The act of creating art enhances the independence, quality of life, social outcomes, and self-esteem for people with disabilities. Open Door Arts would like to thank the Webster Five Foundation for their recent generous grant of $2,500 to support arts programing through the Open Door Gallery at the Worcester Art Museum (ODG@WAM).

Seven Hills Rhode Island is grateful to the Rhode Island Foundation for their $5,000 grant to support the basic needs of individuals in our Adult Day Habilitation and Residential Support programs. Thank you for this basic-needs funding that allows the individuals in our programs to live as independently as possible.

Meet Victoria Campbell - an Occupational Therapy Assistant at Seven Hills Pediatric Center. She typically works with individuals under the age of 22. She meets them twice a week for assessment, and implements plans to aid their treatment in future. She joined Seven Hills six years ago.

We’re excited and grateful to announce that YOU, Inc. is one of two Northeast recipients of an AstraZeneca ACT on Health Equity Community Challenge grant. AstraZeneca has awarded 30 nonprofit organizations across the country to support programs focused on community health and wellbeing and youth STEM education and career readiness.

Introducing Tricia Warren, a Special Education Teacher at Seven Hills Pediatric Center in Groton. She works with children from the age of 4 to 8 years. In her class, she holds activities to help students engage, such as Bingo, coloring sessions, and arts and crafts.