The garden is planted and growing with all the May rains. Shirley, a facilitator at RH, has taken the project under her wing. Peas, cabbage, broccoli and morning glories are well on their way. Seeds and Plants have been obtained from the Garden Resource Center in Lansing. Folks are excited to be able to make pesto and fresh salsa once again.

Our CLS (Community Living Services) Program has been growing in leaps and bounds. Some of the outings residents and clients from the community have enjoyed are:

Tulip Festival, Frederick Meijer‘s Garden, Ella Sharp Museum in Jackson and Alpaca Shear-ing. They have explored new activities in and around the greater Lansing area. Classes have included Men and Women‘s Spa Day, (taking care of your body), Etiquette in Res-taurants as well as volunteering at CACS, (Capital Area Community Services) setting up food boxes.

Our residents are very much appreciative of all the assistance they have received!

Susan Shehan

RH Program Administrator

Our Mission

To provide ecumenical Christian housing and services

for adults with cognitive disAbilities,

where they can grow personally and spiritually to reach their God-given

potential. The residents will be

nurtured in a homelike

Christian setting.

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Volume 16 Issue 12

Summer—2011 Friends of Rainbow Homes,

Summer has arrived and as you will see, our 29 residents have been dodging the raindrops all spring with activities. Residents have made new friends with area volunteer groups as you will read about below:

On April 15, UPS volunteers from the Airport Division spent the day organizing our apart-ment attics. If you have ever been involved with ―Spring Cleaning‖ for an organization you would know that the help was a blessing! Thank you to our UPS friends. The group also assem-bled and stained picnic tables as well as the yard swings. They also turned the compost pile and added to the garden bins.

Bev Schaffer, a teacher from Mason High School FCCLA (Family, Career & Community Leaders of America.) assisted 12 students in weeding and planting flowers around the grounds.

Volunteer Women from Great Lakes Chris-tian College visit every third Thursday morning to socialize and play games with the residents.

The Saltman family continues to visit each Monday morning engaging our residents with games, crafts, bingo, and the most importantly their on-going friendship. The residents picnicked with them on Memorial Day as well.

Kirby, a goldendoodle certified Pet Therapy dog, is our newest neighbor from Holt. He and his owner; Sarah Miller Schaffer, visit every Monday evening for a belly r u b a n d t r i c k s . (belly rub is for Kirby!)

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Wish List Pop up Canopy on wheels for outing (easy)

Wood Chips for landscaping

Volunteer Drivers to special occasions

Bike Helmets (adults)

Gas Gift Card

Want to help and need more ideas? Visit our

website and click on our ―magic wand‖

Rainbow Homes Annual Picnic

“Carnival”

You are invited

Sunday, August 7, 2011

1:00 – 3:00PM

Bring a passing dish

RSVP—at 517-699-8454

Donations accepted to defray the

cost. We hope to see you there!

Events - Updates - “Pass it Forward”

On April 17, Kevin 1, Paul and Jenni-fer walked in the Race for the Cure.

On June 3, twenty-two residents and their friends attended the Blossom Time Ball at the Causeway Bay Hotel. They had dinner and danced the night away to the Sea Cruisers. Everyone enjoyed dressing up and dancing.

Kevin 1, Lynn, Mary Ellen and Kevin 3 all participated in The State Special Olympics in Mt Pleasant. Congratulations to Kevin 3 for winning a gold medal In Bowling.

New resident Mary H. moved into Rainbow Homes in May. She has lived in the Lansing area most of her life. She is grateful for the Christian atmosphere at Rainbow Homes and being able to go to church. Mary really enjoys the trips, the friends and having dinner together as a family.

Thanks to the Kids Repair Program, Rainbow Homes has it ‗s first three wheel bike. Also thanks to Pam Wilcoxen who donated a second three-wheel bike. We have a few bumps and bruises but look forward to future trail rides.

The Diamond Tour Bus is transporting the group on a special summer trip.

A group of 46 left June 21 for a 3 day trip to Northern Michigan to visit the Mackinac area. They will be sightseeing in the area, visiting the Island, taking a boat tour through the Soo Locks as well and trying their luck at the Kewadin Casino.

New York October

6—11th (6days/

5nights). Seeing

the sights, tour of

Central Park, boat

tour of New York

Harbor and visiting

the Statue of Liberty are just some of

the events planned.

Website Updates: Visit our Website and

see updates to:

* Picnic

* Silent Auction,

* Powerpoint 2010 Year in Review.

