Opportunity House, Inc. Recreation Newsletter

Opportunity House, Inc.

Recreation Newsletter

May/June 2019

Editors:

Kelsey Quinn & Libby Hanson

Above (left to right): Casey Lingwai, Jessica McClellan and Ali Cote work on preparing

vegetables during the Lasagna Cooking Class

Roger Scott, Stephanie Bolger, Matt Rowan, Penny Bennett,

John Grover, Sydney Milner, Ali Cote, Jane Freegard, Kerry Bonney, Gary Sandberg, Janet

Freeman, Jason Adams and Michael Reding

wait for their train at Ogilvie Transportation Center

Left: Sheila Buchholz

and Sam Siciliano

hang out during

Friday Night Swim

at the YMCA

Left: Jimmy Colgan,

Lisa Steinbis,

David Roberts,

Kevin Blanco and

Joe Becker are

ready for a round

of laser tag

Below: Kevin Blanco

cheers on the

NIU Women’s

basketball team

Left: John Grover,

Sheila Buchholz,

Monica Waller

and Kerry Bonney

enjoy dining Italiano

at Olive Garden

Above: Laurel Berg, Libby Weaver,

Mary Cosentino, Lisa Steinbis, Diane Elliott,

staff Libby, Sydney Milner, Roger Scott and staff

Kelsey show off their spring rain boot paintings

Right: Tim Sitowski gets an impromptu drum lesson at

the World Music Fusion Concert at NIU

Above: Roxanne Wenzel, Jane Freegard and Sheila Buchholz

posing together at the Pancakes & Pajamas Party

Right: Andrew Schupbach makes a large bowl full of

scrambled eggs for dinner

Above: Claire Petit and Kenny Schou paint eggs

at the Easter Craft Evening

Right: George Huzenis works on

dyeing his Easter eggs

Above: Lottie Buckbee

and Mary Cosentino on a hike at White Pines

Right: Marie Alessi and Penny

Bennett pose in front of a waterfall

Above: Libby Weaver, Marie Alessi, Mary Cosenti-

no, Lisa Steinbis, Sheila Buchholz, Lottie Buckbee,

staff Libby and Penny Bennett taking in White Pines

State Park on the Mini Vacation

Right: Lisa Steinbis relaxes at the cabin

On Saturday, April 13th, Opportunity House Athletics Unified Soccer Team, who

partnered with Northern Illinois University students, traveled to the University of

Illinois at Champaign-Urbana to participate in the Special Olympics Unity Cup.

This is the first year that OH Athletics has had a Unified Soccer Team.

Danny Trevino, Will Davis, Cody Zimmer, Michael Castritsis, Brennan Morrissey

and Jacob Hickey are the OH athletes that participated on the Unified Team.

The tournament was an outdoor soccer tournament (7on7) as part of the Region

III Spring 7v7 Soccer Championships through NIRSA (National Intramural and

Recreation Sports Association). There were Men’s, Women’s and a Unified

Division within this tournament, with five unified teams present

(University of Illinois, Illinois State, North Central College, Morton College, and

Northern Illinois University).

OH Unified Team won their three games played to earn a

gold medal. Congratulations, athletes!

Above: Aktion Club members are excited for the winners they

selected for the Roger Hoffman Memorial Scholarship

Aktion Club held its annual fundraiser at Tom & Jerry’s

in Sycamore on Tuesday, April 2nd to raise money for the Fourth Annual Roger

Hoffman Memorial Scholarship. With funds raised, this year Aktion Club was able to

select two scholarship winners at their April meeting. After sifting through ten

applications, they chose a young lady and a young gentleman that will be going to

school to become a paramedic and the other to study speech and communication

disorders. Roger’s sister and mother were in attendance at the meeting and were

excited about the applicants that were selected. Next month, members of Aktion

Club will attend the Genoa-Kingston Senior Awards Night and present the winners

with their scholarship.

This is by far one of Aktion Club’s favorite events of the year and the club would like

to thank everyone for their support at the fundraiser!

