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Participants Learn to One Small Choice for
Lunch, One Giant Leap
"Just BEad Yourself!" Toward a Healthier Life!
I have been working for Easterseals for 1 year On Friday April 4th, Edison Community Support
and I LOVE what I do. I wanted to share what Services went out for an ordinary luncheon,
the Edison site did on a special planned outing on an ordinary day, to an ordinary Red
on July 28th. A group of nine visited "Just Robin. When it came time to order however,
Bead Yourself" in Westfield, New Jersey. The something extraordinary happened.
individuals made custom bracelets to their
liking with the help of staff and employees. One participant in particular, who often had
Each of the clients chose their own beads trouble making healthy dietary choices, took
for their bracelets and made a pattern to a different approach for her lunch selection.
their liking. The clients enjoyed themselves After working with her staff to set dietary
very much. The ladies made bracelets for restrictions, she was now ready to make better
themselves and the gentleman made a choices for her health. She selected a tasty but
bracelet for a special someone in his life. The healthy meal and the group rejoiced!
group enjoyed themselves so much that they
all thanked us for such a fun outing. "Just She was so happy to enjoy this moment with
Bead Yourself" was very welcoming and has the rest of her friends. Even the restaurant’s
invited us to come back whenever we would servers and other staff joined in, bringing
like. Edison Community Support Services out balloons and taking photos with our
(CSS) staff works on community integration participants.
for each individual and we are always finding
new places to visit so our guys can explore. - Claire Muangi, Administrative Assistant
We hope that by doing so, participants can
eventually participate in outings like this on Want to learn more about how we're helping our
their own. participants make healthy life choices? Visit:
- Belkis Moreno, Edison CSS eastersealsnj.org/BeWellandThrive
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