We are so greatful to have had our groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday 2/12/23. It was a beautiful ceremony & I'm so thankful for T's Disability Acceptance to be apart of the inclusive playground portion. For more information & photos regarding our groundbreaking, follow our Instagram, ts.disability.acceptance or Facebook, T's Disability Acceptance.

A big THANK YOU to all of you amazing people who have made my dreams of creating an inclusive playground a reality. 💚

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We are so excited to announce that in March 2022 we decided to partner with Praise Assembly Church to bring a disability inclusive playground to the Northside of Springfield Missouri!

Praise has some land behind their church building and plan to build a while entire park on the Northside of Springfield Missouri, & we are in charge of the playground.

To find out more about them, go to their social media pages or website. I have them linked.

They have a 4 year plan, with ground breaking starting in February 2023. The whole park should be finished by 2026, if it all goes by the plan. The playground portion could potentially be done sooner, but there is no guarantee at the moment.

We are so thrilled to now have a partnership with Praise Assembly!

2022 was an amazing year for T's Disability Acceptance.

January - We launched our organization & started planning for a 5k hoping to be in July. We started selling t-shirts, & had pre-registration open for our 5k event.

February - We had our 1st fundraiser, a chocolate bar fundraiser. We raised $500 from that!

March - We started our partnership with Praise Assembly Church & met with them for the first time! We also had a Cards for a Cause Fundraiser hosted by Lindsay Sparks, and raised $200 from that.

April - We volunteered & got ourselves out in the community for the first time!

May - We planned & unfortunately had to cancel our car wash fundraiser due to Emma's health scare.

June - We rescheduled our 5k from July to October due to Emma's health issues.

July - Started to sell stickers for disability pride month!

August - Planned for upcoming fundraisers, & 5k event.

September - Met & presented to the Praise staff. Had two public speaking opportunities, & presented to the community at Praise. We had our Fund a Day Fundraiser, & raised $200 from that!

October - Hosted our 5k, & raised $1,600 from that!

November - Planning for our upcoming fundraiser.

December - Partnered with Sunshine Nutrition to do a T's Tea for the whole month of December & will host a upcoming event in January with them!

All in all, we are so gracious for all the fantastic opportunities we've been blessed with this past year. We've raised $3,000 this year! We're thankful for the knowledge we've gained, the opportunities we'd had, the people we've met, the support we've had & the community who have surrounded us with love. Here's to year 2!

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2023 was an INCREDIBLE year for T's Disability Acceptance.

In January, we had a fundraiser with Sunshine Nutrition Club. We created the "T's Tea" & sold it the whole month of December 2022 & had an all day event on January 7th. We raised $400! Thank you to Lexi Delonjay for the opportunity!

In February, we had our groundbreaking! It was such a memorable day to recognize all the incredible individuals who put forth work for this goal to become a reality. Northeast Community Park, I can't wait to see where you'll take us!

In May, Hillcrest High School Cabinet hosted a talent show & donated all the funds to us! Thank you, Hillcrest Cabinet Sponsor; Taylor Williams, & student body president & vice president; Natalie Vaughn + Olivia Attbery for this opportunity & for so selflessly donating to us!

In July, Emma had the opportunity to speak at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Ozark Missouri's children's ministry about disability inclusion. Thank you to the children's pastor, Erica Cary for reaching out, & for this opportunity.

In August, we had a Culver's fundraiser! Thank you to the staff at Culver's on Glenstone in Springfield Missouri for being so great to work with & Deanna Price for this opportunity! We raised $500!

In September, we had our yearly 5k. We are so incredibly grateful for all our fantastic volunteers for their service, & all our hard working participants for participating. A big huge thank you to Joe Sardo & MaKayla Trentham for the tremendous amount of hard work they put into this. They both are so dedicated to creating a change & serving our community.

That's a wrap on year 2, & we can't wait to see what year 3 brings! We're overjoyed to have this opportunity to serve. 💚