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Annual Report

• Abilities United 2011-2012 Annual Report

Connect Newsletter

• Abilities United newsletter spring 2012 

Vision Newletter

• Abilities United planned giving newsletter spring 2013

Recent Articles About Abilities United:

2013

• Abilities United golden event (Mercury News, May 8, 2013)
• Holiday Fund recipients awarded $390K in grants (Palo Alto Weekly, April 30, 2013)
• Abilities United celebrates its golden anniversary (Palo Alto Patch,  April 29, 2013)
• Abilities United rocks out at 50th anniversary (Palo Alto Weekly, April 26, 2013)
• Teaching Children with Disabilities to Swim (Palo Alto Patch, Feb. 13, 2013)
• Kiwanis Grants $160K to Silicon Valley Organizations (Mountain View Patch Jan. 24, 2013)
• Abilities United on Top 100 Palo Alto Twitter list  (Feb. 4, 2013)
• Cafe Zoe in the Willows (Edibles Silicon Valley Jan. 2013)
• Swim teachers & children with disabilities learn ....Abilities United blog

2012

• Abilities United learns at Ecocenter (Environmental Volunteers newsletter December 2012)
• 50 years of remembrances (Palo Alto Weekly, Dec. 7, 2012)
• Abilities United begins 50th anniversary with art exhibition (Los Altos Town Crier, Dec. 5, 2012)
• Saratoga Library features art from Abilities United (Saratoga Library, Dec. 4, 2012)
• CSMA classes serve people with developmental disabilties (Los Altos Town Crier, Nov. 28, 2012)
• Abilities United draws national authors for local event (Los Altos Town Crier, Nov. 14, 2012)
• Community Connections TV show wins WAVE award (Oct. 22, 2012)
• Scout's Honor (San Jose Mercury News, Oct. 17, 2012)
• 10 Nonprofits that Walk the Talk (Great Nonprofits, Oct. 15, 2012)
• Fundraising "Aquathon" set for Sunday (Mountain View Patch, Sept. 8, 2012)
• Abilities United film in Palo Alto Int'l Film Fest (August 16, 2012)
• Thanks to Palo Alto Kiwanis Club for brightening up Abilities United (Palo Alto Patch, July 26, 2012)
• Report urges more funding for Palo Alto nonprofits (Palo Alto Weekly, June 22, 2012)
• Abilities United focuses on the positive (Menlo Park Patch, June 18, 2012)
• Stanford #9  in America's top universities for food lovers (Fox News, May 6, 2012)
• Top Films at SI DocFest 2012 Win $28,000+ (MarketWatch, May 3, 2012)

• My visit to Abilities United ...more

• Teen's Nonprofit Dream for a Better World (India West, April 23, 2012)
• Artists from Abilities United showcase art at Cafe Zoe (Menlo Park Almanac, January 27, 2012)
• Menlo Park Cafe showcases special artwork (San Jose Mercury News, January 25, 2012)
• Kiwanis Foundation awards grants to nonprofits (Mountain View Patch, January 22, 2012 & Los Altos Town Crier, Jan. 25)
• Volunteer earns Eagle Scout Rank (Mountain View Voice, January 20, 2012)
• Artful hanging (Mountain View Voice, January 13, 2012)

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• Abilities United Vision 2013 
• Abilities United in Action
• Lynda Steele's Tall Tree Award Acceptance speech
• Community Connections: Building Bridges with Local Colleges
• Moment by Moment: The Healing Journey of Molly Hale

