USNBEA Greetings

Dec. 23, 2009 - From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Joe Suganob (Subic Bay, SRF - Shop 31)
"Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon 2010"

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Dec. 22, 2009 - From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Art Bantog (Subic Bay, SRF - Shop 31)
"Merry Christmas and a Happy Prosperous New Year to all!"
God Bless you all now and always.
Art & Elvie (Bantog)

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Dec. 21, 2009 - From Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Wilma Morales De Guzman (Subic Bay, SRF - Shop 51)

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Dec. 12, 2009 - From Fort Saint John, British Columbia, Canada
Jun Salinas, (Subic Bay, SRF - Shop 31)

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Dec. 20, 2009 - From Seattle, Washington State, USA
Eva Abad, (Subic Bay, NSD)

"Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon!"
Eva and Louie (Abad)

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Dec. 20, 2009 - From Ontario, Canada
Rene Calalang (Subic Bay, SRF - Shop 31)
"Our best wishes to all our friends and colleagues!"

Rene, Lita & family (Calalang)

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Dec. 25, 2009 - From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Danny Libonao (Subic Bay, SRF - Shop 31)

"May your holiday be filled with happy times
warm memories bright hopes
and wishes of all the joys of the season
filled with love and happiness
Again: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
Danny Libonao and family

Dec. 23, 2009 - From Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippines
Angelo Taliman (Subic Bay, SRF - Shop 31)

"May you have a Merry Christmas and a very Prosperous 2010"
--from our family to yours--
Angelo, Narcisa and family (Taliman)

Dec. 21, 2009 - From Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Orly Faytone (Subic Bay, SRF - Shop 38) and Elen Faytone (Subic Bay, NSD)

"May you find peace, love and joy this Christmas season
and may your New Year bring the best of your wishes"
Orlando, Elen and family (Faytone)

Dec. 20, 2009 - From Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Carlos, Amy Porciuncula, (Subic Bay SRF - Shop 31)

"Wishing everyone happiness, good health, peace and
a blessed Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!"
Carlos, Amy and family (Porciuncula)

Dec. 20, 2009 - From Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Arnold Sr. (Subic Bay, SRF-Shop 31)

"Merry Christmas"
'Wishing everyone a very Happy Holidays!!!
Filled with special moments to share together.'
Arnold Sr, Dory, Arnold Jr (Aquino)

Dec. 18, 2009 - From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Frank Tomelden, (Subic Bay, SRF-Shop 31)

Greetings To All!!!
Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for a New Year 2010!

Wishing you and your family a "Merry Christmas"
Have a nice one and take care.
Frank, Sony and family (Tomelden)

Templeton's Christmas Dinner 2009

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December 5, 2009
Almost a tradition now, Templeton Stroke Recovery held an awesome 'Christmas dinner' on December 5, 2009. After the sumptous and generous helping dinner, the raffles was held. It was excellent and many guests wanted to join the fun, especially the 'Pop-a-Balloon' raffle. The skit, which was the entertainment (Templeton members), was so surprising and the best ever. Templeton's members and volunteers was outstanding and they wish everyone a 'Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. '

AHA SHOWCASE & SALE

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November 19-20, 2009
Artists Helping Artists (AHA) showcase and sale was successful!
Many people came despite of inclement weather, to buy paintings from landscapes, seascapes, pets, African Art, too!(watercolors, acrylics, pastels) and the same time talk to the artists.
And, look at the food prepared by our volunteers!

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

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November 18, 2009
Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood House's Seniors celebrated November 1st event last Nov. 18. The Spanish speaking Seniors (Mexico, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, etc) and volunteers held what they called 'Dia de los Muertos' (Day of the Dead).
With Latin American cuisine included: maize-based dishes (tortillas, tamales, pupusas) and various salsas and other condiments (guacamole, pico de gallo, mole, chimichurri, and pebre). These spices are generally what give the Latin American cuisines a distinct flavor; yet, each country of Latin America tends to use a different spice and those that share spices tend to use them at different quantities.

For entertainment, some ladies sang Spanish songs and Dominicanissima Dance group, led by Martha Rodrigues (Instructor) showed us the Dominican Republic native dances and soon everybody was dancing.
The event was coordinated by Jose Mendoza and Angela Palyizi.
Mount Pleasant Neighborhood House -
'Making Neighbourhoods Better Places to Live'

ARTIST'S STUDIO TOUR 2009

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September 12, 2009
Burnaby Arts Council coordinated and sponsored the Burnaby Artist's Studio Tour 2009.
23 artist's addresses in Burnaby, BC, Canada were included in the Studio Tour 2009. And, AHA Arts Studio was one of them (an art cooperative dedicated to bringing together able-bodied and disabled artists in a collaborative space).
AHA members, (showed their works in watercolor, acrylic, Digital painting, photography and collages) are: Steve Quattrocchi, Norm Coridor, Derek McElheron, Olga Kalamkarova, Jose Suganob, Trina Henderson, Storma Sires, Daryl Dickson, Piero Faccio, Anthony Maierle, Amanda Henderson, Bobbie and Heather.

YES WE CAN

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September 3, 2009

People with physical challenges showed their 'stuff' at the 'Open House' in Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood House, 800 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Adaptive Techniques (which are a daily part of their lives) were used in; for example, table bowling, Flarts (adaptive game of Darts). In which, they challenged the guests and friends to play an easy? game of table bowling or Flarts. Arts, Crafts, Hobbies and Games were, also, in display.

Templeton Stroke Recovery Picnic

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TROUT LAKE PICNIC —July 30, 2009
Hot! Hot! Hot! We have a "heat wave.‟ and, temperature records dating back more than 50 years were broken across the BC: Vancouver: 34C.- Bella Coola: 40C

Sunny, the day we held our picnic. It‟s good, we got a sheltered picnic area and everybody was on the shade. Nobody wanted to play the bocce, horse-shoes in the sun.. And, everybody moved in slow motion.

“You start to feel weak, a little dizzy and you just want to sit down and do nothing.”

It‟s only when some body started squirting cool water on wrists and other pulse points. You feel refreshed from that stifling heat wave.

Valerie, Orlando, Gina, Deb, Tony, Key, Gabriel, Heather , Mei-lin, Josef, Louise, Olga, JoAnne, Jose, Martha, Blair, Mitch, Helen, Daniel, John, Irma, Ollie, Hailey, Jack and Matthew‟s group from Trout Lake Stroke Recovery.

Olga, JoAnn, Josef and Orlando played Cribbage to beat the heat.
After a magnificent lunch we were serenaded by Mitch, on the French horn and Gina, on electric piano and we had a sing-along as well. We practiced the songs at our meeting as a speech improvement/exercises. We are getting better in singing, too!

Helen‟s son, Daniel, had a portable tent awning where Mitch; showed her Hula dance expertise and we were amazed again, again, again… Daniel got his portable massage chair set-up and; Blair, Martha and Heather got a massage courtesy of Helen‟s son, Daniel.

There‟s wind blowing when the picnic was winding down at 2 PM. I‟m not really complaining because I know that the heat wave won‟t last for too long, anyway. —josesuganob