PATH-WAY Providing Access To Happiness

Our primary goal is to provide the means for individuals with physical disabilites to gather, socialize and network.

Our secondary goals include:
1. Aid individuals with physical disabilities to pursue post-secondary educational opportunities

Our organization provides monthly social events that are inclusive and accessible for individuals of various abilities.
Examples of events include: Seasonal social outings, Group events to sporting events i.e. Red Sox game, hockey game, adaptive sailing, adaptive bocce tournament.

Our organization provides an annual scholarship of $1000 to an individual with physical disabilities pursuing a post- secondary education. (We may provide an additional scholarships depending on the quality of applications received.)

Our organization provides financial aid to individuals with physical disabilities who wish to pursue "a dream."
Examples of aid provided: We have provided $1000. grants to 4 individuals who participated in EMPOWER SCI, a two week rehabilitation camp for individuals with spinal cord injuries. We have provided funding for two of our members to participate in an adaptive ski event. We have provided financial assistance for an individual to travel abroad to pursue a master's degree in disability related issues.

In order to continue to meet our goals our organization must continue to:

Seek and receive funding for our programs: So far our funding is mainly through public donations, small fundraisers, and a limited number of very generous donors. This predicted income allows us to maintain our current programs, but we will have to continue to seek financial assistance to maintain and grow our program.

Continue to OUTREACH to spread the work about our organization and its programs: We continue to grow a database of individuals who may benefit from our programs. We maintain a webpage, send out e-mails, newsletters, and keep a Facebook page to keep participants informed.

Continue to OUTREACH to schools and other organizations about our Scholarship Opportunities.

Today we are financially stable, have a dedicated board, and great excitement to maintain our mission.

We have successfully run monthly events to bring individuals with physical disabilites and their families together.
Each year our events have had increased participation and our database for participants continues to grow

We have provided 11 scholarships of $1000. to individuals with a physical disability attending a post-high school education since we initiated this program in 2017.

We have provided over 10,000. in financial assistance through our Providing a Way to Help Fund since we initiated the program in 2019.

We have added two new board members to our organization in 2020 bringing our total number of board members to five.

We have transferred our activities to a virtual format during the pandemic. This has allowed us to include participants from other states.

WHAT's NEXT:

We hope to continue with our mission to promote inclusion and participation for individuals with physical disabilities to engage in social and networking opportunities.

We hope to continue to collaborate with like organizations to share resources. (Many of our events would not be possible without the cooperation of other organizations who also share the mission of inclusion.)

We anticipate returning to in-person events when the pandemic is over.

We will continue to seek financial means to keep our mission a reality.