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The Sidney and Lisa Glenner GADOL Program
(Giving Adults Daily Opportunities for Living) offers opportunities for adults to have
meaningful lives after exiting the educational system.
The GADOL Program offers each participant both a vocational and a recreational component.
The Coe-Worker Program, established in 2009 by Mark and Shari Coe is designed
to enable adults with developmental disabilities to enjoy meaningful work
opportunities in the community.
Young Adult Recreation Programs offer evening and weekend
activities for adults. Dinners at local restaurants, bowling
leagues, movies, theatre outings, weekend Shabbatons, and summer
camp trips, are just a few of the opportunities available.
The “Ruth Lodge Get-Away Experience” provides funding for
Keshet’s social and educational travel programs and gives our
young adults unique opportunities to go to the same places that their
typically-developing peers get to visit. These trips are often the first
time a Keshet participant has been away from home – boosting their
confidence and self-reliance, while giving parents a much needed respite.
Keshet Candles
At Keshet, candles aren't just for lighting up a room. The products of the Keshet Candles also play an important role of lighting the way to a brighter future for Keshet workers.
Since its inception this past March, Keshet Candles has filled orders from across the United States for people wanting high quality Shabbat candles.
Orders are taken by Keshet staff and the candles are then packaged and shipped by Keshet workers at the Keshet/GADOL program on Devon Avenue.
Founded by Keshet Trustee, Gita Berk, and her husband, Dr. Allan Berk, Keshet Candles are available on-line, www.keshetcandles.com, at synagogue gift shops, and bookstores. For further information contact info@keshetcandles.com or call 847-205-1234.
Click here to order
A Parent's Relief:
Dear Keshet:
For most parents, a 21st birthday is an occasion for celebration, representing a joyous finish to child rearing.
However, for my family and my autistic son Jeff, that birthday almost marked the beginning of a needlessly darker period in his life - for when he turns 21, no programs would have been available to assist him to find his place in the world.
Since his diagnosis at age 4, Jeff has had the benefit of an excellent day school education at Keshet. Now that his 21st birthday is rapidly approaching, it was clear there was little chance that Jeff would continue to benefit from the community in which he has lived his entire life.
I have taken significant time to research programming possibilities for Jeff after he turns 21 and the outlook- until now- has almost been bleak beyond words. There is no state mandated funding for individuals with developmental disabilities and there was a good chance that Jeff, like many, many adults with disabilities, would just stay at home every day without any opportunity to interact with peers, or to contribute to society.
My husband and I could not think of anything more tragic for my son than the possibility that his tremendous hard work during childhood would have been wasted because of a lack of opportunity during his adulthood.
Now, day programming for Jeff, run by the folks at Keshet, is a dream almost beyond hope for my family: That there now is a place for him and others - supervised by Keshet - is the answer to my family's fondest dreams.
Adulthood ought not have to be the bleakest part of my son's and his friends' lives - especially when it can be, very easily, and should be, the best.
Thank you!!
Most Sincerely,
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