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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…

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Mar 13th, 2017

A Thousand Thanks!

At the Thousand Words Photography Project Gala on Saturday night, we celebrated the accomplishments of our ten…

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Mar 10th, 2017

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,…

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Mar 9th, 2017

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 &…

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Mar 3rd, 2017

Thank You Vicki

At the annual Sidekicks Christmas party in 2008, I met a new family that ended up making a huge impact on the organization that came…

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Feb 10th, 2017

He Came Down

Christmas is a wonderful time of year. Or at least it should be. It seems like everyone gets so caught up in the craziness of…

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Dec 25th, 2016

Wish List

While a lot of people have made a wish list to share with Santa lately, I thought I would put a ConnectAbility wish list out…

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Dec 19th, 2016

Thankful for our Thanksgiving

The annual ConnectAbility Thanksgiving Banquet and Silent Auction was a blast. We enjoyed good friends, good food and good buys. Because of the generosity of…

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Dec 8th, 2016

Ribbon Cutting & Open House

Our Open House was a success! It was such a pleasure to welcome the community to our new facility. Thank you so much for all…

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Dec 2nd, 2016

#GivingTuesday

Today has been designated as “#Giving Tuesday” – a day of donating to follow the self-indulgent Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Let me be the…

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Nov 29th, 2016

Thousand Words Gala

Everyone knows that a picture is worth a thousand words...but what if a picture spoke your only words? You are invited to join the celebration…

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Nov 18th, 2016

Morgan’s Wonderland

Several years ago, I heard about a really revolutionary park that opened in Texas. Morgan’s Wonderland, the first (and only) fully accessible park of its…

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Oct 18th, 2016

SEEK

This blog post is from Jess Ward, co-founder of a new club on the University of North Georgia campus. I had the chance to sit…

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Oct 14th, 2016

More Love

Today's post is from Kandi Ledford, ConnectAbility Board member, volunteer, Thousand Words photographer and #FionasChallenge champion. There's hate and there's hurt and there's negativity all…

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Oct 11th, 2016

First Day of School

This story is personal to me – it’s about my sister and her family. My baby sister is pretty awesome. She’s a NICU nurse and…

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Aug 30th, 2016