FOR A VERY SPECIAL WINE TASTING FUNDRAISER

Featuring a selection of Fine California Wines

Courtesy of J & M Wines of North Andover

To sponsor, donate or purchase tickets online

http://fidelityhousewinetasting2012.eventbrite.com/

Thursday, June 14,2012

6:30 – 9:30 pm

RENAISSANCE GOLF CLUB

201 Kenoza Street

Haverhill, MA

Tickets: $40.00 pp in advance    ** Tickets at door:  $50.00 pp

For additional information or to reserve by phone/email contact

Marilyn Allain 978-332-9130 mallain@fidelityhhs.org.

Sponsorship Opportunities

“Vintner” includes 12 tickets $1,000      Yes! Enclosed or authorized$_________

“Sommelier” includes 8 tickets $500      Yes! Enclosed or authorized$_________

“Connoisseur” includes 6 tickets $350    Yes! Enclosed or authorized$_________

“Enthusiast” includes 4 tickets $250     Yes! Enclosed or authorized$_________

To reserve by mail: please PRINT this  form and mail to

Fidelity House             1 Parker Street             Lawrence , MA 01843

Please Make Checks Payable to Fidelity House

Value per of Goods and Services per ticket is $15.00 the remainder is your donation value.

Fidelity House is a 501 c 3 non profit organization  www.fidelityhhs.org

]]> http://fidelityhhs.org/how-you-can-help/fundraisers/wine-tasting-fundraiser-at-the-renaissance-golf-club/feed 0 http://fidelityhhs.org/how-you-can-help/fundraisers/fidelity-house-cookbook http://fidelityhhs.org/how-you-can-help/fundraisers/fidelity-house-cookbook#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:07:03 +0000 sdropkin http://fidelityhhs.org/?p=897 What a great  gift!

As part of our 40^th anniversary celebrations, we have decided to publish a 40^th anniversary Fidelity House Cookbook filled to the brim with the most treasured recipes from the best cooks in our Fidelity House Community.

We are sure that this cookbook will become a cherished part of the Fidelity House legacy of creating homes with heart and it is bound to be a keepsake on your kitchen shelf! All recipes selected will include the name of the person submitting it.

The cookbooks are here! To order please mail to Fidelity House Recipes 1 Parker St Lawrence, MA 01843; or to development@fidelityhhs.org. Cookbooks will be $10 each plus $5.00 for shipping.  They will be available to pick up at the office. Don’t be disappointed,  quantities are limited!

Annual Meeting and Breakfast

Featured Special Guest:

 Travis Roy 

Travis Roy first put on ice skates when he was just 20 months old. As years passed, his love for the game of hockey quickly became a passion. In the fall of 1995 Roy accomplished one of his dream goals by earning a hockey scholarship to Boston University. At twenty-years of age he entered into his first collegiate hockey game. Eleven seconds into his first shift, his life changed forever as he crashed into the boards and cracked his fourth and fifth cervical vertebra, paralyzing him from the neck down.

Despite this ill twist of fate, Roy has continued to persevere and defy the odds. With an intense rehabilitation regime, he has regained some movement in his right arm. While coming to grips with his life as a quadriplegic, he returned to Boston University less than a year after his accident. Four years later, he graduated with a degree in public relations from Boston University’s prestigious College of Communication. In the storied history of BU Terriers hockey, Roy’s #24 is the only jersey to have been retired. 

Travis Roy Foundation

Here are a few takeaways from Travis’ presentation:

• Being your best at your profession, should always be one of your primary motivating factors.
• Professional challenges, chosen or not, should be viewed as new opportunities.
• Your ability to find solutions in times of adversity, are defining moments.
• Staying motivated in your job, requires setting goals and implementing incentives.
• Attitude is about perspective… how you look at things, more importantly, how you choose to look at things.

 for making this the BEST year ever!

With YOUR help we raised over $38,000 to help adults and children with developmental disabilities and their families in the Merrimack Valley!  We couldn’t have done it without you!

All Golf Tournament proceeds and sponsorships help support our network of residential and family support services

which serve over 600 individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.

Marilyn at 978-332-9130    Deborah at 978-332-9149     Email: development@fidelityhhs.org

Thank you to all of our Golf Sponsors and Donors!