Archive News

2011

• Local charity sets fundraising record (Palo Alto Patch, Dec. 22, 2011)
• CSMA's classes for disabled, autistic (Los Altos Town Crier, Nov. 23, 2011)
• The Broad Margins of Abilities United (Palo Alto Patch, Nov. 7, 2011)
• Anniversary Authors (Mercury News, Nov. 1, 2011)
• Abilities United Aquathon fundraiser raises $128K & counting (Sunnyvale Sun, Sep. 16, 2011)
• Volunteer Becky Beacom to receive President's Award (Palo Alto Onlline, Sept. 12, 2011)
• Abilities United receives new vans (Palo Alto Patch, Sept. 8, 2011)
• Uniting Abilities: Jake Dunbar (Autism Highway, Sept. 8, 2011)
• Abilities United makes Bay Area Parent "Best of the Best" list (Bay Area Parent July 2011)
• Abilities United in Silicon Valley Open Studios (KBAY interview, May 8, 2011)
• Come on in, the Door's Open! (Palo Alto Patch, April 13, 2011)
  
• National Rebuilding Day on April 30 (Palo Alto Weekly, April 26, 2011)
• Tall Tree Award winners: standing out above the forest (Palo Alto Weekly, March 25, 2011)
• "Make My Day" program spreads cheer to locals (Palo Alto Weekly, March 10, 2011)
• President Obama Confers "Lifetime of Service" Award (Palo Alto Weekly, January 28, 2011)

2010

• "Project WaterWell" seeks funding for Betty Wright Swim Center (Palo Alto Weekly, December 31, 2010)
• Paralyzed patients walk again at Betty Wright Swim Center (Palo Alto Weekly, December 31, 2010)
• Authors Luncheon a success (Los Altos Town Crier, December 29, 2010)
• Silicon Valley Realtors Charitable Foundation donations top $44K (Mercury News December 27, 2010)
• Realtors present $2,500 to Abilities United (Los Altos Town Crier, December 22, 2010)
• Adults with developmental disabilities help the community (Mercury News December 2010)
• Success!  19th annual Authors Luncheon (Mercury News, November 23, 2010)
• Resident lends gardening skills to Abilities United (Los Altos Town Crier, November 16, 2010)
• Palo Alto Special Needs Organization Wins 4 Awards (Yahoo Voices, October 22, 2010) 
• Work with disabled people honored (Mercury News, August 12, 2010)
• Four Prominent Authors at Abilities United Luncheon (Menlo Park Almanac, Nov. 10, 2010)
• Sunnyvale Resident Wins Award for Abilities United Advocacy (Sunnyvale Sun, Oct. 29, 2010)
• Community Connections Expands to Colleges (Palo Alto Weekly, Sept. 14, 2010)
• Abilities United Moves Aquathon to Sunnyvale (Sunnyvale Sun, Sept. 10, 2010)
• Art by Design (Mercury News, August 12, 2010)
• Day on the Beach unites hundreds with special needs (Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 18, 2010)
• Abilities United interview on KBAY 94.5 FM ...audio
• A Milestone Graduation (Palo Alto Weekly, June 14, 2010)
• Book Talk: Shtetls and Tunes to benefit Abilities United (Palo Alto Weekly, June 4, 2010)
• Moment by Moment: The Healing Journal of Molly Hale wins Film-makers Choice Award (May 2010)
• Lifetimes of Achievement: Elizabeth Wolf (Palo Alto Weekly, April 30, 2010)
• School Matters: Service Award Nominations Still Sought (Mercury News, April 5, 2010)
• South of Midtown (Palo Alto Weekly, January 4, 2010)
• Avenidas "Lifetime of Achievement" Award Winners announced (Palo Alto Weekly, February 10, 2010)

