Our Stories
Participant Appreciation Day 2025
Oct 30, 2024
We had a blast at this year’s Participant Appreciation Day with Mexican food, snow cones, tattoos, pumpkin decorating, and more! Thank you to all our staff, participants, and families for coming to celebrate the community that we have built where all individuals have the right to lead meaningful, self-determined lives. Happy Halloween Eve!
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National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Oct 23, 2024
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)! This month, we are celebrating the value and talent that our participants with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) bring to the workplace. This includes employed participants in our Independent Living Services (ILS) program, as well as those rocking paid janitorial work in our Adult Day Program (ADP). ...
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World Cerebral Palsy Day
Oct 7, 2024
Oct 6th is World Cerebral Palsy Day! This global movement started in 2012, and it brings together people with cerebral palsy, their families, supporters, and organizations. Did you know that over 17 million people worldwide live with cerebral palsy? Today, we celebrate their strength, resilience, and spirit. Let’s work together to ensure that everyone with ...
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Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Oct 2, 2024
October was first recognized as Down Syndrome Awareness month in the 1980s, and it has been recognized every October since! Down Syndrome is the most common type of intellectual disability, and it occurs when an individual is born with a full or partial extra copy of the 21st chromosome. According to the CDC, about 1 ...
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2024 Fall Newsletter
Sep 24, 2024
Dear Friends, Another summer has flown by, filled with sunshine, smiles, and new achievements. We are excited to share the wonderful accomplishments of our participants and staff last season. CDSA DSP EMPOWERMENT AWARD WINNER We are thrilled to announce that one of our incredible Day Program Direct Service Providers (DSPs), Carmen Sanchez, won the California ...
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Sep 9, 2024
This week, we are celebrating our incredible Direct Service Providers (DSPs)! Their dedication and compassion make a world of difference in the lives of our participants with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Thank you all for providing high-quality support and being the backbone of our IDD support system. We are continually impressed by your commitment ...
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Meet Anthony
Sep 3, 2024
Please join us in welcoming Anthony, our new Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), who joined the Las Trampas team in July! With over two decades of experience working with adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), Anthony is thrilled to be back in a clinical role. He is passionate about building strong relationships with our ...
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Summer Celebration
Aug 12, 2024
We had a great time celebrating our amazing staff and board members at a summer get-together at Board President Mark Mahaney’s home on Saturday. Food and fun filled the afternoon as we recognized everyone’s incredible dedication to supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to discover their capabilities and lead full lives. Thank you all ...
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Music and Movement Class
Aug 6, 2024
Participants in our Adult Day Program are having a blast in our new Music and Movement class! From keyboards to string harps and drums, they are exploring instruments and finding their rhythm. Stay tuned for fun with flutes and karaoke!
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Disability Pride Month
Jul 16, 2024
July is recognized nationwide as Disability Pride Month, an opportunity to celebrate the many ways that people living with disabilities – whether visible or invisible, mobility or cognitive, vision or hearing, learning or sensory, developmental or acquired – add to the diversity and strength of our community. This year’s theme is “We Want a Life ...
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Meet Daniel
Jul 9, 2024
For the past three years, Daniel has been a shining star in our Adult Day Program (ADP)! He thrives on being part of our paid janitorial team, gaining valuable workplace skills and earning his own paycheck. This independence allows him to choose exciting activities with Las Trampas, like attending an Oakland A’s game last month ...
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Meet Dara
Jul 3, 2024
Meet Dara, an Adult Day Program Instructor who has been with Las Trampas since last September! Dara is also co-president of our new Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) committee. Dara enjoys supporting participants who choose to enroll in our paid janitorial opportunity, because they get to work on soft skills, such as work ethic ...
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Community Foundation of Lafayette Grantee
Jun 27, 2024
We are incredibly grateful to the Community Foundation of Lafayette for their generous donation to Las Trampas, which will allow us to continue to provide and enhance our gold-standard person-centered services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The Community Foundation of Lafayette aims to support people and organizations in Lafayette that face significant ...
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Autistic Pride Day 2024
Jun 18, 2024
Happy Autistic Pride Day! At Las Trampas, we are celebrating our participants with Autism and their unique strengths and contributions to our community. We are proud to advocate for a more inclusive society, while supporting adults with Autism to discover their capabilities and lead full lives.
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Terri’s Story – Spring Appeal 2024
Jun 11, 2024
June 2024 Donate Now Dear Friends, Terri’s life has changed a lot in the 7 years she’s been living with her three Las Trampas roommates on a quaint cul-de-sac in Pleasant Hill. Before she came to Las Trampas, Terri lived for twenty years in Sonoma Developmental Center, initially established in 1891 as an institution for ...
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Golden YES Awardee
Jun 10, 2024
We had the pleasure of attending the Contra Costa & Alameda Developmental Disability Council Award Ceremony last week at the Pleasant Hill Community Center. We are honored to have been presented with the “Golden YES Award,” not only for our work supporting our participants with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), but also for supporting the ...
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Participant Art Greeting Cards
