improving the lives of survivors of brain injury on the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Author: nolimitseasternshore
No Limits Eastern Shore is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of survivors of brain injury on the beautiful Eastern Shore of Virginia. In September 2012 we were awarded a contract by the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to operate the No Limits day program in Onancock, VA.
Our table is very Hallo-weeny!Lovely October weather for making plans.Exercising with Betsy was very fun.Melissa is creating Regina the purple pumpkin from jar lids.Corina is helping David finish his jar lid pumpkin.Jason is showing his lovely smile to everybody.Repurposing at its best! Thank you Laurice for the mason jar lids for our project.Chicken checking with Brandon and Zel.Thanks Liz for the costume donations!
Safety comes first.Cooking some monkey business.Colorful art for making pumpkins.CL painting a pink jar lid pumpkin.Jason smiling for the camera.Everyone wants to win!Randolph is wearing his sunglasses inside.
Steve is smelling the fresh catnip to see what the fuss is about.Melissa likes making terrariums because it is a whole lot of fun.Happy Birthday to the Boss!David being Earthman and saving the planet, one plant at a time.Zel is very good at putting the dead plants in the composter.Zel is having a moment of levity while making dolls.Sam is modeling the scarfs for gifts for Commonwealth Senior Living.Jason enjoyed making his doll.Melissa and David contributing to the days’ festivities for the boss’ birthday.Brandon taking the new Shark sweeper for a test drive.
Steve is supervising as Sam is cutting out patterns for our outreach doll project.Here are a couple of dolls that are almost complete. These outreach dolls will be delivered to Commonwealth Senior Living in the near future.Vinnie is making funny faces because he is just happy to be out and attending program.We celebrated Jason’s birthday with his Mom, Liz on Tuesday. A great time was had by all.Brandon is always helping out with our chickens and our garden. Thank you Brandon!We enjoyed our virtual United Way Wellness visit with Betsy, though we miss her being here with us. Come back East soon Betsy!We had a nice visit from Steve’s big brother, a year and three weeks older, J.D.
Bean bag tic-tac-toe was a big hit for a motor skill game. Concentration was high as participants focused on their technique.Everyone was excited about our game of Jeopardy. They enjoy answering the questions no matter how tricky they may be.Operations Coordinator, Maryann and Melissa were hard at work building a dolly for the portable washing machine. Two heads are better than one.We all enjoyed a very active game of Uno. Everyone had their thinking caps on to make the best moves.
We have some of our most serious and heartfelt discussions during lunch.Melissa is so happy with her interactive puppy. She has named it Samantha.Our pollinator garden is “Fall Ready” and freshly watered.Brandon spread some seeds in the pollinator garden to add more beautiful color.
Zel and our Safety Coordinator, Adrian put in some hard work reorganizing our shed.Operations Coordinator, Maryann leads everyone in a fun game of Blurt outside in the fresh air.Executive Director, Rachel and Zel are busy bagging up the homemade treats for the SPCA animals.Jake is learning about computer technology with our Case Manager, Kyle.Brandon and our Case Manager, Kyle are planning what will be planted next in our vegetable boxes.Corina and Jason are enjoying a game of Name That Tune.Steve and Sam are enjoying a fun day here at No Limits.David was checking in on the chickens to make sure they were in the shade on a hot day.
Zel is quite the handyman, seen here with our Case Manager, Kyle, replacing lights.Vinnie, Steve, and Jason were tuned in to Virtual No Limits and having fun.Our Day Support Coordinator, Crystal and Operations Coordinator, Maryann took the guys to George McMath Park in Onancock. Great scenery and fresh air. Joe, Zel and David are all smiles as we look at the flowers and native plants.Zel and David really enjoyed walking through the maze at the park.Brandon enjoys helping with our garden. He pulled up the cucumber plants to prepare the ground for fall planting.
Enjoying Virtual No Limits with our friends who are currently unable to join us physically.We invite the bell each time we have Betsy with us for health and wellness sessions.CL is completely relaxed as Betsy provides his massage.Our participants have been hard at work making these comfort dolls for local residents at Commonwealth Senior Living.Our Operations Coordinator, Maryann is cutting and sewing the doll patterns for our project.David and our Day Support Coordinator, Crystal are putting the final touches on the dolls.David is under cloud nine while stuffing the comfort dolls.Brandon and our Case Manager, Kyle went out to check some of the local walking trails as part of their Master Naturalist adventures.
Our beautiful No Limits sign adorns the pollinator garden.Our pollinator garden is thriving!Our director, Rachel leads Virtual No Limits with an advocacy lesson on civil rights.A very competitive game of Uno to keep us on our toes.Brandon gives the chickens a few frozen treats on a hot day.David and Zel are potting a couple of plants that were brought to us from one of our board members, Laurice.Our participants have recently named this area our Indoor Plant Sanctuary.
