Submit your nominations for Self-Advocate of the Year!

This award honors an individual/organization that embodies excellence, integrity and passion in providing support/services to the Palm Beach County special needs community. The nominee will demonstrate self-advocacy as knowing when and how to approach others to negotiate desired goals, build mutual understanding and trust, and achieve fulfillment.

www.snacawards.org

700 Toolkits!

700 Creating Compassionate Children™ Toolkits were donated to the Palm Beach County School District, giving the teachers an evidenced-based curriculum to teach children to be compassionate and accepting of each other.

#GetCaughtBeingKind

Submit Your Nominations

Don't forget to submit your nominations!!

www.snacawards.org

RFP for Special Percs Café™

The Unicorn Children’s Foundation is accepting proposals to design a strategic plan to open Special Percs Café™. This social enterprise will provide: (a) a high quality customer experience in a competitive high-demand industry; (b) sustainable funding for future programs for children with special needs; and (c) vocational training and employment options for individuals with special needs.

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The Unicorn Children’s Foundation Clinics

What a great afternoon yesterday at the Mailman Segal Center for Human Development! Learning about the progress that has been made since Unicorn Children’s Foundation contributed $1,000,000 for an Endowed Chair in Communications and Learning Disorders. The Unicorn Children’s Foundation Clinics have now expanded to include: challenging behavior disorder clinic; feeding disorder clinic, and; a developmental assessment clinic. Excited about our conversations regarding potential ground breaking, collaborative opportunities. A very special thank you to the supporters from 2003-2008 who made this possible. You have so significantly impacted so many families lives.

1 in 6

1 of every 6 children are being diagnosed with a developmental or learning disorder (Center for Disease Control, 2018)

Did You Know...

15 different job sites were part of Unicorn Village Academy​'s vocational training this year!

Priority 1 Signs, JCC Resale Boutique, Simply Yoga, JCC Gym, Broward Library, Helping Hands, Regents Park, UVA, Artists with Autism, Publix, Trader Joe’s, Pepperoni Grill, Olive Garden, Baja Cantina

Breaking News: 2018 SNAC Community Inclusion Awards

The Palm Beach County Special Needs Advisory Coalition - SNAC will host its inaugural Community Inclusion Awards, a celebration of individuals, nonprofit and for-profit organizations who are committed to serving and supporting the special needs community!

www.snacawards.org

Welcome, Lisa!

Please join us in welcoming our newest member of Team Unicorn, Lisa Keeler, who is our Director of Development & Engagement!

Lisa brings extensive experience in the fundraising area, and we are excited to have her on board!

She can be reached by email at lisa@eunicorn.org or lisa@unicornchildrensfoundation.org or by phone (561) 620-9377 ext. 302.

Mental Health First Aider!

Congratulations to our Program Operations Coordinator, Ivonne Rodriguez, for becoming 1 of 24 new Mental Health First Aiders in our community this weekend!!!

Via Bonnie Kaye:
So this is what “compassionate community” looks like! It’s when two join in partnership — Broken Sound Club of Boca Raton, FL and Boca Raton's Promise — and invite community advocates and business influencers to help keep our greater Boca Raton healthier. Just as CPR training is critical in saving lives, so is Mental Health First Aid Training. Hosted by Broken Sound Club, presented by Boca Raton’s Promise and underwritten from funds generously donated by sponsors for BRP’s recent Artist-in-Residents Weekend...we now have 24 new Mental Health First Aiders in our community! Thank you to the following for spending eight hours with Jon and me with Rita Thrasher and certified MHFA trainers Ed Frontera and Cindy Wites on a Saturday to help save lives: Sal Saldana Sharon DiPietro, Allen B. Konis, Monica Houtz Mayotte Suzan Mellinger Garber Gwen TuckerBob TuckerMary Wong Kari Cares Arlene Herson Audra Simovitch Lisa Lisa Ramaglia Fuller Robin Hoffberger, Carol Boettcher, Sue Rogoff Mochtak Heller Theresa Agricola, Randy Hoffer, Travis Bryan, Laura Weiner Zerbo Ivonne Rodriguez

Mingle & Learn: An Italian Twist on Summer

Thank you to all who came out last night to learn more about our Unicorn Cradle to Career Initiatives that support success and inclusion for kids and young adults with special needs!

We are so grateful for our fantastic guest speaker, Kathy Anderson, who talked about the important impact of The Palm Beach County Special Needs Advisory Coalition.

A special thank you to Julissa Caballero for hosting this Mingle & Learn: An Italian Twist on Summer at Cafe Med Deerfield.

http://www.unicornchildrensfoundation.org/mingle718.html

Palm Beach County Collective Impact Behavioral Health Summit

Our CEO, Sharon Alexander, is representing the Special Needs community at the Palm Beach County Collective Impact Behavioral Health Summit #BeWellPBC

Submit Your Nominations for the 2018 Community Inclusion Awards!

Submit your nominations today!

www.snacawards.org

There's still time to take advantage of Prime Day!

Make sure to shop Amazon Smile, and a percentage of your purchase will go back to Unicorn Children's Foundation!

It's the same great Amazon deals, and you will help change the lives of individuals with neurodiversity.

https://smile.amazon.com/ch/57-1168205

Still Time to RSVP!

Reminder: There is still time to RSVP to our Mingle & Learn: An Italian Twist on Summer! The evening will consist of a healthy summer twist on Italian favorites paired with delicious wines. We're having guest speakers that'll inform you about the impact The Palm Beach County Special Needs Advisory Coalition - SNAC has made on their lives!!

http://UnicornChildrensFoundation.org/Mingle