Funds in Disabilities

Erick's Farmhouse and Store Fund (for youth with developmental challenges)
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Erick's Farmhouse and Store Fund (for youth with developmental challenges)
Give youth shelter and meaningful work by assisting in the completion of this home on the farmland purchased in Tanzania. Building for Generations (BFG) is a 501c3 U.S. based non-profit started by the mother of an adult with Downs Syndrome and has operated for close to 18 years. They are partnered with a mother of a son with Autism and a native Tanzanian who founded Connects Autism Tanzania (CAT). Erick, who the home is named after is her son. BFG has purchased the land, brought in water, planted, and is ready to put the roof on the home and complete the interior with your help. This home will serve up to 25 youth with adequate shelter that are training in agriculture and/or that are students at the CAT skills center. The role of BFG is to complete the facility which will then be run by CAT and the Tanzanian community. The farm and store has potential to serve more students as the skills center grows. Seventeen years ago when founder of BFG visited Tanzania no child with a disability was attending school in Arusha, Tanzania. BFG built the first special needs unit and since that time and through the advocacy of a Tanzanian mother and founder of (CAT) the local government has built 17 more units. As students aged out of the system, housing and employment became the emerging need. BFG and CAT are meeting that need with employment training and placement. Help us continue the momentum by supporting Erick's Farmhouse and store. www.buildingforgenerations.com Thank you
From Silence to Hope: Transform lives of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, Fund
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From Silence to Hope: Transform lives of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, Fund
You can help us transform lives of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, teaching them to listen, speak, and learn through: proven spoken language and cognitive development curriculum family-centered education innovative technology Our intensive education and therapy program teaches listening and spoken language to children who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) so they can close the gap with hearing peers and succeed in mainstream education starting in the first grade. A child who misses this window of neurological development will probably spend his or her school days in special education classes, falling progressively further behind, which is the outcome for up to 90% of children who are D/HH. Technology Opens the Door: Cochlear implants and advanced hearing aids give babies and children access to sound, and those technologies are continually improving. Babies are being implanted before the age of one. However, access to sound is not enough for children to acquire language. Language Requires Early & Intensive Intervention: Optimal age for acquiring language is 0 - 3. After that, the developing brain prunes unused neural pathways and it becomes increasingly difficult for children to listen, speak, and learn as they get older. These babies and children need intensive language instruction and therapy and they need it early, when they are 0 - 3 Our Programs: We operate a Center of Excellence in Redwood City that serves families throughout the Bay Area. Our BabyTalk Teleintervention Program, a partnership with the Stanford School of Medicine, provides in-person speech and language therapy via video link to families of children ages 0-3 who are D/HH throughout California. BabyTalk offers service in English and Spanish. Our Results: We make a difference! From our survey of alumni spanning our 53-year history, 81% of our adult alumni are college students or hold a bachelors degree or higher. This compares with the national average that includes the 90% of children who miss the window: 50% of children in the U.S. who are D/HH finish high school at a fourth grade level of literacy or below (Traxler). COVID and Need: Distance learning and masks create even greater challenges for children who are D/HH. Our specialized distance learning program served 100% of our families during stay-at-home, allowing them to maintain pace of learning. Now we are back on-campus, following COVID protocols. This year is financially challenging because school district budgets are tight, in-person fundraisers are cancelled, and more families are requesting tuition assistance. Your support will make a difference!
Bridge II Sports Virtual Madness Challenge/Fundraiser
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Bridge II Sports Virtual Madness Challenge/Fundraiser
For the past 8 years, Bridge II Sports has hosted August Madness, a wheelchair basketball tournament fundraiser. Hundreds of people from corporations, community organizations, and universities have been introduced to the life-changing power of adapted sport and the abilities of people with physical disabilities. This year would have been the 9th anniversary of our outstanding event, but COVID-19 has pushed us in an exciting new direction. Virtual Madness still embodies our mission of the event—spread awareness of the competitiveness of adapted sports, break down stereotypes about disability, and support an incredible organization—while keeping all players safe. Instead of a wheelchair basketball tournament, we’re challenging players of ALL skill levels to shoot as many free-throws as possible in 1 minute … while seated in a chair. Same court, same chair, right? We hope you’ll join in the fun from your own chair! COVID has impacted everyone, and funds were given where need was greatest—as it should be. Unfortunately, Bridge II Sports did not receive the funding this year that we have in the past. Our future is at risk as an organization, and we need your help. Why? Every child born with a disability and every Veteran who incurs a disability need and deserve to have physical activity and recreation. Disability creates its own isolation, and adapted sports create community. Adapted sports develop independence and strong mental and emotional health. Our goal is to raise $100,000 so that we can continue to provide the programs and events that are so vital to our community. Thank you for your support! https://www.bridge2sports.org/virtualmadness/#tab-id-1