Notre Dame MBA Students Visit and Consult for L'Arche

After only 3.5 days with us, our consultants and students from Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business knew us well. 

“What I've experienced here is the awareness of the dignity and the beauty and the value of each individual–how they contribute their gifts and just their presence.” James Wilson, one of our visiting Notre Dame MBA students, shared. “Everything is informed by that understanding of the goodness of each person and the unique gifts that everyone brings… having Eileen in here writing letters and interacting with [everyone], eating dinner, we played Uno with Ricky and Joseph and just seeing the authentic relationships and friendships that everyone has with each other. Even looking from the operations and administrative side of things, how decisions are made based on that.”

Needless to say, they passed the school of L’Arche with flying colors.

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and World Down Syndrome Day

March was recognized as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in 1987 when President Ronald Reagan issued a public proclamation urging Americans to provide individuals with developmental disabilities “the encouragement and opportunities they need to lead productive lives and to achieve their full potential.” 

March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day (3/21 for the triplication of chromosome 21). National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) partnered with many other organizations to create the "Assume That I Can" campaign. Check it out here!

Eileen's and Sonny's art at Union Station!

Art Enables will debut the work of resident artists at Washington, DC's Union Station, including Eileen's and Sonny's!

Amtrak says that roughly 8 million people pass through the station each year 😳

You can view the work from April 12 through August 2024.

Community Connections Program (CCP)

We have launched a new program designed by and for people with and without disabilities.

Our next CCP gathering will be Saturday, March 23, from

2-4 pm at Clarendon United Methodist Church in Arlington.

Learn more and sign up here.

Gather Our Gifts

Save the date for our annual talent show: "Gather Our Gifts"

Saturday, September 28, at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, MD.

Slice of Life

Spring is off with lots of buzz and excitement in our homes and office! We have welcomed so many new friends in these last few weeks. It has been a gift to be with people and share our lives with them.

Spring break students from the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts stayed in our homes for one week. The students learned about us from presentations, activities, and just hangin' out. We're so grateful for their help with some spring cleaning and for their learning posture. Some highlights were walking with Michael and Michael from Ontario house and helping Eileen and Sarah do a trash walk around Adams Morgan.

We also had a visit from IVLP–the U.S. State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program. Laurie and Sito spoke about our mission and how L'Arche engages with volunteers and advocacy. A lot of the participants shared how grateful they were to be in our family home environment after being in a lot of government buildings and meetings.

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