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October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Greater Opportunities is proud to support National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). Held each October, NDEAM aims to educate about disability employment issues and celebrate the many and varied contributions of America's workers with disabilities. Learn...
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Italian Dinner Fundraiser – A Smashing Success!
Our many generous sponsors and donors raised $17,930 – well in excess of our goal of $15,000 to support our job development and placement services. Beyond fundraising, the Italian Dinner was great fun for 80 guests who enjoyed delicious food from Buca Di Beppo, wine,...
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Elizabeth has been coming to the Greater Opportunities Day Program for two years, and is excited about her new job at Hometown Buffet the center has helped her get. “I like coming here because I get out,” she said. “And I have a lot of friends here.” She is a big...
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Roger Rocks It at South Bay Honda
Roger is a hard-working man. Currently, he works at South Bay Honda, a job he landed through Greater Opportunities. He came to the center to pick up some reading, math and job skills. In addition to that, Greater Opportunities helped him live independently for the...
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Making A Real Difference: The Personal Impact of Community-Based Services
Not so long ago, people with developmental disabilities were largely confined to state institutions. They were isolated from society, subjected to secret abuse and neglect, and didn’t live very long. They were considered disposable: Tens of thousands of former...
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Meet Our New Board Members
We are working to expand and strengthen our Board of Directors. Five new members joined the Board over the past year, deepening our leadership bench with varied talents, backgrounds, and interests. Our Board includes a CPA, two MBA’s, three attorneys, and two health...
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2016 Annual Campaign Donations
Forty-one generous donors contributed to our annual campaign, raising $9,248 to help support job development and placement services for people with developmental disabilities. We are looking forward to creating many new full-wage, competitive job opportunities for our...
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Your Gift Will Uplift Lives 2016
You Can Help a Person with a Developmental Disability To Live with Dignity, Acceptance, Fulfillment and Independence Together with Greater Opportunities, you can help create full inclusion and acceptance in the community for people like my sister Carla who have...
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Happy Ending: A Nice New (Used) Van Replaces Our Stolen Van
After an extensive search, we found a perfect replacement van in "like new" condition inside and out with only 38,000 miles. It has a motorized side wheelchair ramp with hydraulics that "kneel" to minimize the slope of the ramp. Unlike the older Dodge van that was...
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Help Us Replace Our Stolen Van
The image above is not of the actual robbery in progress. It is dismaying that anybody would stoop so low as to knowingly steal from a community-based, nonprofit organization serving people with developmental disabilities. Alas... we've been robbed several times...
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Justin Voltaggio – Greater Opportunities Graduate, and Special Olympian of the Year
We are very proud of Justin’s tremendous athletic and sportsmanlike achievements as San Jose’s “Special Olympian of the Year”. An avid athlete, he was honored by Special Olympics for excelling as a competitor in swimming, basketball and softball. But these are not the...
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2nd Annual Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser
Join us for fun, friendship and good food!
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Chris and the Day Program
We are delighted to have a new consumer at our day program. His name is Chris, and he has wonderful and loving parents who are patient and kind. They are also committed to doing what is best for their son, even though many “experts” have told them to give up. Chris is...
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Your Gift Will Uplift Lives
You Can Make A Difference in Someone’s Life! People with developmental disabilities want to live with dignity and independence as active, productive persons included in the community. Andrew is grateful for all the friends he’s met. Before moving into the...
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Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser
Join us for fun, friendship and good food!
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Phone: (408) 248-4464
Fax: (408) 248-1221