Project ABLE

Join us at Project ABLE in Mac for a Friday the 13th -themed karaoke and open mic event! Come dress up as your favorite villain on vacation and share your voice or just watch others perform. We will also have a potluck so bring something to share! The event runs from 11am-2pm! See you there!

If you need a ride from Salem, make sure to sign up at the reception desk!

Project ABLE will be closed on Monday, September 2nd for Labor Day!

Check out all the fun happening at Salem's Project ABLE location this September!

Look at all the cool stuff happening in Mac this month! What are you most excited about?!

Join us at Project ABLE in Mac for a Friday the 13th -themed karaoke and open mic event! Come dress up as your favorite villain on vacation and share your voice or just watch others perform. We will also have a potluck so bring something to share! The event runs from 11am-2pm! See you there!
If you need a ride from Salem, make sure to sign up at the reception desk!

There's an hour and a half left of the parking lot sale! Come check it out at our State Street location in Salem!

Just a head's up, Project ABLE will be closed on Monday, September 2nd in honor of Labor Day.

Today is National Beach Day! Check out this photo taken from the Project ABLE beach outing from back in June.

Today is the day! Join us at Project ABLE in Salem for our 2nd Annual Parking Lot Sale! Shop from 11am-2pm!

PARKING LOT SALE!
Our second annual parking lot sale is coming up tomorrow from 11am-3pm in Salem in the Project ABLE parking lot!

Stop by to browse and purchase a variety of arts, crafts, secondhand items, and more!

To RSVP and stay up to date with this event, follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/share/bdrFKs2qJCTm9Rcz/

Did you know that today is National Sports Day? What's your favorite sport?

Here's the Salem schedule for today!

10-11am * Neuroconnect
11-12pm * LGBTQIA+ Group
1-2pm * Grief Support
1-3pm Wellness Through Art
3-5pm Dungeons & Dragons

*Available online, go to www.ProjectABLE.org and click on the blue button to join!

It's Thursday and there are some stellar group options in Mac today!

10-11am Community Connection
11am-12pm * LGBTQIA2S+ Group
1-3pm Wellness Through Art
3-4pm Dual Diagnosis Anonymous

Did you know that our board member and group facilitator, Anne Giffins, is Ms. Wheelchair Oregon?! She just got back from the Ms. Wheelchair 2025 competition. Anne wrote the following to share out with her ABLE family.
Thanks for continuing to share your experiences and cheer for others, Anne! You are an integral part of our community!
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It’s the week dreams are only made of! The Ms. Wheelchair 2025 competition! The slumber party filled ladies on their wheels, coming together for the greater good of empowering other people’s lives! A weeklong journey filled with workshops, laughter, empowerment, dinners to dress up in costumes, and one crowning event to Ms. America!
Our first visit was to the Merijer Gardens where we did a scavenger hunt to locate the garden’s finest attractions of artwork and their own beautiful flowers, and a huge photo of class of 2024 Ms. Wheelchair.
Workshops are there to educate us all on our platforms, to give us ideas to encourage us to be safe and keep a well-balanced life. The week designed to pack all they could in for all of us to have a great time, educate us, and to have a good time!
The tables are always filled with small gifts: wheelchair Lego’s, crown pins, earrings, and much, much more. There were 3 dinners to dress up! Disney, under the sea, and a favorite decade. We all dressed to impress! I decided to wear a pink full mermaid outfit, 1800’s floral dress, and Minnie Mouse! Every dinner was remarkable the fun, the laughs, the excitement, and the joy this impacted us with I’m sure with last our whole life, I know it will me!
I was in awe at the beauty every lady has, their determination, and their heart for their personal journey along with their platform! They all had a life which brought them to advocacy for themselves. As our wheelchair doesn’t define us but our journey to serve others does! I got to see their own vision of seriousness and the huge impact on their states.
My heart will always be in that week. Not every day of my life will I have anywhere near 21 plus woman in wheelchairs in any given day! They have all impacted my life, my journey, my platform and who I am and I am more grateful than I’ve ever been.

PARKING LOT SALE!
Our second annual parking lot sale is coming up this Friday from 11am-3pm in Salem in the Project ABLE parking lot!

