talk about recycling.

We at CORIL are also very proud to be collaborating with Eric Power of “BendVelo Bikes”. Eric has us completely disassemble old, broken and worn-out bicycles so that he can have them sandblasted, powder coated and then he re-assembles using new parts giving new life to old and dis-carded bikes. They are absolutely perfect and beautifully

put together. The work we do for Eric allows our participants to learn the skills that are needed to secure com-munity based employ-ment, which is one of the goals of CORIL: to have our folks come full circle and to get and retain the indepen-dence of working in our community.

Looking for a new bag, belt, apron or just whatever? See Sara at “Sara Bella* Up-cycle” in the Old Mill District. If you don’t see what you want there, let Sara know. She can possibly make it for you. Or, if you are looking for a new bike, stop in and talk to Eric. You will not believe how nice these bikes really are until you get to ride one.

We can all do a little to help the earth last just a bit longer.Whether you Upcycle or Recycle, it all helps.

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CORIL Partners with the Oxford Hotel Bend to Solve Problems

and Create Jobs!

CORIL is proud to announce our newest business enclave with the Oxford Hotel Bend. In April 2010 the CORIL team was made aware that Bend’s newest and finest hotel could use some great new em-ployees to manage their laundry facility and help them keep up with the demand for their 5 star servic-es. Like many busi-ness opportunities that CORIL explores, we knew we had just those employees the Oxford needed. We did our initial time studies and found that in order to keep pace with the Oxford’s use of linens we would need to employ three CORIL participants five days a week for four hours a day. Also, we knew the Oxford would need top notch quality like all of CORIL’s business partners and we were prepared to deliver.

So, with all the elements in place CORIL identified three of our program participants that we felt would deliver the level of quality needed for the Oxford, and with that this new partnership was off the ground. What we learned next was something that reminded us why CORIL is here and what it means to the people we serve. Shane K. was one of the three original participants to take on this new endeavor. What we didn’t know was that Shane had a couple of secrets; the first being that he is a master folder of towels of all sizes. His speed on day one was truly remarkable considering he had never done this type of work before. Further, his eye for detail was excellent. Shane’s second surprise was that he was not very fond of elevators or enclosed stair cases (the Oxford’s laundry facility is in the basement and the staff break room is on the 5th floor).

So, the first couple of days were interesting for the CORIL staff and quite frankly when we learned of Shane’s reluc-tance to use elevators and stairs we were more apprehensive than Shane. However, from Shane we learned a great lesson

about giving people opportunities. Within a couple of days Shane was marching right up to the elevator door, pushing the button, and heading straight in as if he had never had any issues. Shane recognized that his peers where eager to head to work and that he too liked what he was doing so much that the opportunity to succeed in his job was greater than his fear of elevators.

After five months of uninterrupted service to the Oxford, CORIL now has a rotation of 6 to 7 participants that work at the Oxford on various days of the week, all making minimum wage. Thank you to the Oxford and all of our other great business partners for putting CORIL to work for you!

Help CORIL Reach our Partnership Goals!!

Can you or someone you know benefit from our support services to businesses? Help us reach our

goal of providing 255 days of work opportunities for people with

disabilities in our community.

Contact Mike Smith at mikes@coril.org

or Tim Johnson at timj@coril.org

To learn more or visit:www.coril.org

Supported Living Success

Kandle K. has had a lot of challenges in her young life. However, it hasn’t stopped her from progressing full-steam ahead with her aspirations and independence. Aging out of foster care, Kandle qualified for CORIL’s Supported Liv-ing Program. The purpose of CORIL’s Supported Living

Program is to assist individuals with devel-opmental disabilities to live in their own homes and in their own com-munities with a goal of living as independently as possible. Kandle is living up to that goal.

Alongside the CORIL Supported Living staff, Kandle is learning to tackle everyday situ-ations that might oth-erwise be considered

obstacles. Kandle is working, earning an income, living in her own apartment, socially active and recently volunteered her time to educate children about horses (Kandle’s true passion) at the River Run Christian Camp in Terrebonne. With commitment and an eagerness for independence, Kandle is now learning the skills necessary to live as independently as possible.