Venture Crew has been immersed in studying the spring

season! All Venture Crew sessions have been busy planting beans, sunflowers,

potatoes, avocados and more while learning about root systems and plant growth.

The Morning Venture Crew session has been studying birds and

different plants, as well.

The Afternoon Venture Crew session has been working on their community

service project of painting bird houses that they will donate to a local nursing

home so that the residents may enjoy watching the birds in the warmer months.

The Evening Venture Crew session will be finishing their Pet Merit Badge

soon and will begin working on their Nature Merit Badge by raising

and studying ladybug larvae.

Scout Leader

DJ Kurtzman shows

Sam Siciliano the

progress of one of the

plants that they

are growing

Spring Formal

Reservation Card

(name)

Please seat me at 5 pm or 6 pm.

I would like to sit with the

following three people for dinner:

_________________________________________

_________________________________________

_________________________________________

Please return your Reservation Card to

Recreation by Monday, May 6th!

You may also call {815-895-5108 ext. 119}

or email Kelsey at {[email protected]}

Activity Preview! Penguin Players & Ice Cream

An entertaining twist on the classic Three Little Pigs fable, “The Big Bad Musical” stars some of our very

own friends from OH! Let’s support the Penguin Players and go out for some ice cream afterwards.

Cinco de Mayo Cooking Class

Let’s celebrate Cinco de Mayo with some delicious Mexican cuisine, a piñata and virgin margaritas. ¡Ole!

Lunch & Chicago Premium Outlets

Who’s ready to shop?! Let’s hope for a nice day to stroll around the outdoor outlet mall off of I-88.

There’s a little bit of something for everyone.

Couples Date Night: Dinner & Movie @ 357

Come enjoy an evening with your special someone! Relax with a yummy,

candlelit dinner and enjoy a movie together.

Gone Fishin’

Do you like to fish or want to learn how?! Come do a little Saturday morning

fishing with us—maybe we’ll catch a whopper!

We will provide the chairs, poles, bait and fishing license.

Train to Chicago

Not only will we take the train to Chicago, but we will venture to the top of the John Hancock Building

and take in the sights of the Windy City. Hold onto your hat!

Paddle Boats & Riverwalk Stroll

Enjoy a beautiful summer day with us in downtown Naperville. First, we will cruise around in a paddle

boat, after which we will walk along the Riverwalk and take in the sights and perhaps stop for snack.

Lunch & The Laurent House

Take a tour of the only Frank Lloyd Wright house that he designed to be handicap accessible— a cool

piece of history right in Rockford!

Culver’s & Toy Story 4

Ready to go to infinity and beyond?! Come see the newest Toy Story adventure

with us for a Friday night at the movies!

Have questions about other events on the calendar?

Feel free to give us a call at {815-991-2990 ext. 119}

or email Kelsey {[email protected]}

or Libby {[email protected]} for more info!

May Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

3 Friday Night

Swim

Time: 5:30 to 8:00

Where: DO/PU @

357

Cost: $12.50 Limit: 8

***NO MEAL***

4 Penguin Players

& Ice Cream

Time: 12:00 to 4:00

Where: DO/PU @

357

Cost: $12.50

Limit: 10

Bring: $5 for ice

cream

**NO MEAL**

5 Cinco de Mayo

Cooking Class Time: 10:30 to

1:30

Where: 357


6 7 Venture Crew

8 Aktion

Club:

Interclub

Time: 3:45 to 5:45

Where: 357

Cost: $5 for meal

Please make

checks out

to "Aktion Club"

9 Out & About Time: 3:45 to

5:15

Where: 357

Cost: $5.00

Limit: 12

10 11 Spring Formal Time: 5:00 to 7:30

Where: 357

Cost: $15.00

Please see the Res-

ervation Card on

page 10 and return

to Rec by May 6th!

