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The Up Center Wins a $500,000
Federal Grant
This
fantastic
federal funding is being used to
launch a new program, providing mentors from the
community for children in foster care. Please click here
for more information on enrolling a foster child or
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Ready...Set...Climb! 
Mayors Paul Fraim
& Will Sessoms are stepping up. Are
you?
The groundwork is being laid for a fun
new event that will challenge participants to run
or walk up 25 or 50 flights of stairs in Norfolk's
Dominion Tower. Mark your calendars for the
festivities on April 25, 2010. All proceeds will
benefit The Up Center. Visit our Step
Up ( Photo by: Don Monteaux)
page for more
information.
Registration will begin in
January.
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Day Support Program Opens Its
Doors
 After months of hard
work, The Up Center's day support program for
adults with disabilities is open for
business. Licensing of the new program was
approved after Thanksgiving, giving the go ahead
for the staff to enroll participants. The day
support program will provide a place for adults
with moderate to severe disabilities to spend the
day learning self care and communication skills,
while also having fun doing art and other
activities. A ribbon cutting for the facility
was held earlier. Among those participating was
Kyle Didio (pictured above), who helped cut the
ribbon, his sponsored placement provider Dona
Didio and his grandmother.
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Graduate Students Help The
Up Center's Foster Children
 Graduate
students from Regent University organized
an art sale and 5K run to
benefit The Up Center's foster care and adoption
programs. The Focus on the
Children event raised nearly $4,000 for
the agency, while also showcasing the
benefits of adoption. It doesn't cost any money to adopt
a foster child, and parents receive strong
support from The Up Center's staff. For more
information, please click
here.
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 Former Counseling Client
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