Jawonio http://www.jawonio.org Where Caring Meets Excellence Fri, 17 May 2013 03:52:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Supporting Our Children Now More than Ever Jawonio Kidz Express 4/25 http://www.jawonio.org/supporting-our-children-now-more-than-ever-jawonio-kidz-express-425/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supporting-our-children-now-more-than-ever-jawonio-kidz-express-425 http://www.jawonio.org/supporting-our-children-now-more-than-ever-jawonio-kidz-express-425/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:53:35 +0000 DHess http://www.jawonio.org/?p=2155 The sixth annual Jawonio Kidz Express will be taking place on Thursday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Paramount Country Club, in New City, NY. All of the event proceeds will be benefiting our Early Childhood Education services and will be directly supporting our families, as well as their infants, toddlers and school-age children... Read more »

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]]> http://www.jawonio.org/supporting-our-children-now-more-than-ever-jawonio-kidz-express-425/feed/ 0 Rally in the Valley-One Piece of the Advocacy Quilt http://www.jawonio.org/rally-in-the-valley-one-piece-of-the-advocacy-quilt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rally-in-the-valley-one-piece-of-the-advocacy-quilt http://www.jawonio.org/rally-in-the-valley-one-piece-of-the-advocacy-quilt/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:53:28 +0000 DHess http://www.jawonio.org/?p=2152 Thank you to the more than 600 people who joined in for the Rally in the Valley, Friday, March 15– one of 5 Statewide rallies held in support of restoration of funding for people with disabilities in New York State. Check out our Facebook photo album of the event here. Please visit our   In The News page to... Read more »

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]]> http://www.jawonio.org/rally-in-the-valley-one-piece-of-the-advocacy-quilt/feed/ 0 Jawonio Applauds NYS Senator David Carlucci as Chair of Mental Health and Hygiene Committee http://www.jawonio.org/jawonio-applauds-nys-senator-david-carlucci-as-chair-of-mental-health-and-hygiene-committee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jawonio-applauds-nys-senator-david-carlucci-as-chair-of-mental-health-and-hygiene-committee http://www.jawonio.org/jawonio-applauds-nys-senator-david-carlucci-as-chair-of-mental-health-and-hygiene-committee/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:44:23 +0000 DHess http://www.jawonio.org/?p=1967 An Open Letter of Congratulations to Senator David Carlucci January 24, 2013 Dear Senator Carlucci: On behalf of our CEO, Jill Warner and all of us at Jawonio, we couldn’t be more proud to have learned of your appointment as Chair of the Mental Health and Hygiene Committee in the NYS Senate tonight. Congratulations! As... Read more »

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]]> http://www.jawonio.org/jawonio-applauds-nys-senator-david-carlucci-as-chair-of-mental-health-and-hygiene-committee/feed/ 0 Mark Granata Describes Jawonio And His “Angel” Through Personal Assistance Program http://www.jawonio.org/personal-assistance-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=personal-assistance-program http://www.jawonio.org/personal-assistance-program/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:52:28 +0000 DHess http://www.jawonio.org/?p=1783 How Jawonio Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program helped Mark Granata, Jr. care for his grandmother, his Angel  Diana Hess: Tell me about your grandmother, a little history, where she lived, what family life was like ? Mark Granata: My grandmother, my angel,  Margaret Frontino was born in South Nyack and went to Saint Ann’s school. She has... Read more »

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]]> http://www.jawonio.org/personal-assistance-program/feed/ 0 Jawonio Interviews Writer On Sesame Street http://www.jawonio.org/jawonio-interviews-writer-on-sesame-street/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jawonio-interviews-writer-on-sesame-street http://www.jawonio.org/jawonio-interviews-writer-on-sesame-street/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:24:53 +0000 admin http://www.jawonio.org/?p=1650 MISSION “ImPAWSable” New Sesame Street Puppet, Brandeis puts focus on inclusion Thanks to a “LINKED-IN” story tip from Jawonio Ambassador Rachel Adler, Diana Hess, Chief Communications Officer, Jawonio had the opportunity to interview Sesame Street, Emmy award-winning writer/author, Emily Perl Kingsley today on her story of Brandeis, the new service dog to be featured on... Read more »

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