Special Olympics T-shirts
Special Olympics T-shirts are now being sold at Wal-Mart. They are being sold for $7.50 with a hang tag attached that includes their mission and a statement about “Be a Fan Campaign” and you are encouraged to purchase one. The benefits to Special Olympics beyond a potential new source of revenue include the opportunity to [...]
We Raised $5255.75 at the Golf Outing
A big thank you to the Golf Outing participants. Listed are the companies who participated. Golfers: Bill Casteel – Lori Casteel – Michael Czajkowski – John Weise – Martha Weise – Matt Czajkowski – Tom Nankervis – Ron Morris – John Schwartz – Dennis Whalen – Craig Soubliere – Shirley Mead – Phyllis Humenik – [...]
Home Help Services Changes
Pursuant to requirements under Public Act 63 we wish to communicate to families and caregivers that the Home Help Services program will change effective October 1, 2011. This program will experience drastic reductions in funding due to the budget problems that the State of Michigan is currently experiencing. The Michigan Department of Community Health mailed [...]
Ipad Benefits for Special Needs Individuals
Ann Orr, Ed. D., Associate Professor in Special Education at Eastern Michigan University, presented a very informative slide show at the Arc Michigan Conference this year. It’s regarding the iPad and the benefits for special needs people especially children that are Autistic. View the Ipad PDF here.
$3 million grant from Walmart
The Arc of the United States Announces Sub-Grant Award to Arc Downriver for Transitioning Youth from School to Adult Life Funded by the Walmart Foundation. April 7,2010, Wyandotte, Michigan- Thanks to a $3 million grant fiom the Walmart Foundation, The Arc of the United States (The Arc) is awarding grants to 45 local chapters of [...]
The Arc Collaborative of Southeast Michigan
The Arc Collaborative of Southeast Michigan, the seven Arc chapters in Southeast Michigan, will assure that children and adults with disabilities can successfully access and utilize the crisis and basic needs support systems available to them and address a way of mobilizing community assets and partners to bring together the fragmented pieces of the service [...]
Dignified Lifestyles
The Dignified Lifestyles is a program of trained volunteer monitors. They go into the group homes in our communities as advocates on behalf of individuals residing in group homes. Our trained volunteer monitors are driven by values-based concerns related to choice and participation. Volunteers are urged to ask themselves repeatedly: “Would I want to live [...]
Special Recreation
The Recreation Program for children and youth continues to expand, as well as our program for adults. There are weekly opportunities to socialize with friends at the Arc. The Arc Special Olympics sports are bowling, basketball, bocce ball, swimming, track and field, and softball.
Arc Downriver Adventure Club
This program is a socialization and community inclusive program for individuals with developmental disabilities and cognitive impairments. The Adventure Club focuses on socialization and activities that provide the opportunity to practice daily living skills and adaptive living skills. Some of the activities and events took place at The Arc Downriver. Activities include cooking, crafts, games, [...]
Advocacy
The Arc Advocacy Program provides resource and referral information to clients, family members, or caregivers of individuals with developmental disabilities and cognitive impairments. They also provide attendance at IEP meetings or other assistance with school related issues. The goal of the program is to assist with negotiating the service delivery system – to educate and [...]
Arc Downriver Juniors (New Generations)
This program provides a support forum for families with children with various disabilities (Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, Bipolar, PDD NOS, Fragile X, EMI, + others) ages from birth to 18 years old. Our goal is to assist families of special needs children by providing direction through parent-to-parent support in an effort to network families [...]
