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Correction:

Stefanie Sacks' MRI is April 29th. She finds out her results on May 5th.

My bad. I apologize for the confusion.

thanks,
faith

some updates

Hey folks

2 updates for you.

Nancy Jesseau - she has made the decision to give up her apartment, and stay in the nursing facility that she was rehabbing at earlier in the year. she has made a lot of friends, and does a lot of activities.

of course her friend ed goes to visit her almost daily. on nice days, they "escape" and go out for lunch or coffee or something... :)

i just found out - and i mean "just" - that nancy now has a phone in her room.

so her contact info is as follows

nancy jesseau
Charlwell House
305 Walpole St
Norwood, MA 02602

phone - 781.551.0779

she is very much looking forward to seeing all of us at camp SOON


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stefanie sacks:

she is able to support herself independently (no crutches, or brace), although her leg still gives her a fair amount of pain from time to time. she is going for another MRI on May 5th to make sure things are still progressing as they should.

when she knows more, she'll let us all know.

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that's as much as i know right now.

if YOU have news - please feel free to let me know - we'd love to share in your successes, and be able to support you if/when you need it.

thanks,
faith

hello folks

Just wondering:

Did anyone know that there is a jabberwocky message board? i didn't until today. you can find it at: www.campjabberwocky.org. when you get to the homepage, there's a link that says "camp news". if you click it there's a drop-down menu: "blogs", and "message board".

this could be a really fun thing... check it out. if enough people know about it, we could really get something started, i think.

enjoy,
faith

by the way...

Camp Family

i know you might be wondering where the pictures of the celtic's game are. there is a great gallery of pictures on the jabberwocky website: www.campjabberwocky.org (under photo galleries).

no reason for me to go and muck things up when someone else (Holly? was it you?) obviously did a fantastic job...

go to the camp website. enjoy the photos. they're great. bet'chur gonna smile! :)

luvya,
faith

Counting down...

10 weeks folks,

that's all there is: 2 hands' worth of weeks until Jabberwocky in July starts! Hallelujah! :)

(but who's counting, right?)

"camp jabberwocky rocks!"

luvya,
faith

Celtics Game

Hey folks

a couple of weeks ago a large contingent of Jabberwockians went to a Celtics game courtesy of the Grousbeck family. Below is an email i got from Sully with a link to some pictures that were taken there. Enjoy!

Sully says:

Friends -

here is a gallery of photos one of the August counselors made. Check it out; it's great. Thanks.

http://campjabberwocky.org/photogalleries.celtics.2008.html

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also, as a random side note by me...

if you want to see even _more_ celtics pics, including some with people from the july session, go to www.celtics.com/fanfoto

choose the march 28th game.

then choose gallery 21a
and
gallery 36

from the drop-down menu.

have a great day,
faith

Just in case you were wondering...

11 weeks from today we will all be together - let Jabberwocky 2008 begin! Look out, Martha's Vineyard! Here we come! :)

Camp Friends-

Last Friday night another Jabberwocky Winter Folly took place. A group of 80 people made up of campers, counselors and their families from both the July & August camps, went to the Boston Celtic's game. We all had a wonderful time chatting with friends, eating pizza and best of all watching the Celtic's game.

The night wouldn't have been possible had it not been for Kelsey Grousebeck and her parents, Wyc and Corrine. They were so wonderful to have camp as their guests and provide us with great seats and dinner.

I would like to thank everyone for making the journey into Boston and a *big* thanks to those that helped with rides. Faith is going to post some of the photos from the game so make sure you don't miss seeing them. We hope to have more Winter Follies like this one in the near future. Please let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks again for a great night!

Love
Sully

ps. faith says:

i will indeed post pictures of the game on the blog. i am hoping to get a lesson on how to *do* that tonight. so, please be patient with me.

i know for sure you all need to email me your pictures if you want them to be included in the post, so - send away!

and - if you have stories of your own about the Celtics game, let me hear em... i'm sure there were many adventures i wasn't aware of happening all around me! :)

April Birthdays...

'Tis that time of the month again, folks... and no, i don't need chocolate. :) Though if you *have* any... feel free to share.

Birthdays this month include:

April 7 - Mandy Adams
April 7 - Lidia Marino
April 8 - Jonah Taub
April 9 - Grace Maeng
April 16 - Rachel Shiron
April 21 - Sean "Wawa"
April 28 - Lagan Trieschmann
April 29 - Melissa Pepper

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EACH (AND ALL) OF YOU!

luvya,
faith

April Fools!

Happy April Fool's Day!

