Independence Empowerment Center

Our Latest Board Member, Brendon Cunningham, had a swimming accident while on vacation, that left him with paraplegia.  As a result, he went to Sheppard Rehabilitation Center in Atlanta, Georgia.  There, the residents gathered many evenings for socializing in ways that left the exercises of the rehabilitation center behind.  In telling stories about the social aspects of his rehabilitation, he brought new ideas of such get-togethers to IEC and initiated his idea with a social event held in November.

He and the chair of our Development Committee, Bob Sevigny, planned a gathering at Ruby Tuesday’s on November 15th.  With the staff moving into high speed to get the word out, the event drew a crowd of over 50 people.  This activity brought together people with disabilities who had many common interests, their family and friends and other supporters of IEC.  There were both new and familiar faces in the crowd.  It was a fun-filled evening all around.  IEC plans to continue having events like these in hopes of bringing more people together.  Ideas for future activities include bowling and movies.  Please contact IEC if you would be interested in attending upcoming events or if you have any ideas about the events you would like us to pursue.  The group who made it to Ruby Tuesdays were clear that they would like to have more time to interact….Speaking of….come to our Holiday Open House at IEC on Tuesday, December 18th, from 2:30pm to 5:30pm.

Fall 2007 Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 4