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- Remote opportunity - Great for ages 5 and up. Parental supervision required - All skill levels. - Great for families and individuals
Help provide developmental tools to residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Assemble a Garden Sensory Bin for a resident! These tools can be used to provide stimulus in the comfort of their own home. For those unfamiliar with the disability community, and even for those who are, this project provides insight into how some of our individuals experience the world around them.
CRi loves to work with civic groups, faith based organizations, and businesses.
We love connecting with our community partners as we strengthen our ties to the community we serve. If your group is interested in getting involved with CRi, contact us TODAY!
Possible projects include:
Not sure where to start? We will work with you to build a project that’s just right for your group!
- Remote opportunity - Great for ages 5 and up. Parental supervision required - All skill levels. - Great for groups and individuals
Give the gift of color this holiday season! For this year’s winter holiday gift for CRi individuals, we are soliciting community members make tie dye towels! Tie dye towels are a fun way to bring an extra pop of color into the lives of residents while reflecting their individuality and personality. CRi individuals LOVE color. This project is also a creative way for our community to help support the 350 individuals in CRi group homes - not everyone has a family member or guardian to make sure they receive gifts during the holidays.
Towels due Tuesday, December 12.
- In-person opportunity - Great for ages 13 and up - All skill levels - Great for families and individuals and groups
Kickball is an inclusive for CRi residents to go outside, be active, and make new friends.
Games will take place every Saturday in April from 1:30pm to 3:30pm and will be supervised by Recreational Therapist, Audra Gibson. Volunteers are needed from 1pm to 4pm for orientation and to help set up the field. During the game, volunteers will help pitch, catch, play the field, cheer, and, most importantly, encourage residents to get active!
To sign up to participate, contact Diamond Gardner at dgardner@mycri.org
- Remote opportunity - Great for all ages - Great for all skills - Great for groups and individuals
Have you ever found yourself walking down the street only to have a pop of color catch your eye? What’s that?! A rock. A colorful rock. With something nice on it that just made your day. This is a great family friendly project to get those creative juices flowing while spreading some kindness and promoting CRi!
- Remote opportunity - Great for ages 5 and up. Parental supervision required - All skill levels. - Great for families and individuals
Help provide developmental tools to residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Assemble an Ocean Sensory Bin for a resident! These tools can be used to provide stimulus in the comfort of their own home. For those unfamiliar with the disability community, and even for those who are, this project provides insight into how some of our individuals experience the world around them.
- Remote opportunity - Great for ages 5 and up. Parental supervision required - All skill levels. - Great for families and individuals
Help provide developmental tools to residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities by creating dyed rice of all colors! The dyed rice will help elevate existing sensory bins - tools can be used to provide stimulus in the comfort of their own home. For those unfamiliar with the disability community, and even for those who are, this project provides insight into how some of our individuals experience the world around them.
Click here for full Rainbow Rice for Sensory Bins project instructions
- In-person indoor/outdoor opportunity in Manassas - Great for 15yo and up - Great for all skills - Great for pairs and small groups
Volunteers will primarily engage with residents playing outdoors, trying new games and activities, doing arts and crafts activities and, in general, socializing and having fun! The goal for this opportunity is to help the residents break the learned COVID habits of hunkering down indoors in front of a TV. Get outside and enjoy the weather, the sun, the friends, and new experiences.
- Remote opportunity - Great for ages 5 and up. Parental supervision required - All skill levels. - Great for families and individuals
Seed bombs are a fun way to engage individuals with mental health needs and disabilities in an opportunity to commune with nature while providing them an opportunity to work on their fine and gross motor skills. Seed bombs are also a great way for individuals to give back to the community and make a positive impact on the world around them. The launcher is a fun way to make the seed bombs go the distance and particularly helping some individuals with mobility challenges.
Click here for full Seed Bomb and Launcher project instructions
SummerFest is an opportunity to bring people together - a celebration of summer, fun, family & friends & we are looking for the support of our community to make it all happen!
June 8, 2024 | 11am - 2pm
CRi Headquarters 14160 Newbrook Drive Chantilly, VA 20151
Volunteers are needed to help staff the registration table, manage food & water distribution, oversee the games & activities.
We are looking for volunteers who are able to commit to the entire shift. Please consider your schedule before registering. Minimum age to volunteer is 14 years old.
T-shirt, lunch, & a great time will be provided!
To volunteer at SummerFest, contact Diamond Gardner at gdardner@mycri.org!
For more event details, visit www.mycri.org/summerfest
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