a oi j LINDA PELLETIER, DIRECTOR of Creative Career Options saw the need and has addressed it with an employment program for the mentally disadvantaged. Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 16;-1990 BT: Program matches needs of | community and employers © by Betty Barton Creative Career Options has been open for business since March 1 and already it has seven people working throughout the. community. Creative Career Options is a job placement ser- vice for mentally handicapped adults, but it’s a job placement service with a difference. It of- fers supported on-the-job train- ing, provided by program direc- tor Linda Pelletier and assistant Freda Schmidt. The employer pays aregular wage to the handi- capped employee, while the pro- gram provides the support and training and ensures that the job is being done, Linda and Freda go into the business and learn the job by do- ing it, until the employer is satisfied that they know the employment needs for that par- ticular job, Then a client who r Your chance to get involved The Royal Purple Lodge #216, Terrace holds meetings the 2nd and 4th Mondays of every month. For Information and membership, . please phone 635-6643 or 635-2415. If you have experienced the loss of a family member through suicide and would like to meet with others who have experienced the same, please call 638-0942 or 635-3178 for mora Information. The All-Seasons Steslers !adies' soccer team meets every Monday and Thursday at 7 p. m. at Caledonia Senior Secondary School. Anyone “Interested In joining is ‘more than welcome to attend.. “The Bereavement Support Group meets every Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. at the Terrace Mental Health Centre, 202-3412 Kalum St, Please call 638-3325 for further information. The Terrace Tennis Club is having club nights at the Kalum Street courts on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. For information, call ' 635-2347 or 638-1514. The Happy Gang Centre for Sentors offers the following activities: Tuesdays: 10 a.m., sewing and quilting; 7:30 p.m., cribbage and bridge. Wednesdays: 1p.m., carpet bowling; Fridays: 2 p.m., binge. First Saturday of every month: 8 | a.m. to 11 a.m., pancake breakfast. Monday through Friday every week: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., lunch. Second Thursday of. every month: 2 p.m., géneral meeting ofthe 8.C.0.A.P.0 Branch 73. For further Info., contact the Happy Gang Centre, 3226 Kalum St. at 635-9090, The Terrace Single Parents Association welcomes all interested to attand their month- ly meetings on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at 4542 Park Ave. Learning toralse the kids alone; learning to live without the kids in the house; widowed or divorced; we are all bullding new tives. Sometimes it helps to talk about It. Phone Debbie at 635-4383 after 4 p.m. or Richard at 635-7762 for more informa- tlon or to arrange transportation. HOWDOYOUDOIT HOTLINE — Your Travel In- focentre Counsellor is just a telaphone call away. When you need some answers on plan- ning your holiday trip or what to do with visitors, call the HOWDOYOUDOIT HOTLINE for some HOWTODOIT HELP — 635-2063, Terrace Pipes & Drums practises Mondays at 7:30 p.m. at the “Kin Hut” behind Herltage Park. Come join us, learn, or just listen. For more information, call Barry at 635-5905 or Chris at 635-2009. Alcoho! and Drug Education Video Night at Millis Memorlal Hospitat in the Psychlatric Unit ‘every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Survivors of Sexual Assault Support Group. — Open meetings-every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the - Sexual Assault Centre. . For more Information ; phone 635-4042. The Terrace Breastleeding Support Group = holds their meetings in the hospital education. room on the first Tuesday of every month, For further Information, call Vony (Walker at | 625-9287, Do you want to support your community? Here’s your chance! Big Brothers and Big Sisters Affillated is recruiting new members. Regular meetings are the third Tuesday of avery month at 4804 Olson Ave., Terrace from 7 to 9 p.m. For more Infcrmation, phone 638-0161. The Terrace Curling Club offers free ice every Tuesday to anyone who wishes to practice their curling or to have a friendly challenge game. The Canteen has a luncheon special which can be‘ enjoyéd*by ‘curlers: ‘and2spec:: : tators alike. The rink will be open from 11:30 a.m, to 1 p.m. every Tuesday. So come on down and give it a try; and hey, Marie puts on a good lunch! Anyone Interested in joining a support group for step and blended families, call