Re: Fw: In my temple newsletter

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Willow Creek Community Church's main location in Barrington is placing emphasis

on expanding their special needs supports. In an effort to do this the church is

hosting a service with Pastor Chuck Coulson & his daughter on June 11/12.

I believe 's son has autism. Willow has multiple locations including

barrington, dupage, mchenry, northshore, downtow. Willow also hosts an all day

fishing derby festival in the summer- June I think, and a 2 days at lake Como-

food, boating & fun, 2xs in the summer. Free & fun. contact willow for more info

http://www.willowcreek.org/disabilities

Due to a family medical situation, Chuck Colson and his daughter, , who

were scheduled to speak at weekend services on March 19/20, have postponed their

visit to Willow Creek until June 11/12.

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> Thought I would share this and encourage anyone who is Jewish to fill it out.

> It is interesting considering our recent discussion on IPADDU about the need

to create more welcoming spiritual environments for our loved ones who have

disabilities.

> Ellen

> Ellen Garber Bronfeld

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> In my temple newsletter

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> Jewish Community Survey On Individuals with Intellectual/Developmental

Disabilities

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> Ensuring that all community members have the opportunity to actively

participate and be engaged in community life is a core value of Judaism and our

Federation system. For individuals with physical, intellectual or mental

disabilities engagement can be challenging and require additional communal

support. Of particular concern is the availability of high-quality supported

living options.

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> A group of interested community members are working with representatives of

Jewish Child and Family Services, Keshet, and the Jewish Federation of

Metropolitan Chicago. Together, they have been exploring options for the

creation of sustainable solutions ensuring that our loved ones and fellow

community members living with intellectual/developmental disabilities have

viable housing and related support options available.

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> In order to better understand the scope of need in our community, as well as

assess potential interest in participating, the group has forwarded this request

to a variety of institutions within the community for distribution to their

members. Please take just a couple of minutes to click on the link below and

complete a brief survey. Your input is valuable to the process and the group

looks forward to hearing from you. Thanks very much for your interest and

consideration. Please feel free to forward this.

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> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VQZ5j6C

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