$8,500 to develop educational tools, including a program manual, instructional videos, and a certification course to increase the number of trained coaches as well as the the number of participants and families served through a cycling program designed to empower individuals with IDD.

$3,000 to support boat cruises and fishing trips for 25+individuals with IDD and their families on Irondequoit Bay during the summer season annually.

$10,000 to support Night to Shine, an event designed to celebrate people with special needs through a prom-like experience.

$16,000 to help provide a variety of sensory spaces: one for higher stimulation needs, a calming space to help students relax, and three satellite sensory spaces to foster students with ADHD, central auditory processing delays, speech/language difficulties, low average IQ’s. anxiety disorders, and autism.

$15,000 to support the building of a fully inclusive community playground that creates an equitable play space where all children can play, learn and explore together.

$20,000 to renovate and purchase new supplies for the inpatient mental health sensory room for patients with autism and other behavioral and sensory processing disorders.

$20,000 to support the PAWS for Hearts Project, acquiring, training and then placing 20 dogs in 2025 with IDD families at a low cost.

$75,000 to support the House to Home program; a mobile unit that will deliver in-home, enhanced telehealth, and wraparound services directly to children enrolled in GCH’s Complex Care Program allowing them to have virtual appointments with their providers while eliminating the barrier of transportation.

$100,000 to maintain, improve, and expand transportation services for the Rochester area by implementing internal education to certify drivers, replacing vehicles nearing end-of-life, and upgrading technology to improve communications.