 Academy Lanes                              Accents on Hair 

Ace Home Medics                            Andover Liquors 

    Atkinson Country Club                 Austin Preparatory School

               Bertucci’s                               Boston Beer Company     

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

 Bresnahan Family                            The Coletti Family    

       Credit Suisse in Boston                   Dalton & Finegold, L.L.P.    

     Deer Hill Architect                              Encore Staffing      

              Harper’s Data Service Inc.                 Haverhill Country Club               

                 Indian Ridge Country Club                         John Warren                           

                   Joseph D’Appolito                      Lawrence General Hospital           

Lift & Care System                                  Marriot Inn      

              Mary Ann Proctor                        Morgan Stanley in Boston      

 Morris, Rossi and Hayes Law Firm                   NH Fisher Cats               

            Pentucket Bank                              Picard Construction        

Red Sox Community                                Ride-A-Way      

The Savings Bank                                     TJ Maxx         

     Verizon Wireless                               William Gallagher     

 Yvonne Allard

Thank you to our current sponsors! Here’s how YOU can Help!  

Platinum Partners

Gold Partners

Silver Partners

Bonheur Scott Traino Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

The Manfield Family

Sponsored By

More than 350 members of the Fidelity House (FHHS) community: individuals, families, volunteers and staff, gathered together on a beautiful summer day to celebrate 40 exceptional years of service and growth in the Merrimack Valley.

Our 40^th anniversary picnic and barbecue was generously sponsored by our corporate partner Sapphire Technologies/Randstad.  About 20 volunteers in blue Randstad shirts organized activities designed to accommodate those with and without disabilities including whiffle ball, limbo, mini-golf, face painting, Frisbee decorating, bean bag toss, volleyball and more.  A DJ contributed to the fun with festive dance music and he really got folks up off their feet! While those wanting to cool off could enjoy swimming or simply floating in the lovely pool.  All attendees received goodie bags from Sapphire as well as free raffle tickets for a chance at some terrific prizes. 

 The Rolling Ridge Center in North Andover provided a wonderful venue and a delicious spread for all to enjoy.  Everyone munched on hot dogs, hamburgers, watermelon, salads and more and those with a sweet tooth were delighted by the large shared dessert table filled to overflowing with individual and family contributions as well as the fabulous 40^th anniversary cake! 

From beginning to end, everything ran smoothly. Everyone enjoyed being outside on a beautiful sun-shining day. There was shade, sun and picnic tables where groups gathered, relaxed and reminisced about past anniversary events and milestones at Fidelity House.  One mother expressed it this way “I am so happy to be here for this wonderful day. Over the years Fidelity House has done so much to support me, my son and our whole family.  But having a day like this, where we can be together having fun as a regular family, a day where my son is accepted for who he is makes all the difference.  This is a wonderful day!” The day was still filled with smiles and laughter as the buses, vans and cars pulled in, ready to take people home.

 Since 1971 Fidelity House Human Services headquartered in Lawrence, MA has offered individuals with developmental disabilities opportunities and supports to live rich and full lives within their own communities.  Established as a non profit agency 40 years ago in response to advocacy efforts by local families, we bought and renovated our first home on Haverhill St in 1972.  Since that day our goals have been the same: to offer supports and services in the three complementary areas necessary to empower individuals with disabilities to live a better life –family, home and community.

Today, Fidelity House serves more than 600 adults and children with developmental disabilities and their families throughout the Merrimack Valley. We manage 18 staffed homes with a 19th is now being built in Haverhill. Our homes are located in Lawrence, Methuen, Andover, and Georgetown as well as in Haverhill.

Vacations

Luxury waterfront Week (7 nights!) on Martha’s Vineyard at the Harborside Inn

Two weekends at the  Marriott, Andover

Atkinson Country Club Deluxe Overnight for 2 – Includes Dinner/Breakfast and a FOURSOME too!

GOLF

Haverhill Country Club – Golf 4-some

Indian Ridge Country Club - Golf 4-some

Renaissance Golf Club-Golf 4-some

Sports Tickets & More..

2 Bruins Tickets

Signed Bruins item-To be announced

2 Red Sox Tickets – September 17 v. Tampa Bay

2 Red Sox Tickets – September 21 v. Orioles

2 Red Sox Tickets- September

2 more Red Sox Tickets-September

Red Sox Daniel Bard Autographed Baseball!!!

