Meet Jordan Debbink, our new Special Events & Volunteer Coordinator. We asked him five questions so you can get to know and love him just as much as we do! What is your background? Where do you come from? Jordan comes to Pioneer Center with 10 years experience in nonprofit best practices and 5 years…
Pioneer Center has 12 Residential CILA (Community Integrated Living Arrangement) homes throughout McHenry County for individuals with developmental disabilities. The homes are located in McHenry, Johnsburg, Crystal Lake, Marengo, Harvard, Woodstock, Lake in the Hills, Cary and Lakewood. They are situated in community neighborhoods and from the outside look like every other house on their…
Take a look at what’s been going on and what’s coming up soon in our day programs including the Autism Program, Bridges, DT, DT2 and Soar. This collection of updates comes from Kelly Zimmerman our Day Program Coordinator. Autism Program The Autism day program started 2018 with an exciting trip to Raymond’s bowl, where everyone…
***Pre-Registration is Required*** Our CARE Program offers parents and/or caregivers the opportunity to bring their child or adult to a five-hour program full of activities based on their loved one’s specific needs and interests. Center-based activities include arts and crafts, music, dance, videos and more. Staffing ratio is based on individual’s participating needs. All participants should…
AMC is proud to partner with the Autism Society to offer unique movie showings where they turn the lights up and turn the sound down, so you can get up, dance, walk, shout or sing! Check out local theatres for listing and specific showtimes for the Sensory-Friendly films on the second and fourth Saturday (family-friendly)…
Pioneer Center’s Special Olympics team earned GOLD at their basketball tournament! As always, the clients, staff and coaches had a blast! Even happy tears were shed from the excitement of winning! • The Pioneer Hurricanes took 4th place in division I. • The Pioneer Pioneers took 4th place in division V. • The Pioneer Bulls…
The start of the new year was a powerful beginning of community time for our clients, indeed! Clients enjoyed many hours in the county serving by volunteering, participating in Special Olympics events, library groups, going to see new movies, working on budgets by grocery shopping, delivering flowers to those in need, and much, much more!…
Meet Becca Nikolai, a QIDP in our Me Program. We asked her five questions so you can get to know and love her just as much as we do! What is your background? Where do you come from? My family and I are originally from Johnsburg. I am one of three children. My grandparents grew…
Advocates in Motion, or AIM for short, is a self-advocacy group that was started about 10 years ago and has approximately 25 members. The group has elected officers and a president and secretary set up weekly agendas. The group works with the Alliance (state network of advocacy groups) on various projects and they attend Alliance…
A lot of information was shared at our very first Family Connections workshop in November titled “Life Planning for Your Child With Special Needs.” Some people attended who have a special needs trust and life plan in place. For them, the workshop was a refresher and educational. Other did not have a special needs trust…
