Hello and welcome to the Community Connections blog!
As I mentioned in our last post, we filmed another episode of our television program Abilities United Presents: Community Connections with Senator Joe Simitian.
You can view the entire episode on You Tube at the following link:
http://youtu.be/DvjKfO5_2yI
In February we are going to be starting an educational series. We will be taking art and marimba classes at the Community school of Music and Art and ceramics class at the College of Adaptive Arts.Everyone learns so much in these classes and we are excited to start classes. We are also looking into several other educational opportunities.
Stay tuned for more updates!
And thanks for reading.
andrea
Abilities United Community Connections activities and announcements
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Welcome to the New Year!
Happy New Year and welcome to the Community Connections blog!
We are starting the New Year with a lot of work out in the community. Our new partnerships, The Palo Alto Unified School District's Science Garden, The Boys and Girls Club and Deer Hollow Farm have all requested that we increase our volunteer hours. It seems they are really impressed with our work!
Next week a Facebook Executive is coming to give us a training on how to use Facebook. It will be really interesting to learn about how our participants can use the social media site to increase their interest in the community.
In early December we filmed an episode of our television program Abilities United Presents: Community Connections with Senator Joe Simitian. I will post a television schedule as soon as it is available.
Stay tuned...we have a very exciting winter planned! And thanks for reading.
andrea
We are starting the New Year with a lot of work out in the community. Our new partnerships, The Palo Alto Unified School District's Science Garden, The Boys and Girls Club and Deer Hollow Farm have all requested that we increase our volunteer hours. It seems they are really impressed with our work!
Next week a Facebook Executive is coming to give us a training on how to use Facebook. It will be really interesting to learn about how our participants can use the social media site to increase their interest in the community.
In early December we filmed an episode of our television program Abilities United Presents: Community Connections with Senator Joe Simitian. I will post a television schedule as soon as it is available.
Stay tuned...we have a very exciting winter planned! And thanks for reading.
andrea
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
A Senator, an author and an artist!
Hello Everyone and welcome to the Community Connections blog!
What a terrific day we have had. This afternoon we taped our eighth episode of our television program, Abilities United Presents: Community Connections. State Senator Joe Simitian was our first guest and he was wonderful! The Senator talked about the importance of volunteerism and how our participants are making a big impact on our community.
Claire Bohannon, an ILS participant was also a featured guest. Claire is a published author and she talked about the books she has written. She spoke very eloquently about how her Autism has really been a gift. Claire is a very talented young lady and it was terrific to showcase her work.
Terry Eagle, another ILS participant was our third guest. Terry crafts beautiful walking sticks from branches and he showed his work on camera. The walking sticks are incredible works of art and he hopes to help others with his work.
Needless to say, it was an incredible program. Our Abilities United participants have so much talent. It is time for the world to share in their gifts!
Stay tuned for a posting of scheduled air times for the program.
Thanks for reading!
andrea
What a terrific day we have had. This afternoon we taped our eighth episode of our television program, Abilities United Presents: Community Connections. State Senator Joe Simitian was our first guest and he was wonderful! The Senator talked about the importance of volunteerism and how our participants are making a big impact on our community.
Claire Bohannon, an ILS participant was also a featured guest. Claire is a published author and she talked about the books she has written. She spoke very eloquently about how her Autism has really been a gift. Claire is a very talented young lady and it was terrific to showcase her work.
Terry Eagle, another ILS participant was our third guest. Terry crafts beautiful walking sticks from branches and he showed his work on camera. The walking sticks are incredible works of art and he hopes to help others with his work.
Needless to say, it was an incredible program. Our Abilities United participants have so much talent. It is time for the world to share in their gifts!
Stay tuned for a posting of scheduled air times for the program.
Thanks for reading!
andrea
Friday, November 18, 2011
What an Awesome week!
Hello and Welcome to the Community Connections blog!
It has been quite a month so far. We are really working hard out in the community; in fact we had 91 service hours this week! At this pace, we will set a new service record for November.
At the Palo Alto Unified School District Science Garden, we are helping prepare for the winter; we harvest vegtables, plant seeds and clean the garden. We started this partnership in October and we love working there!
The Family Giving Tree in Milpitas is gearing up for the holiday season and we are right there helping them out. Our participants are helping with donations, collecting ornaments and preparing holiday gift baskets.
At the Ecumenical Hunger Project in East Palo Alto we are helping with food donations. We sort groceries, make food baskets and stock shelves with groceries. Our participants love helping out with holiday preparations.
As well as working in the community, we also continue our art and music classes at the Community School of Music and Art. The Los Altos Town Crier newspaper even came and photographed us for an article.
Next month we will film our television program Abilities United Presents: Community Connections. We filmed two field shoots this month; one at Deer Hollow Farm and one at the Boys and Girls Club of East Palo Alto. We are doing such a great job at these sites that we have been asked to increase our work days.
