Walking is Great Exercise
Date: Saturday June 30, 2007Posted in: Activities, Recreation
Tagged: California, People First
Walking is great exercise. You can go almost anywhere on your own two feet and it’s free! But, walking can also be dangerous. How can you avoid getting hit by a vehicle? Below are some safety tips to help avoid accidents.
16th Annual Redwood Summer Games
Date: Wednesday June 27, 2007Posted in: Activities, Recreation
Tagged: Redwood Summer Games
About the Camp
The Redwood Summer Camp Games will be held at the Redwood Area Camp on Dyerville Loop Road again this year. This camp is absolutely beautiful. It is almost entirely on one level with all flat ground. There are a lot of built-in bathrooms with hot showers so bring your quarters, some of which are wheelchair accessible. There are a lot of trees and canopies for shade. The camp will be well groomed and very accommodating for wheelchairs. If you require special accommodation please let us know right away!
Events
- Basket Catch - Participants team up with a buddy. The participants throw a water balloon as far as possible and the teammate catches the balloon in a basket on their head. This event will soak you with fun!!
- Long Jump - Participants are allowed a running start of up to 30ft before the take off line. The longest jump out of three wins.
- Basketball Free Throw - Participants get three attempts from the free throw line to make a basket. The most baskets wins.
- Softball Throw - Participants get three attempts to throw a softball for distance.
- Softball Batting - Participants get three attempts to hit a softball off a batting tee for distance.
- Kickball Derby - Participants get three attempts to kick a volleyball for distance.
- Bocce Ball - This game is similar to horseshoes or lawn bowling. Each participant throws four bocce balls at a target ball in a sand pit several feet away. The person with two balls closest to the target ball wins.
- 50 Yard Dash - Participants will run and be timed.
- Mystery Relay - Each team will have four members. Each team member will run 50 yards carrying a mystery baton and then pass it to the next runner on the team. Teams will be timed to select winners.
Intro to Social Security
Date: Tuesday June 26, 2007Posted in: Advocacy, Education, Employment, Housing, Meeting
Tagged: Community Resources for Independence, Independent Living, Independent Living Skills, Mendocino County (California), Social Security, Ukiah (California)
The Independent Living Skills Training is a monthly workshop series addressing issues of independence for the disability community!
The next workshop will be held for the informing self-advocates about social security. Due to space restrictions, attendance is limited! Please call today to reserve your spot! (707)-463-8875
- Date: July 18th, 2007
- Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
- Where: Community Resources for Independence
415 B Talmage Rd
Ukiah, CA 95482
12th Annual People First Convention
Date: Thursday June 7, 2007Posted in: Advocacy, Meeting, Recreation
Tagged: People First, Sacramento (California), Sacramento County (California)
This weekend marks the 12th annual convention held in Sacramento, California. While registrations have been closed, we’re reminding people that it is happening. It is this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 8-10 2007.
To those that are attending, have fun!
Vote on AB1113
Date: Wednesday June 6, 2007Posted in: Employment
Tagged: Assembly Bill 1113 (Brownley) (California), California, California Working Disabled, GAPS Task Force, Julia Brownley
On May 31, 2007, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee voted to send AB 1113 (Brownley) in front of the full Assembly for a vote on or before this coming Friday, June 8, 2007. We need you to phone, write, fax or e-mail your Assembly member by June 7, and ask them to “Support and Vote for AB 1113 as Written.”
AB 1113 would make important changes to the 250% Medi-Cal Working Disabled program, including waiving asset and resource limits, removing its current marriage penalties, exempting public and private retirement income for those enrolled, and doing away with the program’s current sunset provision. The program is set to end in 2008 without this provision. One legislative analyst commented recently: “Oh so folks in this program can do what most everyone else does with their lives, get married and save to buy a home.”
If you don’t know who your Assembly member is, you can find out at: http://www.assembly.ca.gov/
