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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
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
Our Guest Speakers are Diane Perry, DSIG Member/Parent and PEAL Eastern Region Parent Advisor; and Nora Connell, DCIU Liaison for the Delaware County Parent Advisory Council of Local Task Force. They will be speaking on the topic of “Working Collaboratively with your School Team”.
When: Thursday, 2/23/17
Time: Doors open at 7pm, meeting begins at 7:30pm
Where: Hancock United Methodist Church
Route 320 (Sproul Road) just off the
intersection of Route 420, Springfield, PA
Please click on the link below for a copy of the flyer that they have prepared especially for this meeting:
Please join the DSIG Birth – 5 Group for a family gathering…
Date: Sunday, 3/5/17
Time: 10am – 1pm
Where: Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19803
Classrooms 1 & 2 – 3rd Floor (Go in the new section and take the elevator to the 3rd floor)
RSVP by 2/25/17 to Christa Ventura, either through the Facebook group or e-mail her at [email protected], with the number of children and adults that will be attending.
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.
Are you ready for some baseball???
A special “Thank You!” to Jack Malone who is once again coordinating the annual DSAN at The Phillies! Jack is accepting orders now for this event.
Who: Phillies vs. Nationals at Citizens Bank Park
Date: Friday, May 5, 2017
Time: 7:05 pm
Cost: $38.00 per ticket
Seats: Sections 206 & 207
Perks: Depending on the number of tickets sold by all of the Down syndrome groups, there may be a t-shirt available on a first come basis. One person with Down syndrome, who is over the age of 7, could be selected to participate in the first pitch ceremony, so please provide Jack Malone with your contact phone number where you can be reached if your child is selected.
If you are interested in tickets for this event, please be in contact with Jack Malone and send your payment ASAP.
Checks should be made payable to:
Jack Malone
4913 Jackson Drive
Brookhaven, PA 19015
Jack’s Cell # is: 484-682-5550
There are 225 tickets reserved for this game and handicap accessible seats are available.
Please be in touch with Jack ASAP if you are interested in attending this FUN night at the ball park!
Join your friends from DSIG & the T21 Group for the 10th Annual Down Syndrome Awareness Day at the Phillies!
Date: Sunday, May 5th
Game time: 2:05pm
Phillies v. Washington Nationals (Bryce’s old team)
Seats: Section 206 and 207 (Handicap Accessible Seating is available).
Promotion: Phillies celebrate Mother’s Day. Every young lady 15 years and older will receive a Ladies Fleece Pullover
There will be 2 ticket options this year as The T21 club is hosting a pre-game tent party from 12:00-1:30pm.
Option 1: Purchase a game ticket only for $38.00. (Children 3-under are free but do not have their own seat. Lap time!)
Option 2: Ages 11-up ticket for Pre-game Tent party and seat in Sec 206-207 are $78.00
Ages 6-10 ticket for Pre-game Tent party and seat in Sec 206-207 are $58.00
Ages 3-5 ticket for Pre-game Tent party and seat in Sec 206-207 are $38.00 (must enter with parent who purchased a $78.00 ticket)
Ages 3-under no charge but must enter with a parent who purchased a $78.00 ticket
The Pre-game Tent Party will include a ballpark food buffet, soft drinks and water, a PHILLIES CAP, and a few special guests to visit with. There will be bartender service for a cash bar.
Tee-shirts (if sponsorship is obtained) may be given out at the Pre-game tent party only. Again that is not for certain.
I must have orders and payment prior to April 1st (no fooling!) Ticket order has to be placed by April 5th.
If you would like to send a check please make payable to me Jack Malone and if you would like to mail it to me:
4913 Jackson Drive Brookhaven, Pa 19015.
Please feel free to call me at 484-682-5550 if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Jack Malone
We hope everyone had a great summer and are getting back into the swing of things now that Fall has officially begun! It’s time to begin a new year with DSIG, so please join us for our first meeting of the season at our new meeting location, Widener University!
For a map of the campus, please visit their website at Widener.edu
We will not have a speaker for this meeting, as it will just be a time to catch up with old friends & possibly meet some new friends! We hope to see you there!
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