After all of this hard work, everyone deserves a great Thanksgiving vacation. On Wednesday, November 23rd we will celebrate with a Thanksgiving Feast.
Enjoy your holiday and thanks for reading!
andrea
It has been quite a month so far. We are really working hard out in the community; in fact we had 91 service hours this week! At this pace, we will set a new service record for November.
At the Palo Alto Unified School District Science Garden, we are helping prepare for the winter; we harvest vegtables, plant seeds and clean the garden. We started this partnership in October and we love working there!
The Family Giving Tree in Milpitas is gearing up for the holiday season and we are right there helping them out. Our participants are helping with donations, collecting ornaments and preparing holiday gift baskets.
At the Ecumenical Hunger Project in East Palo Alto we are helping with food donations. We sort groceries, make food baskets and stock shelves with groceries. Our participants love helping out with holiday preparations.
As well as working in the community, we also continue our art and music classes at the Community School of Music and Art. The Los Altos Town Crier newspaper even came and photographed us for an article.
Next month we will film our television program Abilities United Presents: Community Connections. We filmed two field shoots this month; one at Deer Hollow Farm and one at the Boys and Girls Club of East Palo Alto. We are doing such a great job at these sites that we have been asked to increase our work days.
After all of this hard work, everyone deserves a great Thanksgiving vacation. On Wednesday, November 23rd we will celebrate with a Thanksgiving Feast.
Enjoy your holiday and thanks for reading!
andrea
Friday, October 28, 2011
A new record!
Hello and Welcome to the Community Connections blog!
Wow! We have reached a new record in the Community Connections department. This week we provided a record 105 service hours to the community. This is an amazing feet-it is the equivalent of two full time positions helping in the community. Thank you to all of our participants for this accomplishment. It took a lot of persistence and hard work. Way to Go!
We also started a new partnership this week. Every thursday we are volunteering at the Palo Alto Unified School District's Science Garden. It's a great opportunity for us because not only are we helping out in the garden, we are learning all about science. The garden provides materials for classrooms in Palo Alto. We think this will be a great work site and are delighted to help out.
On Friday, October 28, the Adult Day Program held their annual Halloween dance. It was a huge success with a DJ, great food and lots of scary costumes.
Stay tuned for more excitement!
Thanks for reading.
andrea
Wow! We have reached a new record in the Community Connections department. This week we provided a record 105 service hours to the community. This is an amazing feet-it is the equivalent of two full time positions helping in the community. Thank you to all of our participants for this accomplishment. It took a lot of persistence and hard work. Way to Go!
We also started a new partnership this week. Every thursday we are volunteering at the Palo Alto Unified School District's Science Garden. It's a great opportunity for us because not only are we helping out in the garden, we are learning all about science. The garden provides materials for classrooms in Palo Alto. We think this will be a great work site and are delighted to help out.
On Friday, October 28, the Adult Day Program held their annual Halloween dance. It was a huge success with a DJ, great food and lots of scary costumes.
Stay tuned for more excitement!
Thanks for reading.
andrea
Thursday, October 13, 2011
What a camping trip!
Hello and Welcome to the Abilities United Community Connections blog.
They’ve done it again! Abilities United participants, instructors and family members once again braved the elements and went camping at Foothill Park last week. This was the sixth camping trip and it was quite a success.
Participants and staff planned, shopped and prepared all of the meals; including the S’mores! The weather was perfect and everyone had a blast eating out in the open by the campfire.
According to participants, this was the most activity-filled trips to date. Hikes, yoga classes, tae kwon doe, community safety classes, photography, bike buds and scavenger hunts were just a few of the activities.
In all, over sixty people participated in this hugely successful event. After having so much fun, preparations are already underway for next year’s event.
Stay tuned!
And thanks to Drew Thorne for helping with this blog post!
andrea
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
A new partnership
Hello and Welcome to the Community Connections blog!
It has been a very busy month for the Community Connections program. In mid September we started a new partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula. We will be working at one of their sites in East Palo Alto, helping the teachers prepare the classrooms for the after school programs. We will be working there every Wednesday. They even made us our own name badges with the Abilities United logo on it! It should be a really interesting work site and we are all very excited to help them out.
We are also getting ready to take classes at Foothill College. Several of our participants will be taking a class at the college. They applied to the program and were accepted so it should be a true learning experience.
Stayed tuned for more upcoming events! It promises to be a terrific Fall!
andrea
It has been a very busy month for the Community Connections program. In mid September we started a new partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula. We will be working at one of their sites in East Palo Alto, helping the teachers prepare the classrooms for the after school programs. We will be working there every Wednesday. They even made us our own name badges with the Abilities United logo on it! It should be a really interesting work site and we are all very excited to help them out.
We are also getting ready to take classes at Foothill College. Several of our participants will be taking a class at the college. They applied to the program and were accepted so it should be a true learning experience.
Stayed tuned for more upcoming events! It promises to be a terrific Fall!
andrea
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