Carmen Henry-Harris was motivated to reach out to UCP when she saw the testimonial insert that was included with their recent participant and family survey. The questions got her thinking about how far her brother Ray had come since he made the move into a UCP home. So she decided to share their story.
The rains that fell in April help us better appreciate the flowers that bloom in May. In the photo above, Blair–a participant in UCP’s modified At Home CPS–reminds us of that simple truth.
Recently, I was able to spend some time with Beth Catlin, a resident of one of UCP’s 16 community homes throughout Central PA. Beth moved into the Enola home after her mother, with whom she had been living, was moved to an assisted living facility in 2020. Beth is personable, engaging, and has an astounding gift for recall, in particular for sports-related statistics and for birth dates. She routinely exercises her capacity to remember dates–and at the same time blesses others–by crafting and sending homemade birthday cards to pretty much everyone she meets.
Today we highlight one of UCP’s long-time participants, Russell P. Russ has been actively engaged with Community Participation Supports (CPS) in Shippensburg for many years. With the onset of COVID-19 and the subsequent shuttering of all CPS locations in March of last year, Russ was among the individuals left struggling with how to meaningfully fill their time. As the social butterfly of his CPS group, he was particularly hard hit by the isolation brought on by COVID.
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