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Summertime Fun and Fellowship at Greater Opportunities
Consumers, staff and family members joined in the fun and games at Greater Opportunities Annual Barbecue in Central Park, Santa Clara. Everyone enjoyed the perfect summer weather, delicious food prepared by staff, and festivities including an egg race, a three-legged...
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The last few miles of the marathon to save our services!
Dear Friends, To skip the explanations and take 20 seconds to email your legislators, please click the blue “Take Action!” link below enter your ZIP code, and follow the prompts. The situation keeps changing and getting more urgent, so I’m asking you to email them now...
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Give a Gift of Opportunity This Holiday Season
People with developmental disabilities – and the programs that serve them - are struggling to survive in Silicon Valley. Generous support from donors like you is critical to meeting the needs of our consumers. Our consumers’ average SSI payment is a mere $830 per...
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Alysun Living Independently at the Cortez Program
In April 2014, Alysun joined Greater Opportunities’ Cortez Apartments Semi-Independent Living Program, after moving from Canada.
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Jin Living Independently at the Cortez Program
After previously living in group homes, Jin moved into Greater Opportunities’ Cortez Apartments Semi-Independent Living Program.
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Ernie Strassman and the Day Program
In 1988, GO bought a 6-plex in Sunnyvale. Ernie was the first consumer to move in. He soon graduated and moved into his own apartment in 1989.
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We Got a Job
Andrew, Debbie and Phillip started working in February 2014 one day per week for Basic Food Handler’s Course and all achieved their Certificate of Completion through eFoodHandlers. Cynthia Plascencia, the Manager at BJ’s, states, “We love working with Andrew, Debbie...
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Filomena Goncalvez
Filomena brings many unique and varied qualities to Greater Opportunities where she has worked since 2007. Born in Angola, Filomena speaks Portugese, Spanish and English. She recollects how her family needed to keep a fire burning to discourage lions, tigers, leopards...
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Giving and Receiving – a Food Program Partnership with Cathedral of Faith
Community is important to us at Greater Opportunities, and giving back to our community through volunteer work is a regular part of our Day Program. When one of our staff members suggested that we start volunteering with his local church, we thought it would be a...
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Annual Summer Barbecue July 11, 2014
The annual summer barbecue was a big hit with consumers and staff. Enjoying a day with perfect weather, more than a hundred members of the Greater Opportunities family joined in the festivities at Central Park in Santa Clara. Besides noshing on burgers and hot dogs,...
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Who Cares for Our ASD Adult Children After We’re Gone?
On May 28th, Anthony Rowe, Director of Operations for Greater Opportunities, joined a panel of speakers hosted by Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area on “Post-Parental Care: Who Ensures the Well-being of Our Children Once We're Gone?” Anthony described Supported...
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Thank you for helping to make SV Gives a Success!
On May 6, 2014, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of community foundations, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation hosted an amazing day of giving called Silicon Valley Gives. Over 14,600 donors contributed nearly $8M to non-profit organizations in the Silicon...
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National Rebuilding Day 2014
On Saturday, April 26, Greater Opportunities celebrated National Rebuilding Day at our Semi-Independent Living Program in Sunnyvale. Rebuilding Together Peninsula brought us a wonderfully generous contribution of building materials and skilled labor from the nice...
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Please join us for the online fundraising event of the year!
Participants from left to right: Rommel, Vu, Renee, and Debbie. On May 6, 2014, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of community foundations, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation will be hosting an amazing day of giving called Silicon Valley Gives! This 24-hour...
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SARC “Service Above Self” Award Winners
Two of Greater Opportunities’ staff were honored with awards at the annual “Service Above Self” dinner hosted by San Andreas Regional Center. Nominated by families whom they serve, Cliff Bishop, Coordinator of Independent Living Services, was selected as “Support...
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