$15,000

ROAD RUNNER CAME OUT & GAVE US A BIG $15,000!

JERI BENTLEY

JERRI WAS A MEMBER HERE AT CRUMLEY HOUSE.  SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE RESIDENTIAL MEMBER . WE'LL MISS HER! 

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JERRY & HIS SISTER






  THANKS

JB

JERI MOVED IN TO A CHADANUGA NURSING HOME LAST THURSDAY
WE MISS YOU & LOVE OUR MISS BENTLEY!!

SUZAN G KOAMAN

THE SUSAN G KOALMAN 5K IS THIS SUNDAY OCT 23'RD

BIG

THE HORSE SHOW IS SET FOR NOV 5
B ON THE LOOK OUT FOR RANDY'S NEW B O OK COMMING OUT SOON!

OT HALLOWEEN

I TOOK THE OT SPOOKIE PICS!

VIDEO TRIBUTE TO CARRIE

This is one of Carrie's favorite songs.

YARD SALE

OCT 7-8-2011
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CARRIE'S MEMORIAL

Carrie was very generous and caring. She was also a loyal friend and I got to talk to her a lot and we would talk about what had happened in her life at John Reed. She would also tell me a lot of family stories and that was where Lisa came in to help explain to me what Carrie was saying was happening. Carrie was so outgoing and eager to move in to the Crumley apartment before her passing. Before going home to John Reed she would always tell us, "I love you guys." And that is the memory that I will always have stand out to me and in my heart. ~Justin

Carrie was an inspiration. She knew she had a long road to hoe, but she never gave up. She had the heart of a lion and she was funny. She was my "peanut butter buddy". I will never forget each time it was her birthday, she had them make her a no-sugar peanut butter pie and she always sent me a piece. One year she was cutting me a piece and dropped the whole pie on the floor and didn't get any for herself. It made me feel quite quilty, but she laughed about it. She will be greatly missed by me. We always had each other's back. ~Trish

Carrie was an inspiration to me. She was so sweet and nice. I know I will miss her terribly. I knew Carrie the whole time I have been at Crumley. She has been a good friend to me, but I know that she is in a better place than here with me. ~Jeff

A FRIEND - a poem by Randy

Carrie was a very good friend of mine.

Anytime I needed a friend

She was always there.

But a lot of people think that now she is gone

They should be sad.

But I see it as a happy time.

No more pain, no more wheelchair.

She will be made whole

Carrie will be complete again.

And she is with her son whom she loved.

Now she is spending eternity with him

And making him laugh and smile.

GOD BE WITH CARRIES FAMILY DRAW THEM CLOESTO YOU JUSTIN....

1 THING I WAS NODICED ABOUT HER IS CARRIE COULD TELL IT LIKE IT WAS!

DEATH

WE WILL HAVE A FUNERENAL SERVICE FOUR OUU FALLEN COMRAD CARRIE EFFRICK TOMORROW NUGHT 7:00PM WE MISS YOU CARRIE!

Nashville

I went to the CMA fest in Nashville, TN and met alot of stars, but I knew one in particular star in the making. The star in the making is a Curb Records recording artist, Ashley Gearing. We talked a few minuets before her show set at 4:00 P.M. , but I also got to know other country stars such as Steel Magnolias and Jay Collins written songs and now he is trying to get in the music business himself. Sure it was hot all week in Nashville, but we survived the 95 degree heat index.

Poems

Here is some poetry by Amanda

AN OPEN HEART

Come to the Lord with an open heart,

Worship him and do your part,

Spread out your arms and raise them high,

Take a glance at the beautiful sky,

Let us go and praise our king,

We shall celebrate and we shall sing,

Precious gifts to him we'll bring.



I COME TO THE LORD

I come to the Lord and I know he excepts my best,

He rescues my heart and he gives me rest,

People come by many different types,

If you dare to touch Jesus' stripes

you will propably not heat any gripes,

But be aware that if you drift apart,

God will no longer protect your heart,

Come out and see God's shining sun,

Heavenly life has just begun.

Helping Animals

In March our "Helping Others" focus was animals in animal shelters. We got together and made toys and objects for cats and dogs. We also sorted coins and rolled them to use as an additional donation.

Kym planted some catnip for future projects.

Roberto puts old tennis balls into tube socks for dog toys.

We used egg trays to sort the coins and sorted nickles, pennies and dimes to put in the coin rolls.

Dog chews from weaving old fabric together.

Catnip "mice" from the fingers of fuzzy gloves.

Tennis balls and plastic waters in tube socks for dog toys.

new ot

just met these new ot's but we realized that we have some of our older ot's back. we are blessed to have them here this week.

VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY IN A BOX

On Thursday, the Crumley Helping Others OT Project Group met to create a Valentine's Day Party in a Box to give to the Kitchen of Hope in Kingsport. Here is Jerry holding the box he decorated for us to put the party items in.

We made heart garlands out of stapled paper strips threaded through yarn for them to hang on their walls.

We made some felt LOVE banners.

We created cards to put on the tables for people to enjoy.

Kym made a unique heart wreath out of a hanger, plastic bags, felt scraps and yarn.


We filled the box with the decorations. June helped us make brownies, cakes and decorate cookies to send with the decorations to the Kitchen of Hope and she delivered the box for us.

SPEECH

WE WILL ADD A CALENDER OF EVENTS SOON. SPEECH PEPER HAS AGREED TO HELP.

Wishful Waiting

Here is a picture of Paul's beautiful flowers. He grew these flowers and they flourished all summer. He also took this picture. We wanted to post this today to remind us that spring and flowers are on the way.

FEBRUARY PROJECT

Crumley House has designated helping homeless individuals and families as their "Helping Others" group for February. We brainstormed as a group and lots of great ideas were shared. Putting the ideas together, we decided that we would like to create a "Valentine's Day Party in a Box" to send to the Kitchen of Hope in Kingsport. June and Jerry have contacts there and can deliver the box for us. We will make the items for the box next Thursday. If anyone has any ideas of things we could make to put in the box, please add them to the comments section. We love all ideas!

CARDS AND BOOKMARKS FOR SENIORS

We finished up the cards and bookmarks yesterday and decided that we wanted to send half of them to the John Reed Nursing Home and the other half to the Senior Citizen's Center in Jonesborough. Carrie offered to take them to John Reed and Jil took them to the Senior's Center. The Senior's Center was very happy to receive them and told Jil that Crumley and the Senior's Center should try to schedule a picnic together when the weather gets nicer! This was a very successful first month of the Helping Others project.

project

FEBUARY - HOMELESS INDIVDIALS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

JANUARY PROJECT

Due to the rough weather we have been having, we have gotten a little behind in our Helping Others project for January. We made cards and bookmarks last Thursday and will finish them up next week, before starting on our February project which will be geared for helping the homeless and homeless families. Our next step is going to be signing the cards and choosing who we will send them to in the community.

THE BLOG

THAY SAY BLOG MASTER FITS ME WELL

JANUARY

For the month of January, Crumley House will be doing a project for senior citizens. We discussed the different things that we could do and decided to make greeting cards and bookmarks for seniors in nursing homes and senior citizen centers. Let us know if you have any other ideas.

NEW PROJECT FOR 2011

Crumley House is starting a new project with OT this year. We will be working to help others in need. We are calling it "Helping Others Helps Us". If you have any questions, post them in the comment box. We will kick it off next week.