Orchard Village celebrated t
he opening of its new Activity Center on June 26th, with over 100 guests in attendance. Two dozen clients helped to break in the new 5200 sq. ft. multi-use building located at 7672 Marmora Ave., in Skokie, shooting hoops, playing games, and painting flower pots, prior to the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Donald Bielinski, Orchard Village Board Chair, Larry Suffredin, Cook County Commissioner and Allison Stark, Orchard Village President & CEO led the festivities and welcomed guests.
The Activity Center will be home to Abilities in Motion, a new outcomes-oriented therapeutic recreation program that will make good use of the 2500 sq. ft. gym with basketball hoops, commercial kitchen, and flexible activity/meeting space.
Therapeutic recreation has been shown to result in significant improvements in self-confidence, communication skills, attention and memory, problem solving, decision making, mood, mobility, and coordination. As part of Abilities in Motion, a certified recreational therapist will individually prescribe activities—sports, fitness, art, music, drama, cooking, dance, and more—tailored to the identified physical, cognitive, and emotional goals of Orchard Village’s clients.