Blog from Teams C & D

It has been an exciting 6 months here at Starfire U with lots of fun activities from day to day. Lunch out is at the top of our list of favorite activities. We order food on our own and talk with our friends and get to know one another. We also learn about nutrition and a good balanced diet. We really liked getting to feed the homeless at Our Daily Bread. We’ve learned to be encouraging towards each other and different ways to be appropriate in certain situations. We also made our own scrapbooks and took our own pictures. We made knot blankets too! We got to go holiday shopping for our families and they loved our gifts! We have mostly learned to connect with other members at Starfire and how to be yourself. We do a lot of different activities and learning how to be creative and making things on our own. We also enjoyed going to the parks over the summer months.  Quotes from current Members “Starfire U rocks!” –Ashley “We’re a family.” –Kathleen “We volunteer and learn how to get jobs.” –Kathleen “Starfire U helped me get out of the house and go places.” –Jamie “I don’t mope around my house anymore.” –Jovan “Going out to lunch is my favorite and I like to watch Jovan dance!” –Jeremy “I love to go places and sing in the van.” –Chris “It helped me make new friends.” –Justin “I love getting cheeseburgers on our lunch out.”  -Jason “I love the make-up at girl’s day.” –Becky “Big art at Starfire.” –Alex  Blog from Teams B & E It’s been an exciting 6 months. We’ve learned to cook meals and prepare for events. We learned to shop under a budget at the grocery, learned about relationships and dating, taking care of our personal hygiene, laundry, using the dishwasher and most important…learning how to ride METRO! We all have a special bond and enjoy being around each other. We’re always there for each other no matter what. We’ve learned that friendships are not always perfect and that’s ok. We all have disabilities and respect each other. Everyone has their own life story and their own opinions.  Quotes from Current Members “I love the friendships.” –Tim “Just being out.” –Ronny “I love the staff.” –Mike “I love to mingle.” Ronny “Everybody gets along.” –Matt “I like to help the staff.” –Mike “Spend time with friends.” –Lauren K. “Staff is outgoing and has lots of energy.” –Tim “I love the speakers.” –Ronny “Going on outings.” –Brian “Starfire is like a family to me. I made a lot of new friends” –Steven