Kandle has chosen to approach her life with an attitude of determination instead of timidness. If there are situations or scenarios that she hasn’t been faced with, Kandle typically meets them head-on with the intention of understanding

and resolve. This tenacity combined with CORIL’s sup-port is a perfect combination for success. Learning from mistakes and celebrating accomplishments are the keys to lasting skills that will help Kandle be all that she can be as an independent adult.

Direction, guidance, counseling and encouragement are what Supported Living services provide and Kandle is accepting all with enthusiasm and spirit. Kandle keeps CORIL on their toes; witty, determined and inquisitive. Kandle’s path to success is optimistic and bright. CORIL is incredibly proud of Kandle and the strides she has made to increase her independence as well as her determination to continue that growth for her future.

CORIL Bowler of the Year

Jim C. is a local man who resides in a long-term care facil-ity in Bend. As a CORIL employee, I have the privilege of working with Jim on an ongoing basis, taking him on out-ings in the community three times per week. On Wednes-days, Jim and I meet other CORIL participants, with a va-riety of disabilities, at the Sun Mountain Fun Center. There we come together to bowl and socialize where the public can observe how we interact and have fun.

Since I started coaching Jim and assisting him with his bowl-ing, Jim seems happier and more content with his scores. Recently Jim scored 222 and 210 in consecutive weeks of bowling at Sun Mountain. The manager of the facility is impressed with the success that Jim has had and even had his picture taken with Jim to show his support for what we do. Jim does not always score this high, sometimes he is not the top scorer in our group, but he says, “I only need 78 pins to get a perfect game”. The smile on Jim’s face when he does well is priceless and I am richly rewarded for my part in helping him to achieve those strikes and spares. Bowling is a fun way to express companionship, friendship and community inclusion. I am thankful that I have been able to share in this experience with Jim and the other CORIL participants.

Help CORIL Reach our Volunteer Goals!!

Can you or someone you know volunteer 1-2 hours a week at

CORIL? Help us reach our goal of 75 hours of volunteer time a

week.

To learn more please visitwww.coril.org

or contact Lisa McLean at lisam@coril.org

Kendra’s Story

Back in April 2009, we welcomed a new participant to our CORIL program. Kendra T., a wonderful young woman whose disability did not allow her to do most of the things that we take for granted. She was quiet and very shy when she first started here but seemed to be very alert to her sur-roundings. If you needed to ask her a question, her answer was always (shaking her head) no. About three weeks into the program, something exciting began to happen. I was sit-ting in an office with three other staff and Kendra, who was waiting for her mom to pick her up, and without any warn-ing she started to laugh. Now this was not an ordinary laugh but one that was so robust it instantly filled your heart with amazement, and you could not resist laughing with her. This was the first time anyone had heard her do this.

Well, she has been with us for about 1 ½ years now and boy, in the time she has been coming to our program, has this young woman opened up. Not only opening up to the staff here, but also to many of the participants as well. She has developed friendships to the point that you can actu-ally see on her face when one of her favorite friends (Josh S.) arrives. They will start to pick up and hand some of the manipulative blocks that provide physical and visual stimu-lation to each other. It is amazing to watch the two of them enjoy each other’s company figuring out on their own just how to share the items given to them and then making a game for the two of them to play together. Did I mention that neither one can speak?

Many times you will see her with another of her friends (Kathy M.) holding her hand or feeling Kathy’s hair or even just laying her head on Kathy’s lap resting comfort-ably and safe. Even Kathy understands and will just talk to her, which comforts Kendra.

Kendra expresses her feelings through non-verbal forms. If you are really special, she will hold your arm and stare lovingly into your eyes with a smile. Kendra has an infec-tious laugh. It seems to be a delayed burst of laughter from something she sees or hears. It gets everyone’s attention. She gets completely absorbed putting together colorful ob-jects and if she happens to hand you one of these it may be-come a game of give and take. Kendra goes bowling once a week. When she pushes the ball down the lane, she smiles, puts her hands up and shakes with excitement until the pins fall. Kendra is a delight to be around and we all love her. She is a fantastic young person that brightens the day of all who are around her.

