Archive for August, 2015

August 28th, 2015

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Painting With The Rainbow

We had an incredible guest visit Tuesday night to offer us an art lesson. Christine Brown, an artist from the Worcester area, came to Campanelli Drive and taught a group of Colleagues and Residents from Specialized Housing all about color. We learned that ROY-G-BIV isn’t the name of a rapper from the 80’s, but is actually shorthand for the [...]

August 26th, 2015

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Our Shiny, Happy Family

Like the age old debate of which came first, the chicken or the egg, so are we perplexed by which came first, the WOW! Magic culture or the shiny, happy, joyful people that make up the American Training family. Did we create a great atmosphere by being so happy or are we so happy because of [...]

August 25th, 2015

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ATI’s Twin Thing: Doppelgangers Around the Office

  Recently when Sue, one of our Colleagues, went on vacation our Colleagues in the Business Office sorely missed her infectious laugh and jokester personality. Carmen, her cubicle neighbor and partner-in-crime, decided that it would be funny to work her WOW! Magic and create a double of Sue, and so, the Doppelgangers began.     Edwin’s [...]

August 20th, 2015

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Making A Masterpiece with WOW! Magic

“There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.” – Napoleon Hill When one of our Residents recently came to us with a request to paint, he had no idea what we had in store for him. Melvin was hoping to express himself through a painting on a piece of paper, with maybe [...]

August 18th, 2015

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Getting Neigh, Neigh, Neighborly With The MSPCA

Right down the street from our Davis Road residence is the MSPCA. Several times a year, our Residents go to visit, shower the animals with some much-appreciated attention, and bring a few donations. Recently, one of our amazing Colleagues, Holly Janco, saw that the horses had unmet needs and decided to put her WOW! Magic to [...]

August 17th, 2015

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Cheers To Jimmy’s 70 Years

Happy 70th Birthday, Jimmy Parker! Today, we counted ourselves lucky. Very lucky. Because we had the opportunity to celebrate the 70th birthday of one of our beloved Guests, Jimmy Parker! We spent Monday afternoon hanging up decorations, laying out cards (he loves playing cards), putting together music, karaoke, and a dance floor, preparing his special [...]

August 11th, 2015

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Growing A Garden With Love & WOW! Magic

Step into the world of our Specialized Housing Gardens and experience the WOW! Magic of  ATI’s Green Thumbs. It’s a sensory delight to spend some time among the plants. The bright green of the lettuce, now going to seed; the paler green of the tomatoes as they get ready to ripen; the dark green of the zucchini, and [...]

August 3rd, 2015

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Overcoming Brain Injury: David Redlon’s Story

David Redlon came to us this past fall, looking for a job. After a tragic turn of events left him with a traumatic brain injury, he had to leave behind a job he had come to know and love for more than 30 years. But David wasn’t ready to leave his working years behind him. [...]

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