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Lions Club End-of-Year Meeting
Yes She Can hosted the Ann Sullivan White Plains Lions Club at their end-of-year meeting. During this meeting, Country Executive Ken Jenkins became a honoree Lions member, and two organizations, including YSC, were awarded donations from the Lions Club’s annual fundraiser. Thank you for your continuous support of our mission!
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Celebrating Robin Davies-Small’s fourth anniversary as Executive Director of Yes She Can!
Under her leadership, with the dedication of the board, staff and volunteers, and the determination of our trainees, we’ve grown our programs and provided more opportunities for neurodivergent individuals to develop workplace skills, build confidence, and achieve greater independence. Together we’ve: • Expanded our Training Programs to 5 days per week. • Launched Intro to…
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CDD Meeting 2025
At the October NYS Council on Developmental Disabilities (CDD) meeting, Yes She Can’s Executive Director, Robin Davies-Small, participated on a CDD Employment-Related Grants Panel with Erica Chase and Christina Loggia, SUNY Farmingdale SBDC – Entrepreneurship for People with Developmental Disabilities, and Jackie Fan Family Employment Awareness Training. Presenters discussed their programs, lessons learned, challenges and…
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Temple Grandin – USA Today’s Woman of the Year 2025
Temple Grandin is a distinguished Colorado professor of animal science. Over the years, she worked to prove doubters wrong and change her field. She is one of the 61 to be awarded USA Today’s Woman of the Year 2025 for her contributions to improving our community. She is a great role model for me. I…
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Space Makeover – The Trainees’ Perspective by YSC Trainee Mal
The store where we train is one different place before and after the recent renovations. We needed a change so badly. The floors and walls did not look the best, and we had very little space to organize the donations and merchandise we receive for our boutique every day. No matter how hard we tried…
