Crab Feast for Brain Injury Ass’n of DE on 8/6 in Dover, DE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
4th Annual Crab Feast Fundraiser to Support Brain Injury Programs
 
Dover, Delaware – The Brain Injury Association of Delaware (BIAD) is hosting its highly anticipated annual Crab Feast Fundraiser. The fourth year of this fundraising event represents a new start! The event is all-new this year from the venue to the menu!
 
Date:    August 6, 2011
Time:   4:00 to 8:00 PM
Menu:  All you can eat crabs, corn on the cob, chicken tenders, hush puppies, French fries, and non-alcoholic beverages (cash bar will be available)
Venue: New Leipsic Fire Hall, 318 Main Street, Dover DE 19901
Cost:    $30.00 per person / $7 for kids ages 5 – 12  
 
BIAD has teamed up with the Leipsic Fire Hall Ladies’ Auxiliary to produce this year’s event, which has also been sponsored in part by the Eastern Shore Seafood, Papen Farms, Inc., and Pepsi Co. Come to crack crabs and show your support for brain injury programs. Enjoy live entertainment, D.J., and assorted raffles. 
 
Buy tickets online at www.biade.org or call 1-800-411-0505 for more information! Tickets are also available at Pugh’s Service, 728 Leipsic Road, Dover DE.
 
Nationally, Traumatic Brain Injury has reached epidemic proportions, with more than 1.5 million Americans suffering a TBI each year. Brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability in Delaware. In Delaware, more than 40% of all TBI-related hospitalizations are caused by falls, and the secondary is motor vehicle accidents. 
 
BIAD is the only charity of its kind in the state, and provides services within Delaware and parts of the Maryland. BIAD continues to serve a rapidly growing population of brain injury survivors with social and education programs, and multiple support groups. 
 
Funds raised for the Brain Injury Association of Delaware (BIAD), a nonprofit group, are used to further its mission to create a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education, and advocacy. To learn more about brain injury, visit www.biade.org or call 1-800-411-0505. 
 
Contact:           Esther J. Curtis
                        Executive Director
                        Brain Injury Association of Delaware (BIAD)
                        P.O. Box 1897
                        Dover, DE 19903
                        1-800-411-0505
                        director@biade.org

Fishing for Kids Day, Ocean City, NJ – June 5th

This is a free event for kids in Variety Children’s Charity programs.  You can become a member to participate in this and other programs.  ; The date will be June 5^th with a rain date of June 19^th.  Please contact Meredith at mvivaldi@varietyphila.org or 610-584-4366 ext. 1029.  More details will be given then.  For more information and registration forms, go to http://www.varietyphila.org/events/details/fishing-for-kids-day-in-ocean-city-new-jersey/

6/7/11: CDS Lunch and Learn Series: Improving Health Care Transitions from Pediatric to Adult Care

http://www.picofdel.org/users_images/pdfs/_CDS_Flyer_Lunch-and-Learn_6-7-11.pdf

USA Today Reports 1 in 6 Children Have a Developmental Disability.

The number of children with developmental disabilities has increased by 17% in 12 years, driven largely by big jumps in diagnoses for autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, research shows.  See article here: http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2011/05/One-in-six-children-have-a-developmental-disability/47467520/1?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4de3fd953f999616%2C0

Delaware Ranks 7th in UCP’s Annual “Case for Inclusion” Report

(Maryland ranks 31, New Jersey 40,  Pennsylvania 15.)

See the full report of an Analysis of Medicaid for Americans with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities:  medicaid.ucp.org/pdf/Case_For_Inclusion_Report_2011.pdf

Free/Discounted Cell Phone Service for People with Disabilities

www.lifeline.gov/lifeline_Consumers.html
 
www.AssuranceWireless.com
 
www.safelinkwireless.com

Autism Expo – April 30th

Hope to see you there!  I’ll be facilitating a workshop from 10:30 til noon.

http://www.pathfindersforautism.org/newsItem.aspx?id=244

“You Are Aware of Autism When…” (a wonderfully-written piece!)

To open the Adobe document, click here: “You are Aware of Autism When…

http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9sxk67bab&et=1105015419109&s=4548&e=0014qSeS4cIuE65yvjsi7MgB8rofIAO3oudwFU5RcQX72VT1y2Fwbn9hBrOZk2nOVp8ix-MlgWrsgNwY3aB_jqOv3LYhDyRhTLT9S_lT-cmCOvloom-FINB3VWP7PjUH1NITmGbgu5kiKKswTCi-clKOz03Gmzo93e_6oH2AZ7gwWyOUfZx2pBhWJ9ERX2XpUk0ayjFE0j8aIo=

Written by Shelly McLaughlin, Pathfinders for Autism

Senator Coons to Host FREE Job Fair on April 11th at Chase Riverfront (DE)

MEDIA ADVISORY

Senator Coons to host job fair

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) will host a free job fair next Monday – April 11th – to help connect those looking for work with more than 40 employers ready to hire.  A similar job fair hosted last year by Senator Kaufman drew 1,100 job seekers.

WHO:   U.S. Senator Chris Coons and more than 40 employers

WHERE:  Chase Center on the Riverfront, 815 Justison Street, Wilmington, Delaware

WHEN:   Monday, April 11 from 9 am to 4 pm
9:30 am – Senator Coons briefly addresses attendees
10:00 am – Workshop on job-search skills hosted by Priscilla Turgon                                                       11:00 am – Workshop on applying for federal jobs hosted by OPM                                                               1:00 am – Workshop on strategies for changing times hosted by Joyce Dungee-Proctor

MEDIA:   Media will be permitted to shoot and interview employers as they set up their booths starting at 7:30 am. Doors to the Chase Center will open to attendees at 9:00.

For more information or to pre-register, please call (302) 573-6345 or email workshop@coons.senate.gov

 

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