Our Stories
2024 Spirit of Las Trampas Awardees
Jan 26, 2024
We are thrilled to announce our 2024 Spirit of Las Trampas recipients: Bob Damaschino and Terry Murray! Bob and Terry were extraordinarily dedicated and generous with their time and talent while on our Board of Directors. Since retiring from our Board last July, both have stayed on as exemplary committee members. Thank you, Bob and ...
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Meet Anne
Jan 17, 2024
Meet Anne, one of our Adult Day Program Instructors who has been with us for 6 years! Anne finds her job fun and rewarding - she loves seeing how excited participants are arriving to our beautiful campus each morning, doing art projects with them, and going on outings. Her favorite outing has been to the ...
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Alicia’s Story – Holiday Appeal 2023
Jan 9, 2024
November 2023 Donate Now Dear Friends, One of the highlights of my job at Las Trampas is being steps away from our Adult Day Program. Mario is always there with a fist bump, and Sekander with a request to dance to the Beatles. Joy illuminates the halls, and you can truly feel how much our ...
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Lafayette Garden Club
Jan 9, 2024
We are so appreciative of the Lafayette Garden Club for their generous donation to help us maintain and tend to our beautiful garden on campus! The Lafayette Garden Club aims to stimulate the knowledge of gardening and encourage community beautification. Thanks to them, our participants have the opportunity to take pride in purchasing seeds, planting ...
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Generosity this Holiday Season
Jan 4, 2024
Thanks to the generosity and kindness of everyone who contributed to Las Trampas this holiday season, we raised nearly $170,000 to support our community of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities! With these contributions, we will continue to support participants to lead lives full of inclusion, friendship, and belonging, built here at Las Trampas. We ...
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Happy Holidays!
Dec 22, 2023
Happy Holidays from Las Trampas! We hope you and your loved ones stay safe, happy, and healthy this holiday season.
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International Day of People with Disabilities – Meet Mike
Dec 3, 2023
December 3rd is International Day of Persons with Disabilities! Today we are celebrating the achievements of Mike, a participant in our Independent Living Services (ILS) program for the past 16 years. Mike works at the Safeway in Lafayette and likes to cook chicken noodle soup at home. A few years ago, Judy, our director of ...
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Giving Tuesday 2023
Dec 1, 2023
Dear Friends, Watching the steady stream of contributions coming in on #GivingTuesday, it was hard not to feel overwhelmed by the generosity of our community. On this day of collective giving, our Las Trampas community came together to raise nearly $30,000 for our friends and neighbors with developmental disabilities! THANK YOU to those who contributed ...
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National Epilepsy Awareness Month – Meet Gabby
Nov 9, 2023
November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month! Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that can cause seizures, mood changes, sleep challenges, and thinking and memory issues. 3.4 million people in the United States are living with epilepsy, and a third of them live with uncontrolled seizures because no available treatment works for them. Gabby, one of our ...
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Happy Halloween!
Oct 31, 2023
Happy Halloween from Las Trampas! Catch a glimpse of some of the exceptional costumes our participants showed up in today.
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Meet Jeffrey
Oct 25, 2023
Meet Jeffrey, who has been an Adult Day Program Instructor since November 2022. Jeffrey enjoys working at Las Trampas because he likes learning new things every day about how to support individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. His favorite memory at Las Trampas was winning the ugly sweater competition at our Christmas party last year. ...
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Las Trampas Participant Appreciation Day
Oct 23, 2023
Thank you to all of our participants, families, and staff who made it out to our “Participant Appreciation Day” on Wednesday, October 18th! We had so much fun celebrating our participants and the community that we have built where all individuals have the right to lead meaningful, self-determined lives.
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Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Oct 11, 2023
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month! 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. Join us in celebrating and supporting the many abilities and accomplishments of our friends and 9 participants with Down syndrome ...
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World Cerebral Palsy Day
Oct 6, 2023
October 6th is World Cerebral Palsy Day! 17 million people worldwide live with Cerebral Palsy, a physical disability that affects movement and posture. It is often tied to other related vision, hearing, communication and mobility needs. Our friend Heather, who has Cerebral Palsy, has been at Las Trampas’ Day Program since 2012. Heather’s face lights ...
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Meet Garrison
Oct 2, 2023
Meet Garrison, a participant in Las Trampas’ Adult Day Program and Independent Living Services. Garrison has been coming to Las Trampas for 8 years, and he loves being a part of our paid janitorial work crew, specifically “dusting and wiping down the sinks in the bathrooms.” In his free time, Garrison loves going bird watching ...
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Participant Art Greeting Cards Now Available!
Sep 21, 2023
The holidays will soon be upon us, and with them the season of greeting cards. Fortunately for you, Las Trampas’ Participant Art Greeting Cards are now available for pre-order! Thank you to Annie, John, Heather, and Emma for sharing their beautiful art with the Las Trampas community. Proceeds help provide essential programs and learning opportunities ...
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Participant Art Greeting Cards