Sarah MacIsaac, a beloved member of our PYD community, has left us too soon on March 8th, 2020. Sarah continuously went throughout life with this mindset to motivate her: “spread acts of kindness.” PYD was honored to have Sarah as a youth participant in many of our programs: Mentoring, Youth in Preparation for Independence, Access […]
I have the good fortune of knowing Deep for over 17 years. Deep has filled those mighty years of devotion to PYD’s Access to Theatre (ATT) and Making Healthy Connections (MHC). MHC has been serving youth as a group mentoring program for 25 years. Its first name was “Youth in Preparation for Independence.” It was […]
In 1985, Regina Snowden founded Partners for Youth with Disabilities in order to address the need for youth programs to better serve and accommodate individuals with disabilities. By matching eight youth with adult mentors who had similar disabilities, PYD and the Mentor Match program began. The awards and accomplishments that PYD has received in the […]