Lee at 635-9055, ~ _Losses, either through ‘separation, divorce or death can be a time when you may need addi- tional support. If you wish to be in a supportive group, please join us the first and third Wednesday of each month from 1:15 to 3 p.m. in the conference room at the Mental Health Centre. Call 638-3325 for more Information. Overeaters Anonymous support group mests every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre, 4542 Park Ave. Phone 635-6510 or 638-0664 for further Informa- tion. All newcomers are welcome. The Skeena Valley Mode! Train Club meets avery Monday at 7:30 p.m. at 5010 Agar Ave. in Terrace. Large layout under construction. Everyone welcome! OSTOMY SUPPORT GROUP for any persons having an ostomy or needing one in the future. A chance to share problems, concerns, infor- mation and receive support from others in the same situation, Call 635-5905 In Terrace or 632-5951 In Kitlmat. CBiTerrace & District White Cane Club — We meet every Thursday at the Women’s Resource Centre, 4542 Park Ave., Terrace at 1:30 p.m. Come and have coffee with us. Transportation wilt be provided. Everyone welcome. For fur- ther information, contact Phyllis at 638-0412 or Feilx at 698-1285. Kitimat blind and visually im- palred persons are welcome. The Kermode Friendship Centre is offering a ceramics and native design class. To become a member, native and non-native alike, $5 Is all that's necessary. The ceramics: class Is _ presented two time per day, one day a week. ‘ It's for young people from 4 to 5 p.m. and for --,adults 7 to 8 p.m. You will be making your own designs on your cups, painting, glazing and kilning. When done, the product can be taken home. The classes are tree of charge for “members. Call Sandra Fifl-at tha Kermode . Friendship Centre for further‘information at - 835-4906. . has been interviewed by Creative Career Options is referred to the employer for full or part-time employment with training on- the-job by Linda and Freda. Linda Pelletier feels that their clients will always need some sort of support, even if it’s only someone to talk to. But, in the workplace, the goal is to stay with the handicapped person on the job as long as necessary and then gradually reduce the amount of time spent training the person. Eventually, Linda hopes, the task of the staff of Creative Career Options will be to provide liaison with the employer and the client on a regular, but infrequent basis. The mentally handicapped clients of Creative Career Op- tions are either in group homes, at home with families or gradu- . ates of the NWCC college pro- gram. With current staffing and resources, the program can han- dle a maximum of 10 clients at a time. Each client is interviewed, and screened, and then either entered into the program or put onto a waiting list. The list presently numbers approximate- ly 15 clients. Pelletier explains that pro- grams similar to Creative Career Options are happening through- out Canada and the U.S. as a direct result of de-institutionali-— zation. In British Columbia, it was started by the British Col- umbia Association for Com- munity Living (previously BCMHP). Regarding the Terrace pro- gram, Pelletier explains, ‘‘I’m just an individual who submitted -aproposal.”’ Pelletier previously worked with the mentally handi- capped at Terrace and District Community Services, and was very aware of the need for sucha service in Terrace. The clients benefit from the steady employ- ment with a sense of security and self-worth. The employers come out of the support and training process with a capable, dedi- cated and enthusiastic employee, with recruitment costs and ef- forts greatly reduced. To date, placements have proved successful with a dish- washing position at Savalas Res- taurant, a maintenance position with Tillicum Twin Theatres, two positions with Terrace Clean-up, a janitorial and kit- chen helper at McDonald’s, and a video camera operator. For further information on the service, contact Linda Pelletier at Creative Career Op- tions, 4722 Lakelse Ave. {in the Tillicum Theatre building). Phone 635-7884. Professional consultants for artificial limbs, arch supports and orthopedic braces will be in... TUESDAY, MAY 29 TERRACE FORD .. te assess the needs of new patients and progress of current patients. ‘The personal care, professional service and state-of-the-art technology provided by Ford Laboratories in Vancouver, is now available in your community. No need to travel south. Please contact your physician, obtain a referral, then call us at 1-270-112] for an appointment. 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