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Complimentary Dishes
(related pages, various sections)
Employment
Menu
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Community
Integration Services
The following is a menu that members of the Village are
given so that they can determine which Community Integration option they
would like to pursue. There is free choice of any option from the
menu at any point in time; there are no prerequisites and there is no
required or defined "step-structure"
Community Integration Menu |
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Appetizers
(All dishes come with continued support and
encouragement)
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| Attend: |
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Participate in activity on the Village Social Calendar.
Examples: whale watching, Wednesday Dinner, Disneyland,
camping etc. |
| Host: |
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Organize and plan a calendar activity for yourself and
other members. Examples: pick an activity, order tickets,
make reservations, find directions, call and invite others.
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| Begin: |
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Start your own special interest group at the Village. Examples:
guitar workshop, love in the 90’s, Bible study etc.
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Main Courses
(All main courses include fun, excitement, and growth)
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| Invite: |
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Meet and make new friends. Introduce yourself to neighbors. Have
a social gathering for the people you know. Examples: cook-out,
dinner party, house warming party, holiday celebration etc.
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| Join: |
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Join a social club, group, or organization in the
community. Examples: Project Return: The Next Step, Sierra
Club, Senior Center, political campaign, health club,
church, synagogue, etc.
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| Learn: |
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Locate resources at the Village and other Community businesses.
Examples: Dual Diagnosis and other recovery groups, LB City College,
parks and recreation, library, chamber of commerce, DMV etc.
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| Find: |
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Seek fun things to do near you by checking local
newspapers, magazines and community calendars. Examples:
concerts, plays, sporting events, movies, motivational
speakers, book signing’s, poetry readings, etc.
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| Explore: |
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Try something you have never done. Examples: travel,
vacation, adventure sports, computers and the Internet etc.
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Dessert
(Make your own Sundae)
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| Create: |
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Call a friend and start a pick up game of basketball, go
to a movie, go out for coffee, write a letter, read a book,
go for a walk etc. |
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