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OUR AQUATIC THERAPY PROGRAM

Aquatic Physical Therapy is a one-on-one therapy treatment session with a licensed provider. Exercises performed in the water can promote relaxation, fitness and physical rehabilitation along with other therapeutic benefits.

Our pool is kept between 90° and 92°F to maintain the maximum number of therapeutic benefits.

Physical Therapy is by appointment only Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (closed for lunch from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm). A prescription from your physician is required prior to beginning Skilled Aquatic Physical Therapy at our facility. While it is not a guarantee, Aquatic Therapy services are generally covered by most major medical insurance carriers such as Aetna, Ashlink, Cigna, Hill Physicians (prior authorization required), Medicare (no HMO/PPO), Medi-Medi, TriWest VA, Work Comp (no Medrisk) and Letters of Agreements (for rendered services from out of network insurances). For those without adequate coverage, discounted pricing is available.

Please call 209-644-4808 for pricing details.

SERVICE FIRST AQUATIC WELLNESS PROGRAM

Come and enjoy some warm water exercise! Our pool is heated and stays between 90° and 92°F to maintain full therapeutic benefits for your body. Warm water reduces spasticity and relaxes muscles allowing individuals to move with greater mobility and decreased pain. Warm water also increases joint, muscle strength, and flexibility.

In your initial visit to our Wellness Program you will meet with a Licensed Physical Therapist who will evaluate you and create an individualized exercise program to help you achieve your functional goals.

For more information please call 209-644-4808

SWIM LESSONS

Year round swim lessons for all ages. Come and join the fun in a one-on-one swim lesson with CPR and water safety certified swim instructor.

Our swim blocks are 2x a week for 3 weeks totaling 6 lessons per swim block. Participants of our Swim Program are able to benefit from a one-on-one swim lesson for a duration of 30 minutes. Service First instructors also have the pleasure of teaching VMRC consumers and have experience in working with children and adults with disabilities. If a make-up swim lesson is required, it must be made up in the same swim block.

Swim lessons are available to children accompanied by an adult as young as 6 months old, however, the ideal age to teach a child to swim is 4 years old.

Service First was awarded an Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities grant, to build The Hunter House, a 120 – unit affordable housing project. The $27 million grant comes as part of a $808 million initiative for 37 new sustainable projects across California. 

The AHSC program mission is to “make it easier for Californians to drive less by making sure housing, jobs, and key destinations are accessible by walking or biking and transit.” Following inline with AHSC vision, the application process required proposals involving not only the affordable house development but also transportation improvements, encouraging walking bicycling and public transit. With the help of the San Joaquin Council of Governors, Service First collaborated with local transportation partners to submit The Hunter House application, the only one submitted for San Joaquin County, and ultimately receiving the award. 

The affordable housing project will serve the special needs community and will be located at 600 North Hunter Street in downtown Stockton. Being in the city center, the project will be near several essential services like city and county offices, the downtown transit center and banks. It will be four stories high with both one and two bedroom units. The Hunter House will include a community room, two elevators, two laundry rooms and a fitness area. This will be the fifth affordable housing site that Service First will offer, in addition to Winslow Village Apartments, Paulette’s Manor, Coventry Apartments and Zettie’s Haven. 

To read more about the project here.

I joined the military when I was 17. My Navy bootcamp and C school was in Pensicola, Florida. After training as a Deck Hand. The Military sent me to San Diego, California to serve aboard the U.S.S. Jason and Auxiliary Repair Ship. Where we fixed Fast Frigates, Destroyers, and other ships. We were a West Coast ship and traveled to Philipines, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tiland, Guam, Diego Garcia, Persian Gulf, Iraq, Iran. At ports we would have to pull guard duty with M-14 and take a boat and patrol around the ship for 8 hours to avoid swimmers. Also while on board; my job was to maintain ships integrety, repair electrical on boat booms, be a lookout for other ships, planes, submarines, mines, and torpedos. I was promoted several times on ship. I became in charge of the helo locker. Where I maintained, repaired, replaced all equipment to accept helicopters aboard our ship. I was the only one to ever pass inspection with a 99%. I missed a cross on one of the helmets because I did not know it was suppose to have one. From there I went into Supply. I, then chose a field of Cryptological Technical Technician, ie computers. I had a top secret clearance with the same clearence as the President of the United States. The only difference was need to know. I got promoted to E-4 Petty Officer 3rd Class. I received numerous awards for going above and beyond on my job. The Command felt like I was the canidate to take over the Day Shop. So, I became the first E-4 to run our Day Shop. I helped members from the Pentagon, install and repair equipment for our job. I also wrote training and SOP (Standard Operating Proceedures) for all now and future CTT Wizards. I had 450; Army, Marines, and Navy personnel that I supervised daily. If equipment broke or software problems occured; I would have to troubleshoot the problem til it was resolved no matter how many days it took. The bad side of the job was if our base was ever overrun. We had less than 3.6 seconds to live; because the Marines that guarded our facility had instructions to kill us; so we could not be captured.

Because of family problems, I decided to get out of the Navy and go into the Army so I could be closer to family. I had to loose a rank where I became a Specialist 1st Class. I had to drop a rank from the Navy to join. I worked on tanks, trucks, guns, opticals; basically anything they put in front of me. While there I received the State Adjutants Award, which only one was given out a year. From there I went to Germany and served on the Army base in Kaiserslautern, Germany. I repaired SAW’s; 50 & 60 Calibers for Afganistan, Iraq, Iran, and Kuwait. After over 14 and half years; my injuries I got while in the military made it impossible for me to pass the physical test required to stay in. So, I got out.

The End,
Darlene Harris
Manager Paulette’s Manor