Hello Everyone!
Happy Halloween from Abilities United Community Connections.
It's been a terrific couple of weeks and we have been extremely busy. In fact, during the month of October we had 63 Community Connections activities and provided the community with 250 service hours. That's over 60 service hours per week!
We have started another new partnership with the Milpitas Food Bank. We work in the pantry; sorting food, making grocery boxes and doing anything they need us to. It's fun to be at a new location and the staff there seems to really appreciate us.
The Ecumenical Hunger Project has also asked us to pick up an extra shift. They are starting to get really busy for the holidays and they really need our help. It is so great to feel so useful.
Our participants are really getting used to knowing how valuable they are.
At the BOK Horse Ranch and NCEFT Horse Ranch we continue to help care for the grounds and the horses. It gets a bit tricky with the weather turning cold and rainy, but we are determined to help out no matter what!
To end the month we held a big costume party and dance for Halloween. It was so fun to see everyone in costume and it was also nice to have a celebration! We can be very proud of all that we have accomplished.
Thanks for reading!
Andrea
Abilities United Community Connections activities and announcements
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Lights! Camera! Action!
Hello Everyone!
Welcome again to the Abilities United Community Connections blog!
It's been a very busy few weeks. We are getting ready for our 7th episode of our television program and we have been busy filming our field shoots. Last tuesday we filmed our participants at their West Valley College work site and on thursday we filmed at Menlo College. It was so exciting to see our group work while being filmed. They did a great job and enjoyed being on camera. Our television program will be finished in November and we hope to have several interesting guests as well as the field shoots.
At the Veteran's Hospital in Menlo Park we started a weekly food distribution site. Each tuesday we help unload the trucks and assemble food for the families that live in the shelter. It is wonderful to know that we are helping others have access to groceries.
The Redwood City History Museum is another popular work site. We have been helping assemble marketing materials and it's fun to be doing so much work. We also like being in the museum!
In our educational program, we are taking some of our classes off site. Two of our Adult Day staff members are teaching math and reading at the Mountain View Community Recreation center. Our participants are really enjoying learning in an off-campus classroom and it is a good way to integrate into the community.
Next week promises to be just as busy! Stay tuned....
And thanks for reading.
Andrea
Welcome again to the Abilities United Community Connections blog!
It's been a very busy few weeks. We are getting ready for our 7th episode of our television program and we have been busy filming our field shoots. Last tuesday we filmed our participants at their West Valley College work site and on thursday we filmed at Menlo College. It was so exciting to see our group work while being filmed. They did a great job and enjoyed being on camera. Our television program will be finished in November and we hope to have several interesting guests as well as the field shoots.
At the Veteran's Hospital in Menlo Park we started a weekly food distribution site. Each tuesday we help unload the trucks and assemble food for the families that live in the shelter. It is wonderful to know that we are helping others have access to groceries.
The Redwood City History Museum is another popular work site. We have been helping assemble marketing materials and it's fun to be doing so much work. We also like being in the museum!
In our educational program, we are taking some of our classes off site. Two of our Adult Day staff members are teaching math and reading at the Mountain View Community Recreation center. Our participants are really enjoying learning in an off-campus classroom and it is a good way to integrate into the community.
Next week promises to be just as busy! Stay tuned....
And thanks for reading.
Andrea
Monday, October 4, 2010
We are Finalists!
Hello Everyone!
Welcome to the Abilities United Community Connections blog!
We have terrific news! Our television program, Community Connections: Bridging Communities With East Palo Alto is a finalist for a WAVE award (Western Access Video Excellence). This is great news because there are a lot of entries. We won this award last year, but this year the competition is even tighter. Cross your fingers!
Another exciting event is that we are getting ready to film another episode of our Community Connections television program. Hopefully we will be able to film our work at West Valley and Menlo Colleges. We are doing great work at both sites.
And last week we provided over 60 volunteer service hours to the community. We are really enjoying our new partnership with the Redwood City History Museum. We are helping distribute their marketing materials and it is really interesting work.
In November we will celebrate our second year of work at the National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy. We love cleaning the barn and working with the horses. We have learned so much.
At the Ecumenical Hunger Project we are helping make food baskets; as well as sorting food and separating groceries.
We are off to a great start for October. We love being so busy and productive.
Thanks for reading!
Andrea
Welcome to the Abilities United Community Connections blog!
We have terrific news! Our television program, Community Connections: Bridging Communities With East Palo Alto is a finalist for a WAVE award (Western Access Video Excellence). This is great news because there are a lot of entries. We won this award last year, but this year the competition is even tighter. Cross your fingers!
Another exciting event is that we are getting ready to film another episode of our Community Connections television program. Hopefully we will be able to film our work at West Valley and Menlo Colleges. We are doing great work at both sites.
And last week we provided over 60 volunteer service hours to the community. We are really enjoying our new partnership with the Redwood City History Museum. We are helping distribute their marketing materials and it is really interesting work.
In November we will celebrate our second year of work at the National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy. We love cleaning the barn and working with the horses. We have learned so much.
At the Ecumenical Hunger Project we are helping make food baskets; as well as sorting food and separating groceries.
We are off to a great start for October. We love being so busy and productive.
Thanks for reading!
Andrea
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