2009

• Parents Work to Build Playground for Everyone in Palo Alto (San Jose Mercury News, November 25,2009)
• Park Planned for Children with Disabilities  (Palo Alto Weekly, November 20, 2009)
• Art Unlocks Doors for Disabled at CSMA (Mountain View Voice, November 20, 2009)
• I've Just Experienced the Best Vererans Day Ever (Palo Alto Weekly, November 13, 2009)
• Kids Grant Small Wishes (San Jose Mercury News, November 11, 2009)
• Authors Luncheon  (Menlo Park Almanac, November 11, 2009)
• Authors Luncheon (Palo Alto Weekly, November 6, 2009)
• Special friends to those with special needs (Parenting on the Peninsula, pg 15,  November 2009)
• Experts to discuss special ed in hard $$ times (Palo Alto Weekly, October 20, 2009)
• Forum to examine options for families with special needs (J Weekly, October 15, 2009)
• The Dream Box Math Adds Up Initiative
• Abilities United Community Connections TV show WAVE Award finalist (September 2009)
• Keep your child safe in the water (Parenting on the Peninsula. August 2009)
• Tall Tree awardees honored (Palo Alto Weekly, April 16, 2009)
• Education, environmental advocates win Tall Tree awards (Palo Alto Weekly, February 6, 2009)
• Abilities United Luncheon Raises Money for People with Disabilities (Los Altos Town Crier, January 21, 2009)

2008

• Abilities United Create Art at CSMA  (video)
• Those Who Work With Disabled honored during Ceremony (San Mateo County Times, October 3, 2008)
• 2008 People Who Care Awards (Asian Journal, October 3, 2008)
• Reporters Notebook (The Daily Journal, October 2, 2008)
• Recipients of 2008 People Who Care Awards Announced (County of San Mateo, Sept. 29, 2008)
• Aquathon Swimmers to Raise Funds for Nonprofit(Palo Alto Daily, August 29, 2008)
• Garden Therapy (Palo Alto Weekly, August 13, 2008)
• Connect Throught Art (Palo Alto Weekly, August 13, 2008)
• Cafe exhibition features Abilities United artwork (Los Altos Town Crier, July 30, 2008)
• Garden Club Grants (Palo Alto Weekly, June 27, 2008)
• New 88 Bus to Disenfranchise Some Disabled (Palo Alto Weekly, June 20, 2008)
• Bay Area Nonprofits Receive $1.26 Million in Silicon Valley Impact Grants From Cisco Foundation  (Wall Street Journal, June 13, 2008)
• Lynn and David Mitchell, Honored to Serve (Palo Alto Weekly, May 13, 2008)
• New Show in Town (Palo Alto Daily, May 5, 2008)
• Stanford Reaches Out To Community Partners (The Stanford Daily, May 2, 2008)
• Hope Never Hindered (Los Altos Town Crier, April 23, 2008)
• Abilites United (Palo Alto Weekly, March. 26, 2008)
• Name Change   (Mercury News, March 13, 2008)
• C.A.R Changes Name to Abilities United (Palo Alto Weekly, March. 5, 2008)

2007

• Donations Ease Strain for Mother (Mercury News, December 25, 2007)
• Helping AJ (Mercury News, December 6, 2007)
• A New Home for Art (Palo Alto Weekly, Nov. 2, 2007)
• Hitting the Books (Mercury News, November 1, 2007)
• People Who Care Awards (Menlo Park Almanac , Sept. 30, 2007)
• Visions of the Southwest (Palo Alto Weekly, June 1, 2007)
• Cycle of Life and Art (Metro Silicon Valley, May 2, 2007)
• Weekly Holiday Fund  Tops $3 Million Mark (Palo Alto Weekly, May 1, 2007)
• The Next Frontier (Packard Children's News, Spring 2007)
• Holiday Fund Targets Programs for Kids, Families (Palo Alto Weekly, April 23, 2007)
• Palo Alto Human Services Spared Cutbacks (Palo Alto Weekly, April 18, 2007)
• Old Palo Alto (Palo Alto Weekly, March 30, 2007)
• A New Home for Art (Palo Alto Weekly, March 30, 2007)
• Renovated Therapeutic Pool Reopens in Palo Alto (Los Altos Town Crier, Feb. 21, 2007)
• SILVAR Santa (Palo Alto Weekly, Feb. 9, 2007)
• Abilities United Art Show at Allegro (Menlo Park Almanac, Jan. 17, 2007)
• Silicon Valley Realtors Donate $236,205 (Los Gatos Weekly, Jan. 17, 2007)
• Growing Strong (Palo Alto Weekly, January 10, 2007)
• Discover the Art of Love (Palo Alto Weekly, January 10, 2007)
• Tracey Jarrett's Story on Cisco Human Network

