Welcome to the Community Connections blog!
Our Community Connections participants are once again really working hard out in the community. We are busy creating new partnerships all of the time. Right now we are getting prepared to work at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View. We will be working in the library there which should be a lot of fun.
We will also start working at Deer Hollow Farm in Los Altos. As soon as we are trained, we will be helping with all of the different animals. It's really exciting for all of our participants to learn how to care for animals.
In a new venture, we are creating a program that will bring volunteer projects to our Middlefield campus so that participants who stay on center get a chance to do volunteer work as well. We have partnered up with the Mother's Milk Bank in San Jose. Each week we drive to their office in San Jose, pick up rolls of bubble wrap, bring it back to our campus and prepare the bubble wrap for shipping. When we are finished, we take the cut-up bubble wrap back to the Mother's Milk Bank so they can use it for shipping. Everyone in our program is able to take part in this work project and it makes everyone feel great to be a part of the team. Hopefully we will have more on-center projects like this in the future.
In May we will celebrate the art work of our participants with a reception at the Community School of Music and Art. All of their work will be for sale and it will be wonderful to recognize the accomplishments or our participants.
We will also start planning for our 4th Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon to be held in June.
Stay tuned for more exciting news and thanks for reading!
Andrea
Abilities United Community Connections activities and announcements
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Make My Day!
Hello Everyone!
Thank you for reading the Community Connections blog! We have had a few very exciting weeks and we are busy at work volunteering out in the community.
Two weeks ago the Palo Alto Weekly heard about our Make My Day program and came and did a story on our work. It was so exciting to be photographed and interviewed. Our participants had picked up the flowers, arranged them on center and then delivered them with a card and cookies to Dan Logan in Palo Alto. It was such a celebration and Dan was so very happy.
Our participants really love this work.
We also started our first volunteer project at our own building. All of the participants are involved in this new project. We are putting together shipping materials for a non profit agency in San Jose. We size up the bubble wrap and make it ready for shipping. In one day alone we filled eight garbage bags full of usable bubble wrap. We were so productive and everyone felt great about getting so much work done!
We will also start another new partnership next month....so stay tuned!
Thanks for reading.
andrea
Thank you for reading the Community Connections blog! We have had a few very exciting weeks and we are busy at work volunteering out in the community.
Two weeks ago the Palo Alto Weekly heard about our Make My Day program and came and did a story on our work. It was so exciting to be photographed and interviewed. Our participants had picked up the flowers, arranged them on center and then delivered them with a card and cookies to Dan Logan in Palo Alto. It was such a celebration and Dan was so very happy.
Our participants really love this work.
We also started our first volunteer project at our own building. All of the participants are involved in this new project. We are putting together shipping materials for a non profit agency in San Jose. We size up the bubble wrap and make it ready for shipping. In one day alone we filled eight garbage bags full of usable bubble wrap. We were so productive and everyone felt great about getting so much work done!
We will also start another new partnership next month....so stay tuned!
Thanks for reading.
andrea
Friday, March 4, 2011
Marching into Spring!
Hello from Community Connections!
Spring is on it's way and the Community Connections program is busier than ever. During the month of February we averaged over 50 service hours per week! During two of those weeks we had over 60 service hours. That's quite an accomplishment.
We are really enjoying our work at the Hiller Aviation Museum. It's really interesting to clean the exhibits; we learn a lot while we are working. We are also helping to take care of the Lodge at Foothills Park in Los Altos. Hopefully in April we will start another partnership with the Mid Peninsula Open Space Project.
Our television program, "Abilities United Presents: Community Connections" is also doing quite well. It airs several times a week on the Media Center Channel in Palo Alto and on CreaTV in San Jose. We will be filming another episode in June.
Some of our upcoming events include starting a volunteer work site at El Camino Hospital, participating in an educational series presented by the YMCA and working with Castilleja High School on a community service project.
Stay tuned; it promises to be a very exciting Spring!
