That in our 8th year of Project RIDE, we have already tuned-up 95 trikes for our cyclists? Thanks to our volunteer bike mechanics from Family Bike, Fit to Ride and Bradway Financial! It may sound too good to be true, but it is!! We are celebrating our 8th year and at our March 18th Tune-Up [...]
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Project RIDE Tune-Up – did you know…?
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Springfield JCC Recipient of Grant from Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism
Grant awards Work-Out Buddy Program The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism awarded the Springfield JCC $12,960 to launch a work-out buddies program. The funds will be used to develop the program, train staff, recruit buddies (train them) and their special needs peers and partially outfit these teens and adults. The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation awards grants [...]
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Best Buddies Alert! Check out our FABULOUS Photo Gallery!!
It was a great day for Best Buddies, complete with sweets and treats and all that goes with having great buddies! Check out our photo gallery here! Who has the cutest cookie?
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Best Buddies Holiday Party Huge Success
Thirty-five Buddies and their Peers Crowded Bertucci’s for a Festive Get Together The room was filled with joy and laughter as 35 Best Buddy members met for dinner on Saturday, December 8th to celebrate both Hanukah and Christmas. The high school students participated in a yankee swap, ate pizza then decorated ginger bread cookies. As the celebration [...]
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Debut: Best Buddies Photo Gallery!
It may be six months later but our memories from this great event are near and dear. This is our first of many photo galleries yet to come.
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Opinion Editorial from the Ruderman Foundation
Abuse of People with Disabilities Cannot be Tolerated by jayruderman This is an opinion editorial by Jay Ruderman President, Ruderman Family Foundation Dear Friends, I want to share with you an update of an opinion piece I published this week in Commonwealth magazine online. Please take a moment to consider this serious problem. –Jay Abuse [...]
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Sensory Sensitive Movie at Rave Cinema, West Springfield
Wreck it Ralph Rave Cinemas, West Springfield Rave Cinema in West Springfield is offereing a Sensory Sensitive experience on Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 10am. The Cinema is located at 864 Riverdale Road. The cinema will be showing the movie titled “Wreck it Ralph”. The lights in the auditorium will be left on and the [...]
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Best Buddies-October 14th Teen Event
Opportunities for friendship and fun right here in your backyard Join us on Sunday, October 14th at 2pm for an introduction to this wonderful organization and all that it has in store for you . . . Note date change from Oct. 7th to Oct. 14th We are excited to begin our 2nd year of Best [...]
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Register for Fall Programs Now!
Kehillah…opening doors, enriching lives Our Fall program schedule is ready and full of exciting options. New classes such as Teen Community Social Group and Recyclable Art along with our returning favorites, Karate, Aquatics, Zumbatomics and more. Please check out our website for Fall schedules under Week at a Glance and class descriptions for more details. All are welcome [...]
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News from our Inclusion Camp!
What an amazing group of kids… …and Counselors! We had two great weeks of inclusion camp! Twenty two campers fully integrated into our JCC Summer Camp with the support of 2:1 inclusion staff. We also had an additional five experienced inclusion campers (from previous years) move on to full camp without additional support staff. This is the [...]
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