RECENT EVENTS:

July 19, 2008 - The 2nd Annual Very Special PROM
5:30pm - 8:30pm: Sisters of Divine Redeemer Hall, Elizabeth, PA

June 14th, 2008 - Tom Chapin Benefit Concerts
3pm: Family Concert - Gateway High School Auditorium, Monroeville, PA
7pm: Gala Buffet Dinner and Concert - Paradiso Ristorante, One Oxford Centre, Pittsburgh, PA

RECENT NEWS:

Thursday, July 31, 2008 - Post-Gazette
Hydroponic garden would provide opportunity for disabled adults
Everyone dances at this special prom
In Pennsylvania, disabled adults not entitled to services

Thursday, July 10, 2008 - Post-Gazette
Disabled adults celebrate life at annual prom hosted for them

A LIVING & LEARNING CAMPUS

The issue: Increasing numbers of adults with disabilities require our compassionate help to lead lives of meaning, and to make their own contribution to our society.

Envision a vibrant educational, vocational and residential community nestled on 30 to 300 acres, utilizing GREEN building and environmental technologies, that would serve adults with cognitive and physical disabilities. Imagine a setting very similar to a college campus offering workforce training and development, university collaborations of work-study student interns in all fields of academic study, and an early retirees/senior citizen core of mentors and job coaches partnering in work-teams with adults with disabilities. The first pilot site will be in Pennsylvania, with plans to replicate the project nationally. International expansion is also under discussion.

The campus would feature five distinct on-site businesses, each of which would offer employment opportunities to client residents as well as to members of the surrounding community. Product sales of plants, organic vegetables, fresh herbs & spices, and flavorful, exotic hybrid varieties of produce would be one very lucrative outcome from acres of technologically-controlled hydroponic greenhouses. Another future social enterprise business would offer pet care services. Lavish animal kennels, grooming & bathing salons would allow residents to lovingly care for the adored pets of business travelers and vacationing pet owners.