Mom says, “Kendra is such a happier person since com-ing to CORIL. She has a little smile of contentment on her face all the time, which is wonderful for a mother to see. A mother is only as happy as her children are… Kendra’s confidence and independence have improved greatly – as well as her health. She is much more active during the week because of bowling, swimming, and the walks she gets in. I am truly thankful for the CORIL team and all of the support that she is given! She has made some very special friends at CORIL – between staff and other partici-pants. She lights up when I say Josh’s name and blushes a bit”.

Kendra is a fantastic young person that brightens the day of all who are around her with her gentle mannerisms, lovely smile and sparkling, striking eyes. We are fortunate to have her in the CORIL family.

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BUDDY WALK 2010

Buddy Walk 2010 was an amazing experience. In addi-tion to the 1 mile walk, this year there was a 5k Buddy Token run with tokens along the way for people to redeem for various gift cards. There was also live entertainment, a live radio broadcast, Keynote speakers, BBQ lunch served up by Kohl’s staff and a raffle with great baskets ranging in value from $250 to $2,000 each.

CORIL was able to partner with several of the local ser-vice agencies such as DHS, FA and of course Central Or-egon Down Syndrome Net-work, the local sponsor of the event. CORIL and CODSN began their community partner-ship in 2008 with the planning of the First Annual Buddy Walk and have continued to work together with similar mis-sions, hopes, and dreams for the people they serve. Dianna Hansen, President of CODSN, expressed her sincere grati-tude for CORIL’s participation at the event.

“Many thanks to everyone from CORIL for your part-nership! We appreciate you and what you do! The Buddy Walk was a success with 470 people in attendance and we are going to be looking forward to the School Age Educa-tion Program, Community Education Program and of course Buddy Walk 2011 (October 1st next year)!”

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Partnership Level

Timothy & Monica BurdsallCentral Oregon RadiologyPaul, Millie & Matthew CurleyBethany GrahamArtyce HawmanHickman, Williams & Associates, Inc.J.F. & C.J. Rodgers Family FundRoger & Kristen LeeJim & Terry PickhardtRobberson FordSchwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.Eric Wagner

Sustainer Level

Veronica & Renard AlottaAnonymousDenny & Leesa BellesiRobert BermanAngelo & Anna BifanoRobert & Donna BreenMarjorie CarmenJim & Lori CraigWill DennisEric Denzler

Donors From October 2009 ThroughOctober 2010

Sponsor Level

Bank of the CascadesGeoffrey BarnardBendBroadbandBrooks Resources Corp.Sarah Burke In honor of Christina HillDeschutes Brewery, Inc.Bob & Caro HakalaJim & Carol LeeDavid & Wendy MagersWilliam & Barbara MertensBarbara & Gregg MunsterPepsi-Cola Bottling CompanyRoger Langeliers Construction Co.Roll Giving/Suterra/Kevin GriffinSELCO Community Credit UnionMichael TennantThe Oregon Community FoundationThe San Diego Foundation/Reuben H. Fleet Foundation FundWhole Foods Market

Employees of the Month

January Jennifer MichelsonFebruary Cortney GibsonMarch Vonnie WignallApril Leonard PeachMay Stephany KehoeJune Marth Green Lynn Van CiseJuly Vonnie WignallAugust Holly LarsenSeptember Desiree Berry

Employee Recognized for Longevity in 2010David White 6 monthsTim Johnson 6 monthsLisa McLean 6 monthsTyese Messerman 6 monthsJ.R. Litehiser 6 months

Francine Marsh 1 yearLeonard Peach 1 yearRoy Walker 1 yearAmy Wilhelm 1 yearDesiree Berry 1 yearLiwanag Cawthon 1 year

Byron Smith 2 yearsAngelan Smith 2 yearsStephany Kehoe 2 yearsCortney Gibson 2 years