12 13

Artistic Flow

Night

Time: 5:45 to 7:45

Where: 357


***NO MEAL***

14 Venture Crew

15 16 Movin'

& Groovin'

Time: 3:45 to

5:15

Where: 357


17 Mini Golf

& Dairy Ripple

Time: 3:45 to 6:00

Where: DO/PU @

357

Cost: $17.50

Limit: 10

Bring: $15 for

dinner

18

19 Lunch & Chicago

Premium Outlets

Time: 10:30 to 5:00

Where: DO/PU @

357

Cost: $25.00

Limit: 12

Bring: $35 for lunch

and spending

money

20 21 Venture Crew

22 23 Out & About

Time: 3:45 to

5:15

Where: 357

Cost: $5.00

Limit: 12

24 25 Biannual Rochelle

Train Park Trip

Time: 8:00 to 1:00

Where: DO/PU @

357

Cost: $25.00

Limit: 12

Bring: $25.00 for

breakfast

26 27 28 29

30 Movin'

& Groovin'

Time: 3:45 to

5:15

Where: 357


31

Couples’ Date

Night: Dinner

& Movie @ 357

Time: 3:45 to 6:00

Where: 357

Cost: $12.50

Limit: 14

**Please

only sign up

for one

starred

activity per

month

Recreation Contact Information

Recreation Coordinator: Kelsey Quinn

(815) 991-2990, ext. 119 or [email protected]

Recreation Assistant: Libby Hanson


Rec Cell: 815-751-2924 Office Number: 106

Memorial

Day

DT &

Workshop

CLOSED

June Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Gone Fishin’

Time: 9:00 to

11:30

Where:

DO/PU @ 357

Cost: $20.00

Limit: 5

2

Train to Chicago

Time: 9:30 to 7:00

Where: DO/PU @

357

Cost: $50.00

Limit: 8


3 4 Venture Crew

5 6 Out & About

Time: 3:45 to

5:15

Where: 357

Cost: $5.00

Limit: 12

7 Movie in the

Park: Spider-Man:

Into the

Spider-Verse

Time: 8:00 to 11:45

Where: Meet @ 357

Cost: $15.00

Limit: 10

Bring: $25 for din-

8

9 10 Girls Night In

Time: 3:45 to 6:00

Where: 357

Cost: $12.50

Limit: 12

11 Venture Crew

12 Aktion Club

Time: 3:45 to 5:45

Where: 357

Cost: $5 for meal

Please make checks

out to "Aktion Club"

13 Movin'

& Groovin'

Time: 3:45 to

5:15

Where: 357

Cost: $5.00

Limit: 12

14 15

16 17 18 Venture Crew

DeKalb Municipal

Band Concert

Time: 7:15 to 9:30

Where: Meet @ 357

Cost: $10 Limit: 8

19 20 Out & About

Time: 3:45 to

5:15

Where: 357

Cost: $5.00

Limit: 12

21 22 Paddle Boats

& Riverwalk

Stroll**

Time: 1:00 to 5:30

Where: DO/PU @

357 Limit: 9

Cost: $35.00

Bring: $15

spending

23 Lunch & Laurent

House Tour

Time: 11:45 to 5:00

Where: DO/PU @

357

Cost: $35.00

Limit: 10


24 25 Venture Crew

26 Fourth of July

Craft Night & Din-

ner

Time: 4:00 to 7:00

Where: 357


27 Movin'

& Groovin'

Time: 3:45 to

5:15

Where: 357


28 Culver’s & Toy Story 4**

Time: 4:30 to 9:30

Where: Meet @ 357

Cost: $22.50

Limit: 12

Bring: $25 for

dinner

29

30 Picnic & Pool

@ Hopkins Park

Time: 12:00 to 5:00

Where: DO/PU @

357 Limit: 8

Cost: $20.00

Bring: swimsuit &

towel

**Please

only sign up

for one

starred ac-

tivity per

Recreation Contact Information

Recreation Coordinator: Kelsey Quinn


Recreation Assistant: Libby Hanson


Rec Cell: 815-751-2924 Office Number: 106

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