2 Celtics Club Seats-TBA

2 Celtics Tickets -TBA

4-pack of Tickets to NH Fisher Cats

Other Fun Prizes

Samuel Adam’s - Bucket of Cheer

Scratch Ticket Wreath

Academy Lanes – 30 Strings of Bowling

Andover Liquors – Wine Gift Basket

TJ Maxx Gift Card

Bertucci’s Gift Card

Spa Gift Card

 

Thanks to a Donation from the John F. Wallace Trust

Fidelity House teams up with Waypoint Adventure, Inc.

Challenge and Support

From day hikes and backpacking, to rock climbing and kayaking; Waypoint Adventure challenges its clients to become more knowledgeable and experienced in accessing  nature and all it has to offer. 

Thanks to a donation from the John F. Wallace Trust, Fidelity House was able to partner with Waypoint to offer monthly adventure programs to a number of our adult  individuals willing to challenge themselves through outdoor adventure.  Fidelity House staff worked with Dan Minnich and Adam Combs – the staff and founders of Waypoint to design fully accessible adventure programs that inspire teamwork, help develop physical and social skills and encourage personal challenge and growth. 

Dan and Adam bring to all their participants, including the Fidelity House team, many years of experience in both outdoor education and in adaptive recreation.  They allow individuals with developmental and other disabilities to experience the joys and rigors of rock climbing, hiking, kayaking and more. Through their participation, the Fidelity House individuals have developed many talents and have turned initial fear into joy and have found freedom in personal transformation.  

After an initial team building meeting, the group chose the themes of challenge and support for their experience. The first adventure program was held this spring and featured indoor rock climbing. This program was a good way to kick off the Waypoint experience because our team was challenged to push themselves and reach new personal goals but in a safe and controlled environment. The program was a great success, as were the hiking and outdoor rock climbing trips that followed.  A kayaking trip and a final hike will end the season.  Future plans include more programming for adults as well as a new program designed for teens.   

Waypoint programs foster success. Our team learned to engage in an unfamiliar environment, make new friends, and build confidence and self-esteem by simply making the attempt to complete the challenge. “I was so scared… I couldn’t believe I did it, but I made it all the way to the top!” Jacinto said after accomplishing the rock wall challenge. Luis stated that “I feel more independent and have more confidence within myself.”   

Dan’s notes from the Waypoint –Fidelity House hike: 

“We stopped the group half way into our trek through the Harold Parker State Forest in order to read Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken.” It was a perfect location for us to read it. The path in front of us literally forked with one of the paths quickly disappearing into the woods, and showing no continuance on the map either.  Jeff, from Fidelity House, volunteered to read the poem. We listened while he read, “And looked down one as far as I could, to where it bent in the undergrowth… Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” We left the decision to the group and after several minutes of deliberation they chose the path which quickly disappeared. Later that day, while sitting on a rock overlooking a pond just a short distance from where we knew we would find our vans, we talked about the importance of facing challenge in our lives. Several of the men opened up and shared personal insights about challenging experiences in their lives and what those events had taught them. We closed the day recapping our two goals for the entire series, Challenge and Support, and each man had an opportunity to share how they saw our group accomplish these goals during that program.”

Patti and Larry at the Open House

Fidelity House Human Services (FHHS) recently celebrated the opening of their second group home in Haverhill, bringing the total number of staffed homes accomodating individuals with developmental disabilties in the Merrimack Valley to a total of 18.  Built from the ground up, this beautiful home supports the new lifestyles of its residents: Larry, Donna, Andy, Joe and Suzy. The residents were joined by family, friends and staff members  to celebrate this milestone in their lives and enjoyed showing off their their new rooms. All their rooms were colorfully decorated with posters, wall decorations and more.  Larry, in particular, was eager to welcome everyone stating “Before I moved to Fidelity House I watched a lot of tv, but now I’m too busy; we’re always having fun doing something else!”    

Front View of House

The house looked amazing, featuring a large kitchen, comfortable living room and a study with a great view of the front lawn. The sun shone over the patio where people relaxed and enjoyed the gorgeous view from the home’s location high upon the hill.  The house is fully accessible to allow all the residents maximum independence.       

Resident Larry (Left), Resident Donna (Bottom), Terry, Donna's Sister (Right), and Nicole, Staff (Top)