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News and Events
Join us for our annual
Halloween event!
October 28, 2026
WHEN: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: CSSI office
View the flyer HERE!
RSVP to Ida Perry by 10/19/26.
OUR CSSI MISSION COMES TRUE BECAUSE OF YOU
CELEBRATING AND APPRECIATING YOU!
October - December Longevity Celebration
Date to be announced
October
Becky B., Finance Director, celebrating 28 years
Henry G., Family Mentoring Coordinator, celebrating 25 years
Albert & Ellen P., Host Home Providers, celebrating 14 years
Eden A., Mentoring Manager, celebrating 9 years
Deborah T., Host Home Provider, celebrating 7 years
Nancy M., Family Caregiver, celebrating 7 years
Arthur P., Host Home Provider, celebrating 2 years
November
Julia N., Mentoring Coordinator, celebrating 28 years
Femi & Gloria A., Host Home Providers, celebrating 16 years
Lubna Y., Host Home Provider, celebrating 12 years
Noldy & Jeanne S., Host Home Providers, celebrating 2 years
December
Esther A., Host Home Provider, celebrating 27 years
CSSI News Corner
CSSI would like to welcome the following Internal Office Staff, Mentoring Coordinators, Family Care Givers and Host Home Providers to our Agency!
Reyvie W. - Respite Host Home Provider
CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS!
CSSI sends happy birthday wishes for all personnel with birthdays in October, November, and December!
October
Gloria A.
Tetta A.
Adrianne B.
Jacki M.
Tunde O.
Ida P.
Wendy R.
Bimpe S.
Anthony S.
Cindy W.
Lubna Y.
November
Nicole B.
Charles D.
Christine F.
Lois L.
December
Melissa N.
Fola O.
Tiffany S.
Spotlight Stories
2026
Machelle’s Special Birthday!
In September 2025, for Machelle’s 61st birthday, she was able to celebrate in a way that many people only wish for! Machelle and her Host Home Provider, Satriana, went all the way to Las Vegas to see The Wizard of Oz at the SPHERE! Machelle was delighted throughout the entire show! So much smiling and so much giggling! She absolutely loved all the sensory effects. She loved reaching out and touching the interactive flowers floating in the air, the wind blowing, the vibrations in the seat, the foam apples falling, the flying monkeys, the rain drops splashing, and the spinning house! Her pictures and video show it all! She also loved getting her photo taken with the Wizard of Oz character performers. We are so proud of Satriana for organizing, traveling, and making this incredible birthday celebration happen for Machelle. Machelle loved every minute and will always cherish her 61st birthday!
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Read about our recent events!
BIBLE PARK HIKE
June 18, 2026
Our group kicked off the afternoon at Bible Park at 4:30 p.m., gathering in the cool shade around the picnic table with plenty of water to keep everyone refreshed. From there, we set out on a relaxed hike through the park, turning the trail into a playful adventure with a scavenger hunt using a pictorial scavenger list, and everyone used their phones to snap photos of each item as we found them. We wrapped up around 6:15 p.m., cooling down with cold water, oranges, and granola bars — the perfect finish to a fun, easygoing evening together.
APRIL 2026 EARTH DAY EVENT
CSSI had a GREAT turnout for our April 22nd Plant A Pot event on Earth Day! CSSI had three beautifully decorated table stations set up for this fun event.
Station #1: CSSI had several tables set up inside to sit at and decorate your own pot. We had all kinds of stickers to choose from, along with waterproof paint markers to get crafty with and make your pot unique and all yours!
Station #2: This was outside the CSSI office on a nice, shaded area on the green grass under the trees. People got to choose their own flowers to plant, and some people also picked a spider plant to add to their pot.
Fun Fact: ALL the spider plants were donated by Janice, our office staff! They were her very own spider plants from her home that she had grown. It doesn't get more homegrown than that!
Station #3: CSSI had a table set up back inside our CSSI office that had plant accessories to add in to your new flower/plant pot. They included tall butterflies, glow-in-the-dark ladybugs, cute little mushrooms, and instructions to take home on how to care for your new flower/plant pot.