2006

• Authors' Luncheon Set for Nov. 4 (Menlo Park Almanac, Nov. 1, 2006)
• Many Authors (Palo Alto Weekly, November 1, 2006)
• Author...Author  (Palo Alto Weekly, October 11, 2006)
• Abilities United featured in Los Altos Main St. Cafe Art Show (Los Altos Town Crier, Sept. 13, 2006)
• Donors Set to Swim for Cash (Palo Alto Daily News, Sept. 8, 2006)
• Innovative Software Teaches the Developmentally Disabled (Mercury News, July 18, 2006)
• A League of Their Own (Palo Alto Weekly, June 28, 2006)
• Weekly Wins 11 Journalism Awards (Palo Alto Weekly, June 7, 2006)
• Dr. Harry Hartzell: A Lifetime of Preparing Kids for Success (Palo Alto Weekly, May 10, 2006)
• Stanford Sponsors Day for Volunteers (Mercury News, April 29, 2006)
• Stanford Set for Community Outreach (Palo Alto Weekly, April 26, 2006)
• Inside the Box (Palo Alto Weekly, January 20, 2006)
• A CLEAR VIEW - Hands Building Community (Pacific Art League January 2006)
• Tax Rule Change Doesn't Lessen Value of Donating Car to Charity (Los Altos Town Crier, Jan. 4, 2006)

2005

• Standing Proud (Palo Alto Weekly, December 21, 2005)
• Author Event (Palo Alto Weekly, November 4, 2005)
• Authors Anne Lamott (Palo Alto Weekly, November 2, 2005)
• Abilities United Also Seeing Increase in Autism (Mountain View Voice, Oct. 28, 2005)
• Four Authors at Benefit Luncheon (Menlo Park Almanac, Oct. 26, 2005)
• Local Authors Celebrated (Los Altos Town Crier, Oct. 26, 2005)
• Local Organization Abilities United Comes to Aid of Those with Disabilities (Los Altos Town Crier, September 7, 2005)
• Inclusive, Developmental Preschool Opens in the U.S. (Nikkei Business, April 18, 2005) English Version
• Four Decades of Discovering the Abilities in Disabilities (Palo Alto Weekly, March 16, 2005)
• CAR Milestones Preschool Integrates Children With and Without Disabilities (Community Information Program, January 2005)
• Mothers Love Symposium (Palo Alto Weekly, January 12, 2005)
• Learning to Work and Working to Live (Proyecto Vision, 2005)

2004

• Saying it with Flowers  (Palo Alto Weekly, December 17, 2004)
• A Milestone in Child Development   (PA Weekly, December 15, 2004)
• Growing Confidence (Mercury News, December, 2004)
• Authors' Luncheon Set for November 6 (Menlo Park Almanac, Nov. 3, 2004
• Around Town (Menlo Park Almanac, Oct. 27, 2004
• Authors Luncheon  (Palo Alto Weekly, October 6, 2004)
• Good Works (Mercury News, June 11, 2004)
• Keeping up with Technology (All Business, June, 2004)
• Trying a Little Kindness (PA Weekly, April 28, 2004)
• Passing the Buck (PA Weekly, Jan. 21, 2004)
• 40 Years of Discovering the Abilities in Disabilities (PA Weekly, 2004)

