Category: News
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Give Love. Always.
This story is shared by Sarah Snyder, member of a Race for a Reason Team and owner of Dahlonega Mountain Sports. Here, Sarah shares her experience participating in the ConnectAbility 5k on Saturday, September 9. Thank you Sarah for being a part of our team! Today has been another whirlwind day of emotions. Sean and…
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The Power of Community
There are some people in a community who share the gifts they have and it impacts a lot of people. We are lucky to be based in a community that has lots of folks like that and we want to highlight a few of them. Grant Searcey is an amazing artist that calls Dahlonega home.…
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The Flip Side
The first day of school is a mix of excitement, dread, nervousness and anticipation for everyone. It marks the end of the carefree days of summer with late evening sunshine and swimming. In my household this year, the first day of school was monumental because our firstborn began her school journey as a kindergarten student.…
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ConnectAbility Bridge Sidewalk Tiles
Hey everybody! We hope that you have been over to Yahoola Creek Park to check out the new accessible playground and have seen the ConnectAbility Bridge along with all of the tiles on the sidewalk from the bridge to the playground! If you have, you’ve likely noticed the beautiful engravings on some of the tiles.…
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Three Easy Everyday Ways to Support ConnectAbility
We have partnered with some pretty amazing organizations to help fund all of our events. These are some easy ways that you can give to ConnectAbility while doing things that you already do. We truly appreciate any and all contributions. If you have any further questions that are not answered in the instructions below, please…
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A True Story
Today we share a story of our friend Joey. Joey’s Mom Lisa posted this on her Facebook page in honor of March being Trisomy Awareness month. I thought it was a story that should be shared with many more people in the world! I have always admired the way that Joey’s parents, Lisa & Bruce,…
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A Thousand Thanks!
At the Thousand Words Photography Project Gala on Saturday night, we celebrated the accomplishments of our ten teams of photographers who set out last summer to share their perspectives on the theme of “LOVE”. Since then, the team members of all abilities have learned and taught each other a lot about photography, friendship, courage, adventure…
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Pray for Clifford
The people who are part of ConnectAbility are not “clients” or “cases” – they are friends and family. When one of them is in pain, we all feel it. I’m calling on the ConnectAbility “family” of friends, supporters and loved ones to lift up our buddy Clifford today. I just spoke with Clifford’s mom Rhonda…
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12 Hour Climb UPDATE!
12 Hour Climb The Climbers: Logan Brookins, Eric Lisikowski The Mission: Climb a 15 foot rope for 12 hours to raise funds for children & adults with disabilities! ConnectAbility is an organization for children and adults with disabilities, and on April 29, 2017 we will climb a 15ft rope for 12 hours to raise money…