Lovely April

Hello out there!

Hope everyone is having a lovely April so far. Things at the A!TLC are going along nicely!
Today the group is split, as some of our A!TLC gals are attending the CPA's "Discovering the Power in Me" workshop at the Wascana Rehabilitation Centre. Kesley and Avery have each taken this workshop already (and highly recommended it to the others!), and will spend the day with regularly scheduled programming at the University. Here, Avery might spend some time prepping for her highly anticipated trip to Mexico and Kelsey might work on some practice speeches for Toastmasters, a public speaking organization that she is soon becoming a member of....
Something that we are all really EXCITED about is happening TOMORROW at Rebekah's house (thank you so much to our lovely hostess and her roommates!). Why are we on location at Rebekah's place? We are going to celebrate all of the successes that Kennen has made to date with her transition plan from Grenfell High School to A!TLC. It is going to be a wonderful time and a great reason to have a party! Kennen, we are so proud of you and all of your hard work.
Next week we are going to cheer on our friends at the U of R's Campus For All program at their year-end showcase. More huge accomplishments,here! Congratulations to all of the CFA students on their achievements this year and thank you so much for the invite! 
The last official day of our Winter 2014 A!TLC Semester is on May 1 (we know, we know, it has been officially SPRING for a while now!) and we are going to mark it with an off-campus lunch + a shopping excursion to celebrate! Looking back on all the good things that we have done, makes us really pumped for the Spring 2014 Semester to begin...fortunately there is no real time to wait - Spring 2014 Semester begins May 6th! ;) 

Thank you for reading, folks! 

Hello to spring and goodbye to a few wonderful volunteers!

Hello out there!

Well, it finally happened, honest-to-goodness, springtime weather has hit Regina (touch wood)! We at the A!TLC have dreams of some sunny outdoor field trips dancing in our heads. There is lots to look forward to and we are excited for a change of pace. One thing that we are not looking forward to this week, however, is saying goodbye (for now!) to some truly incredible volunteers that we were fortunate to have with us for the Winter 2014 Semester.
Angel Genreux, our SW practicum student has done some amazing work with us these past few months and we are sad to see her go! Thank you, Angel and hope to see you again real soon!
We also had Rheanne Gerwing, Cassandra Hanley, and Gabriela Camalari regularly attending A!TLC Sessions and A! Social Club events as part of their ECS 200 Volunteer Experience. What fine young women they are! It was a pleasure to have them on board. AND we also were delighted to have repeat volunteers in Tara Lazurco and Jasmine Gerein, wonderful faces that we hope to see in A!TLC for many semesters to come. Truly we have lucked out!
This week will be busy - we have the aforementioned farewells, plus Inclusion Cafe, PATH Work, party and field trip planning, and  a presentation to give on April 10th! We would like to wish Kennen a very happy belated 22nd birthday (it was on April 6!) and Kelsey a happy belated 21st birthday (it was April 7!). April is a great month for great people to be born.
Thanks for reading and enjoy the sunshine!