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
Thursday, July 21, 2011
We are famous!
Hello Everyone and welcome to the Community Connections blog!
Last week I mentioned that we filmed the next episode of our television program Abilities United Presents: Community Connections.
In the program we featured two field shoots; one at Hiller Aviation Museum in Redwood City and the other at Foothill Park in Palo Alto. Both segments turned out really well and highlight all of the terrific work our participants are doing out in the community.
We interviewed some of the staff at each location and it was so inspiring to see our participants add so much to the community.
To follow are the links to view the field shoots on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U5qWoR1wFc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3___yRUpJY
Please keep watching and thanks for the support.
andrea
Last week I mentioned that we filmed the next episode of our television program Abilities United Presents: Community Connections.
In the program we featured two field shoots; one at Hiller Aviation Museum in Redwood City and the other at Foothill Park in Palo Alto. Both segments turned out really well and highlight all of the terrific work our participants are doing out in the community.
We interviewed some of the staff at each location and it was so inspiring to see our participants add so much to the community.
To follow are the links to view the field shoots on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U5qWoR1wFc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3___yRUpJY
Please keep watching and thanks for the support.
andrea
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Lights ! Camera ! Action !
Hello and welcome to the Community Connections blog.
What an exciting week we are having! Tuesday afternoon we filmed another episode of our television program: Abilities United Presents: Community Connections. It was a huge success. Sid Espinosa, the Mayor of Palo Alto, was our first guest and he talked at length about the incredible impact our participants have had on the community. He thanked us several times and said that our volunteer work is crucial to the growth of the community.
Julie Paulson, an Independent Living Skill participant, was another terrific guest. Julie talked about growing up in Palo Alto, being an employee at Safeway, her volunteer work with Assemblyman Jim Bealle and all of the other great programs she is involved in.
Nick Golick, an Employment Services participant, showed two pieces of his original art work and talked about how he became so creative. His pieces showed off his incredible talent and great eye for color.
In between guests, we showed two field shoots; one from Hiller Aviation Museum and the other from Foothill Park. The segments showed all of the work we are doing out in the community. The videos will be posted on You Tube.
It was an incredible show and we are excited to show it to the public. It will air on the Media Center channel as well as in South San Francisco and San Jose. More details to come.
Thanks for reading!
andrea
What an exciting week we are having! Tuesday afternoon we filmed another episode of our television program: Abilities United Presents: Community Connections. It was a huge success. Sid Espinosa, the Mayor of Palo Alto, was our first guest and he talked at length about the incredible impact our participants have had on the community. He thanked us several times and said that our volunteer work is crucial to the growth of the community.
Julie Paulson, an Independent Living Skill participant, was another terrific guest. Julie talked about growing up in Palo Alto, being an employee at Safeway, her volunteer work with Assemblyman Jim Bealle and all of the other great programs she is involved in.
Nick Golick, an Employment Services participant, showed two pieces of his original art work and talked about how he became so creative. His pieces showed off his incredible talent and great eye for color.
In between guests, we showed two field shoots; one from Hiller Aviation Museum and the other from Foothill Park. The segments showed all of the work we are doing out in the community. The videos will be posted on You Tube.
It was an incredible show and we are excited to show it to the public. It will air on the Media Center channel as well as in South San Francisco and San Jose. More details to come.
Thanks for reading!
andrea
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
A very productive June
Welcome to the Community Connections blog!
We can't believe that June is almost complete-we have been so busy that time is just flying by!
This month we have been busy working at several sites such as the Collective Roots Garden, Nine Lives Cat Foundation, Redwood City History Museum, Hiller Aviation Museum and many others. At the Community School of Music and Art we started our annual recorder cleaning project. Each summer we are responsible for cleaning and re-assembling 500 music recorders for the school. It's a huge project but our participants really enjoy the work.
We had so much work to do at Foothills Park in Los Altos that we have to add a second group! And at Deer Hollow Farm we are working with a variety of animals.
On center we continue to help out the Mother's Milk Bank with shipping materials. Next month we will start a greeting card service with delivery to local nursing homes.
This summer promises to be very busy and we film our next television program in July.
Stay tuned for the latest updates and thanks for reading!
andrea
We can't believe that June is almost complete-we have been so busy that time is just flying by!
This month we have been busy working at several sites such as the Collective Roots Garden, Nine Lives Cat Foundation, Redwood City History Museum, Hiller Aviation Museum and many others. At the Community School of Music and Art we started our annual recorder cleaning project. Each summer we are responsible for cleaning and re-assembling 500 music recorders for the school. It's a huge project but our participants really enjoy the work.
We had so much work to do at Foothills Park in Los Altos that we have to add a second group! And at Deer Hollow Farm we are working with a variety of animals.
On center we continue to help out the Mother's Milk Bank with shipping materials. Next month we will start a greeting card service with delivery to local nursing homes.
This summer promises to be very busy and we film our next television program in July.
Stay tuned for the latest updates and thanks for reading!
andrea
Monday, June 20, 2011
A Volunteer Celebration !
Hello! Welcome to the Community Connections blog.
What a wonderful day it was for the Community Connections program! Today we celebrated our 4th Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon at Su Hong Restaurant in Palo Alto.
Seventy-five people attended the event, including the President of Board of Directors of Abilities United. Everyone was awarded a framed certificate for their hard work in the community.
The food was terrific and everyone had a great time. It was wonderful to celebrate all of the success of the Community Connections program.
Our participants contribute over 2000 service hours to the community every year-over 50 service hours per week. That's a big contribution to our community.
Thank you to everyone who helped make this year such a success. We couldn't have done it without our wonderful staff, participants and community.
Stay tuned for more updates about our incredible work!
Thanks for reading.
andrea
What a wonderful day it was for the Community Connections program! Today we celebrated our 4th Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon at Su Hong Restaurant in Palo Alto.
Seventy-five people attended the event, including the President of Board of Directors of Abilities United. Everyone was awarded a framed certificate for their hard work in the community.
The food was terrific and everyone had a great time. It was wonderful to celebrate all of the success of the Community Connections program.
Our participants contribute over 2000 service hours to the community every year-over 50 service hours per week. That's a big contribution to our community.
Thank you to everyone who helped make this year such a success. We couldn't have done it without our wonderful staff, participants and community.
Stay tuned for more updates about our incredible work!
Thanks for reading.
andrea
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