
Upcoming Events
Memory Movie
Memory movie is held in our office’s meeting room and is a fun time to get together, kick back, and watch a fun movie. Please call our office to sign up as spots fill up fast! Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: When he was penning the script for Star Wars, George Lucas had an Alaskan Malamute who sat in the passenger seat of his car while he drove around. Sweet, loyal, and very hairy, she inspired the writer/director to create Chewbacca, Han Solo’s lovable co-pilot.
Pool Activity
Swimming events are held at the Kittitas Valley Memorial Pool & Fitness Center in Ellensburg, WA, and require sign up to attend. Please call our office to sign up as spots fill up fast! Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: Swimming was first introduced at the Olympics in 1896.
Reading Class
Reading class is a fun mix of group story time and individual reading to help develop and improve reading skills. Come join Dan, our activities coordinator, in reading and discussing new books and poetry. All are welcome regardless of reading ability. Please call our office to sign up. Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: The most popular time of day for reading is before bed, with over 50% of readers choosing this time to pick up a book.
Life Skills Club: S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Life skills club helps us to learn how to navigate and move through life in a manner that is beneficial to our growth and development. In this weeks Life Skills club we will be learning about SMART goals which are used to help create successful goals. This activity is available online and in person. Please call our office to sign up. Open to ages 14 - 24.
Fun Fact: While often associated with young people, developing and refining life skills is a continuous process throughout life, helping people adapt to new situations and challenges at any age.
Cooking Class
Cooking class is held in the Liberty Bible Church kitchen located in the back of the building. Cooking class is a fun way to try out new recipes and improve cooking skills and confidence. Please call our office to sign up. Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun fact: Botanically speaking, strawberries are not berries because their seeds are on the outside and bananas are berries because they develop from a single flower with one ovary and have a fleshy interior with seeds embedded within.
CWU Greenhouse
Join us as we tour the CWU Greenhouse located at the Science Building on Wildcat way. We will tour the different plant rooms and get to see Euphorbs, cacti, aloe, air plants, ferns, orchids, and if we’re really lucky the tortoise who lives in the greenhouse! Please call our office to sign up. Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: Bamboo is the fastest growing woody plant in the world. It can grow up to 35 inches in a single day.
Memory Movie
Memory movie is held in our office’s meeting room and is a fun time to get together, kick back, and watch a fun movie. Please call our office to sign up as spots fill up fast! Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: The digital code seen in "The Matrix" is actually based on Japanese sushi recipes.
Pool Activity
Swimming events are held at the Kittitas Valley Memorial Pool & Fitness Center in Ellensburg, WA, and require sign up to attend. Please call our office to sign up as spots fill up fast! Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: Benjamin Franklin invented swim fins to help move through the water more efficiently.
Craft Activity
Come join us and explore your creativity and imagination through a variety of craft projects that include painting, coloring, and clay work to name a few! Please call our office to sign up. Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: From 1912-1948, the Olympic Games awarded medals for artworks inspired by sport
Film Club: School of Rock
Our film club is a fun time to get together to watch and discuss movies, with a different movie being selected every time. In our Film Club this week we will be watching and discussing School of Rock starring Jack Black. This activity is available online and in person. Please call our office to sign up. Open to ages 14 - 24.
Fun Fact: In Star Wars, Darth Vader's iconic breathing sound was created by an actor exhaling through a scuba regulator.
Chess Class
Chess class is held in our office’s conference room during the winter months and at the park during warmer months, and is a fun way to have fun playing and learning chess and strategy. Please call our office to sign up. Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: The first folding chessboard was invented in 1125 by a priest named Bishop Guy of Paris.
Fishing at Lake Mattoon
Come join us while we get outside and cast out at Lake Mattoon. Fishing helps us to connect to nature, to each other, and to learn how to gather own food. Please call our office to sign up. Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: Early fishing lures were crafted out of bone, stone, or wood. In prehistoric times, people used to grab fish out of the water with their bare hands—or at least they tried to. With the advent of tool usage, humans began to craft hooks and lures to attract fish. Fishing enthusiasts have wanted to sit still and let the fish come to them for thousands of years! You’re engaging in a time-honored tradition when you and your friends set out on the water.
Memory Movie
Memory movie is held in our office’s meeting room and is a fun time to get together, kick back, and watch a fun movie. Please call our office to sign up as spots fill up fast! Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: "I Love Lucy," which aired from 1951 to 1957, was the first TV show to be filmed in front of a live studio audience.
Health and Wellness Club: Proper Dieting
In our Health & Wellness Club this week we will be creating proper diets and going over some common fad diets. Our Health and Wellness Club helps us to learn about the different facets of health and wellness to promote individual wellbeing. This activity is available online and in person. Please call our office to sign up. Open to ages 14 - 24.
Fun Fact: The National Institutes of Health indicate sleep impacts your growth, hormone levels, immunity, cardiovascular health, blood pressure, appetite, and breathing.
Craft Activity
Come join us and explore your creativity and imagination through a variety of craft projects that include painting, coloring, and clay work to name a few! Please call our office to sign up. Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: William Morris founded the arts and crafts movement in the middle of the 19th century after being tired of mass produced products. He wanted a return to products that were both beautiful and useful.
