Hearts & Hands 2023

500

CAP Sponsor A Client

Help us fund CAP's Community Outings!

Connections Adult Program is a one of a kind program in this area where our adults can continue to learn and grow. Connections Adult Program is funded by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities at an average of $6.30 per client per hour. Most organizations with adult programs either do not participate in the Agencies for Persons with Disabilities funding or accept our clients. Please help us fund the additional community outings we would like our clients to participate in at a cost of approximately $1,000 a client a year!

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Sponsor Connections Fine Arts

$2000

Connections Arts and Enrichment Program

The arts of music, dance, singing, yoga and visual arts give the individual with autism an additional way to learn and respond to the surrounding world. For a person with autism, the arts create a way to communicate and express their thoughts and feelings in a unique way. Expressing feelings and ideas through images or movement is natural and can be a welcome relief from the daily struggle to use words effectively. Instruction in music, art, dance, and singing can foster a connection to others, increase self-esteem, language , decision making, and creativity in a non- threatening way.

$2,000 sponsors 1 class for fine arts for 1 year!

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Connections In The Community

$2000

Connections in the Community

For families of individuals with autism, it may be difficult to imagine their loved one out in the world going to movie theaters, gyms, grocery stores, sporting events, malls, museums, or performances. The purpose of the Connect to the Community Program is to provide our students and adults the opportunity to learn and practice the social, communication, and behavioral skills that will enable them to successfully enjoy these activities with friends and family. Most importantly every activity helps our students/clients grow in independence, confidence, and self-esteem while they become active participants in society.

$2,000 covers one group trip such as 1 trip to Island Dolphin Care

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Connections Family Assistance

$500

Connections Family Resource and Assistance Program

Each family at Connections is unique and has needs different from every other family. Connections primarily serves children and families who not only need education for their child with autism but lack secure housing, food, and mental health resources. The three prongs to the Family Resource and Assistance Program are:

Empower parents to enable their child to function well within the family.
Support the mental health of the family.
Provide resources to meet basic needs.

The services of this program will include individual family counseling, in-home behavior consultation and education, social services to assist in accessing resources in the community, family support groups, and parent educational workshops. Connections will build alliances with other agencies in the community for additional resources.

$500 sponsors access to fresh food for nutrition for a month.

504

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Connections Camp Scholarship

$3200

Sponsor 1 student for camp for 1 summer. Unfortunately camp is expensive for our special needs families and the scholarships available have restrictive requirements. $3,200 sponsors one student for 1 whole summer.

This sponsorship will provide funding for daily activities, field trips, snacks, and arts and crafts.

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Sponsor A Sensory Playground

Any Amount

Connections Sensory Playground

Connections' current playground space has minimal playground equipment that is aging and in need of replacement. This project will include the renovation of our current playground space and will provide sensory friendly playground equipment. The new playground will provide a wonderful place for getting the appropriate sensory input and practice needed to develop crucial skills. It will be designed to maximize play and support physical, cognitive, and social/emotional learning. It will not only benefit the Connections' students but will be used by their families during many family engagement activities throughout the year. The playground space will be an extension of our current health and wellness activities and will serve as a "learning lab" to teach our students how to play on a playground. We will then be able to generalize the skills learned on our playground to a community playground setting thereby offering our students and their families a successful, inclusive, community experience. It will promote a sense of belonging and a place where everyone come, engage, play, and contribute together.

Help us meet our goal of raising $125,000 to help us build the playground our students deserve, a new sensory friendly playground.