Thanks for reading.
Andrea
Spring is on it's way and the Community Connections program is busier than ever. During the month of February we averaged over 50 service hours per week! During two of those weeks we had over 60 service hours. That's quite an accomplishment.
We are really enjoying our work at the Hiller Aviation Museum. It's really interesting to clean the exhibits; we learn a lot while we are working. We are also helping to take care of the Lodge at Foothills Park in Los Altos. Hopefully in April we will start another partnership with the Mid Peninsula Open Space Project.
Our television program, "Abilities United Presents: Community Connections" is also doing quite well. It airs several times a week on the Media Center Channel in Palo Alto and on CreaTV in San Jose. We will be filming another episode in June.
Some of our upcoming events include starting a volunteer work site at El Camino Hospital, participating in an educational series presented by the YMCA and working with Castilleja High School on a community service project.
Stay tuned; it promises to be a very exciting Spring!
Thanks for reading.
Andrea
Saturday, February 5, 2011
New Partnerships!
Hello Everyone!
Starting this monday, our Community Connections program will be partnering up with the College of Adaptive Arts in Redwood City.
Our participants will be taking a ceramics class on monday mornings. They will be joining other members of the community in this class and it promises to be a lot of fun.
We will continue our art and music classes at the Community School of Music And Art in Mountain View as well as the ceramics class at CAA.
In addition to CAA, we also have started two new volunteer work sites. Last friday we began working at the Hiller Aviation Museum in Redwood City. We clean the exhibits, work around the planes and perform other important tasks. It's a lot of work but we love learning more about airplanes and aviation.
We also started working at Foothills Park in Los Altos. We help the park rangers with a variety of jobs including cleaning the welcoming building, landscaping and general park cleanup. It will be wonderful to work out in the park as we move into spring.
February is a very busy month for Community Connections but we are loving every minute of it!
Thanks for reading.
Andrea
Starting this monday, our Community Connections program will be partnering up with the College of Adaptive Arts in Redwood City.
Our participants will be taking a ceramics class on monday mornings. They will be joining other members of the community in this class and it promises to be a lot of fun.
We will continue our art and music classes at the Community School of Music And Art in Mountain View as well as the ceramics class at CAA.
In addition to CAA, we also have started two new volunteer work sites. Last friday we began working at the Hiller Aviation Museum in Redwood City. We clean the exhibits, work around the planes and perform other important tasks. It's a lot of work but we love learning more about airplanes and aviation.
We also started working at Foothills Park in Los Altos. We help the park rangers with a variety of jobs including cleaning the welcoming building, landscaping and general park cleanup. It will be wonderful to work out in the park as we move into spring.
February is a very busy month for Community Connections but we are loving every minute of it!
Thanks for reading.
Andrea
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Make My Day!
Hello Everyone!
The Community Connections program has some very exciting news to share!
Our participants are becoming entrepreneurs! They have started their own flower and card delivery service.
Michaela's Flower shop in Palo Alto has donated flowers and every other week we pick up the flowers, arrange them on center and then deliver them to community members. If you know of anyone who could use a thank you, a little cheering up or a get well wish, let us know and we will deliver a hand made card and beautiful bouquet of flowers.
The participants love creating the cards and have a great time making others smile. It's also a good experience in learning how to run a business.
Please feel free to contact us c/o andrea@abilitiesunited.org to place an order!
And thanks for supporting our program!
andrea
The Community Connections program has some very exciting news to share!
Our participants are becoming entrepreneurs! They have started their own flower and card delivery service.
Michaela's Flower shop in Palo Alto has donated flowers and every other week we pick up the flowers, arrange them on center and then deliver them to community members. If you know of anyone who could use a thank you, a little cheering up or a get well wish, let us know and we will deliver a hand made card and beautiful bouquet of flowers.
The participants love creating the cards and have a great time making others smile. It's also a good experience in learning how to run a business.