Fitness Club: Workout Plan Making
In our Fitness Club this week we will be making a workout plan. Our fitness club helps you to navigate the fitness world by learning about the different components of fitness such as work out planning and goal setting. This activity is in person only. Please call our office to sign up. Open to ages 14 - 24.
Fun Fact: Listening to music while exercising can boost motivation, improve endurance, and distract from pain.
Pool Activity
Swimming events are held at the Kittitas Valley Memorial Pool & Fitness Center in Ellensburg, WA, and require sign up to attend. Please call our office to sign up as spots fill up fast! Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: The first swimming goggles were made from tortoise shells.
Memory Movie
Memory movie is held in our office’s meeting room and is a fun time to get together, kick back, and watch a fun movie. Please call our office to sign up as spots fill up fast! Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: The first movie ever made is widely considered to be Roundhay Garden Scene, filmed in 1888 by French inventor Louis Le Prince. Roundhay Garden Scene is a short, silent film that shows people walking around in a garden.
Game Activity
Come down and join us during our Game Activity where we get together and have fun playing board games and hanging out! Please call our office to sign up. Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: The ancient game of Senet, discovered in Egyptian tombs, is believed to be the oldest board game ever found. It dates back to around 3,500 BCE, and pharaohs, including Tutankhamun, were buried with their own Senet boards.
Career Readiness Club: Resume Building
In our career readiness club, we learn and develop skills that help prepare us for careers ranging from interviewing techniques to resume writing. This weeks club will focus on Resume building. This activity is available both online and in person. Please call our office to sign up. Open to ages 14 - 24.
Fun Fact: In France the average work week is 35 hours, The Netherlands has the shortest work week in the world at 29 hours per week.
Reading Class
Reading class is a fun mix of group story time and individual reading to help develop and improve reading skills. Come join Dan, our activities coordinator, in reading and discussing new books and poetry. All are welcome regardless of reading ability. Please call our office to sign up. Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: Reading for just six minutes can reduce stress levels by 68%
Fine Arts Club: Painting
Fine Arts club is a fun way to get in touch with your artistic side while connecting with other individuals in the community. In our fine arts club this week we will be painting. This is an in person activity. Please call our office to sign up. Open to ages 14 - 24.
Fun Fact: Birmingham-based artist Willard Wigan makes the smallest artworks in the world, in the eye of a needle, which he calls ‘micro-sculptures’. The art is so tiny that it must be viewed through a microscope. In creating his teeny tiny sculptures, Wigan has to slow his heartbeat down and work between pulses. Wow!
Pool Activity
Swimming events are held at the Kittitas Valley Memorial Pool & Fitness Center in Ellensburg, WA, and require sign up to attend. Please call our office to sign up as spots fill up fast! Must be 18+ to attend.
Fun Fact: The first known record of people swimming dates back to Egyptian drawings from 2500 BC, with stone age paintings in the Cave of Swimmers dating back even further.
Youth: Film Club - Choose a movie ( online & In-person)
In our film Club we will be watching and discussing a movie. The option are: Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Yes Man, and Lego Movie. This activity is held through our Youth Transition Program, all attendees must be between the ages of 14-24.
Craft Activity
CWDR creative activities at CWDR are to decrease stress and anxiety for our consumers
Youth: Cultural Exploration Club - Ellensburg History ( In-person only)
In our cultural Exploration Club we will be learning about the rich history of Ellensburg. This activity is held through our Youth Transition Program, all attendees must be between the ages of 14-24.
Pool activity
A pool provides a way to improve mobility and many other health benefits. It is also way to be able to interact with other’s and get out of your comfort zone.
Memory Movie
The movies CWDR show virtually online help work on memory skills for our consumers.
CWU Concert Mclntyre music Building
CWDR goes to events where our consumers can sing, play musical instruments, recite poems, or watch others perform, it is an open mic night at CWU Bistro Cafe as well as other places.
Cooking Class
The CWDR cooking class helps our consumers to create easy and nutritious meals to increase healthy eating.
Life skills Club: Budgeting ( Online & In person)
In our life skills club we will be learning how to budget.
Reading Activity
Activities geared at increasing independent living skills for our participants. Lesson examples include time management skills, memory activities, and daily independent living skills as well as reading classes.
Advocacy Club: TBD (in person only)
Our Advocacy club will be led by a quest coordinator and is TBD
Pool Activity
A pool provides a way to improve mobility and many other health benefits. It is also way to be able to interact with other’s and get out of your comfort zone.
Group Hike
CWDR’s fitness activities are used to decrease isolation and help to provide a virtual workout for individual who are unable to go to the gym.
Health & Wellness Club: Nutrition Trivia (online & in person)
In our health and wellness Club we will be myth-busting some common nutrition myths.
Craft Activity
CWDR creative activities at CWDR are to decrease stress and anxiety for our consumers
Fitness Club: Pool Pass ( in person only)
In our fitness club we will be getting a pool pass for ellensburg pool.
Vaccine Clinic- Grandview, WA
Free Vaccine clinic offered in Grandview, covid 19 and flu shots offered.
Pool Activity
A pool provides a way to improve mobility and many other health benefits. It is also way to be able to interact with other’s and get out of your comfort zone.
Memory Movie
The movies CWDR show virtually online help work on memory skills for our consumers.
Chess Class
Crafts & Games, Art activities: CWDR creative activities at CWDR are to decrease stress and anxiety for four consumers.