Upcoming Events

May
28
Thu
May RMM @ Hancock Church
May 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
May RMM @ Hancock Church | Springfield | Pennsylvania | United States

Symme Trachtenberg, MSW, Director of Community Education for the CHOP Trisomy 21 Program – “Caregiver Support”.

Jun
18
Thu
June RMM – End of year Ice Cream Social @ Hancock Church
Jun 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
June RMM - End of year Ice Cream Social @ Hancock Church | Springfield | Pennsylvania | United States

Please note, this meeting is on the 3rd Thursday of the month

Jun
22
Mon
iCan Shine Bike Camp @ Notre Dame Academy
Jun 22 – Jun 26 all-day
iCan Shine Bike Camp @ Notre Dame Academy | Villanova | Pennsylvania | United States

The iCan Shine Bike Camp will once again be coming to our area this year.  This camp is a wonderful experience for your child or young adult to learn how to ride a 2-wheel bike.  This program has been attended by many of our members who now know how to ride a 2-wheel bike independently.

When:  June 22-26, 2015
Where:  Notre Dame Academy in Villanova, PA

Please see the flier in the link below for the details of the camp.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/b248b2c4b5fcb2f5924466caf/files/iCan_Bike_Rider_and_Volunteer_Recruitment_Flier_1.docx

If you are a paid member of DSIG and your child completes the full week of camp, you will reimbursed by DSIG for the cost of the camp after completion of the camp.

You must be at least 8 years of age to attend and must meet the criteria that is listed on the iCan Shine website at www.icanshine.org.  I encourage you to visit their website for information and videos on the iCan Bike Camps.

Oct
22
Thu
October RMM – Navigating the Special Ed System @ Hancock Church
Oct 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Need Help Navigating the Special Education System?

Does your head spin when you sit in IEP or IFSP meetings? Does it sound like they’re speaking a foreign language? What does inclusion mean for my child? Come to the October 22 meeting to hear discussions on these and other topics. Focus is on children who are age preschool to 21. Linda Cartwright, Parent Consult from the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) and mother of a son with Down syndrome, will introduce resources to families that help them be the best advocates for their children. Topics include: HELP, this is too overwhelming!; understanding your rights under the federal and state regulations of special education; how to navigate the PaTTAN website and other resources for families; how you can attend educational trainings for free; and introducing a newly-formed statewide parent network. Linda will give a brief presentation, followed by a Q&A. For information about PaTTAN, visit http://www.pattan.net.
*Child care will be available.
Nov
19
Thu
November RMM @ Hancock Church
Nov 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Speaker – Dr. Claire Field, Dentist

(Please note this meeting is being held on the 3rd Thursday due to the Thanksgiving holiday)

Jan
28
Thu
January RMM @ Hancock Church
Jan 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Apr
2
Sat
26th Annual Walk for Our Kids @ Springfield Mall
Apr 2 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

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DSIG 26th Annual “Walk for Our Kids”

WOW!  It’s hard to believe that we will be celebrating our 26th year of our annual walk-a-thon!  The date has been set for the 26th Annual DSIG “Walk for Our Kids”!  This event is our major fundraising event for the year and allows us to continue to provide outreach and social activities for our families.  It’s a FUN morning and a great time to meet other families.  We will need people in the group to make contact with any businesses that they know to see if they are willing to become one of our $500 sponsors for the event.  As a $500 sponsor, their company logo will be featured on the back of the event t-shirt.  We will also need items for baskets from businesses, baskets donated by businesses and DSIG families & friends, and raffle and silent auction items.  The letter for donations is ready now, so if you have a business contact and need a letter, please send me an e-mail at [email protected] and I will get one out to them. This event takes a lot of planning and volunteers will be needed (sign up to volunteer), so I’ll let you all know in the near future where help is needed.  Any questions about this event, just give me a shout!

When: Saturday, April 2, 2016, 8-10am
Where: Springfield Mall

Apr
13
Wed
Sib Slam @ Christ Church Neighborhood House
Apr 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Join us for a night of true stories about some of our first friends and enemies: our siblings. Storytellers from the “A Fierce Kind of Love” storytelling workshops will take to the stage with their true tales about how disability affects families. You’re invited to throw your name into the hat, and share your own story about a brother or sister too!

 

For full details, visit http://www.temple.edu/instituteondisabilities/voices/afkol/sibslam.html

Apr
29
Sat
27th Annual “Walk for Our Kids” @ Springfield Mall
Apr 29 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

When:  Saturday, 4/29/17
Time:    8:00 am – 10:00 am
Where: Springfield Mall

The date has been set, so please mark your calendars!  This is our only fundraiser for DSIG and it helps to pay for all of the wonderful events that we offer all year long.  If you have a business that you know would like to be a sponsor of this event, please contact Patty White at [email protected].  Look for more details about this event in the next few weeks!  It takes a village to run this event, so I will be in touch shortly about ways that families can get involved this year. 

Jun
15
Thu
DSIG Annual End of Year Ice Cream Social @ Hancock Church
Jun 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm