UCP of NEPA Expands Phone Program to Include Mobile Devices
UCP of NEPA is expanding their Free Special Phone Program (formerly known as TDDP— Telecommunications Device Distribution Program) to include free specialized mobile equipment to eligible Pennsylvanians with disabilities. Previously, the Free Special Phone Program was able to support individuals with disabilities who need assistance with landline phone access. The Assistive Technology Resource Center (ATRC)…
UCP of NEPA Celebrates National Senior Health & Fitness Day By ‘Moving with Mandy’
UCP of NEPA started of Wednesday, May 29, with a bang– literally. Our Adult Day Training Program had a special guest, POUND® Pro Instructor Mandy Bair, who help a light exercise workshop to celebrate National Senior Health and Fitness Day. Participants joined Bair, along with several UCP staff members, in exercising through pounding and banging…
Life Skills Class Donates to UCP of NEPA
Carbondale Area Junior and Senior High Life Skills classes baked a variety of sweet treats to sell in their school store for a period in the month of March. The students raised awareness for Developmental Disabilities Awareness month and donated $200 to the UCP of NEPA. First row and second row are Life Skills Class…
UCP of NEPA Receives Gift Card to Gerrity’s for Recipe
UCP of NEPA employee Cathy Tremko shared her family recipe for chile sauce with the Scranton Times Tribune and was featured in LOCAL FLAVOR. Read More>> Read the Article and Get the Recipe, published March 24, 2019
March Proclaimed CP Awareness Month in Lackawanna County
United Cerebral Palsy of Northeastern Pennsylvania was presented with a proclamation from the Lackawanna County Commissioners on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at the Commissioners’ meeting. The proclamation announces March as being Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month in Lackawanna County. Commissioner Patrick M. O’Malley called Sarah Drob, CEO of UCP of NEPA, to speak about UCP and…
Holiday Gift Wrapping Raises $12K
Thank you to the 200 community volunteers who came out to support our 38th Annual Holiday Gift Wrapping in the Viewmont Mall. With your help, we raised over $12,000! All donations benefit our Early Intervention program. Thank you to the following volunteer groups who helped make this event possible: Bank of America, The Society of…
Misericordia Donates Electronics to UCP of NEPA
Misericordia University recently donated several refurbished personal computers, monitors and keyboards to the United Cerebral Palsy of Northeastern Pennsylvania Children’s Center in Clarks Summit for children and adults in the program. Link: Read The Dallas Post’s Article, published January 7, 2019
Talk of the Town: Gift Wrapping Stand Benefits UCP of NEPA
Find out all about our 38th Annual Gift Wrapping Stand at the Viewmont Mall this Holiday season from Rae Baldino in The Times-Tribune’s Talk of the Town. Link: Click here to read Rae’s interview!