FOCUS + Fragile Kids. Comfort, Hope, Fun, Equip

Fresh off the press! Our December newsletter is ready! This issue might be a tear jerker for some of us. So have your tissue ready. There are so many wonderful stories and pictures. Our feature story is celebrating our very own Joy Trotti who will be retiring after 22 years of amazing service with FOCUS. Check it out here: https://www.flipsnack.com//focus-december-newsletter-2020.

Our Teen & Young Adults showed up to have a great time at the Winter Walkthrough. Thank you all for coming! #focusga #focustya #makelifebetter

Happy Birthday to Savion!!!

We hope you had a great time at this year's FOCUS and @Lekotek of Georgia drive-thru holiday party. We loved seeing so many of you there! #focusga #holidayparty #drivethruholidayparty #makeeverydaylifebetter

Sending Birthday wishes to our friend Nicholas Campbell who celebrated his 14th birthday earlier this month!

Congratulations Luke and Happy Birthday Mallori! FOCUS loves Java Joy!

Arian turns 8 today! Happy Birthday!

Nathan celebrated his birthday earlier this week! Join us in sending him some Happy Birthday Wishes!

Coming up at FOCUS: Join us for musical fun with our friends at The George Center Foundation a week from today! Click the link below to register! Email [email protected] with any questions. https://www.cognitoforms.com/FOCUS/musicwiththegeorgecenter

Wishing all of our FOCUS families a safe and happy Halloween! We want to see those costumes! Share your pics below!!

To conclude our celebration of #downsyndromeawarenessmonth we'd like to share some pictures of FOCUS participant Sydney Nicole with this tribute from her mom Apryl Forte, "Some mountains can't be moved, they must be climbed."

Join us at 8pm! Get the zoom link by clicking "ticket".

Today in honor of #downsyndromeawarenessmonth we are celebrating a new job for two two incredible young adults! Congratulations to Mary Claire and Carolyn on their new jobs at RISE coffee & tea! We are so excited for you both as you take on this next step in your journey!

FOCUS Families: The NOW & COMP waivers may be impacted by proposed changes for which DBHDD is looking for comments now. The last webinar COMP Waiver Renewal Virtual Town Hall of proposed changes is takes place TODAY: October 29, 2020 from 5:30pm - 6:30pm Please consider registering for this webinar now and give feedback via a survey afterward. https://web.cvent.com//9cb865b5-615a-4b4c-b96c-ba/summary

FOCUS Mom Maria shared this awesome video of her son Cristian in celebration of #downsyndromeawarenessmonth We sure enjoy this channel and hope you do too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZy9Aif8Ii0&feature=youtu.be

Wishing Norvell a happy happy birthday today!

Happy Birthday to Cameron!!

Today nearly 100 golfers joined us for our 20th Annual FOCUS Golf Classic at The Manor Golf & Country Club. Many thanks to our Tournament Chairpersons Curt and Trevor Smith, Przemek Szczepanik, and Dan Dubowski for their help in planning our day and recruiting such incredible sponsors! Also, huge thanks to Chick-fil-A for fueling our golfers and to all of our sponsors and participants for helping FOCUS fulfill our mission to embrace and equip families of children with disabilities to make every day life better! Share your golf classic photos below!