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Check out what's new this issue!
- HOLIDAY DANCE IS SOLD OUT
- DDBP Outreach Autism 101
- The Gifted Event
- Donate to New Life Furniture Bank
- Best Buddies Chipotle Fundraiser
- May We Help Adaptive Equipment Needed
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Exercise and Stretch Class
Meets weekly from 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. on Mondays, ends on Monday, December 1
Get your exercise and stretches in at Easterseals Redwood, located at 2901 Gilbert Ave, Cincinnati, 45206! This class is designed for individuals with disabilities and will incorporate adaptive exercises. Register now to get your own resistance stretch band by emailing Jenise at Jenise@IndependenceAlliance.org.
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Sensory Friendly Movie: The Santa Clause 2
Thursday, December 4 at 10:15 a.m.
Join us for our Sensory Friendly Movie Event featuring The Santa Clause 2 at the Fitton Art Center! We’ll turn up the lights and lower the volume so participants can enjoy the movie-theater experience without feeling overstimulated. Doors open at 9:45 a.m. No food or drinks are permitted in the theater. Please RSVP to Jenny Mann at jamann@butlerdd.org by Monday, December 1.
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Breakfast With Santa
Saturday, December 6, from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Breakfast with Santa will be held Saturday, December 6, from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at Fairfield Optimist Club, located at 194 Joe Nuxhull Way in Fairfield, Ohio. Every person must sign up, including parents/staff, so that we can plan for food accordingly. The registration deadline is Friday, November 21. To register, please select your time slot and include your name and email address. This is a public sign-up; your name and email address will be visible to other families. If you would prefer your sign-up to be confidential, please contact Lynn Goodwin at mgoodwin@butlerdd.org with your registration details.
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Holiday Dance Party - SOLD OUT
Thursday, December 11, from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Our Holiday Dance is sold out! Please stay tuned for future events!
Join us and the GE Band for our Annual Holiday Dance Party! The dance will be held at Redeemer Church, located at 3431 Hamilton Middletown Road in Hamilton, Ohio. Bring 1 can good per person instead $1 for entry. Donations will go to Fairfield Food Bank. Light snacks and drinks will be served!
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DDBP Outreach Autism 101
Tuesday, November 18, from 5:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
This 1.5-hour virtual class provides information about the diagnosis of Autism, including early signs, characteristics, and strengths. During the class, you will learn about current research, common myths, and evidence-based assessment and therapy options. Registration is required. The fee is $10 per household. The fee can be waived for any family experiencing financial hardship. Register today!
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Urban Air Sensory Friendly Play
First Sunday of the Month from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Join the Urban Air Adventure Park Fairfield Township team for Sensory Friendly Play! This is designed for children with Autism and special needs. During Sensory Play, Urban Air Adventure Park is transformed into a calmer atmosphere for children with special needs and sensory processing difficulties. The cost is $15.99 per child. Urban Air Adventure Park Fairfield Township is located at 3175 Princeton Road.
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The Gifted Event
Are you looking for an inclusive barbershop or hair salon that is sensitive to your child's sensory needs? Check out The Gifted Event! Vernon Jackson, creator of the non-profit The Gifted Event, a free haircut program for children with special needs and their families, has a mission to make barbershops and salons a safe and inclusive space for neurodivergent children and their families! Vernon offers haircuts in an inclusive environment at Noble Bar and Beauty, located at 2915 Highland Ave, Cincinnati, OH. To learn more about how your child can receive a haircut from Vernon or to sponsor a haircut, visit The Gifted Event's website!
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Donate to New Life Furniture Bank
Please help New Life Furniture Bank by donating sofas, dining room chairs, and living room chairs, as they are desperately low! Each week, the New Life Furniture team delivers around 50 sofas to families starting over. Today, only a few remain in the warehouse.
Here’s how you can make a difference:
-Schedule a FREE furniture pickup (gas donations appreciated)
-Book a Priority Pickup – New Life movers come inside your home!
-Drop off at our Blue Ash or Sharonville locations
All gently-used furniture is welcome and deeply appreciated. Schedule your pickup today!
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May We Help Adaptive Equipment Needed
If you have equipment you aren't using any longer, May We help will happily accept it as a donation and repurpose it back out into the world! Currently, May We Help is especially interested in Pediatric Gait Trainers! May We Help welcomes donations of all types of clean and functional pediatric and adult equipment. There is no requirement to donate to receive equipment! If you have the equipment you would like to donate, please bring it to 7501 Wooster Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45227, at one of the donation times located on May We Help's website!
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The ASL App
The ASL App is about teaching people conversational ASL! Packed with 2,500+ signs and phrases, easy navigation and features, with different signers, The ASL App is designed to make learning easy, accessible, and fun. Start signing today!
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