Still Spinning our Wheels and Going Strong...
June 1, 2009
IMI spinning into Summer Heat
June is here which means the summer months are upon us. IMI is very excited for our up coming events and projects we are working so diligently on.
Please welcome our newly reconstructed Web Page. It is more interactive than before. If you click on the pictures on the Recreation page, it will lead you to the actual Web site for the date of that event. Please visit our Contact Us page, you can click on the Office Number and see the job description of each department.
Another new page is the Mission statement, both in English and Spanish. The last page we pay homage to our dedicated Volunteers! This is also a new page. Since volunteers is what IMI is based on.
IMI News Letter
by: Maya (IMI team member)
Let me introduce myself, I am a cancer survivor, a Nisei, a person with a disability. I write for the our IMI news column. I am a Local, grew up in the desert and still do not like the summer heat! I like movies, which is an indoor pastime. I am proud to say I am a Nisei! My Japanese culture and heritage is very important to me, a defining aspect to my personality.
Here at IMI I am re-training my brain, which has been cut open twice, and intense radiation, which permanently left me bald, also tons of chemotherapy to obilerate the tumor. A major side effect from the two craniotomies left me hemi-pelagic. I have the use of my right side of my body; my left has become compromised because of where the tumor was sitting on my brain. So my left side is weak.
I enjoy writing for the news column it challenges my mind to think creatively. I have been with IMI for three years now. I truly enjoy volunteering my time helping Persons with disABLITIES and seniors.
The most important people in my life are my family and great friends who I met along my journey from Cancer. Without their support I do not think I could have made it this far, after two doctors told me I would not make it five years. I am going on nine years. Which makes every birthday a miracle I am still here.
GAIN a friend and a ROP
Along with the Gain Ladies, ROP will return this month where IMI can help them with their job skills, especially how to use office equipment, which pertains to Include Me Inc. The most important skill for both Gain and ROP is making sure to come to get to their work on time! If you are going to be late, be sure and call! It is vital to treat Gain and ROP as adults; as they would be treated in the real world. Each Gain has six months with us to hone their skills before they get a job or career of their choice. This semester we will have three ROPs students in the morning and three students in the afternoon. ROPs always have a chance to return another semester, depending how they perform during the semester.
Spanish Speakers
IMI would like to include and welcome Spanish Speakers to our services. Starting with our new Mission Statement Page, IMI includes both English and Spanish profiles.
In the future, IMI will try to continue and accommodate more the Spanish Speaking clients. Gracias!
~Poem by: ALEJANDRA~ 6/09/99
Include Me es la compania
De mayo autoridad
Para entrar en la defenza
Con tu discapacidad
A mi me visitaron
Y me dieron asistencia
Me hablaron con cautela
Y con mucha paciencia
Lo que este grupo tiene
Es mucha seriedad
Y goza de experiencia
En su totalidad
Nos proveen apartamento
Y rehabilitacion
Nos resuelven los problemas
Como la transportacion
Fui una de las cinco hermanas
Con incapacidad
Me dieron entrenamiento
De sensibilidad
Mi Experiencia en Include Me.
By: Esmeralda ( IMI team ROP)6/02/09
Hola me llamo Esmeralda y soy una estudiante de R.O.P. que es un instituto para obtener una carrera profesional. Soy tambien participante del programa GAIN que ayuda a dirigirte a salir adelante independiente. La experiencia que he recibido en la organizacion de Include Me. Ha sido una ayuda para una carrera profesional. El tiempo que me encuentro entrenandome son 3 meses.
Las responsabilidades que tengo es de hacer recepcionista, tomar copias de documentos y tambien imprimir documentos. Ser responsable y estar a tiempo y saber a respectar a mis companeros. Ensenar y aprender es mi objetivo a obtener en el tiempo que voy a entrenarme en Include Me.. Espero que entrenandome me habra puertas para trabajar en un trabajo que requiere de estas responsabilidades. Yo quiero dar gracias a cada uno de los que me acompanaron y que me entrenaron este tiempo que me entrene.
