Smile of the Month: Norman Salewski
Birthday: July 4, 1949
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite TV show: Movies: Animal movies, love stories, movies that
combine animation and real actors.
Favorite Food: Anything with Ketchup
Favorite Dessert: Chocolate pudding
Favorite Bible Person: Jesus
Where have you lived? In Woodlands, New Westminster, for most of
his life. Norman moved out to a Bethesda (Christian) group home in 1996.
What does Norman love to do in the daytime? Go out. Loves going out
and visiting. Loves doing anything connected with office work (i.e.,
recycling)., Norman chooses his shirt and tie and wants to look very neat
and "sharp." He is very particular about his clothes and his appearance.
Norman's Hobbies: Making sure everything is organized at home.
Norman lives with three other people in a group home in Richmond. He is
incredibly observant and keeps the staff organized by making sure that
they keep on top of the garbage, recycling, laundry, cooking, dishwasher.
he will remind the staff and urge them to do their best. He is really the
head of the household.
Favorite Holiday: His recent daytrip to Science World.
Norman does not speak well but communicates extraordinarily
well. He has a deep sense of compassion for others and wants to
help others in as many ways as he can. Norman uses a wheelchair
and cannot do many things independently, but he has learned that
his caring staff will be his hands and his feet. He has a great
sense of humor and a loving heart. To be loved by Norman is to be
loved indeed.
What would Norman like everyone to know? Norman wants you to know
that he can understand you and relate to you.