On Saturday, January 20th, Kenyon College hosted the Special Olympics North West Regional Basketball Skills Tournament! Thank you to everyone who helped make this event possible!
On Friday evening, Santa and Mrs. Claus spent some time with these amazing families and kiddos at our Sensory Santa event! The kiddos even got to do so many fun crafts and activities while they were there!
Thank you to The Autism Society of Central Ohio and everyone else that pulled together to host this event!
As you approach a little yellow house in Mount Vernon, you can’t help but notice all the amazing Halloween decorations that have adorned the home. A graveyard in the front, a creepy Pennywise clown hanging off the side of the house, beautifully haunting murals hand painted in the front windows and so much more! It is clear that the gentleman that lives here loves Halloween!
Jacob just moved to Mount Vernon this past summer after some not-so-great experiences at his last residence. He has been working hard at Creative Learning Workshop where he is a janitor, making new friends in his new town, and doing his best to live life the way he wants to!
Halloween is his absolute favorite holiday, so his Direct Support Professional Suzanne has been working hard to help him decorate his home! They have created amazing murals that are painted in the windows, some spooky spiders, ghastly ghosts, a creepy graveyard and so much more! He is enjoying scaring people that drive past his house with all his scary decorations!
Jacob dreams of working in a haunted house so he can scare people for a living! Unfortunately, this year we couldn’t help him achieve that dream – but next year he has big plans! One of the nurses that works with Jacob has some great connections – her husband works at a haunted house! He is going to help Jacob with making connections, applying, and interviewing with that haunted house next season so he can fulfill his dream of scaring people for a living!
On October 13, 2023 the grassy area near the Knox DD/Head Start Building was filled with laughter, activities and fun for the family! Our Help Me Grow and Early Intervention programs put on a family Fall Festival for the community to come together and have a wonderful time!
We had food available from Mama Lupe’s and Molten Grilled Cheese, cotton candy, free pumpkins to decorate that were generously donated, “Bring the Farm to You” petting zoo, Triple P, Knox Public Health WIC, CMH, Cribs for Kids, The Village Network, NYAP, Head Start, Spi Spot, Amanda Gibson Parent Mentor, Tavaci, Autism Society, Safy, OhioKAN, OhioRISE, Lashley Training, New Directions, Interchurch and Creative Foundations were all available to do fun activities and make memories that will last a lifetime. We also were visited by the Mount Vernon Fire Department!
Thank you to everyone that helped make this event such a memorable and successful event!
On August 3rd, more than a hundred athletes, volunteers and family members gathered to celebrate the wonderful accomplishments of the Athletes in our Athletics, Basketball, Bocce and Bowling programs. Congratulations to each and every person that is involved in making this program so successful! We ended the evening by presenting an award to Linda Kerr as she is handing the torch off to Talisha Beha to lead the next phase of the Special Olympics program in Knox County.
