Adult Day Program Meets Norwood Neighbors, with Scarecrows!
Date posted: November 16, 2015
Participants of our UCP Campus Adult Day program got in touch with their Norwood roots this season by creating a collection of scarecrows, each representing a local business of Norwood.
“We are fairly new in the area and wanted to get to know our neighbors,” said Cherie Ankrum, Adult Day Services coordinator of Technology and Continuing Knowledge. Stepping Stones opened its Norwood location in 2014, providing day services for adults with disabilities.
122 individuals participated in the month-long project, stretching their skills, expanding their creativity and building friendships. Participants were at the center of the project from start to finish.
“They used computers to research what the businesses do and come up with ideas for what the scarecrow should be doing,” said Ankrum. They wrote lists of materials and made shopping trips to thrift shops, to creatively dress the scarecrows in clothes, hats and accessories. Using fine and gross motor skills, groups stretched pantyhose over PCV pipe skeletons and stuffed them with straw to form bodies.
Local business owners streamed into Stepping Stones to meet their alter egos and the talented individuals behind each scarecrow. It was the culmination of a great project, that built friendships with our Norwood neighbors.
A-1 Vacuum Cleaners
Chipotle Mexican Grill (Surrey Square)
CVS (Norwood)
E-Z Credit Car Company
Greene’s Flower Shoppe
Haines ‘House of Cards’ Magic Shoppe
Indian Mound Cafe
Norwood Dentistry – Dr. Kurt Ficker
Norwood Fire Department
Norwood Police Department
Norwood Girls Strikers Soccer Team
Pest All Exterminating
Quatman Cafe
Sorrento’s Pizza
