Partners

Abilities United ensures that thousands of people with developmental and physical disabilities fully participate in community life. But we can't do this alone; we believe in the collective power of this community to keep participants actively engaged in their community.  Our partners offer opportunities for Abilities United participants to engage in educational, employment, recreational, and social activities to further enrich their lives with personal, meaningful experiences.

Community Connections partners provide volunteer opportunties for individuals in our Adult Services program

• Community School of Music and Art
• Copy Dox
• Friends of Palo Alto Library
• InnVision Homeless Shelter
• Lytton Gardens Senior Center
• Marine Science Institute
• Michaela’s Flowers
• Mitchell Park
• National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy
• Palo Alto Nursing Center
  
• Palo Alto Red Cross
• Palo Alto YMCA
• Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
• San Mateo Pre School
• Humane Society Silicon Valley
• Stevenson House
• Church of Unitarian Universalist
• Unity Palo Alto Community Church
  

Community Volunteers

• Professional horticultural therapists who hold small classes at the wheelchair accessible Abilities United Heritage Garden to teach clients about growing vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
• Allegro Framing and Art hosts art shows and provides professional framing for original works of art by participants.
• Art for Well Beings offers art lessons to children and adults.
• Benny Points provides graphic design services.

Educational Institutions

• Stanford Medical Center and their Preemie Project that researches the outcomes of services for premature infants.
• San Jose State University

Employers

• Fifty corporations hire individuals in our Employment Services program.
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