MOSAIC STICKER ART EVENT
February 25, 2026
On February 25, 2026, our office was bursting with color and creativity as the people we support joined us for a memorable Sticker Mosaic Art Event. Everyone selected from a variety of mosaic templates and used bright, carefully placed stickers and beads to bring their designs to life. As each piece took shape, the room filled with excitement and pride. Each completed mosaic masterpiece showcased the imagination, patience, and talent of its creator. Beyond the art itself, the event offered meaningful moments of encouragement and shared accomplishment. The artwork created was not only beautiful, but also a wonderful reminder of the joy that comes from making space for creativity and community in all we do. We look forward to continuing to build more experiences that empower, inspire, and bring us all together.
Holiday Party 2025
The holiday party on December 4th, 2025, was delightful! Our event was held at Noonan’s and was attended by almost 200 people. The people we serve, family members, host home providers, family caregivers, mentoring managers, mentoring coordinators, friends and management staff all came together to have a lovely evening. The evening was filled with a full dance floor for the entire evening, orchestrated by Perry/Masterpiece, our DJ; a wonderful hot dinner; and to everyone’s surprise, a FULL PHOTO BOOTH with holiday backdrops and props with limitless photos for everyone! Lots of laughter, conversations, hugs and joy were seen throughout the room and throughout the evening! An event to store in our memory of favorites!
October 30, 2025 Halloween party
This year’s Halloween Party was great fun! Everyone came dressed in their best costumes, ready to celebrate! There was dancing, pumpkin decorating, a Halloween costume contest, and of course—great food, candy, and gift bags.
Everyone had a blast decorating their pumpkins with colorful stickers!
For our Halloween costume contest, we had three wonderful judges: Host Home Provider Debby T., Family Care Giver Lois L., and Mentoring Manager Dagmar N. They selected our top contestants in the following categories: Scariest, Most Creative, Overall Favorite, and Funniest.
Our winners were:
Carrie L. – Overall Favorite
Ryan R. – Scariest
Jamie E. – Most Creative
Chris T. – Funniest
What a tremendous time we all had—everyone truly made this Halloween one to remember!
Our Annual Summer Picnic
This year our summer picnic was held on September 11th, 2025, in the late afternoon and early evening hours. It was a great success in all respects! The attendance was great! The weather was absolutely perfect (in the 70’s) for this fun event! The food was fun and special this year, with burgers, brats and homemade potato salad and coleslaw! The burgers and brats were grilled right there for us, making it even more fun and delicious!
We had three booths that were attended by all throughout the event. There was a tattoo booth, a safari picture booth (with safari backdrop, safari hats and scarves and even some safari animals!), and a bracelet making booth! WOW! The booths were very busy, and everyone walked away with lovely tattoos, fabulous, fun and framed safari pictures, and incredibly beautiful bracelets! There were lots of smiles, laughing, conversation, mingling and just plain FUN! We cannot wait for next year!!!!
2025 CSSI Annual Mountain Retreat
Our CSSI Annual Mountain was held August 26th through August 28th, 2025. We went to Quaker Ridge for a lovely time! Our days included several hikes through the lovely mountains, doing the low ropes course, archery, nighttime campfire with fun food items to roast over the open fire, a hayrack ride, a scavenger hunt and of course, the annual kick ball game! The days were very full and very fun. Everyone laughed, smiled, engaged and enjoyed the mountain air! What a pure joy it was being together in a fun environment like this.
While Quaker Ridge has been our go to for many years, we all agreed a new place could be fun and exciting! Therefore, we have already made our plans for next year, so be on the watch for a new exciting location: Estes Park YMCA of the Rockies! We have already reserved the Pattie Hyde Barclay Group Cabin, featuring 17 bedrooms, 20 bathrooms, triple appliance kitchen, gas grill, decks and a private fire pit! Here’s to the summer of 2025 and we are looking forward to the summer of 2026!
