Hello Everyone!
The Community Connections program has wonderful news to report! Thanks to the terrific work of our Abilities United fund development department, we have received a grant from the Hedco Foundation for $42,000 to buy a new van for the Adult Day program.
We have really been struggling with transportation issues this year and so Jo Bailard and Linda Chin have been working extra hard to find us funding. With so many new volunteer work sites, we have not been able to transport everyone to the various work locations. With the addition of this van, we will be able to bring several more participants to our work sites.
We cannot thank our fund development department enough. The new van that we will be purchasing will be completely wheelchair accessible and able to transport several participants and staff.
Our holiday wishes have come true! We look forward to being even more productive in 2011.
Andrea
Abilities United Community Connections activities and announcements
Monday, December 27, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
What a Wonderful Year!
Hello and welcome to Abilities United Community Connections blog.
We are almost at the New Year and so we have been reflecting on all of the wonderful work we have been doing in the community.
During 2010 we added ten new partnership and had six educational seminars. We are currently maintaining over 35 partnerships with local businesses in the community. Our service hours have really grown and we are now averaging over 50 service hours per week. Some weeks we have so many work assignments we barely have enough people to do all of the work. A couple of weeks we calculated over 65 work hours!
The one problem that we continue to struggle with is our lack of transportation. With only two working vans it is hard to get all of our groups out into the community. Hopefully, our transportation situation will be improve and we will be even more productive.
Our biggest success in 2010 was getting our Community Connections program vendorized by San Andrea Regional Center. It is wonderful to know they are supporting our program. It has brought a lot of changes to the program but they are all positive and moving us into the future.
2011 promises to be even better and even busier! We hope you will join us.
And have a wonderful holiday!
andrea
We are almost at the New Year and so we have been reflecting on all of the wonderful work we have been doing in the community.
During 2010 we added ten new partnership and had six educational seminars. We are currently maintaining over 35 partnerships with local businesses in the community. Our service hours have really grown and we are now averaging over 50 service hours per week. Some weeks we have so many work assignments we barely have enough people to do all of the work. A couple of weeks we calculated over 65 work hours!
The one problem that we continue to struggle with is our lack of transportation. With only two working vans it is hard to get all of our groups out into the community. Hopefully, our transportation situation will be improve and we will be even more productive.
Our biggest success in 2010 was getting our Community Connections program vendorized by San Andrea Regional Center. It is wonderful to know they are supporting our program. It has brought a lot of changes to the program but they are all positive and moving us into the future.
2011 promises to be even better and even busier! We hope you will join us.
And have a wonderful holiday!
andrea
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays from Abilities United Community Connections!
We hope everyone is having a great start of the holiday season.
Our participants had a wonderful Thanksgiving. The Adult Day Staff cooked a traditional Thanksgiving feast and everyone ate as much as they could. After the wonderful meal a group from the College of Adaptive Arts in Redwood City put on a wonderful performance. They had the whole group dancing and singing. It was so much fun and nice to relax after a month of hard work.
The adult day program volunteers started a new partnership with the Family Giving Tree in Milpitas. We have been helping with holiday ornaments and Christmas gifts. It's been a great experience to help another new group.
We are also continuing our volunteer work at several local food banks. The Ecumenical Hunger Project, Milpitas Food Bank and Second Harvest are some of the groups we help. It gets especially busy during the holidays and so our help is really appreciated.
At the Community School of Music and Art we have been cleaning pottery wheels, washing paint brushes and keeping the art rooms clean. This is our third year at CSMA and we love it! We also take a Marimba and Art class there.
In late December we will be having a holiday party for all of the participants. It's wonderful to celebrate all of the successes we have had this year. We will reflect on all that we have accomplished and prepare for a busy year to come in 2011.
Thanks for reading! And blessings for a wonderful holiday.
Andrea
We hope everyone is having a great start of the holiday season.
Our participants had a wonderful Thanksgiving. The Adult Day Staff cooked a traditional Thanksgiving feast and everyone ate as much as they could. After the wonderful meal a group from the College of Adaptive Arts in Redwood City put on a wonderful performance. They had the whole group dancing and singing. It was so much fun and nice to relax after a month of hard work.
The adult day program volunteers started a new partnership with the Family Giving Tree in Milpitas. We have been helping with holiday ornaments and Christmas gifts. It's been a great experience to help another new group.
We are also continuing our volunteer work at several local food banks. The Ecumenical Hunger Project, Milpitas Food Bank and Second Harvest are some of the groups we help. It gets especially busy during the holidays and so our help is really appreciated.
At the Community School of Music and Art we have been cleaning pottery wheels, washing paint brushes and keeping the art rooms clean. This is our third year at CSMA and we love it! We also take a Marimba and Art class there.
In late December we will be having a holiday party for all of the participants. It's wonderful to celebrate all of the successes we have had this year. We will reflect on all that we have accomplished and prepare for a busy year to come in 2011.
Thanks for reading! And blessings for a wonderful holiday.
Andrea
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