All in Need, Family Support Fundraiser Bookfair Fundraiser

All in Need, Family Support is a local nonprofit with mission is to provide support to families with children, ages 18 and under, that have special needs in the East Bay Area. By Offering respite care in a nurturing and learning environment; promoting social interaction, gross and fine motor activities all in a sensory based atmosphere.

TEACHERS, STUDENTS, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND EVERYONE ELSE: Join us for our next fundraiser at Barnes and Noble in Walnut Creek on Saturday, September 6th and Sunday September 7th.  10% to 20% of your purchase benefits AiN!  You aren't in the East Bay area, that is okay because you have more time, September 3rd to September 8th  to purchase at bn.com make sure you enter 11401999, so your purchase will support this AiN.

Please view link to for more information and the flyer. 

See you there!

Back to School Book Fair Fundraiser for All in Need

What you’re not in the Bay Area? That is okay you can still support our Back to School Book fair from September 3 to September 9th you can purchases your materials at Barnes and noble’s website and enter our book fair number! The flyer has all the information!

“Back to School” Book fair will offering fun family events! A Scavenger Hunt for adults and kids! Parent and child teams…who can build the best Lego structure? Don’t forget to bring this flyer with you even the purchase at the Starbucks inside the Walnut Creek Barnes and Noble supports AiN! Mark your calendar for September 6th and September 7th.

Get ready for our upcoming “Back to School” Book fair at Walnut Creek Barnes and Noble on September 6th and September 7th. Teachers make sure you purchase your needed supplies for your classrooms, and parents make sure you buy plenty of books for those reading logs!

Take the flyer and make sure you purchase supports AiN!

Taking Care of Yourself While Taking Care of Others (AiN Blog Post)

If I haven’t asked before, let me ask now. How do you take care of yourself? At AiN we want to make sure you are doing things that are taking care of yourself. I know for myself being able to leave my son, who has special needs with anyone wasn’t the easiest thing. Yet, I tried to make sure I made it to the gym knowing if there was a problem them would call me. They called me more than once and they quickly learned that Yaakov didn’t like to be touched.

For more on this blog post visit AiN site.http://www.allinneed.org/irun4blogpost/

Social Club: Day Out! Breakfast and a Pedi!

Look at our last Social Club event! It started out as breakfast with two amazing kids, but then the girls got an idea.



For those of you who don't know the boy is my son, so I didn't feel to guilty having fun with the girl and letting him hang out with his dad. (Autumn)

All in Need, Family Support has a new look!

We are thrilled to report that through the month of February you will see changes in our website, newsletters, and other things here at AiN! 



Offering the service with a new look!  Visit our website today.

Santa Came to Town!

Though Santa has come and gone, he and Mrs. Claus made a special stop to visit and have breakfast with some of our AiN children and their families on December 14th.
Twenty-five participants in all. Mrs. Claus had made a special batch of candy canes just for the visit and Santa brought gifts for each child.  Both Mrs. Claus and Santa graciously took time to have their pictures taken with the children and volunteers. 

For more on this blog post visit AiN's blog

Balancing Life With a Special Needs Children

We all have to balance our lives it doesn’t matter if we have kids with special needs or not. Everyone has to take time to balance their daily life! I am failing!

Parenting

This summer I have allowed too much screen time. What happened to my 30 minutes a day and figure out something else to do rule? What happened to making sure they get their chores and summer studying done before they do anything else? Yup, failing! I have managed to get the kids registered for school and have taken the youngest to school so he was able to figure out where all his classrooms are located. We’ve done sleepovers and went on vacation, but to actually make sure the kids were active this summer, I didn’t. I had planned on it and then life happened and, well next thing I know it is a week until school starts.

To read more visit AiN's blog.

All in Need, Family Support Social Group

When: Sat Aug 3, 2013 

Time: 1pm – 2:30pm
Where: Oak Park Christian Center 

2073 Oak Park Blvd. Pleasant Hill‪ (map‬)

AiN June Registration

From All in Need, Family Support

Register Now

If you haven't done so already, please update your child's annual enrollment forms; these forms are required before registering your child for an event. Please visit our webpage to update your child's Annual Enrollment Forms. If your child will be attending an AiN event preregistration is required. Thank you!

Read more HERE.

AiN June News

Respite Survey:
AiN is asking for just a few minutes of your time. We are trying to find out how families value respite care. If your child has ADHD, ASD, OCD, Tourettes, Speech and Language Delays, Sensory Processing, Mitochondrial Disease, Down Syndrome or anything else that wasn't included, please take a second and fill out the following survey. This includes families that haven't used All in Need, Family Support, please take a minute and fill out the survey. Respite Survey

Read more HERE.

Another MRI, More Anesthesia, and my Asperger’s Son

By Autumn Green from All in Need Newsletter May 2013

Sitting in the waiting room, waiting again, waiting for them to finish another MRI. It has been a couple of years since Yaakov, our 11 year old son, has had his last MRI.

At one time in my life, I would have wished one of those tests would have showed something wrong. Yet, every time I think about that guilt fills me up. But, the truth is if one of those tests showed something it would mean they would know what is wrong and we could fix the problem. I had a friend one time tell me I think more as a man then a women. I want answers so I can come up with a solution and fix it. I don’t mind talking about life and the problems but I don’t want to live in the problem I want to fix it. So, I don’t know if the need or the want of results is typical for a mother, but I needed them. Our answers were always not the answers I had hoped for or they would find something and they thought the results found could be the cause of a different issue, but after more tests, the answer was always no that isn’t the cause. Always the same, results of the tests never answered why our youngest son was so different than his brother and other boys we knew. At that time in my life of course my anxiety was always high, so scared of the answers we would receive, scared of the answers we wouldn’t receive, and scared my son’s life just wouldn’t be, wouldn’t be what? I don’t know what I was scared of if things would continue to get worse, if he would have a normal life, or wouldn’t get answers.

