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Fall Creative Arts programs are starting up soon. Here is some information you may be interested in:![]()
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Volunteers Needed![]()
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Volunteers are needed to assist with a Creative Arts program for Youth & Adults with Intellectual challenges. The program includes Drama, Storytelling, Music, Movement, Arts and Crafts. Volunteers will take on the role of “Buddies” for participants. Starts Tuesday, Sept. 26 from 7 - 8:30 p.m. and runs for 10 weeks at the Greenwich Community Hall in Greenwich. An orientation for volunteers will be held prior to the first session, on Sunday evening, Sept. 24 at 7 pm at the Irving Centre (KCIC). For more information please contact Kathleen at or call (902) 582-3888. Check the Website at www.alexandersociety.org for more information on the programs.![]()
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Apprenticeship![]()
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We are inviting interested people to apprentice with the program facilitator, Kathleen Purdy, to learn how to run a Creative Arts program. The apprenticeship could be done with either the above noted program or with the Children’s program noted below, or both. This could lead to part-time employment and eventually full-time employment. ![]()
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Musician![]()
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The Alexander Society is searching for a musician to help facilitate a Creative Arts program for children with Intellectual Challenges. The program will run on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 - 4:30 for eight weeks. If you are interested, and for more information please contact Kathleen at or call (902) 582-3888. Check the website at www.alexandersociety.org for more information on the programs.
Alexander Society for Inclusive Arts — Resources for Learning Through Creative Play
www.alexandersociety.org
Resources for Learning Through Creative Play
We are looking for a musician to help facilitate a Creative Arts Play Group for children with developmental challenges.![]()
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Requirements: ![]()
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. experience working with children![]()
. likes to sing, play multiple instruments, write and notate simple songs![]()
. lead music/movement activities![]()
. available Thursday afternoons starting first week in October for 8 weeks![]()
. collaborate![]()
. have fun! ![]()
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The program takes place in Greenwich. ![]()
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Contact Kathleen at or call 902 582-3888. ![]()
Check out the videos on the website: www.alexandersociety.org.
We are looking for a musician to help facilitate a Creative Arts Play Group for children with developmental challenges.![]()
![]()
Requirements: ![]()
![]()
. experience working with children![]()
. likes to sing, play multiple instruments, write and notate simple songs![]()
. lead music/movement activities![]()
. available Thursday afternoons starting first week in October for 8 weeks![]()
. collaborate![]()
. have fun! ![]()
![]()
The program takes place in Greenwich. ![]()
![]()
Contact Kathleen at or call 902 582-3888. ![]()
Check out the videos on the website: www.alexandersociety.org.
We are in the midst of transitioning our 34 year old son into the local L'Arche community. I have been both dreading and looking forward to this time. And now that it is here it is so much deeper than I had anticipated. Questions of mortality, of soul journeys, of nourishing homes and communities, of happiness and what is a good life? And,indeed, What's it all about? ![]()
I know that most parents grieve when their children leave home to follow their own journey. And I also know that it is a different journey for us all when that child is an adult with a developmental disability. We are grateful that the L'Arche community is nearby and that they are welcoming him with open arms. As with other parents, we want our child to be happy, to be loved and appreciated for who he is. He comes with many gifts. ![]()
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Recently on Facebook someone shared the poem by Kahlil Gibran on "Children". It is so powerful for me at the moment that I want to share it again. ![]()
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Your children are not your children![]()
They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself.![]()
They come through you, but not from you![]()
And though they are with you yet,![]()
They belong not to you.![]()
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You may give them your love but not your thoughts![]()
For they have their own thoughts![]()
You may house their bodies but not their souls![]()
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow.![]()
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Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams![]()
You may strive to be like them![]()
But seek not to make them like you. ![]()
For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.![]()
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You are the bows from which your children![]()
As living arrows are sent forth![]()
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite![]()
And he bends you with his might![]()
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That his arrows may go swift and far.![]()
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness![]()
For even as he loves the arrow that flies![]()
So he loves also the bow that is stable.