You can sign up for San Lorenzo’s Little League team by filling out this registration form and sending a check for $50 payable to: SLZ Little League. Please mail your registration form and check to: Susan Sherman, 15739 Via Regio, San Lorenzo, CA 94580. You can also sign up in person on Saturday, January 28, and Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 9:00 – 3:00 at the SLZ Little League Park on Grant Avenue in San Lorenzo. Scholarships are available. If you have any questions, please call: 303-5158 or email: thesherman5@aol.com.
Posted in on January 26th, 2012
The California Department of Social Services has announced a free training opportunity on March 27-28, 2012 in San Francisco to become a Functional Assessment Service Team (FAST) member. FAST team members work in emergency shelters during disasters to assess the needs of people with access and functional needs, and help get them the resources they need. For more information about this free training program, please visit: www.cdss.ca.gov.
Posted in Other Events on January 26th, 2012
To learn more about or register for upcoming events at CRIL, please go to their website at: www.cril-online.org.
Free Tax Preparation Services through the Earn It, Keep It, Save It Program (January – April 2012)
WHEN: January 27th – April 13th
DAYS: Mondays and Fridays
TIME: 3:00 – 7:00 PM
WHERE: CRIL’s Hayward office; 439 A Street, Hayward, CA 94541
RSVP (by appt. only): Call 510-881-5743
Care Provider Support Group
WHEN: Third Wednesday of each month
TIME: 2:00 – 4:30 PM
WHERE: CRIL’s Hayward office: 439 A Street, Hayward, CA 94541
RSVP: Contact Esperanza Diaz-Alvarez: 510-881-5743 x 5938, or email: Esperanza.Diaz-Alvarez@cril-online.org
Job Club/Employment Support Group
WHEN: Wednesdays + first Wednesday of each month
TIME: 3:00 – 5:00 PM
WHERE: CRIL’s Livermore office: 3311 Pacific Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550
RSVP: Contact Alejandra Hernandez: 510-881-5743 x 5944 or 925-371-1532, or email: Alejandra.Hernandez@cril-online.org
Weekly Independent Living Skills Classes
WHEN: Fridays
TIME: 3:30 – 5:00 PM
WHERE: CRIL’s Hayward office: 439 A Street, Hayward, CA 94541
RSVP: Wayland Wong: 510-881-5743 x 5935, or email: Wayland.Wong@cril-online.org
Disability Benefits 101
WHEN: Thursdays
TIME: 2:00 – 3:30 PM
WHERE: CRIL’s Hayward office: 439 A Street, Hayward, CA 94541
RSVP: Wayland Wong: 510-881-5743 x 5935, or email: Wayland.Wong@cril-online.org
Posted in Other Events on January 25th, 2012
Turning Three: A Workshop on the Transition to Preschool
Where: 4C’s of Alameda County, 22351 City Center Drive, Suite 200, Hayward, CA 94541
When: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 – 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Registration required: 510-547-7322
Turning Five: A Workshop on the Transition to Kindergarten for Children with Special Needs
Where: 4C’s of Alameda County, 22351 City Center Drive, Suite 200, Hayward, CA 94541
When: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 – 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Registration required: 510-547-7322
El Espectro del Autismo en Ninos Pequenos
Where: 4C’s of Alameda County: 22351 City Center Drive, Suite 200, Hayward, CA 94541
When: Sábado, 19 de Mayo, 2012 – 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Se requiere registración: Ariana Ortiz: 510-690-2159, arianao@4c-alameda.org
Posted in Other Events on January 25th, 2012
This is a free open house that will include: an exhibition wheelchair basketball game with BORP, hands-on learning stations that are visual, auditory, and sensory motor, and community group representatives who will share support resources. All are welcome, and family participation is encouraged. Come ready to learn and have fun!
Where: Orinda Intermediate School, 80 Ivy Drive, Orinda, CA 94563
When: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 – 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Contact: tague6@comcast.net (Anna Tague)
Posted in Other Events on January 25th, 2012
Project SEARCH offers yearlong, Monday through Friday internships for adults with developmental disabilities. These internships take place at a host business. Total workplace immersion facilitates a seamless combination of classroom instruction, career exploration, and on-the-job training. The goal for each intern is to have exposure to a career in health or the public sector, to build their resume, and to attain competitive employment (at the host business site or within the community) using the skills they have acquired.
Apply to Project Search for an internship.
Posted in on November 21st, 2011
The San Francisco Little League’s Challenger Division provides an opportunity for any boy or girl over six years old (as of April 30, 2012) with a disability, physical or cognitive, to join a baseball team, get some exercise, and learn some baseball skills with other kids in an informal, supportive environment.
Kids must be between the ages of 6 through high school as of 4/30/12 to play baseball in the 2012 spring season. The season will run from Saturday, March 10, 2012 to some time in early June. The registration fee is $100.00 (a waiver may be requested).
Register for Challenger Baseball.
Posted in Other Events on November 21st, 2011
A training series for independent living will take place at the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley from January through June 2012. Classes will meet once a month. Topics will include: postsecondary education, employment, housing/living support, social relationships, safety, and recreation. This series is for transition age youth with developmental disabilities and their parents.
Where: Ed Roberts Campus, 3075 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
When: Classes will meet once a month from January to June 2012. Dates/times to be determined.
More information: lindaratner@comcast.net
See the flyer.
Posted in Other Events on October 5th, 2011
The MCPD meets as a full commission on the second Monday of each month from 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm (except during the month of August and as rescheduled for city holidays).
Where: City Hall Hearing Room Three, adjacent to the 14th Street entrance
See website: Oakland Mayor’s Commission on Persons with Disabilities.
Posted in Other Events on January 18th, 2011
