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December 2017

Important

Upcoming Events:

December 12 Clients Hanukkah

Party

December 15 Clients

Christmas Party

December 19 Staff Holiday

Dinner

December 20 Staff Holiday

Lunch

January 22 City Perch

February 23

Valentine ’s Day Dance

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a monthly newsletter for Jubilee staff,

individuals served and their families

INSIDE TALK—

Jubilee Tour

News From Home

Jubilee Thank You’s

Come Celebrate

Jubilee Milestones

[ There’s No Place Like Jubilee

Celebrating 40 years of individu-als with developmental disabili-ties, Jubilee strives to shape per-sonal service for each individual. Throughout these 40 years, Jubi-lee is continuing to shift from group home care to focusing on the individual’s choices. Periodi-cally tours are given to donors and volunteers to show the im-portance of separating housing from services. On November 27, 2017, Jubilee staff, board mem-bers, donors, and friends toured three residences.

We began at the new condo of Jaime and Will. According to their mom, Penny, the twins selected their 2-bedroom 2-bath condo that has floor to ceiling windows let-ting in plenty of light, and a spacious living room to host their party guests for their No-vember birthday. The brothers have their own rooms, but the group couldn’t help but notice that Will had two beds in his room. When asked why, Jaime replied “because he likes two beds.” Jaime and Will have 24-hour support counselors, but they decorate their own apartment, check their own mail, and enjoy watching traffic pass from the balcony of their new home.

The next stop was the home of Brendan, James, and David. David enjoyed get-ting his hair brushed by staff while Brendan showed us his room and the staff talked about what’s for dinner. The individuals enjoy the pond in the backyard, a feature that is known to sooth individuals with developmental disabilities.

Our final stop was Kelly and Sarah’s apartment. Kelly welcomed us and gave us a tour of the amenities in the apartment building. The 24-hour concierge and fitness cen-ter are standard in many apartment homes but it was the 14-seat movie theatre that sur-prised us. Kelly pridefully spoke about the events the apartment holds such as Super-bowl parties in the movie theatre. Up in the apartment Kelly spoke about her job and taking public transportation to work. She’s been employed for 25 years with a local government agency, and she manages her own finances. Kelly and Sarah require little assistance from Jubilee staff and participate in many Jubilee events.

Our tour provided our donors with a peek into quality care on the individual’s terms. Jubilee’s versatility of service provides families of individuals a peace of mind knowing that their loved one is being taken care of where and how they want. The diversity in service provides independence for individuals, giving them the opportunity to experience life in a fashion their families didn’t think was possible.

Pictured left to right: Eivind Bjerke, Larry Johnson, Melissa Siegel, Kelly Piacesi, Deepika Prasad and Chris Urban

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Jubilee staff, friends, and family

celebrated Tyler Munson’s (above) 30th birthday on October

27th, at The Green Turtle. David Ruch (right) celebrated his

52nd birthday with his family in Fredrick, MD

On Friday, November 17, 2017, the

Love and Care Team held a Thanks-

giving dinner celebration. Pictured

are: Mary Amoji-Ogar and Monica Wil-

liams (left) leading the Praise song,

Mrs. Agnestina Odey, and Alex Pelle-

grino(top right) and Sharon Freed-

man, Eleanor McCarthy and Barbara

White (bottom right).

On Sunday, November 19, family and

friends gathered at the Woodedge

home to celebrate the life of Craig

McHugh. Craig’s family planted and

dedicated a tree at Woodedge in his

memory. Craig moved into Woodegde in

2012. He is fondly remembered for giving

warm hugs. His family, friends, and all of

us at Jubilee miss him.

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Clients Christmas Party Let’s celebrate! Don’t miss Jubilee’s

Christmas party with a visit from Santa

and music by DJ Scott Long! With food

and fun for everyone!

When: December 15, 2017, 6 - 9 p.m.

Where: St. Rose of Lima Catholic

Church

11701 Clopper Rd, Gaithersburg, MD

20878

Come Celebra te !

Thanks to the Love and Care Team members for working tirelessly leading to the success of our team’s Thanksgiving dinner on Friday November 17, 2017. A special thank you to the Chairper-

son of the Committee Namina Sesay, Danean Levine, Hannah Sesay, Steven Ford, Sharon Freed-man, Paula Mason, Anne Confer, and Guy Mamboundy for great pictures. Also, thanks go to the parents of our individuals for a great turn out/contribution to the success of our dinner; Michelle

Williams for five great tasting cakes/pies, the Mabie ’s, the Lang’s, the Dryden’s for the salad, Grace Williams for the Indian cuisine, the Pellegrino ’s for the desert, the Tanen’s for macaroni and cheese, the Mishra’s for the chicken and all others who attended. The success of our Thanks-

giving dinner would not have been possible without you, I remain forever grateful. -Mary Amoji-Ogar, Program Manager

Staff Holiday Lunch

Deck the halls with Jubilee! Join us as

Jubilee staff will close out the year

celebrating!

When: December 20, 2017, 12–3p.m.

Where: Brookeville Inn

19501 Georgia Ave,

Brookeville, MD 20833

Who: Staff Only

RSPV to Rose @ rmudd@jubileemd.org

Save The Date: 40th Anniversary Gala Celebrate 40 years o f serv ing the I/DD communi ty wi th Jubi lee!

When: Saturday, May 5 , 2018, 6 - 10 p .m.

Where: Bethesda North Marr io t t Hote l , Rockv i l le , Maryland

Contact : S te f f i Benjamin at sbenjamin@jubi leemd.org to

become a sponsor or fo r more deta i l s

Give Thanks

Thanks and Giving are always in season!

Thanksgiving kicks off the giving season! A big THANK YOU to all of our donors, volunteers, friends, fami-lies, individuals, and staff for giving their time, talents, and treasures to support Jubilee’s mission and service to individuals with developmental disabilities. Please remember Jubilee in your gift giving for 2017. Remem-ber, thanks and giving are always in season. - Steffi Benjamin, Director of Development

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Toni Alexander

John Weese

Brendan Malone

Sakiru Salami

Genevieve Nganou

Daneille Moore

Ekundayo Williams

Tigest Alemu

Lyubov Galperina

Elisa Ellis

Vicki Pendleton

Eric Pletcher

Benjamin Veerhoff

William Veerhoff

Guy Mamboundy

Olatunde Etti-Williams

Michael Amorjay-Ogar

Raymond Price

Musu Ansu

Joseph Howard

Kelly Piacesi

Justin Bailey

Kristen Uleck

Sarata Kaba

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Fredrick Bewell

Zainab Konneh

Tomike Omotayo

Evelyn Eka

Mooh Kakay

Amelia Zeck

Eric Pletcher

Augusta Lawanson

Olubunmi Etti-Williams

Raymond Prince

Lakesha Nelson

Jean Marie Worou

Mark Cole

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Adedayo Fashola Relief 11/3/2017

Deja Hicks Relief 11/1/2017

Nakia Leach-Sedzro Relief 11/21/2017

Tokumbo Ogunsanya AON 11/7/2017

Francis Omondi Relief 11/21/2017

Terry Pixley Maintenance 11/6/2017

Floriane Nganou Community Living Assistant 11/3/2017