Today, watching him be put under; I realized how far we have come. We aren’t at the doctors or therapist every week. His life has changed so much and I am truly grateful for how things have improved.

So, what do I want the results to show now? Honestly, I am annoyed we have to do another test and more money is going out. Yaakov suffers from migraines and one time the migraine had stroke like symptoms and it was the scariest thing to see; your 10 year old son struggle in that way. The neurologist is having the MRI done to make sure there is nothing on his brain, but is doing it out of caution not because she really thinks something is there. So, this time I sit in the waiting room grateful for our insurance and believing nothing will be found and I am totally at peace with that.

Of course, I cannot help but think that it would it would only be us sitting in a waiting room because my son gets what is called complicated migraines, weakness on one side of the body and slurring of his speech. Neurology India Hemiplegic migraine, is listed as a rare disorder especially in the pediatric population. With that Medscape says it is estimated 3.5-5% of children gets migraines (this is just a typical migraine. Not saying people don’t suffer from them, I know they do because I am one of them.) And in The Migraine Trust they have published that migraines affect women 16% compared to migraines affecting men at only 5%. So of course, I cannot help but think only my son would have something else wrong with him and of course it has to be something that isn’t very common.

It isn’t that I feel sorry for him or myself, it is just another thing we as a family have to deal with. Yaakov is strong, and because of how tough he is it makes it that much easier to be strong for my Little Monkey.

I have no wise advice to make for those who are in similar situations. Like the old saying goes a day at a time and for me I hold onto the verse, For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11. With all that Yaakov has been through I cannot wait to see the man that is being formed.

Nurse just walked in and he is waking up……..

The articles is may not be the belief of AiN Board Members or AiN, but only the writers.

Article HERE.

Art with Girl Scout Scholarships Available - All in Need

From AiN

Social Club: Day Out!: This event is planned for Saturday, April 6th at Oak Park Christian Center in the back classroom of the CMC from 1 pm to 2:30. Casey a girl scout who is working on receiving her gold award will be giving our kids an art lesson! This special event is only $5 until Monday, April 1st. Register now! Payments received after Monday, April 1st will be charged $10 event fee; Payments at the door are consider late registration and will be charged a $5 late fee on top of regular registration cost.

We have 8 scholarships available for this event.

Read more HERE.

A Sibling of a Special Needs Child Needs a Respite

My youngest coming towards me angry swinging his hands and yelling. As he is moving closer, I try to get up off the ground; scared, tired, and overwhelmed wondering what type of damage my four year old son is about to do to me. Moving quickly after my back surgery was hard and painful, but I have to move because he is coming at me. I have to protect myself and my oldest son. My night in shining armor steps in and starts taunting his younger brother, It works the younger one now goes after his brother which gives me time to get up off the ground and able to move in and protect both myself and my oldest. Austin, who is six, now takes on the job as protector. Once again the thoughts come; over flowing:

To read more visit All in Need, Family Support Blog

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AiN September News

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Get Your Break Today:
Now that our kids are back on their school schedule, and us parents are dealing with meltdowns of transitions and homework. It is time for you to take that much needed break, and time for our kids to enjoy an evening of fun activities without the academics. Make sure you checkout AiN's photos of activities your child may participate in! Gift Certificates are available for family members to purchase.

PR:
All in Need, Family Support is working on getting the word out to families that could use AiN services! This will not just benefit AiN, but also our children who participate in the programs. More kids means more opportunities for our children to build friendships! AiN will be working with Big Blessing Production, LCC (BB) in producing a commercial. The month of October we will be holding our regular respite, and BB will be shooting footage for the commercial during the event. We are looking for families who would be willing to share how AiN has helped them or their child. Even if you don't want to be on TV they can do a voice over. Please consider helping AiN out. If you choose for your child to participate in this event, you will get a copy of the commercial. Lastly, if you do not want your child to participate that is okay too. You still can have your break, and we will make sure they aren't part of the final commercial footage. Here is a copy of the photo release form.

New brochures and flyers will be developed this month and we are considering changing names of events! Make sure you are a fan on Facebook to keep up with our current developments.

Social Networking:
Dictionary.com says that the Social Networking is the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest. Therefore, Septembers goal is grow our social network pages on Facebook and twitter.

Read Newsletter HERE.

AiN August Newsletter

AiN News
1 Year of Service: Happy Anniversary All in Need, Family Support! AiN is celebrating one year of service on August 18th! Thank you to our supportive families who use our services. Thank you to donors, volunteers, and friends. Without you AiN wouldn't have made it this far!

Read Newsletter HERE.

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Social Event: Our next Game Night on Thursday, April 17th at 6:30 pm to 8 pm at St. Andrew's, 1601 Mary Drive in Pleasant Hill.  At this event we will play board games, work on taking turns, and even work on imaginary stories. To join us for this event is $25, click to register. If payment isn't received by Monday, May 14th there will an additional $5 late charge.


Respite Event: Saturday, May 19th 5:30-8:30 our theme is 'Five Senses.' At this time we will be serving children 3 years to 6th grade. This event is located at Oak Park Christian Center, 2073 Oak Park Blvd. in the CMC. Preregistration is crucial. We need to know how many children we will have, to make sure there are the correct number of volunteers and enough supplies for activities. Space is limited. Due to not having enough volunteers we can only offer a single 1:1 this evening.   Registeration after Monday, May 7th for Respite, click here. The cost for this event is $30 per child.

All In Need April Events

See the April event schedule HERE.