Happy Thanksgiving, Peeps!!
Couldn’t be more thankful to call these peeps mine❤️❤️ Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Feeling so grateful today and everyday to have such wonderful people in our lives!❤️❤️
December 2017
2013 Rockin’ Recipient Andrew Weatherly with Some of His Artwork
You guys, just look at this talent. Ah-mazing!! ???? ???????? ???? ???? This is 2013 Rockin' Recipient Andrew Weatherly and several pieces of his original artwork. Andrew was featured recently on the Bergen County Camera Blog in their monthly Customer Spotlight - a monthly posting featuring someone who’s made an impression on them. What [...]
Meet 2017 Rockin’ Recipient Sam Dess!
Meet Sam Dess!!! This 2017 Rockin' Recipient attends the Cutting Edge program at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. He's also a Best Buddies Ambassador AND dances on a hip-hop dance team called the Energizers Dream Team!!! Oh my ❤️!!! Sam hopes to become a Special Education teacher someday. #SkysTheLimit #NoLimits #KeepOnRockinItSam #RockinRecipientsRule #DownSyndrome #DownSyndromeLove [...]
2017 Rockin’ Recipient Mary Borman Rocked Washington D.C.!
2017 Rockin' Recipient Mary Borman rocked Washington DC!!! This amazing self-advocate recently attended an appropriations hearing for NIH funding for Down syndrome research. There's a lack of federal funding in this area, so Mary and other advocates went to talk to congressional representatives, staff members and folks in the media to represent our tribe [...]
2017 Rockin’ Recipient Matthew Hessburg Discussing Building Independence at the State of the Art Conference
“To predict the future is to create it, and I have...” ❤️ So proud of Rockin Recipient Matthew Hessburg! I got to sit in on his presentation today on “Pathways To Inclusive Community Living” where he talked about his college experience and how it is leading him on the path to independence. ❤️ [...]
2015 Rockin’ Recipient Charli Webre Is Rockin’ It at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette!
Posting these updates on Rockin' Recipients from years past just warms this mama's ❤️ right up... I just love getting this peek into the awesome futures that are possible for our capable, fantastic loved ones who're rockin' that extra chromosome!!! This is what it's all about, y'all!!! ❤️❤️❤️ This is 2015 Rockin' Recipient Charli [...]
2017 Rockin’ Recipient Matthew Hessburg Presented at the State of the Art Conference!
Favorite part of my day? Having lunch with this guy ❤️ I was excited to see that Matthew Hessburg was presenting at the State of the Art Conference fo peeps with Intellectual Disabilities this year. He is still rockin’ it at WCU University Participant (UP) Program where he is taking a full course load and working at [...]
2017 Rockin’ Recipient Marissa Todd Gets a Job!
Eek!!! I just posted an update about 2017 Rockin' Recipient Marissa Todd this morning (see it here:http://bit.ly/2mw90l2), but then I heard from her sweet mama and just had to update my update!! ???????????? So this adorable selfie is Marissa with one of her instructors in the SUCCEED program at the University of Missouri - [...]
Ella Mae Donates Her Hair to Wigs for Kids!
Two weeks ago Ella Mae came up to me and said she wanted to chop her hair and donate it so that kids who are battling cancer and lose their hair could use hers for a wig. She takes my breath away, not only with her beauty on the outside, but the inner [...]
2017 Rockin’ Recipient Marissa Todd and Roomie Featured in the University of Missouri – St. Louis Daily Post!
Look at these cute roomies!! The young lady on the right happens to be Marissa Todd, one of our awe-inspiring 2017 Rockin' Recipients ????????????, who is featured with her roommate in the University of Missouri - St. Louis Daily Post in an article about the SUCCEED program. Read more here:http://bit.ly/2zjGnNg Marissa impressed us from [...]