Our Stories
Meet Betty
Feb 27, 2024
Meet Betty, an Adult Day Program Instructor who has been with Las Trampas for almost 9 years! Betty says that our new state-of-the-art facility has been fantastic for both staff and participants. She especially loves spending time with participants in our safety-regulated kitchen and our accessible garden. Betty shares that Las Trampas has had a ...
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Jeremy’s Celebration of Life
Feb 21, 2024
Our community came together today to celebrate the life of Jeremy, our beloved participant of 40 years. It was a beautiful gathering filled with lots of shared stories and love. Jeremy will be forever missed, but his memory will live on in the heart of Las Trampas.
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National Caregivers Day
Feb 16, 2024
Today, on National Caregivers Day, we celebrate the heart and soul of Las Trampas: our direct care staff! Our direct care staff provide a variety of essential services for our participants, including personal care and physical and emotional support. Our caregivers go above and beyond every day to empower adults with developmental disabilities to thrive ...
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Black History Month
Feb 6, 2024
Join Las Trampas as we celebrate Black History Month and the incredible contributions of Black individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families to our nation’s history, culture, and progress. They face unique challenges due to intersecting systems of oppression, but their strength, resilience, and achievements inspire us all. Read community member Elna ...
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2024 Winter Newsletter
Feb 6, 2024
Dear Friends, We hope you and your loved ones had a safe, happy, and healthy holiday season. The past few months at Las Trampas have been a whirlwind of activity, as we’ve been working hard to ensure our participants with disabilities have holiday seasons full of cheer! PARTICIPANT APPRECIATION DAY Thank you to all of ...
Read More2023 Employee of the Year
Feb 1, 2024
Congratulations Carmen, Las Trampas’ 2023 Employee of the Year! Carmen has been with Las Trampas for 22 years. She is kind, caring, and empathetic towards the day program participants she supports. She always comes to work with a positive attitude, and her work ethic is impeccable. Participants state that Carmen “knows what she is doing ...
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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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Participant Art Greeting Cards
