14 October 2008

12/13/2008 Very Special Year End Party 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Location: Community Health Education Center (CHEC)
261 Junipero Serra, San Gabriel, CA 91776 (details will be sending in Nov. newsletter).

10/18/2008 Saturday, 11:00 am -1:30 pm Ages 9-12
UCLA Lili Claire Family Resource Center invites you to participate in a FREE children’s workshop:
A program just for brothers and sisters of kids with special needs!
UCLA, Marisa Leif Conference Room
300 Medical Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Sibshops are a chance to connect up with other brothers and sisters of kids with disabilities. They include games, arts and crafts, and a chance to make new friends.
RSVP is required due to limited space: email mhaile@mednet.ucla.eduThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (310)794-9516
RSVP by: October 16th SPACE IS LIMITED/ PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

To view all the information in this issue, please open the following PDF file: CPAD Info (October 2008)

25 September 2008

September 12, 2008

Dear Parents and friends:

Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled (CPAD) is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 by families dedicated to help individuals with developmental disabilities and their families by providing resources, guidance, assistance, and a sense of community. CPAD’s Saturday Programs which include music therapy, dancing, drawing and parent training are currently taking place in Alhambra, Los Angeles. CPAD members would like to extend its programs and services to parents who reside in Orange County. With the support of Orange County ARC (OCARC), CPAD is able to use their facility to start a parent support group, to provide support, information and most importantly sharing valuable experience among parents.

You are cordially invited to join us in the coming grass roots meeting on October 25, 2008 at OCARC. Please come to know about CPAD, in the meantime please bring in your interest, ideas, input and etc… to share.

TIME: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 2:00 P.M.

PLACE : Orange County ARC (OCARC )
225 Carl Karcher Way
Anaheim, Ca. 92801
Light refreshments will be served

R.S.V.P. and questions please contact Mimi Chou at (714) 267-6009, or call CPAD hot line at (626)-307-3837.

We are looking forward to meeting you on October 25, 2008!

Sincerely yours,
Rachel Chen
President

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14 September 2008

1. Monthly support group meetings on the 4th Tuesday of each month from 10 am to 12 noon. Next meetings are 9/23 and 10/28/2008. No meetings for November and December due to the holidays.

2. Saturday, October 18th, 2 – 4 pm, there will be a workshop led by Matt Pope from Office of Clients’ Rights Advocacy. The topic will be “How to Have Effective IPPs for Your Child”.

To view all the information in this issue, please open the following PDF file: CPAD Information (August 2008)

23 July 2008

7/28/2008 CPAD regular support group will continue to be held on 4th Tuesday of each month. Time is 10 am to 12 noon.

9/20/2008 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. “ Health Care Services” – Medicare, Medi-Cal, Part D & SSI” speaker: Mrs. Shan-Ru Huang, CPAD board member. Details will be announced in CPAD August newsletter.

To view all the information in this issue, please open the following PDF file: CPAD Information (July 2008)

24 May 2008

May 20, 2008

Dear Parents and Friends,

The 5/12/2008 7.8 magnitude China Earthquake destroyed countless properties in central and northern Sichuan, and many nearby provinces. Killed over 40,000 people; injured 247,000 people and 32,000 people missing, yet the numbers are still rising.

Although many of us feel powerless when confronted with such natural disasters, yet we do know that we can help out by contributing money through organized charitable organizations to help the victims. It has been widely reported that the earthquake victims need clean water, food, tents and medical materials to prevent the worse to happen, as well as resources to rebuild their homes. Assistance from outside the area is very important as the local infrastructure has been destroyed. Our assistance should alleviate the suffering and provide some hope to the victims and show them people from other parts of the world do care for them.

CPAD is supporting the fundraising the China Earthquake Disaster Relief; funds raised will be donated to Chinese Consulate General in L.A. and Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation, USA.

Parents who would like to contribute please send your donation addressed to CPAD. If you have a preference, please specify your choice of “Chinese Consulate” or “Tzu-Chi” for your contribution, and mail to P.O. Box 2884, San Gabriel, CA 91776. CPAD will group the donation together and send out a master check to the two designated charitable organizations accordingly.

Your donation is fully tax deductible.

Best regards,
CPAD

To view all the information in this issue, please open the following PDF file: CPAD Supports China Earthquake Disaster Relief