Kathy Elliot 3 yearsLorinda Delanty 3 yearsHolly Larsen 3 years

Sharon Welch 5 yearsMartha Greene 5 yearsCheryl Gratreaks 5 years

Glenn Van Cise 25 years

Betsy WarrinerFran & Bruce WeaverSara Wiener & Joanne RichterWindow Alert

Supporter Level

Ambrose Law Group LLCAnonymous Bill & Debbie AmerongenRussell AyersMelissa BaileyNorma BarnesArchie & Mo BleyerDannie CasleySusan CavanaughAnne & Neil ColeTim & Mary Beth ConlonMartin & Sandra CroneyLorinda DelantySarah DennisAndie & CJ EdmondsShanna EvansMyrna FreshwatersRoger & Shirley GillesLawrence & Karen GoodmanDiana HaffnerLeslie & Michael HansonIL TeamJanet KadlecikJim & Kathleen KeetonRon & Sandy KnappMatilde Konigsberg In memory of Marcelo AnesteCarol & Jeffrey KozimorKim LabenskiJim & Sara LangtonJohn & Bonnie LeyerzaphJames & Denise MahoneyDebbie Martorano In honor of Linda StevensChet & Brenda MatwichLisa & Robert McLeanVerle & Christine MitchellMockingbird Gallery, Inc.Shelley & Jon NapierWalter & Claudette NortonRichard & Laurie OlsonValerie & R. P. OsterhuberMary Ann & James OwenJohn & Laura PinckneyLiz & David Rink

Patricia DittmanKathy DrewDuke Warner RealtyJudy & Jim DuncanRichard & Donna FrazierCandi & Guy FronkRobert GreenleeHalie & Brian GrozaHealthMatters of Central OregonCollins & Wendy HemingwayEarle & Sandra HonnenMarji HuettlSteven HultbergBill & Sheri JarrettTed JohnsonGrace Kennedy & Max MerrillDarreld KerlinDebra LaneLumbermens InsuranceCody MeiserMid Oregon Credit UnionDiane MiddleJulie & R. Dennis MillerJan Moore In honor of Sophia’s CircleNancy & Maloy MurdockGayle NajeraAndy & Robin NelsonCarey Olson In honor of Svea OlsonJudith OsgoodOutreach Center In honor of Gilead LeventhalJames PaulKaren & Pete PetersonLeaAnn & Todd PiperShirley RayA. Troy & Adrienne ReinhartMolly & Ken RennerLorraine Robinson In honor of Linda StevensDavid & Jill RosellBetsy & Keith Sime In memory of Nancy RobertsMike SmithAnde & Kim StearnsLindsay StevensSun West BuildersMichael TobeyBob & Kathleen ToveyAmy TykesonGlenn & Christine Van CiseLynn Van CiseOliver Van Cise

John HowesKOHD NewsJoanne & Greg LeeNewspapers in Education SponsorsAlistair PatersonPremier Printing SolutionsPress Pros PrintingSmart SolutionsSt. Charles Medical CenterStrictly Organic CoffeeSue StudwellSummit High SchoolKatie Tank, Schwabe, Williamson and Wyatt, P.C.The Bulletin

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Board of Directors

PresidentBarbara MunsterVice PresidentAnde StearnsSecretaryBethany GrahamTreasurerTed JohnsonMembersSarah BurkeLawrence Fenilli Jim PaulJim Pickhardt

Advisory Board

Jeff Coffey Tim CorzineRhonda DeedsJudy DuncanDiana HaffnerRoger LeePam MjorMolly RennerDavid RosellMike Spedick Katie TankMarjorie Yokum

Richard RobertsonJames Sickler & Janet MitchellDeborah & Richard SironenCatherine & John SpeckmannCarolyn & Robert StoopsSusan StriblePaul & Teresa SvendsenKarin TadjikiMike Teufel In honor of Lynn Van CiseJack & Marsha ThomasClyde & Jo Ann ThompsonMary & Wendell Thompson In memory of Amanda (Beth) RixeJudy & Carl TownerSusan & Greg Vernon In memory of Amanda (Beth) RixeKathy WalshLynda WeinstockGene & Josie Whisnant In honor of Tom & Sharon KellyVonnie & William Wignall

In-Kind Supporters

American LicoriceBendBroadbandBend Chamber of CommerceCascade Publications, Inc.Dealin in Signs, Inc.Rhonda Deeds, Central Oregon Office SolutionsLindy GravelleMatt & Jo Ann Hand, Pinnacle MediaLouise HawkerHorizon Broadcasting Group

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