La Quinta Resort
By: Neil (IMI Team ROP)6/02/09
A part of The Waldorf-Astoria Collection in La Quinta, CA one of major projects IMI signed on recently. The La Quinta Resort is a big part of the history of the Coachella Valley, without it La Quinta would be a very different place. A famous getaway for some of the nations most famous people, it is legendary thanks to its ambience of peace, and tranquility that so many famous people need. Its previous residents include Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Bette Davis, William Powell, Joan Crawford, and Clark Gable, as well as recent stars visiting such as Madonna, Britney Spears, Diane Keaton, Oprah Winfrey, Andre Agassi, and Kevin Costner.
However, it is not currently accessible to all persons with disABILITIES. The prized atmosphere it is famous for is held back because of the stress caused to those who need such accessibility. One of IMI goals is to help the La Quinta Resort become friendlier to all persons with disABILITIES without compromising the atmosphere or historical value of the Resort. Parts of the Resort are very old and need to be preserved, especially since people who were very important to the history and culture of our great nation were guests there. Frank Capra wrote many of his award winning classic movies from his private casita there. We are very happy to have the opportunity to assist in the remodeling of La Quinta Resort make it enjoyable to even wider range of people, without needlessly compromising the physical history of the beautiful resort setting.
One of the major things we must pay attention to while assisting the Resort, to make sure many of the inaccessibility problem areas we have noticed are going to be demolished in the process. We have already noticed several other things we can suggest to help make the La Quinta Resort barrier-free, and I foresee this being a very rewarding job for all involved.
New Gain
By:Rita (IMI GAIN Team)6/02/09
Please let us introduce and welcome a lovely and very sweet Lady who recently moved back to Palm Desert, with her daughter Jessica, in February. We moved here from Eagle, Alaska my hometown of two hundred and fifty people. It has been quite a shock for the both of us, coming from the coldest part of winter at -60 below zero to 80-degree weather. We love it!
She is half Han Gwitchen Athabasken, along with her and mother and daughter, from Eagle village. I myself have grown up here in the Coachella Valley, since the age of three, my home away from home. Comparing my two favorite states they are two different worlds. Eagle is located 12 miles down the Yukon River from the Canadian boarder. Summers are the greatest, except for the millions of mosquitoes and worrying about bears. I love the desert in the fall, spring, doing more outdoor activities, golfing, tennis, and hiking.
If I had a choice, I would do, Alaska in the summer, and the desert in the winter. Even though it is mostly dark all winter in the arctic, the northern lights make up for it. The freezing cold you eventually get used to. However, warm weather all the time is where we want to be for a while at least, Rita explains.
IMI is very lucky to GAIN great help in the Administrative office!
UPCOMING
FOURTH OF JULY
Coming soon in a couple of months we will need Volunteers for the Fourth of July! IMI will host the VIP room. Inside the VIP room, once again Big Willy honors us to eat scrumptious, mouth-watering food. The spectacular display of fireworks will be at the Riverside County Fair Grounds. This is all funded by the City of Indio. So come out and support the great city of Indio!
There will be TONS of FUN for all ages to enjoy! There will be water slides and blowup bouncy toys for the kids to play on. It will be Hot, so do not forget your hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, and your Joy! Drink plenty of fluids to keep hydrated! Let us have tons of FUN!
If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please contact:
IMI-Advocacy@co.riverside.ca.us or 760-863-2526
If you have any comments or questions about this web page contact:
IMI-Wk-Study@co.riverside.ca.us or 760-863-2526
Any problems you see with the barrier in any surface. Please contact:
Our Hotline:
IMI-Access2@co.riverside.ca.us
760- 863-2526
Please come back and visit us soon again!
Until then Be Good, and Be Safe!
Those who can,do. Those who can do more, volunteer. ~Author Unknown
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