From The Arc of the United States
A new documentary, Raising Renee, which chronicles one woman's experience caring for her sister with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) will premiere on HBO this Wednesday, February 22 at 8 p.m. EST.

The film follows Beverly McIver and her older sister, Renee, over a six-year period after their mother's death showing how they adapt to their new reality and confront the opportunity for Renee to live independently for the first time at age 50.

In recent years, the cable channel aired Monica and David, a documentary about the marriage of two young adults with Down syndrome and produced a biopic of autism self-advocate Temple Grandin.

"Recognizing and respecting differences in others, and treating everyone like you want them to treat you, will help make our world a better place for everyone. Care... be your best. You don't have to be handicapped to be different. Everyone is different!" - Kimputer, Kim Peek, inspiration for Rain Main.  

If you do not know someone with a disability, then you really don't know what your missing!!!

We now have  an easy secure way to donate online via our webpage..  So go ahead, feel free give the button a try :)

Today there was a nice article talking about our Recreation and Respite Club in DuBois. The title of the article is "Club offers interaction for adults with disabilities".  Thank you to our board member Vicki Howerton for the getting the word out there!!!!
 

Have Y-O-U ever been interested in volunteering to get a big event up and running such as our 33rd Annual Run or Walk for Someone Special and helping out a great cause, our first planning meeting is set up for Saturday January 28th at our new Recreation and Respite Club at 36 Hoover Avenue, DuBois at 10am.  We would surely love to have new ideas and more people to help us spread the word and help get the behind the scenes work accomplished quicker.  We have a wonderful group that has been bringing these races to the area for some time, and they all need applauded for their time and hard work.  We would like to extend the fun and sense of accomplishment to more people in our community.. This is open to anyone young or old who would like to see the summer camp programs at Camp Friendship in Reynoldsville continue to thrive and grow and reach new people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) each year.

We are so excited to share our new name and our new look here on our website first.  Look for a Press Release soon to inform the community of our new venture!!  Don't forget to like us on Facebook, we are still listed there under The Arc of Jefferson County :)