FCSN youth volunteer Sara Kuang shares her experience teaching Matthew karaoke. Despite awkward moments during the first session, Sara quickly pivoted and tailored the classes to fit Matthew’s interests. In the process, they both learned a lot from each other, had an amazing time singing karaoke, and developed a genuine friendship. Continue reading Bop to the Top: Teaching Karaoke Class
FCSN Adult Day Program client, Hassan Ismail wrote about his all time favorite sport, auto racing, in this article for East Bay ADP/LIFE newsletter. Continue reading Car Racing
FCSN Client Eva loves doing jigsaw puzzles. She recently completed a 1000-piece puzzle of candy wrappers. Read more about her amazing feat. Continue reading Eva Loves Puzzles
FCSN client Tatiana Gudjohnsen spent a leisurely summer day hanging out with some good friends at Quarry Lakes. Here is her story. Continue reading At the Lake With Good Friends
One of our most anticipated summer camps is the Music Camp, where campers come together to rehearse and practice several songs over 3 days, and put on a performance on the final day of camp. This year, despite the pandemic, 15 talented campers delivered yet another wonderful virtual concert. Continue reading 2021 Summer Advanced Music Camp Concert
Lights, Camera, Action! For the first time in our competition’s history, special needs contestants from outside of the Bay Area were able to participate in FCSN’s virtual showcase, allowing us to enjoy the many talents from around the world. Continue reading Special Needs Talent Showcase 2021
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) living in the US are 40% more likely than neurotypical children to become overweight or obese. Because of oversensitivity to certain textures and tastes of food, those with ASD also tend to be picky eaters. After learning about these nutrition-related health challenges that individuals with autism face, FCSN volunteer Rachel Huynh realized a dire need for special-needs students to build healthy lifestyle habits. As a nutrition major at Brown University, she decided to design a nutrition curriculum for students with special needs. Continue reading Nutrition in My Life: FCSN Class Aims to Empower Students to Make Healthy Choices
FCSN’s 25th Anniversary song “Friends with Dreams” is an original song written and produced by FCSN parents and volunteers, and performed by our special needs individuals. Read about the inspiring behind-the-scenes story, including concept creation, finding collaborators, producer, composing the music, writing lyrics, finding singers, video taping and editing. Continue reading The Making of the Music Video for FCSN 25 th Anniversary “Friends With Dreams”
East Bay LIFE Client Council Social Committee member Kevin Normandin was inspired by a young girl who made cards for seniors who were unable to have visitors because of the pandemic. He proposed to the Client Council to embark on a similar project. Continue reading Bringing Smiles To Our Seniors
Members of FCSN LIFE Client Council have done a lot during this term, planning for 10 parties, numerous new class ideas, and one community outreach activity. They started to learn how to work with each other and stimulated each other with new ideas to work closely together. They had achieved a tacit understanding when an idea formed, and each of them jumped right in and picked up their share of duties to make the idea came true. Continue reading Meet the Members of FCSN’s LIFE Client Council
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