Please feel free to contact us c/o andrea@abilitiesunited.org to place an order!
And thanks for supporting our program!
andrea
Friday, January 21, 2011
Our work continues!
Hello Everyone!
It's almost the end of January and we have had an incredibly busy month in the Community Connections program.
We returned to Collective Roots Garden in East Palo Alto. The weather has been gorgeous and we are delighted to be out in the garden, working with the plants and vegetables. We have been transplanting seedlings, harvesting vegetables and cleaning the garden. Our participants love working outside and it's fun to learn about growing our own food.
In January we also started working at Second Harvest Food Bank in San Mateo. We put together food baskets, separate fruit and vegetables and stock shelves. The warehouse that we work in is really big and we end up meeting a lot of very friendly people each time we work there.
In our educational program several participants traveled to the Exploritorium in San Francisco to visit the exhibits. They spent the afternoon learning about science and adventure and had a wonderful time.
In February we will start working with two new partners....so stay tuned to see where we end up!
Thanks for reading.
Andrea
It's almost the end of January and we have had an incredibly busy month in the Community Connections program.
We returned to Collective Roots Garden in East Palo Alto. The weather has been gorgeous and we are delighted to be out in the garden, working with the plants and vegetables. We have been transplanting seedlings, harvesting vegetables and cleaning the garden. Our participants love working outside and it's fun to learn about growing our own food.
In January we also started working at Second Harvest Food Bank in San Mateo. We put together food baskets, separate fruit and vegetables and stock shelves. The warehouse that we work in is really big and we end up meeting a lot of very friendly people each time we work there.
In our educational program several participants traveled to the Exploritorium in San Francisco to visit the exhibits. They spent the afternoon learning about science and adventure and had a wonderful time.
In February we will start working with two new partners....so stay tuned to see where we end up!
Thanks for reading.
Andrea
Monday, January 10, 2011
We're off to a great start!
Welcome to 2011 Everyone!
We are well into our third year of our Community Connections program and we are off to a terrific start for 2011.
The year began getting back to all of our partnerships after the holidays. The NCEFT Horse Ranch was especially happy to have us back as they are under construction and needed a lot of help in the barn!
We also have a lot of work to do at Haven House in Menlo Park. The shelter was overwhelmed with donations over the holidays and it is our responsibility to organize and separate all of the donations.
At the Inn Vision Homeless Shelter on the Veteran's Hospital campus in Menlo Park, we have been busy unloading food trucks, sorting groceries and making food baskets. It's a lot of work but well worth the effort!
We also returned to the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo. We are preparing food for the animals, cleaning cages and doing general upkeep at the zoo. We have even been asked to help out at one of their large parties.
In our educational program, we are holding math and reading classes at the Mountain View Community Center. It's great for our participants to be in a classroom setting out in the community.
As you can see, we are off to a great start for 2011. Stayed tuned as we will have a lot more to report!
Thanks for reading.
Andrea
We are well into our third year of our Community Connections program and we are off to a terrific start for 2011.
The year began getting back to all of our partnerships after the holidays. The NCEFT Horse Ranch was especially happy to have us back as they are under construction and needed a lot of help in the barn!
We also have a lot of work to do at Haven House in Menlo Park. The shelter was overwhelmed with donations over the holidays and it is our responsibility to organize and separate all of the donations.
At the Inn Vision Homeless Shelter on the Veteran's Hospital campus in Menlo Park, we have been busy unloading food trucks, sorting groceries and making food baskets. It's a lot of work but well worth the effort!
We also returned to the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo. We are preparing food for the animals, cleaning cages and doing general upkeep at the zoo. We have even been asked to help out at one of their large parties.
In our educational program, we are holding math and reading classes at the Mountain View Community Center. It's great for our participants to be in a classroom setting out in the community.
As you can see, we are off to a great start for 2011. Stayed tuned as we will have a lot more to report!
Thanks for reading.
Andrea
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