Civitan Services Community Events

The Civitan Shoppe is having a 25% off sale on all winter clothing this Thursday - Saturday, December 13-15^th.

Christmas for the adult clients at the Center will be Friday, December 21^st. Santa will visit the preschool clients first at 9:00 AM and then the adult clients in their separate areas. Adult Services is putting on a Christmas program this year in The Dixon Building and clients will go home early at 1 p.m. that afternoon. 

 

The 2013 Polar Bear Plunge fundraiser for Special Olympics will be January 19^th. The theme this year is Disco Fever!  Contact Carrie in Adult Services if you are interested in being a part of this fun event.

Mark your calendars--the 2013 Peace, Love & 5K Run/Walk and 1-Mile Family Fun Run will be Saturday, April 13, 2013.  Waiver clients are encouraged to participate as volunteers or runners/walkers in either event.  Waiver employees are also encouraged to participate.  See Leigha in Community Development if you are interested in being a volunteer.

 

As always, thank you for your support of our fundraising events and activities.

Resolutions For The New Year

The Director of Community Development is asking Waiver employees to submit their resolutions for the New Year for project planning for 2013.  You are welcome to share your personal or professional resolutions or goals for the coming year by sending an email to ljones@civitanservices.com or stop by on pay day and see Leigha in person.  Leigha's office is near the front door to the Center, directly across from the receptionist's desk.

Thank you for your participation.

Civitan Club Christmas Party

 

You are invited accompany your clients

 

to the

 

Benton Civitan Club Christmas Party

 

at the

 

Civitan Center

 

on

December 10, 2012 at 6 p.m.

 

A traditional Christmas dinner will be served. 

 

There will be live entertainment and presents for our clients.

 

Please RSVP to Angela no later than Friday, December 7, 2012.

 

agattin@civitanservices.com or 776-0691

Outings For Clients--Keep It Positive

This week Saline County officially kicks off the Christmas season with both the Benton and Bryant Christmas parades.

The Benton Parade and Official Lighting of the Saline County Courthouse is Tuesday, December 4^th at 6:00 PM followed by the kickoff of pictures with Santa on the Courthouse lawn.

The Bryant Christmas parade is Thursday, December 6^th at 6:30 PM.

 

We appreciate all you do to help our clients celebrate the holiday season.  It is easy to forget that the holidays affect us all differently--including our clients.  If we get lonely and depressed during the season, of course our clients do too.  Your efforts to keep holiday activities positive and upbeat matters very much to them. 

 

 

 

  Never underestimate the difference you make by serving our clients!

The Waiver Department wishes all staff members

a joyous Thanksgiving holiday. 

 

We are grateful for your contribution to the lives of our clients.

 

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."  Marcel Proust

"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." - Thornton Wilder

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."  John F. Kennedy

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." Albert Schweitzer

"The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated."  WIlliam James

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."
  Oprah Winfrey

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."  Epictetus

Reminder--Overlapping Time

Just a reminder to make sure that if you work with a client who has multiple Waiver workers working with him or her, that the hours you claim on your time sheet do not overlap with the other workers' hours.  Some clients have up to 5 or 6 workers per week and it is all too easy for hours to overlap when dates and times on the time sheets are not entered correctly.

We cannot pay two employees for working with the same client at the same time, so unfortunately all conflicting time sheets have to be held without pay until we can resolve the overlapping hours.  When one or more time sheets are late that contain overlapping hours, the problem is much harder to solve.  We then have to contend with collecting pay back from employees or delaying pay until all employees can be reached and all time sheets corrected.  In short, it is a mess.  

Help us avoid this mess and potential delay of your pay by always making sure your hours or days do not overlap with another employee's time sheet.  We appreciate all you do to help us keep paperwork problems to a minimum.  

Reminder--Keep Contact Info Current

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Just a friendly reminder that as Direct Care Providers to Waiver clients it is imperative that we be able to reach you at all times.  Please make sure that any time your phone number, email address, or mailing address changes that you provide us with the updated information.  Several times a month we attempt to reach employees by phone only to find their numbers disconnected.  We always need a current phone number for you--no exceptions. 

 

Imagine discovering an error on your paycheck and dialing our number only to find it disconnected.  The concern and frustration you might encounter when you can't reach us is the same that we encounter when we need to reach you regarding changes in your client's plan of care, medication, illness, or your work schedule.  Help us keep the lines of communication open in both directions by making sure we always have the most current contact information for you.

 

Thanks in advance for your assistance.  Good communication is huge part of solving problems quickly.