Hope Is…

• Join us one, two, three or even four days per week!

• Call us for details and to register: 727-249-1953

• Our schedule is changing! Visit our website to see

our new meeting times and what activities we have

planned!

• http://www.vohaphasia.org/

M A Y 2 0 1 7

Session B:

April 10th – June 30th

NO MEETING on Monday, May 29th

Memorial Day

Break: July 3rd – 7th

Come See What We Are All About!

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Upcoming Events

Free Aphasia Evaluation • Learn how your communication abilities

may have changed since your first

diagnosis

• Receive a summary of assessment results

• Recommendations for communicating in

your home and community

o Mondays at the Sunshine Center

o Fridays at USFSP

• Please call 727-249-1953 to schedule an

appointment or for more information.

"Aphasia's Got Talent"

• A fun evening where performers with

and without aphasia compete to get the

attention of our celebrity judges, and

votes from the audience!

• Become a team leader and register your

group to join in on the fun in this

friendly and empowering competition!

• Team Updates: Team USF Tampa,

Team Blake, Team Dunedin, and Team

St. Petersburg!

• September 23, 2017

• 5:00 - 7:30 pm

• St. Petersburg Woman's Club

Aphasia Awareness at the Deadly Rival Roller Derby! • Saturday, June 3rd

• 4033 35th Street N, St. Petersburg, FL

• Doors open at 6:00 pm

June is National Aphasia Awareness Month!

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• I went to ARC Aphasia Boot Camp & shared my video

• Topic is "Yikes! I had the yips for aphasia."

• I have difficulty speaking when I am in stressful situations.

• When it's hard to talk it is frustrating.

• TIP: turn your frustration "off" and turn your hope "on."

• Watch my video to find out more tips!

o https://youtu.be/x3ueXWAC-P0

• The caregiver program now meets on

the 2nd Wednesday & Friday of every

month:

o Wednesday May 10 at the

Sunshine Center

o Friday May 12 at USFSP

• All meetings are scheduled from 10 - 12

pm and will be facilitated by Mary Lee

Zawadski. Hope you can join us!

• On Monday, June 5 we will have a

Shuffleboard outing, starting at 11:00 am

at the Shuffleboard Club (next to

Sunshine Center).

• Please join us!

Trish’s Tips:

Caregiver Program

Shuffleboard Trip

Upcoming Events

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• STARS Mission: Provide hands-on

training and support for people with

aphasia and their families in the use of

technology in a fun and social

environment.

• Ribbon –Cutting Ceremony!

• Wednesday, June 28

• 10:30 – 11:30 am

• Sunshine Center

Happy Birthday From Voices of Hope!

• Earnie: May 1st

• Mike C: May 2nd

• Tom: May 23rd

• Brooke: May 23rd

• Give Day Results:

• Many thanks to everyone for supporting

our Give Day Campaign.

• Our final total, including donations

online, by check, matching grants, and

money raised by members is $37,610.

• We are overjoyed to have had such a

generous response and thank everyone for

their financial contributions and most of

all, moral support and love!

Fund-Raising Corner: