June 2-6, 2014
Presented by Crimson Speech-Language Treatment & Research Center
A non-profit, 501 (c) 3 organization at Sol City Sports Center at Alliant University in Scripps Ranch


The mission of iCan Bike is to teach individuals with disabilities  ride a conventional two wheeled bicycle and become lifelong independent riders. This achievement, in turn, creates a gateway of opportunity, helping them gain assurance & self-reliance in many other aspects of their lives.

Participants attend one assigned session per day for one week, and must:
1.  Have a disability
2.  Be at least 8 years of age
3.  Walk without assis8ve device such as a walker or cane
4.  Be able to side step quickly to both sides
5.  Be able to wear a properly fiKed bike helmet at all 8mes when on a bicycle
6.  Have a minimum inseam measurement of 20” when measured from the floor
7.  Not weigh more than 220 lbs

The program needs more volunteers & sponsors!  Please lend a helping hand to this amazing cause!

Partial Scholarships Available
Enrollment limited to 30 participants this year
Tentative Schedule of Sessions (To be confirmed)
Session 1 8:00a – 9:15a Session 3 11:10a – 12:25p
Session 2 9:35a – 10:50a Session 4: 1:10p – 2:25p
Session 5: 2:45 – 4:00p

For specific information contact www.crimsoncenteroutreach.org 

Administrative Assistant, Jennie Wu: [email protected] 
Clinical Director, Karyn Searcy: [email protected] 
Call: (858) 863-5915

Onwards and upwards!

Flyers and registration materials are included below.  Please forward to friends and family! Every volunteer and every penny helps!

April 25th is Undiagnosed Childrens Day!

In raising awareness of the millions of disabled children living
without a diagnosis,please help support a documentary currently in production that captures the arduous journey of patients and their families who are suffering without a diagnosis.

Jasmine Seafood Restaurant
4609 Convoy St, San Diego, CA 92111
Hosted by the 
San Diego
United Lions Club

Join us for a reception and mixer beginning at 6pm. The
evening’s program will include patient testimonials, Q&A with Creator, Director
& Producer, Chinese banquet style dinner, entertainment and silent
auction.

Tickets are $50.00 pp. Ple ase purchase tickets in advance
online or make your reservations by April 21st. All revenue will be dona ted
to “Undiagnosed” towards final production of this documentary.

 
Purchase tickets online @ www.SDULions.org

I just had to share this because it has not been an easy journey... but the numbers speak for themselves.

Today Cecily ate a whopping 1450 calories... all by mouth!  What? Amazing!

How did she do it?

Lots of love from Grammy, Grandpa, Clarissa, and team! Go Cecily Go!

What did she eat? EVERYTHING! Banana, pineapple, fresh oranges, yougurt, her go to guacamole, lemonade, nutritional supplements (16 oz of milk!), plus lots of bites of so many things.

What's even better?

The conversations she shared with us.

Mommy: What would you like Cecily?

Sweet C: Cookies

Mommy: What kind?

Sweet C:  Lemon, Lemon!

Mommmy:  Bringing her 2 boxes.  Which one?

Sweet C:  Lemon, that one!

Mommy:  How many?

Sweet C: Two!  Two!

Mommy:  Would you like something to drink?

Sweet C:  Lemondade

Mommy:  In a cup or with a straw?

Sweet C:  A cup

Mommy:  What color is the cup?

Sweet C & Mommy - Yellow!

Sweet C gets up and wants a different cup.  Grabs it and brings it back.

Mommy:  Oh, ok. you want this cup?

Sweet C: Yep.

Mommy:  Ok you do it. Pour it from this cup to that cup.

Sweet C (with very limited help) pours the cup with no spills and drinks her lemonade!

Why is this so special?  This is the longest dialouge we have ever had with Cecily.  The answers were clear. fast. and verbal!  She knew what she wanted, she asked for it and she was in control.

Noah was at a sleep-over so we decided to have a show which is a rare treat for Cecily and Cason.  The two anges hopped onto the couch for cuddles and Cecily chose the show - Pet Shop - with her words. 

It was the best. night. ever.

We are so proud of how far she has come and where she is going. We see her progress and we relish and enjoy and celebrate.  Her food journals are looking so solid right now... and we just have to smile.  She is interested in food and she is learning to use her words. Her voice is a gift and I can't wait to hear more.

Tomorrow may or may not bring equal success but we have seen what she is capable of and we know she will get there.

Onwards and upwards!

Can you believe it? A little crazy idea has turned into four years of wonderful service for children with special needs and their devoted parents in sunny San Diego. We can't believe we just turned four! On March 17, 2010 our little web site launched with a simple vision of spreading love and hope to children with special needs and their families in San Diego.  In April 2010 we received our recognition as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and in May of 2010 we completed our first Sweet Dream Room Makeover! 49 rooms later (with 4 more more actively in production) we're picking up steam and finally hitting our stride!

Over the last 4 years Cecily's Closet has completed the following:
- 49 room makeovers with 53 estimated to complete by mid-April
- Provided five hundred belly belly bands to children in need
- Recycled more than a couple hundred pieces of durable medical equipment to children in need of resources to help them achieve their goals
- And shared various donations with families in need - toys, books, and lots and lots of love and encouragement through our various book drives & adopt a family programs

Cecily's Closet has been recognized for our work in the community and within the last 12 months has won 4 awards! We are so honored and humbled by this attention.  We don't seek out publicity but we've had our fair share of media attention, too.

• 4/26/13  -  Recognized as a community champion by Molina Healthcare
  
• 5/29/13  -  Recognized for excellence supporting students with special needs by North Coastal Consortium for Special Education  (NCCSE) Community Advisory Committee
  
• 6/25/13 -  Honored by the San Diego/Imperial Valley Chapter 
  of the Infant Developmental Association for our work helping children with special needs
  
• 2/7/14 - Awarded Channel 10 Leadership Award
  

And how is this all possible? Our AMAZING Volunteers! Cecily's Closet is truly the community's organization.  We are comprised of people who believed in our vision and decided to come on board and help make that vision a reality.  This wonderful group of women are the heart and soul of Cecily's Closet!

Thank you Emily, Julie D., Julie B, Christina, Beverly, Gina, Kate, Suzy, Nicole, Karla and Anita!  Thank you to Teen Volunteers in Action (TVIA), countless Girl Scout Troops, Mattress Company Direct, The UPS Store, Cox Cares, Mission Bay Women's Fund, Websense, Qualcomm, Emerson, San Diego Family Magazine, Dunn-Edwards Paint, Bassett Furniture and more!  We can't believe we have 30+ business partners in the community who are willing to step up and help us meet our objectives and provide hope to families in need!

And thank you to Jon RayPaintGreen. PaintGreen has stood by our side from day one and they have graciously once again donated their time and talent to provide a beautiful backdrop for every room we've ever asked him to help with! Who is that good or nice? Jon is!!!

And thank you to our team of wonderful artists with a special thank you to our repeat givers:  Inside Emily Dolton's Head, Hannas Murals, Grace Ann Piano, Arielle and Sweet Delisa!  You guys are always giving, giving, giving with your time and talent.  We love you!

And thank you to our family for if it were not for them NONE of this would be possible.  Thank you Grumpy Gramps and Grammy for swooping up the children in your caring and loving arms to let us leave our next to help others.  And thank you to Anita for always going above and beyond and running our belly band program from a far!  And thank you Brien for putting up with me... no small feat :)  And thank you to our children for providing inspiration every day.  Cecily's Closet is all about family.  We are an organization for the community - supported by the community.  We are so happy to be able to do what we're doing. 

Thanks for believing!  Let's see what we can do in 2014!

Onwards and 
upwards!