&8220;AIM is a wonderful program,&8221; Rogers said. &8220;The director is really nice and my specialist is really cool. I like so much about it, the socializing and the activities.&8221;
Rogers has been attending AIM events for approximately two years and says that its been time well-spent.
AIM employee Carolyn Carr was involved from the beginning, helping to figure out how packages could be distributed to the people who need them.
Director Brandon emphasized there is much more positive work to be accomplished by AIM in the future.
Rogers specialist, Sara Dunn, has been working with AIM clients for more than a year and says that because of their own stories, AIM clients are fully aware of what it means to receive help.
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&8220;Wed like to start a community garden in Grass Valley,&8221; Brandon said. &8220;We work with the Rotary Garden in Auburn. We harvest the vegetables and do the weeding and make sure its well-tended. Were looking at having a community garden in Grass Valley that gives back through the Food Bank.&8221;
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&8220;Its very helpful to know that were giving back to those less fortunate than myself,&8221; Rogers said. &8220;It feels really good.&8221;
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&8220;They donated money for the baskets from their spending accounts and their activity fund account,&8221; Dunn said. &8220;Theyve all been very anxious to give back to those less fortunate than them, because they know the importance of what it is to receive from others. They all understand that.&8221;
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As I sat listening to the stories that other clients and AIM employees told, I was struck by their sincerity and the seriousness with which they approached trying to make a difference in their community.
I always seem to start off the holiday season with great hopes for a marvelous, sentimental Christmas, filled with baking, tree-trimming, Christmas music and present wrapping.
The goal is to make at least 100 packets, each containing razors, new socks, gloves, toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs, Kleenex packets, small flashlights with batteries and travel-size shampoo and soap. The clients and staff of AIM have also taken on the task of reaching out into the community to solicit donations.
AIM client Nicole Rogers is proud of the work that she and her peers at AIM are doing.
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&8220;Each of our clients has different goals and a part of their goals is to plan activities,&8221; Brandon said. &8220;In trying to come up with activities, we try and look at the community, and our clients and employees came up with the idea of doing something for the homeless.&8221;
The bottom line, according to AIM Owner/Director Janet Brandon, is that AIM helps its clients to achieve their full potential.
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They are volunteering to make hospitality packets meant to assist over 270 homeless people who, for various reasons, do not qualify for assistance from other organizations such as Hospitality House.
The idea of aiding Nevada Countys homeless was actually initiated by the clients themselves.
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Other recent projects AIM has initiated include fundraising car washes, adopting a mily to help via the Salvation Army Christmas Basket Program, washing and detailing all Grass Valley Police and California Highway Patrol cars and giving to the CHPs Toys for Tots program in Newcastle.
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AIM and Associates is a local organization that provides independent living services and community-based training for adults 18 and over who have developmental disabilities and live within Nevada or Placer counties.
&8220;AIM is a community-based day program. We dont have a cility, we use the community as our building and we work with people who have developmental disabilities to help them reach their individual goals,&8221; Brandon said. &8220;We work on pre-employment skills and volunteering at different sites within the community. We help with educational goals, like taking classes at Sierra College or tutoring through the literacy program at the library or ROP classes.&8221;
&8220;We came up with the idea to put together packages for the homeless with articles that they could use, so I contacted Thomas Streicher with Divine Spark,&8221; Carr said. &8220;His organization works with the homeless, so after we have put the packages together, he will distribute them in Nevada County.&8221;
Developmentally disabled adults come to AIM and Associates to help hone life skills that strengthen their ability to be independent and productiAIMing to make a contribution rop classesve. But this holiday season, AIMs clients are also giving back to their community by helping those who have no place to live.
So it was nice to sit down this week with the good folks from AIM and Associates to talk about their holiday season project, meant to help those who have very little. It was just what I needed to help recalibrate my feelings about the holiday season, not sweating the small stuff and being grateful for the many blessings I enjoy.
