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!
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Celebrating 1 Year Anniversary – Applied Abilities Program
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.
Carlito’s Way to Success
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”.
A Parents Praise
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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Thank You!
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.
WCPC Challenge
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.
Kitchen Remodel Project
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.
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Spirit of Independence!
Each year America celebrates its independence on the 4th of July. At United Cerebral Palsy we’re celebrating independence each and every day for people with developmental disabilities. The article in The Record titled, “The Spirit of Independence,” described how Kate Daugherty has become self-employed with her business KLD Errand Service. Kate has been diagnosed with a disability, but she doesn’t let that stop her from living a life of independence. She currently works for UCP utilizing our Supported Employment Program in an Adult Day Program helping others with disabilities. On the side, she has her very own business helping people by running errands for them. She recently earned her full independence when she moved out of her parent’s home. The article quoted Kate as saying that having a job at UCP is what has set her free, “I really can have my independence.”
UCP Canister Program – Giving that makes “Cents”
You see them all the time as you pay for groceries or your morning cup of coffee. You may even see them so much you hardly notice them anymore, but that small canister at the register of your local grocery store, gas station or diner helps make a big difference to agencies like United Cerebral Palsy.
For more than a decade, UCP has worked with more than 37 local businesses that have volunteered to place these canisters in their venues. These partnerships help raise over $10,000 every year to support UCP programs and services.
Two years ago, Program Without Walls, an adult day community based program, took over the Canister Program as their community project. Individuals in the program are responsible for advertising the program, delivering canisters, picking up and sorting donations and turning donations into UCP’s corporate office. 20% of the total donations collected go to the PWW Advocacy Account that funds field trips for consumers to theme parks, museums, and aquariums.
The participation of businesses is vital to the ongoing success of the Canister Program. We would like to thank our current canister participants for their continued support and partnerships. A special thank you to the Volunteer Center in San Andreas who manages this fundraiser for us in the foothills.
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