Harry's Highlights: Ruby's Rainbow Here’s one of #HarrysHighlights from this season. RubysRainbow.org is helping adults with Down syndrome reach their full potential. Thanks for watching #HarryTV in 2017!
This is a great way to kick off my New Year!! Got this fantastic update from Alex Goodman's mom and this is everything I can dream of when it comes time for Ruby Doobs to spread her wings and fly! Hi Liz, Alex is doing great! I can hardly believe that she is half [...]
I recently caught up with Jared Okun, one of our 2015 Rockin' Recipients, since he graduated from Otsego Academy this past spring. He has been very driven and motivated since graduation to live on his own, find a job and get back to the community where he attended college. I am happy to report that [...]
Ruby, seven years ago to day I met you for the first time in a whirlwind of fear and excitement. You weren't supposed to be here for another month, but you had stopped growing and they wanted to take you out immediately. C-section was not the plan, and I only got to see your [...]
These two. I got to hang with them today on Ruby’s Field Trip to the kiddos museum, and I actually debated on going because historically I feel like I ruin her trips because she clings to me and wants me to do stuff for her. BUT NOT TODAY. Today I watched her confidently cruise [...]
So BIG. So STRONG. So BRAVE. Another appointment today, but this time with the ENT to check out her ears and hearing. Turns out she has a pretty significant tear in her left eardrum from where a tube fell out, but luckily her right ear is working within the normal range so she is [...]
Local Rockin' Recipients in tha house, what-what!!! ???????? Sorry - just have to give a big shout-out to my local peeps like Christina Phipps, one of our awesome 2017 Rockin' Recipients, who attends the ACC STEPS program right here in Austin, TX!!! ???? Christina's a hard worker, and not just in her college courses - she's also [...]
Okay, peeps, this young lady is destined for greatness!! Who am I talking about? (Not the one on the right – that's me!! ????) I'm talking about the one on the left – one of our fab 2017 Rockin' Recipients, Mia Rose Barone, who attends the Inclusive Education program at the University of Colorado – [...]
Hope you've been having a fantabulous weekend, peeps!! I wanted to introduce you to another of our ah-MAZING 2017 Rockin' Recipients - this handsome fella is Adam White ????????????, who's in his first semester at Saginaw Valley State University, working toward his dream of owning his own company one day. Love that ambition and go-for-it [...]
This gorgeous young lady is Shanika Bonipart, another of our incredible 2017 Rockin' Recipients! ???????????????? After Shanika finishes up her studies next year at Winthrop University, she's off to pursue her dreams - including singing and doing praise dancing all over the world. Wow!! Shanika has been singing gospel, participating in local talent shows in her [...]