Welcome to the UCP Life Without Limits Podcast. This is our first episode of this podcast and in it we introduce ourselves to the podcast listening world, we talk a bit about the current issues and plug our upcoming fundraiser, Steptember 2017! Click Here to Listen to UCP Podcast #1 Click Here to Join…
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The Fig Cafe at Courtney’s House Is Open
When Courtney’s House became an affiliate of United Cerebral Palsy three years ago, we hoped to develop social, recreational programs for adults with developmental disabilities living in the North SLO County. Carrie and Greg Sanders bought the beautiful, Victorian home, built in 1892, to provide activities for their daughter Courtney and her friends. Carrie formed…
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In the 2015 Holidays, we were so excited to able to continue our “Give the Gift of Technology” program. At the end of the year, we send out a query to our affiliates and partner programs to identify individuals with developmental disabilities to apply for the “Gift of Technology.” This Gift of Technology allows individuals to apply…
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Shame On You, Governor Brown The service delivery network supporting individuals with developmental disabilities is falling apart due to thirteen years without rate increases to the vendors contracted by the Department of Developmental Services. During the recession, the State of California reduced their payments by 4.5% for three years. The cost of providing services has…
Read More of "Mark’s Blog – Posting 4"Steptember – Join us for a Swing for Joy Performance at D’Anbino’s
UCP of SLO County, Arts for Living and Swing for Joy invites you to a performance by Swing for Joy at D’Anbino’s Vineyards and Cellars, located at 710 Pine Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446 from 2:00pm to 4:30pm. Swing for Joy is suggesting a $5.00 donation for entrance to the event where they will perform…
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JOIN UCP of SLO County for our Steptember Scavenger – “Stepavenger” Hunt on Friday September 11th, 2015 Join us for our first affiliate wide competition for Steptember 2015! The winner of this Friday’s “Steptember Scavenger Hunt: Step-avenger Hunt” will receive a $100 Visa Gift Card. This event will also conveniently give you an opportunity…
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Hi all, Sad news! We have to cancel the Creeky Tiki mingling event tonight. Unfortunately, with other very awesome and important events taking place downtown, we weren’t able to secure the location that we wanted for our event. But friends, do not worry. All other events will go on as scheduled. http://ucp-slo.org/fundraisers/steptember/fundraising-calendar/ – Jason P….
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Hey all you Steptember participants! We have a few things we wanted to let you all know: 1) After Day #1 – UCP of SLO County – as a collective organization – is #1 in Steps and #2 in Funds Raised for Steptember. What a start! 2) Entering your steps is a little different than…
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Good Day Steptember 2015 Participants! We wanted to make sure to give everybody a heads up on where to find the most up to date Steptember information. We are going to post challenges, events, leaders and any other necessary updates here and on our Facebook page. Let’s start with our full fundraising leaderboard: Full Fundraising…
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REPOST – Original Post on Apr 17, 2014 (Mark Shaffer, the Executive Director of UCP of SLO County will be doing an intermittent blog to talk about some of the history of UCP, his history with UCP and various other aspects of his last 25 years working with people with disabilities in SLO County. Come…
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