This past Monday, TD Garden was filled with St. Patrick’s Day luck—and PYD came home with $7,500 as a result to help fund our work with youth with disabilities! Thanks to the generosity of the Bruins Foundation—a longtime supporter of PYD—we were given the opportunity to be a participating organization for the 50/50 raffle that […]
Month: March 2014
Are you mourning the end of the Paralympics? Are you in need of a sports fix? Look no further than this blog post by Ingrid Floyd, author of Opening the Gate: Stories and Activities about Athletes with Disabilities, a collection of interviews by Floyd with athletes. While written for a middle school audience, the book […]
Partners for Youth with Disabilities’ (PYD) National Center is excited to announce that Boys and Girls Clubs of Assabet Valley (BGCAV) and the McKinley Schools of Boston have been chosen as the newest partners for the Inclusive Fitness for Youth Initiative (IFYI). IFYI increases access to fitness and recreation programs for Boston area youth living […]
Are you as excited as we are for the Sochi Paralympic Winter Games? If you’re not ready for the upcoming week-plus of thrilling competition, we hope this post will bring you up to speed. so you’ll be prepared when nearly 700 people with disabilities from 45 countries converge on Sochi to vie for the Gold, Silver […]
With spring just around the corner, March is a great time for a little organization and spring cleaning. This month we provide a variety of resources that are designed to help you manage projects or take steps toward reaching your personal and professional goals. Mobility International USA The Mobility International website is a great tool […]