Patrick Winters was briefly introduced as TCAA/IHELP's new Case Manager in a previous newsletter.  However, we would like to take this opportunity to tell you a little more about him.  Patrick has a very extensive background in management.  He has been a regional manager for a Fortune 500 company, manager of Walgreen's and Albertson's and several large packaging companies in the valley.  Patrick worked as a Transitional Manager at Crossroads, Inc. pursuing his interest in helping those with addiction and recovery.  He worked on the clinical side of recovery at Community Bridges a detox facility.  There he worked with an array of people, mostly homeless. He came to us from St. Joseph the Worker where he worked with those with alcohol addiction and used his management experience to be a job developer for low income individuals.  Patrick came to TCAA because he was interested in doing more extensive Case Management.  Patrick has been trained as a Workforce Connection Access Point Administrator.  TCAA will be holding Community  workforce AccessPoint connection classes in one of the classrooms in the Escalante Center starting in February.  TCAA is excited for Patrick to be here, we know because of his previous experience enables him to provide the highest level of Case Management to his clients.  Patrick already has over 40 clients working with him in Case Management.  Welcome Patrick! 

 Spring is just around the corner, just in time for spring cleaning!  IHELP is in need of sheets.  Please consider donating new or gently used sheets, or doing a sheet drive in your community for the IHELP program.  Donations can be dropped off at Tempe Community Action Agency.

 The weather will soon be warming up and with that comes the need for more water for our IHELP program.  Albertson's is having a sale for $1.99 this week for a case of 24 bottles.  Donations can be dropped off at Tempe Community Action Agency's Food Pantry.  Thank you so much for your donations! 

 

 

 The 2011 IHELP Calendar is online.  Please take the time to peruse the entire year to verifying that all the dates your community has committed to are correct.   If there are any changes, please notify Sam as soon as possible. 

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Please feel free to add as many recipes or comments as you wish.  We can build the files of IHELP clients favorite dishes.  We are interested in hearing from you!   The 50+ Cookbook can be found on the Google Group website as well.  Having trouble posting on google groups email  Kathy to get started.

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