AbilityFirst, Pasadena, CA Videos

Thank you to ABC7 Los Angeles for your coverage of last Saturday's Rainbows for AbilityFirst in Long Beach. With support from you, AbilityFirst can continue to raise awareness for the programs we provide empowering children and adults with developmental disabilities! Oh, and Chris Cristi is a rockstar! Thank you!

College is a lot more complicated than high school – more classes, more people, more work, more time management issues, to name just a few. As a communications major at Pasadena City College, Jesse has found that an educational coach gives him the support and confidence he needs to deal with the challenges that come up along the way. Go Jesse! Can you help our participants like Jesse in the College to Career program? A $500 donation funds a coach’s transport for 7 students, per month! Any dollar amount helps! Remember, your donation will be TRIPLED! Visit www.abilityfirst.org/givingtuesday/

It's PJ hour (PJ Philanthropist Hour) where if you donate $25 between 8pm-9pm, you will be entered to win a cozy AbilityFirst fleece, perfect for the chilly fall weather 🧡✨ www.longbeachgives.org/abilityfirst #LongBeachGives #AbilityFirst #Strong #Support #BestPeople #LeadwithLove

Today is the day!! #LongBeachGives Together we've already raised $5,000!! Thank you to everyone that has already donated to help us reach our first goal! Now, will you help us reach our NEW goal of $7,500 before midnight so we can provide more support to our participants! www.longbeachgives.org/abilityfirst Meet Emily and her family. Click here for her story! https://www.longbeachgives.org/fundraise/12157/emilyshort #LongBeachGives #LetsGo #DayofGiving #Support #Community #DisabilityServices #AdultingDifferently

The Long Beach Gives page for AbilityFirst is NOW LIVE! The official start date is Sept 22 but we went live today, and you can begin sharing our fundraising page! And, we have a MATCH up to $1500 but only valid during early giving!! Please help our Long Beach Center raise funds for our programs, by clicking the link here https://www.longbeachgives.org/index.php?section=organizations&action=newDonation_org&fwID=4692

Fundraise for a program or center! Earn cool swag like an AbilityFirst sun hat or tote! Proceeds from Stroll & Roll benefit AbilityFirst programs for people with developmental disabilities. Learn more at strollandroll.org! Make a difference today! ¡Recaude fondos para un programa o centro! ¡Gane artículos de AbilityFirst como un sombrero de sol o bolso! Las ganancias de Stroll & Roll benefician los programas de AbilityFirst para personas con discapacidades del desarrollo. ¡Obtenga más información en strollandroll.org! ¡Haga usted la diferencia hoy!

2022 Stroll & Roll Monthly Contest Winner
Congratulations to our JULY winner for our Monthly Stroll & Roll Contest, Melinda D. registered with our Supported Employment Program!! Congrats on winning a $150 Visa Gift Card!! Check strollandroll.org for more contests to get ready for Stroll & Roll 2022! August Contest is underway! Raise or donate $100 in August and be entered for a chance to win 2 tickets to this year’s S&R Kick Off Luncheon! #Winner #StrollandRoll #Contests #Monthly #Congratulations www.instagram.com/reel/Cgz_yuDMXyn/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

This past Friday, we held our first in person 626 Club in 2 years! We had a food truck, dance lessons and danced to the tunes of a live DJ! Everyone had a blast and it was so much fun 🥳✨ #Club626 #AbilityFirst

Happy National Volunteer week! Are you an enthusiastic volunteer? We need your support for the Food & Wine Festival! We're looking for individuals who would like to help from setup to tear-down and lots of fun roles in between! We have multiple shifts available to cater to your role preference and schedule! To sign up, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_mqFWAVXOePPK5JIXGHyf6eDBCBelJypeE0tgzRmQ_VJPiA/viewform #FoodandWine #Festival #Community #Pasadena #Volunteer #Opportunities #NationalVolunteerWeek

5D Spectrum and AbilityFirst!

Our PossAbility Pasadena Program Music Club celebrated Black History Month by listening to some iconic artists that have shaped music. Music Club learned about Black History Month and listened to artists together like Aretha Franklin ✨ *We do not own rights to the music

Sly & The Family Stone *We do not own the rights to the music

And the winner is...... drum roll please 🥁 Jake Benney! Congratulations for winning an brand new Apple Watch for our December Stroll & Roll Contest! Thank you to everyone that fundraised!! There is still time to help us reach our 2021 Stroll & Roll Goal! We are close!! Please visit strollandroll.org to donate. Thank you Jill and Leigh from MHPevents for the exciting announcement! 💙💚 #StrollandRoll #Fundraiser #CommunitySupport #AbilityFirst

Thanks to the incredible generosity of our donors, supporters, friends and YOU, we raised a record breaking $10,000 on Giving Tuesday! As a result, every gift made on Giving Tuesday was matched dollar for dollar! 2021 has had its challenges and we are truly thankful for the community support as we continue to serve our participants!

A quick message from our Claremont After School Program participants! We have just $1,840 left to raise to meet our $5,000 goal! The funds we raise today will help support the following programs for people with disabilities: + Community Navigation Training + Educational and Job Coaches + Public Transportation and Access + Self-Advocacy Skills Training + Vocational Skills Training We are almost there! Donate today for #GivingTuesday. Remember, once we hit our $5,000 goal, it will be TRIPLED to $15,000 thanks to a generous donor! Your donation will have triple the impact! Please visit abilityfirst.org/get-involved/donate-now/ or TEXT to GIVE! Text GIVEABILITY to 44321

#GivingTuesday is one week away!! We are as excited as EJ R. from our Long Beach Center Program! Woooohooo!! This year, our goal is $5,000 & we have GREAT NEWS! Once we reach our $5,000 goal, the gift will TRIPLE to $15,000 thanks to a generous donor! That means your gift will have triple the impact for our programs as we continue to transition safely to in-person programming. Join this global day of giving! Ways to Give: TEXT GIVEABILITY to 44321 Visit abilityfirst.org/get-involved/donate-now/ GivingTuesday

The Countdown starts Monday!! 🏁 From Monday, November 1st - Friday, November 5th, Tag @AbilityFirstLA and use the hashtag #StrollandRoll to be entered for a chance to win 4 Park Hopper Tickets to Disneyland or a Peloton Bike with a 12-month membership. Each activity tag counts as 1 entry. The more you participate in the activities and tag us, the more entries for a chance to win! ***Profile must be on PUBLIC so we can see and you must TAG US! Full Countdown Competition on strollandroll.org! Good luck!!! You can also email [email protected] with your photos!

We made it!!!! 💙💚🏀 AbilityFirst Lawrence L Frank Center #GoLakers #LALakers #Jumbotron

We have listened to AbilityFirst families, participants and supporters and have reimagined our 2021 Stroll & Roll to promote peer-to-peer fundraising for our programs! This means we will not be in person at the Los Angeles State Historic Park and have created an engaging schedule of Countdown Activities and Contests for remote participation leading up to a virtual Stroll & Roll to be held on November 6, 2021. Visit strollandroll.org to learn more!