What's Your Story?

March is Developmental Disability (DD) Awareness Month

What’s Your Story?” is the theme for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month 2016.

Frontier Community Services and other related organizations celebrate Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in March, and invite you to consider the true meaning of this year’s theme,

“What’s Your Story?”

Statewide, and across the nation, organizations devoted to serving individuals with developmental disabilities are planning special events in March to raise public awareness of the many abilities people have, regardless of disability. “What’s Your Story” encourages people to get to know someone with a disability to better understand that we are all connected and alike in many ways.

During Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, people are encouraged to learn more about the people in this community who have a developmental disability and to recognize that all of us have talents and strengths that we can offer to make this a better place to live

March as DD Awareness Month will kick off its recognition with many planned activities in the area which include:

3/3— Art Reception, Pump House Art Gallery (Yoctangee Park, 1 Enderlin Circle), 6-8p.m.

3/10 —Provider Fair, Ross County Service Center, 475 Western Ave., 4-6:30p.m.

3/18 —Dance for adults and teen-aged students, 5:30-8:00pm at the Ross County Social Service Center (475 Western Ave., Chillicothe). Snacks will be provided. Cost of admission is 1 can of food (or other non-perishable food item) which will be donated to the Good Samaritan Food Bank.

3/24 – Annual Awards Event, Ross County Service Center, 475 Western Ave., 5:30-8:30p.m.

The events are free and the public is welcome to attend. You’ll learn that everyone has a story, and each story holds a promise to educate and inspire others.