Anyone have any pranks played on them? Did anyone *pull off* any cool pranks? Share with us all...

hope to hear from ya,
faith

more public speaking

Hey Everyone

Stef has yet another speaking engagement coming up. Thursday March 20th she heads to the Vineyard to speak to Madeline Way's class held on Camp grounds throughout the school year. It should be interesting to be on Camp grounds during a different time of year. I bet it will be a lot more quiet! :)

Still - the Jabberwocky vibe will be just a little stronger on the Vineyard this weekend. I think it's a good way to start to prep the island for the summer. Add Jabberwocky little by little until we arrive "en masse" this summer.

Get ready, Martha's Vineyard! Here we come!

Have fun, Stef. Let us know how it goes...
Faith

Springing Forward

Just a reminder:

If you live in an area where daylight savings time exists - that lets out our friends in Kansas and Indiana, as far as i know -

DON'T FORGET TO 'SPRING AHEAD' THIS WEEKEND!!!

that's right. this is the weekend to change the clocks. *Gasp* So before you go to bed on Saturday (or if you just happen to be up at 2am on Sunday) flip the clocks forward an hour.

we may lose an hour of sleep, but we gain an hour of sunlight.

ANOTHER SURE SIGN THAT CAMP IS ON ITS WAY!!!

luvya,
faith

March is coming!!!

Hi folks

Since March is right around the corner, I figure I should post March birthdays now. We have significantly more this month than we did in February... :)

March 3 - Christina Reppert
March 4 - Graham Gardener
March 6 - Manny Furtado
March 11 - Kat(hleen) Chanatry
March 18 - Sharon Johnson
March 20 - Hannah Rosenbaum (sp?)
March 23 - Kyle Gerbe

I think that's all of them. As ever, if i've missed you, email me so i can update the information.

Have a great day!

Faith

Jabberwocky 2008...Be There.

Greetings from Kendra!!

Hi folks!

Got an email from Kendra's mom this morning. She wants to share some news with all of us:

Kendra is great and doing well in school. HONORS!!!
She is looking forward to coming back for the 1st
session of Camp this summer.

We hope all is well and cant wait to see everyone.
Love, Dawn and Kendra

Honors! Congrats, Kendra! Way to go!!!

I can't wait for the summer to begin either. See you there! :D

Take Care,
Faith

Blogging's HOT :)

So we're not the only ones in the biz, these days.

Scott Scherer has started his own blog. It's part schoolwork, and part "just for fun" and he'd love to have visitors and get messages and all that sort of stuff. maybe some of you can even help him decide what sorts of things he should add to his page!

his blog's address is:

http://scottiehottie-scottsblog.blogspot.com

give it a look. i'm sure he'd love to know what we all think.

thanks, and have a great day.
faith

CONGRATS, STEFANIE!

As most of you know, Stefanie S. had her first Art Show last month. All went well, and she had a wonderful evening.

Turns out, things went *better* than "well."

Through the grapevine, the "Autism Awareness" people heard of her work, and asked her to submit a few rough sketches for the possibility of an being incorporated into an international logo. One of her sketches was chosen! Once it is all fine-tuned and everything, a Stefanie original will be the new logo for Autism Awareness. And we can all say we "knew her when...." :)

Congratulations, Stefanie. We are really proud of you! Keep up the good work!

faith

hello folks

Here are the Jabberwocky family birthdays for February.

Feb. 4 - Lief Sebesta
Feb. 19 - Madeline Ho

Just a small list this month folks. Remember, if you're not on the list - it's because you never gave me your info. Email me at matahina@gmail.com if you have any updates.

Thanks,
Faith

a happy update!

hi folks,

i just got an update from stefanie. she wants everyone to know that she is done with her physical therapy and is slowly starting to "get her leg back to normal." though it still hurts her if she stands on it too long, she is very happy that she is going to slowly be able to go back to the gym, and start getting her routine and her workouts back.

she still plans to look amazing in her bathing suits this summer on the beach! :)

this has been a long road for stefanie, and she really appreciates your continued support.

thanks again,
faith

hello folks

a lot of you have been asking for a nancy jesseau update.

i just spoke with her on the phone.

she started PT and OT as is getting stronger. she doesn't have any idea how long she will be staying at Charlwell House, and according to Ed (her cook and best bud) they still have some tests and a few "work-ups" they want to do. so it might be a while.

she does not have a phone line in her room yet, but Helen (her best friend, and a long-time friend of Camp's) is "working on it," so hopefully she will have a phone soon. in the meantime, her address is the same as i have posted before. she thinks her room number is 5A, but she's not sure - and you don't need a room number to write to her - so...

she would love it if people who are nearby would visit (charlwell house is in Norwood, MA). And she said she would really like to have some mail. sounds like this may be a long stint for nancy, but i will keep you updated as i learn more.

hope y'all are doing well in the new year!
faith