L.E.A.D.D.

It is time to register for LEADD classes! LEADD is a cooperative effort by Emmaus Homes and St. Charles Community College’s Continuing Education Department to offer non-credit adult continuing education opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities, ages 16 and older. Fall classes will start Saturday morning September 8 and run for five weeks. Click here for registration details - DEADLINE is September 1.

Book Fair this weekend

25th ANNUAL BOOK FAIR

Fri, Aug 3rd - Sun, Aug 5th

St Charles Convention Center

One Convention Center Plaza

St Charles, MO 63303

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Friday, August 3 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Admission $10
Friends members and Children 12 & under Free

Saturday, August 4 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
Free Admission

Sunday, August 5 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Free Admission
$5 bag (most items) – Standard size plastic grocery bags provided on site.

Directions to the St. Charles Convention Center
Exit I-70 at 5th Street and go south.
Turn right on Veterans Memorial Parkway.
The St. Charles Convention Center is located on the left just past the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store at the corner of Veterans Memorial Parkway and Fairgrounds Road.

Bargain Prices - Great Selection
Over 250,000 hardbacks, paperbacks, sets, records, and magazines. One of the largest book fairs in the St. Louis area. Most hardbacks are sold for $2.00 each, regular size paperbacks for $.50 each and oversize paperbacks for $1.00. All children's and teen books are sold for $0.25. Magazines are $.10 each. VHS tapes and books on tape are individually priced. Some very old books, reference materials and special items are priced separately. On Sunday, books are sold for $5.00 a bag-standard size grocery bags provided.

All books are sorted into popular categories to make it as easy as possible for buyers to find the items they want. Some of the most popular categories are cookbooks, children's, crafts, art, western, mysteries, science fiction and biographies. There is a separate area for children's and teen materials.

Beat the Heat

I've been thinking about those of you that might be getting a touch of 'cabin fever' because you normally spend your days going here and there but are staying in to avoid the awful heat wave....and I've come up with this list of fun INDOOR things to do or to support someone in doing (please send me more ideas!):

MOVIE NIGHT - TV can be boring background noise that people are falling asleep to the sound of or you can make it into an event.  Borrow (from a friend, the library) or rent ($1 at the Redbox) a DVD, invite some friends over, serve refreshments!
REARRANGE YOUR FURNITURE - make an old space new.
DANCE - turn up the music, a variety of music (Oldies, Disco, Rock and Roll), and go for a few spins around the family room.  This simple silly act can change the mood of your entire home.
READ A BOOK - Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone is the current S.A.S. Book Club selection.  Consider reading one chapter a day or borrowing it on tape to listen to and then join the group for discussion and fun activities - next meeting is Monday 8/13 in the evening.

COOK - click here to visit a website full of all kinds of recipes
WRITE A LETTER - send a note to someone you haven't seen in awhile or who you simply care about via email or standard mail; isn't nice to receive a piece of mail that isn't a bill?!
PLAY CARDS - Old Maid and Uno are two easy-to-learn favorites of mine.
EMAIL ME YOUR "BEAT THE HEAT" IDEA to curtisa@emmaushomes.org and be published on the blog and entered to win a Beat the Heat Kit!

FREDBIRD

There are many ways to be a Cardinal's Baseball Fan:

Wear RED

LISTEN to a game on KMOX 1120
WATCH a televised game on Fox Sports Midwest
GO to a game at Busch stadium

Click here for their schedule

And keep an eye out for that goofy mascot - FREDBIRD!!!!

Fredbird is visiting the Activity Center

next Tuesday July 24th at 10am.

Jeanetta H. and Fredbird last Summer