July Community Calendars

July 1, 2010                Dreamers/Icicles                               Celebrities                                     Rainmakers                                        Dolphins

Please click on the images above to view the July calendar of events for OTB groups. This will help participants, parents, and staff to remain informed about activities, community outings, and appointments we have planned for the month. Thanks! Sara

Open Position at OTB!

Full-time Career Support Specialist 

So you’ve read our newsletter, caught the OTB vision and get what makes us truly “Outside the Box.”  

Now’s your chance to join our team! As a Career Support Specialist, you’ll support participants in finding jobs in our community—but not just any jobs—jobs that suit their interests, abilities and aspirations. 

For details and to apply, please contact Megan Greek at mgreek@otbonline.org. 

Explore Studio OTB artwork online

Visit our new online portfolio to view, enjoy and rate Studio OTB artwork! Keep checking back for updates and new art. Here's a sample of what you'll find in our portfolio

 

 

Hot off the press: OTB Summer 2010 Newsletter!

Check out our Summer 2010 Newsletter, Inside the Days!


Inside you'll find updates on:

• OTB groups (Celebrities, Dolphins, Rainmakers, Icicles and Dreamers)
• Inside the Bottle, our annual fundraiser
• New staff and interns and open positions
• Studio OTB, the OTB art program
• OTB's exciting growth over the last year
• Current OTB needs

More Celebrities updates!

In these snippets, a few ladies from the Celebrities group write about what they had fun doing in May, what they're excited about for June and what they learned about Helen Keller last week. Enjoy!

In May, I had the most fun eating lunch at Panera for Priscilla's last day at OTB. I miss Priscilla and hope she's doing well! I had my favorite soup in a bread bowl at Panera. We made sure to bring my wheel chair so we could walk around Broad Ripple Park after lunch. I've been bringing my voice recorder to tell the Celebrities what we've been doing at home. My friend Aaron from Sycamore started working at OTB in May, and I love to tease him! He took me to Joy Prom this year, and Aaron wouldn't dance to Justin Timberlake.

-Lindsey Hutnick

What I learned about Helen Keller: She was deaf and bllind. She can smell, feel and write. Helen Keller was born in 1880. Helen Keller learned how to do sign language. Helen Keller learned how to feel the sign language. Helen Keller went to college and she graduated from college too. Helen Keller learned how to sign the word "water." Annie taught the word "water" to Helen. Helen learned to feel the words. Helen Keller used a board of squares to write letters. Helen Keller could feel her dog. Helen Keller met someone and got married.

-Abby Acres

In May, I had fun with cooking class and music class. I did like art class and I like the community outings I did with my friends. I look forward to Jenny's and Erin's birthdays, and I look forward to Conner Prairie. I liked going to Panera Bread with my criends. I enjoyed the movies and I also look forward to the Fourth of July parade. I miss Priscilla and I like to eat ice cream and go swimming and read during free time. I would like it if we went to the Children's Museum. I look forward to going to Conner Prairie. I also look forward to hanging out with Amanda and I like to have parties. I learned about Helen Keller that she was blind and she could not hear but she could read braille and she learned to do sign language. I also learned about self-advocacy and I also like learning about Helen Keller going to college. Someday I want to get married and I want to have my own place so I can live by myself.

-Rebecca Robinson