Stop by to browse and purchase a variety of arts, crafts, secondhand items, and more!

To RSVP and stay up to date with this event, follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/share/bdrFKs2qJCTm9Rcz/

Stop and smell the flowers! Today is World Daffodil Day!

Please consider supporting Aaron if you are able. He is such a pivotal part of the Project ABLE family. Any amount helps!

Donate to Help Rebuild a Safe Home for Recovery, organized by Aaron Benson I live with mental health challenges I live in a disabled retirement village. There… Aaron Benson needs your support for Help Rebuild a Safe Home for Recovery

Check out the Mac schedule for the day!

10-11am * Voices & Visions Anonymous
11am-12pm Life Changes
12-1pm Adult Coloring
1-3pm Video Adventures with Lady J
3-4pm 10 Components of Recover

Here is the group schedule for Salem today! Which group will we see you at?

10-11am * Voices & Visions
11am-12pm * Dementia Support Group
12-2pm * Adult Coloring Group
2-3pm * Healthy Living
3-4pm * Diabetes & You

*Available online, go to www.ProjectABLE.org and click on the blue button to join!

Help us welcome Ty Williams to the Project ABLE team! He is our new Wellness Coordinator in Mac.

PARKING LOT SALE!
Our second annual parking lot sale is coming up this Friday from 11am-3pm in Salem in the Project ABLE parking lot!

Stop by to browse and purchase a variety of arts, crafts, secondhand items, and more!

LAST CALL FOR TABLE RESERVATIONS!

If you are interested in reserving a table to sell your own items, please stop by Project ABLE to reserve a spot today! Reservations are required to sell on August 30th and spots may fill up fast so we encourage you to register early! There is no cost to reserve a table. Project ABLE will provide a table and two chairs for each reserved seller. Please note that all sellers are responsible for collecting their own money and providing change this year so please plan accordingly. Set up will start at 9am and the parking lot will need to be cleared by 4pm.

To RSVP and stay up to date with this event, follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/share/bdrFKs2qJCTm9Rcz/

Get in here in Mac to one of these awesome groups!

10-11am Self-Empowerment
11am-12pm Peer Yoga
12-1pm Creative Writing
1-3pm Nerd Central
3-4pm The Peer Recovery Group

Happy Tuesday! Here's what's up in Salem today!

10-11am Self-Empowerment Group
11am-12pm * Cup of Joe
11am-12pm Dual Diagnosis Anonymous
12-1pm Yoga
1-2pm Dance with ABLE
2-3pm * Trauma Healing & Recovery
3-4:30pm Tuesday Wellness Group

*Available online, go to www.ProjectABLE.org and click on the blue button to join!

PARKING LOT SALE!
Our second annual parking lot sale is coming up this Friday from 11am-3pm in Salem in the Project ABLE parking lot!

Stop by to browse and purchase a variety of arts, crafts, secondhand items, and more!

If you are interested in reserving a table to sell your own items, please stop by Project ABLE to reserve a spot today! Reservations are required to sell on August 30th and spots may fill up fast so we encourage you to register early! There is no cost to reserve a table. Project ABLE will provide a table and two chairs for each reserved seller. Please note that all sellers are responsible for collecting their own money and providing change this year so please plan accordingly. Set up will start at 9am and the parking lot will need to be cleared by 4pm.

To RSVP and stay up to date with this event, follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/share/bdrFKs2qJCTm9Rcz/

We have a Peer Support Coordinator in Mac. Welcome Tiffany King to the Project ABLE team!

Did you know that today is Women's Equality Day?

“If plan ‘A’ doesn’t work, the alphabet has more letters – 204 if you’re in Japan.”
– Claire Cook

Over this past weekend, we had approximately twenty students from Willamette University donate time and resources to help clean up and beautify our Salem campus! In a few short hours, they were able to mulch around the whole property, re-tarp our ramp, re-line our parking lot, and more. We appreciate their hard work and dedication to our community and look forward to working more with them in the future!

Here's what's going on this lovely Monday in Mac!

10-11am Community Connection
11am-12pm Get Moving
12-1pm 8 Dimensions of Wellness
Hike at Airport Park
3-4pm Trauma, Healing & Recovery