* CLS/Respite Calendar

* Information on becoming a Resident

* Intake Forms to start the ball rolling.

* Newsletter Archive

“Pass it Forward Event” Residents par-

ticipated in their first event at Reno‘s East

in June. Our residents decided to purchase

flowers and present them to staff at a

nursing home.

For more information on this program visit,

www.epifanynow.org/ Pass It Forward

participants find ways to burst ‗balls of

stress‘ by touching peoples‘ lives no matter

how small, simple, or insignificant the act of

kindness. We are a not-for-profit, grass-

roots movement endeavoring to create

positive change throughout our community

and beyond. Here are some photos from

the event.

Speaking Engagements: Our residents

and our program administrator would love

to come to your council, committee,

organization meetings to talk about

Rainbow Homes and how it has made a

difference in the lives of our residents and

to the Lansing area community. Please

consider adding us to your agenda!

Our May Bowling FUNdraiser ―Surf‘s

Up‖ was a complete success! Resident

and their families, along with St. James

Knights of Columbus, enjoyed an

afternoon of bowling, food and making

friends! Thank you to all who attended,

donated and sponsored this event.

“At the Movies” Silent

Auction 2012 is scheduled for

Saturday, February 4, 2012.

Information on the event is

posted on our website. Visit our website

for brochure, flyer, donation forms and

business advertising. Donation items can

be dropped off anytime. Make sure you

attach the donation form to your

donated items.

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Resident’s On The Move!

“TREASURED MOMENTS IN TIME”

Congratulations to our

resident Jonathan a 2011

Beekman Center, Lansing

School District Graduate!

Jonathan received the

award for “Best Personal-

ity.” He also received a

certificate for completing

Community Transition Pro-

gram. Jonathan received

his Varsity Letter “ B” for

participating in Special Olympics sports

(bowling, swimming, track & field, snow

shoes).

Jonathan works 3 jobs at: Michigan Athletic

Club (2 nights), Peckham and for the Lansing

School District, Beekman Center during the

school year.

JUNE MACKINAC TRIP

HELPING THE EASTER BUNNY! AKTION CLUB

“SURF-UP” BOWLING FUNdraiser

KIRBY VISITS

MAYOR’S RIVER WALK

BOAT RIDE TO MACKINAC

KofC RICHARD C#788

Thank You - City Limits Bowling - Mason

NAP TIME!

DO WE HAVE TO SHARE?

SUMMER IN MICHIGAN

SUMMER 2011 BRINGS MANY

MORE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES!

GOD ’ S CONTINUED BLESSINGS!

St. Casimir Knights and 6 of our residents

collect donations for the ―MR Drive‖ Our

residents collected over $300 towards helping

persons with developmental disabilities.

Wonderful job!

Thank you to Betty, Tom & Pat Barenck

for remembering RH when downsizing. Some

of the items are used for our residents and

other some will go to our ―Garage Sale‖ in July

where money collected will go towards our New

York trip.

Remember when United

Way comes around again

that Rainbow Homes can

receive donations. All you have to do is fill

out a ―designation card‖ and list Rainbow

Homes address and #1751 as your

recipient. Thank you!

Easy secure way to

donate on line!

NONPROFIT ORG

U.S. POSTAGE

PAID

HOLT MI

PERMIT NO. 2 Phone: (517) 699-8454

E-mail: rainbowhomes@sbcglobal.net

Web: www.rainbow-homes.org

―Designation Card‖ Use #1751 Rainbow Homes, Holt, Michigan

Special Recognition Corner

Thank you to Morgan Stanley for

honoring Rainbow Homes with a grant.

With the assistance of employee

Joseph Perrone, Rainbow Homes was

awarded a $5,500 grant from Morgan

Stanley Smith Barney for the general

operating budget. Thank you, Joe, for

all your efforts on behalf of Rainbow

Homes over the years. Joe has held

the Treasurer position on Rainbow

Homes Board for many years.

Knights of Columbus “Thank You”

IHM Council #10542

KC Richard Council #788

Ladies Auxiliary Richard C#788

KC Msgr. Gabriel C#11099

For donations from the 2011 MR Drive

Scott Lawton Clickner 1976-2011

We would sincerely

like to thank Esther

Blakley and Rod

Clickner and family

for memorial

donations of over

$600 made in

memory of their son

Scott.

This is a quote from

Scott‘s family:

―Scotty met every

challenge with a

tremendous will to live and taught us all

about the strength in one small soul. He will

be remembered for his big smiles and his

desire to let everyone know what kind of

weather was going on outside.”