SPARC
SPecially Adapted Resource Clubs
Circuit Train Your Brain!!!
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WISH LIST:
- $10.00 per month will support the monthly cost of the SPARC website.
- $20.00 per month will support necessary consumable supplies in our program (sterile gloves, paper towels, antibacterial wipes, etc.)
- $50.00 per month will sponsor a club member scholarship for art and music therapy.
- $100.00 per month will sponsor our storage unit where we keep our equipment and supplies to run our program.
- $350.00 will support one Fastran bus trip for community outings.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
- SPARC needs to serve our waiting list by opening a second clubhouse.We are searching for a board member from the local community.This is a tremendous opportunity for an executive to impact the local community by serving on our board and “taking SPARC to the next level” !
- SPARC is planning our first annual golf outing in 2012.We are looking for corporate sponsors, event committee volunteers, and golfers to make this event a great success!
- SPARC is seeking interns to volunteer to help in communications, PR, Public Service Announcement assistance, grant writing support, and Combined Federal Campaign volunteers.
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES:
SPARC is providing life-long learning opportunities for adults with life-long disAbilities. Our club members talk and we listen. SPARC participants, through our innovative adaptations and direct hand-over-hand support, are developing new skills in areas that interest them most.
- SPARC is a unique clubhouse model designed with the adaptations to support adults 22-55 with physical or developmental disAbilities. Few options exist in our community after high school graduation for young adults with multiple disabilities. SPARC facilitates continued life skill development in a community center setting.We want to change the blueprint of day support.Rather than these adults being isolated at home with caregivers or placed in unsuitable settings such as institutions, or nursing homes at 23, SPARC club members are thriving in their neighborhood community!
- SPARC has a wide range of activities offered: literacy activities (bookclub), continued life skills development (cooking, computer skills), pursuit of leisure interests (adapted sports), socialization, keeping families united through respite, and our entrepreneurial projects.
- SPARC is effective and innovative in its service delivery approach by providing access to activities through technology or other augmentative devices. i.e., adapted cooking, computer lab, assistive communication devices, switch activated equipment.
- SPARC currently has a waiting list.
CONTACT:
Donna Goldbranson, Executive Director
Specially Adapted Resource Clubs
PO Box 10797
Burke, Virginia 22009
Phone (703) 338-6185
WEBSITE: sparcsolutions.org
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