Keep an eye out for Issue #6B, catching you up on student news and features articles!
THIS ISSUE
Fundraising News * Halloween at PCDI * Upcoming Events * Administration News
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Through the Nickels for Nonprofit program, Whole Foods donated
$1,500
to PCDI, and celebrated this accomplishment (as well as the end of the last school year) by hosting an ice cream social for our students. Thank you, Whole Foods!
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This fall, the Kessler Foundation awarded PCDI's Adult Life Skills Program
$40,000
. We are thrilled to be the recipient of this grant! This money will go toward training currently unemployed adults in our program in a variety of workplace skills with an eye toward employment in the upcoming year.
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Our Philly scavenger hunt, CitySeek 2017, raised over
$30,000
toward PCDI's autism programs.
Thank you to the CitySeek Committee and, especially, Mike Fry, for bringing this fun event to life! Many thanks as well to our wonderful volunteers - we couldn't do it without you!
CItySeek Committee: Lisa Courey, Kristen Dabrowski, Christina Edwards, Phil Edwards, Mike Fry, Patti Gianone, Pat Progar, Kathy Starcher, John Salesi
Major Sponsors:
Anderson & Company, Evil Genius Beer Company, WB Mason, Curcio Webb, Erickson Living – Maris Grove, Fry Guy Video, Johnson & Johnson, JS Designs, Red Steel Global Trade & Logistics, Specialized Dentistry of NJ, Margi DeNaples Lopez, The Sansone Family
Vendors:
Bassetts Ice Cream, Bonner’s Irish Pub, Brew Hop NYC, Cavanaugh’s Rittenhouse, Drinker’s Pub, Hard Rock Café, Home Depot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, Longwood Gardens, McCaffrey’s, Metropolitan Bakery, Miler’s Twist, Molly Malloy’s, Oh! Shea’s, Philly Pops, Shake Shack, Smith’s Restaurant & Bar, Soul Cycle, The Famous 4
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Street Cookie Company, The Irish Pub
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Meadows Miler, our inaugural 10K/5K/1-mile fun run, pulled in over
$30,000
for the school. Thank you, Mercer County Parks Commission, for allowing us to hold the race in beautiful Rosedale Park on the Lawrence-Hopewell Trail.
We had over 500 runners and walkers join us, and many volunteers from Rider University, The College of New Jersey, L'Oréal, Apple, Trenton Elks Lodge and PCDI help us make the day run smoothly. Big thanks to Jen Nolte and the Meadows Miler Committee for putting together such a delightful community day.
Meadows Miler Committee: Jenna Casper-Bloom, Kristen Dabrowski, Amanda Freeman, Josh MacDuff,
Jen Nolte, Janine Okabayashi, Jacqueline Pillsbury, Pat Progar, Sugenny Salam, Kathy Starcher
Major Sponsors:
Be Inspired Yoga, Borden Perlman, Princeton Nassau Pediatrics, Johnson & Johnson, The Sansone Family, The Leifer-Lindstrom Family, The D’Ovidio Family, Wawa, The Courey Family, Daniel Orellana, Margi DeNaples Lopez
On-Site Vendors: I Run Like a Girl, Starbucks, REI, Arbonne, Kind Snacks, Arlee’s Raw Blends, Eastern Mountain Sports, Ambient DJ Services, Centercourt Club & Sports, Schafer Sports Center, Be Inspired Yoga
Donors/In-Kind Donors:
The Lynn Family, Schafer Sports Center, The Martin Family, The Heinz-Zona Family, George Sarkar, Morgan Sayre/State Farm, RWJ Fitness & Wellness, PEAC Health & Fitness, Grace Point, Stop & Shop, Athleta, Pedal for the Puzzle, Terhune Orchards, The Gingered Peach, Trader Joe’s, Amalfi’s, Colonial Farms, Brick Farm Market, The Salam Family, Mona Sawma, The Thakur Family, The Nelson Family, The O’Connor Family, The Nodeland Family, The Currier Family, Pennington Quality Market, Brigid Small, PNC Bank, The Philadelphia Eagles
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Just in time for the holidays, Attachment & Sage Boutiques will be bringing jewelry, accessories & more to PCDI!
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27th
@ PCDI 300 Cold Soil Rd, Princeton
1:30-3:00 PCDI family preview
3:00-7:00 Open to public
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Help us raise $2800 to purchase a new laptop for student testing by going on Facebook and donating to PCDI.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28th
If we exceed our goal, we will look into upgrading teachers' computers or buying a portable smart board. Last year, donations allowed us to purchase a new treadmill and a few iPads!!
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Saturday, January 27th
6-11pm
Nottingham Ballroom, 200 Mercer Street, Hamilton, NJ
More info to come soon!
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Thursday, November 30th, 6pm
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RIDER UNIVERSITY & PCDI MASTER LECTURE SERIES IN BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
Daily Ethical Challenges of a Behavior Analyst: Responsibility to Clients
Ticket Information
- $35 for BCBAs and BCABAs
- $15 for students
Light refreshments will be served.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE: PCDI's Amanda Freeman, Ph.D., BCBA
(pictured at left)
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PCDI's Gregory S. MacDuff, Ph.D., BCBA-D; Frances A. Perrin, Ph.D., BCBA-D;
PCDI's Patrick R. Progar, Ph.D., BCBA-D
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PCDI's Executive Director, Pat Progar, at Autism NJ Advocacy Day in June 2017
with
Former Speaker of the Assembly, Joseph Roberts, Jr
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Greg MacDuff, Executive Director of Adult and Community Living Programs also attended this event.
For more information, go to
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Visitors from our dissemination site in Turkey, TOHUM, including Executive Director
Binyamin Birkan
. We loved having you here in Princeton!
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Princeton Magazine
September 2017
"Autism in New Jersey:
A Spectrum of Challenges and Hopeful Possibilities"
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PCDI was recently featured in an article on autism in New Jersey (see pages 36-41). We also have an ad on page 42!
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