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In October, Fellowship Place hosted our Annual Career Development Awards Ceremony to recognize clients who achieved significant milestones:

• Elmer W. started a job at Red Robin in Milford as a Food Prep Worker
• Marquelle D. started a job at Whitson’s School of Nutrition in New Haven as a cashier
• Terlane H. started a job at Visiting Angels in Woodbridge as a Certified Nurses Assistant
• Richard C. completed a 6-month Maintenance Internship on Fellowship Place’s campus
• Steve S, David N, Maria T, Liz C, have volunteered the month of September at Yale Sustainable Agriculture, weeding and planting fall bulbs
• Overall, 6 participants graduated from internships, 27 participants started a new job, 8 participants completed a basic computer class, 24 participants met their education goals; 8 completed a semester, 10 made the Dean’s List, 1 was class valedictorian, and 8 graduated from their education programs

Debra Cook, Retired Teacher-Hamden Hall Country Day School, Community Volunteer
Dr. Susan Lewis, Psychiatrist, West Haven VA Medical Center
Edna Aklin, MSW, Retired Director of Social Work, CT Mental Health Center, Community Volunteer
Dr. William Sherman Professor of Psychology, Southern CT State University

Four artists from Fellowship Place’s Expressive Arts program were invited to exhibit original artwork in the rotunda of the New Haven Lawn Club, for a two-week period from October 26 – November 8.  The exhibition entitled “Inspired”, included work by painters Do Walker, Leigh Busby, Maxwell Clark, and multimedia artist Nancy Black. At the opening reception on October 28, the artists shared their life stories and talked about what brought them to Fellowship Place.  Pictured with the artists are Fellowship Place Board Vice President, Renee Redman, Board member Andrew McLaren, Fellowship Place Executive Director Mary A. Guerrera, Expressive Arts Coordinator, Kyle Barreuther, and Lawn Club Art Committee Co-Chair, Debbie Cook, who recently joined the Fellowship Place Board of Directors.