Hello and welcome to the Community Connections blog!
We have great news! Last spring our program received three new vans to transport our participants to their volunteer work sites. It took awhile to customize the vans to accommodate our participants, but they are finally ready.
The vans will hopefully be delivered to our program the week of September 7. We are planning a big event to celebrate the wonderful donation. Everyone is invited to take part in the celebration at the Abilities United Admin Building on Wed Sept 7 at 2:30 PM.
Hope to see you there!
Thanks for reading.
andrea
Abilities United Community Connections activities and announcements
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Gearing up for Fall!
Hello and welcome to the Community Connections blog.
We are working really hard and getting ready for our fall schedule. In September, we will return to our work at the Palo Alto Zoo and Menlo College (they were both on hiatus for the summer). Our participants will also start their forth year of classes at the Community School of Music and Art. We will be taking Marimba classes as well as the art classes.
This month we put our latest television production of Abilities United Presents: Community Connections on to You Tube. You can view the program by following the attached link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4MlyuthcaE
The program features the Mayor of Palo Alto, Sid Espinosa and two Abilities United participants. We also show videos of our work out in the community.
In our educational series, the Red Cross will be presenting a lecture on Emergency Preparedness to our participants.
Another fall event is our Agency wide Aquathon, to take place on Saturday September 10. It should be a really fun event again this year.
Keep reading for the latest news on all of our events. And thanks for reading!
Andrea
We are working really hard and getting ready for our fall schedule. In September, we will return to our work at the Palo Alto Zoo and Menlo College (they were both on hiatus for the summer). Our participants will also start their forth year of classes at the Community School of Music and Art. We will be taking Marimba classes as well as the art classes.
This month we put our latest television production of Abilities United Presents: Community Connections on to You Tube. You can view the program by following the attached link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4MlyuthcaE
The program features the Mayor of Palo Alto, Sid Espinosa and two Abilities United participants. We also show videos of our work out in the community.
In our educational series, the Red Cross will be presenting a lecture on Emergency Preparedness to our participants.
Another fall event is our Agency wide Aquathon, to take place on Saturday September 10. It should be a really fun event again this year.
Keep reading for the latest news on all of our events. And thanks for reading!
Andrea
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
500 Recorders !
Hello Everyone and Welcome to the Community Connections blog.
August has been a very productive month. We took on a gigantic project at the Community School of Music and Art. Each summer, we help clean and organize their musical instruments. It's a month long project because we have 500 recorders to clean!
Our participants take the instruments apart, wash them in bleach and re-assemble them. Then they set up a very efficient production line.
"We rely so much on the Abilities United participants," notes CSMA staff member Susan McInnis. "We wouldn't be able to do this project without their help. We are forever grateful!"
In total, we have cleaned over 1500 recorders! What an accomplishment!
Dr. Earl Whetstone came and gave a dental presentation in July and in mid-August we will tour Moffet Air Base in Mountain View as part of our educational program. We are learning so much in these educational lectures.
This fall promises to be a very busy time. Keep reading for the latest info on all of our events.
Thanks for reading.
Andrea
August has been a very productive month. We took on a gigantic project at the Community School of Music and Art. Each summer, we help clean and organize their musical instruments. It's a month long project because we have 500 recorders to clean!
Our participants take the instruments apart, wash them in bleach and re-assemble them. Then they set up a very efficient production line.
"We rely so much on the Abilities United participants," notes CSMA staff member Susan McInnis. "We wouldn't be able to do this project without their help. We are forever grateful!"
In total, we have cleaned over 1500 recorders! What an accomplishment!
Dr. Earl Whetstone came and gave a dental presentation in July and in mid-August we will tour Moffet Air Base in Mountain View as part of our educational program. We are learning so much in these educational lectures.
This fall promises to be a very busy time. Keep reading for the latest info on all of our events.
Thanks for reading.
Andrea
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