2003

• Disabled Twins Help Convince Arnold (PA Weekly, Dec. 19, 2003)
• Living the Life of Riley (Menlo Park Almanac, Dec. 10, 2003)
• A Portrait of Hope (Menlo Park Almanac, Dec. 10, 2003)
• Budget Cuts Target Our Most Vulnerable (Mercury News, Dec. 9, 2003)
• Disabled Support (Palo Alto Daily, Dec. 7, 2003)
• Corporate Challenge Aquathon (Fitness Management, Fall 2003)
• Book Talk: For a Good Cause (Palo Alto Weekly, October 1, 2003)
• After 40 Years, CAR Runs Smoothly (MV Voice, Aug. 8, 2003)
• Betty Wright Swim Center Classes (MV Voice, May 9, 2003)
• Local Kids Working Wonders for Others (Palo Alto Daily, Aprl 3, 2003)
• Molly Hale (Palo Alto Weekly, February 21, 2003)
• Abilities United Case Study (Macromedia)

2002

• Wheelchair Accessible Planter Beds
• SRI Sharks (Menlo Park Almanac, Dec, 25, 2002)
• Healing Waters (Mountain View Voice, Nov. 13, 2002)
• Technology Served the Way NPOs Need It (TechSoup, Sept. 13, 2002)
• A Heritage of Healing (Palo Alto Weekly, August 16, 2002)
• Health: Aquatics (Palo Alto Weekly, August 7, 2002)
• Therapy Uses Plants to Boost Health (Mercury News, Aug. 2, 2002)
• Non-Profits Say They Are Drowning in Paperwork (Silicon Valley May 2, 2002)
• Developing Artists (Palo Alto Weekly, March 8, 2002)
• Carrying Her Torch (Palo Alto Weekly, January 16, 2002)
• Activity, Supportive Community (Menlo Park Almanac, Jan. 9, 2002)

2001

• Painting offer Glimpse  Into Minds of Disabled (San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 28, 2001)
• Betty Wright: A Lifetime of Assisting the Disabled (Palo Alto Weekly, Nov. 28, 2001)
• Tademy at Authors Lunch (Menlo Park Almanac, Oct. 10, 2001)
• Active Meeting Point (Palo Alto Weekly, August 15, 2001)

2000

• Abilities United Exec Honored (Palo Alto Weekly, July 5, 2000)
• Non-Profits in a For Profit World (Palo Alto Weekly, Mar. 22, 2000)

1994-1999

• How to Reach Out (Palo Alto Weekly, July 14, 1999)
• Marion Bracken:Abilities United Co-Founder (Palo Alto Weekly, Apr. 1999)
• Authors Luncheon Features Noted Authors (MP Almanac Oct. 21, 1998)
• Book Talk (Palo Alto Weekly, October 7, 1998)
• Book Talk (Palo Alto Weekly, September 3, 1997)
• Betty Wright (Palo Alto Weekly, May 7, 1997)
• Palo Alto Wins Housing Grant (Palo Alto Weekly, October 25, 1995)
• Opening Doors to Independence (Palo Alto Weekly, March 1, 1995)
• Authors Raise Funds (Palo Alto Weekly, October 24. 1994)

Archive connect newsletters

• Spring 2011 Abilities United Connect
• Spring 2010 Abilities United Connect
• Spring 2009 Abilities United Connect
• Summer 2008 Abilities United Newsletter
• Contributing to Our CommunitySummer 2007
• Creating Connections, Making Friends Summer 2006
• Inspiration from Within! Summer 2005
• Where Dreams Come True!  Summer 2004

Archive vision newsletter

• Abilities United planned giving newsletter spring 2013
• Abilities United planned giving newsletter fall 2012
• Abilities United planned giving newsletter spring 2012

Press Releases:

• Abilities United Artists Showcased at Pacific Art League and Allegro Framing (7/7/09)
• Harvesting the Best of Community Spirit (6/18/09)
• 2:1 Challenge Grant from Sobrato Family Foundation (2/17/09)
• Abilities United: A New Name for C.A.R (3/5/08)
• Community Connections: Volunteering and TV Show Production

Annual Reports

• Abilities United annual report  2011/2012 
• Abilities United annual report 2010/2011
  
• Abilities United annual report 2009/2010
• 2009 Abilities United annual report