UCP of San Joaquin, Calaveras & Amador Counties

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UCP celebrated the 2014 Holiday Season with a food drive, raffle and dancing.  Employee recognition awards for “Making A Difference” and no loss of sick days were given to Staff.  Lillian Callangan, Director of Finance was given a Certificate of Recognition for her 25 years of exemplary service to UCP.  Board Members Dan Natividad, Sharon Stokes, Marty Herzog and Michel Mark were in attendance.  The event was held at the Italian Athletic Club where a dinner of chicken, pasta, salad and dessert were served.  Fun was had by all!

COME JOIN US!

Today United Cerebral Palsy is celebrating our Applied Abilities Program’s 1 Year Anniversary with an Open House.  The Open House will be held from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The program is located at 324 E. 11th Street, Suite C & D, Tracy, CA .

The program is designed and driven by each individual based on their life goals and passions. Our program participants are adults from 18 to 60 years old who live in the Tracy and Mountain House area. They participate in a variety of skill building activities in the program and in the community, including work ability, social skills development, cooking, healthy living, budgeting, computers, visual arts, exercise, and volunteerism.  This prime location offers centralized bus routes to and from various areas throughout Tracy plus many businesses, restaurants and civic organizations are within walking distance.

To learn more about our Applied Abilities Program contact Sr. Program Manager, Corinne Seaton at 209-834-3282 or email cseaton@ucpsj.org.

UCP’s Supported Employment Program (SE) is still hard at work assisting members with finding jobs. A great example is Carlito Tualla, a hard working member of UCP’s Landscaping Crew. Over the past few years Carlito has consistently displayed an ability to perform all job tasks efficiently. With the help of the SE, Carlito has pushed himself further and landed a job with Safeway! To learn more about this program view our video We Have Skills.

Help us help individuals throughout our community to live a “Life Without Limits”.

Donate Now.

Maria,

You taught Elijah how to be a child and play.  I remember the first thing you taught him was how to grab his toys.  I don’t think Elijah knew he could grab anything.  This awakened his little spirit and excited him.  Now I can’t get him to stop grabbing and he’s fast and good at it too.  Elijah did not communicate or play before you came.  You taught him to have fun and love life.  You taught him curiosity and how to voice his opinions.  Now Elijah smiles, laughs and babbles.  He watches his sisters play and run and is motivated to do the same.  I will miss you coming every week.  I will miss the look on Elijah’s face when I tell him “Maria’s coming today”.  I will miss your advice and wisdom.  You’ve taught me so much and Elijah now has a more confident mommy because of you.  Believe me when I say you were heaven sent.  I prayed and prayed for my son and God sent you and a whole lot of angels from UCP.  Aggressive and stern you are but a sweet and nurturing soul the perfect combo for Elijah.  You will be missed but never forgotten.  Each hurdle Elijah overcomes will be because you gave him a great start.

Thank you. Love Corina Estrada

To learn more about UCP’s Children and Family Services take a moment to view our video, CFS.

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Sponsors and Team Participants Thank you.

This year’s event was a great success!  Thanks to our sponsors and participants UCP received $23k in donations.  80% of the donations stay right here and go directly to support our daily activities and services provided to individuals within our community who live with a disability. The 20% balance is evenly split between research and development and administrative costs.  Customers, staff and team participants all raved about how much fun they had walking for those 28 days.  We are happy to hear the same comment of “We can’t wait until next year”.  Many thank you to everyone who continues to support our efforts to assist everyone to live Life Without Limits.

Save the Dates September 3 through October 1, 2014 for the World CP Challenge. 

Put on your walking shoes, hit the gym, get in the pool it doesn’t matter what your choice is to get fit but start now and be ready by September to start traversing those virtual  peaks and putting in your daily 10,000 steps.  Check on our website www.ucpsj.org or visit our Facebook to see when registration starts.

UCP’s Kitchen Remodel Project

Teaching Life Skills:  How YOU Can Help!

UCP’s Training Kitchen & Your Contribution

UCP’s kitchen has long been in need of remodeling to make it fully accessible, ADA compliant and user friendly as a training kitchen for the people we serve.  The new design will enable the people we serve to learn how to prepare, cook and enjoy meals in a facility built just for them.

We need your help with this $70,000 project.  Below you will find a list of our remodel cost.  Join us in our passion to help people live “Life Without Limit’s by helping us complete this vital project.

To donate to our cause online click our “Support UCP Donate Today” button.  If you will be paying by check click here for our donation form.

All Donor Names will be prominently displayed.

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