Our mission is to empower children and adults with developmental disabilities to achieve their potential based on personal choices, abilities and interests...
For more information about our recreational services contact:
Dave
Gasparri
Director of Recreational Services
phone: 914.949.9300,
ext. 4521
dgasparri
@westchesterarc.org
Westchester Arc
The Gleeson-Israel Gateway Center
265 Saw Mill River Road
Hawthorne, NY 10532
914.949.9300
info@westchesterarc.org
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Recreational Services
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Westchester Arc’s Recreational Services
provide a wide variety of leisure and learning activities designed to help individuals with developmental disabilities learn social skills,
enjoy and experience life in the community and transition from school to work.
Summer Enrichment
Summer Enrichment offers teens and young adults, ages 15-21, the college experience with classes in work and life skills along with recreational activities at Manhattanville College. Activities will take place on campus and in the community. Emphasis will be placed on introducing participants to skills needed to be successful in life after high school. » Get details
Summer Adventure
Summer Adventure offers older adults, ages 21 and up, a new and fun experience through an array of recreational and social activities on a college campus. All the popular activities of Camp Echo such as music, crafts, swimming and lodging will continue at Manhattanville College in Purchase. » Get details
Echo Onstage
Echo Onstage is a weeklong, musical theater workshop for teens and young adults, ages 16 to 25, held the last week in June at Westchester Community College. Students build self-esteem and muscle tone while learning dance numbers. Role playing and improvisational exercises promote creative thinking and improve verbal and social skills. At the end of the week, students showcase their talents for family and friends. » Get details
Echo Outdoors
Echo Outdoors provides young adults, ages 15-21, with a week of nature study during Spring Break at Fahnestock State Park in Putnam County. Participants attend classes such as “lake study” and “outdoor survival skills” and share cabins with people their own ages while building friendships and enhancing social skills. » Get details
Art Classes
Art Classes are held for individuals with developmental disabilities ages 21 and up. The program builds confidence and encourages self-expression and creative problem-solving. Students have the opportunity to experiment with various media, from brushes and paint, to pencil and paper. Selected paintings will appear in an art show in June and are displayed in Westchester Arc’s Gallery265.
Club Echo
Club Echo gives individuals, ages 18 and older, a chance to enjoy vacations with their friends, while accompanied by knowledgeable, dependable staff. Day trips are taken to local sports events, theaters, museums and other sites of interest. Destinations for weekend trips, four-day getaways and longer excursions have included Lake George, Cape Cod and the Pinegrove Dude Ranch. Westchester Arc’s recreational services provide a wide variety of leisure and learning activities designed to help individuals learn social skills, experience life in the community and transition from school to work. » Trip details to follow
Respite Services
Respite provides a wide variety of leisure and learning activities while family members who care for a person with disabilities at home can take a break. » Get details
Reunion Club
Reunion Club gives individuals who live with their families, the chance to become a little more independent. The group meets on Saturdays and enjoys leisure activities such as going to the movies or a baseball game. They form new friendships and learn life skills.
Contact
For further information about any of our recreational services, please contact 914.949.9300, ext. 4467 or 4521, or send e-mail to dgasparri@westchesterarc.org.
Success story
Westchester Arc Tours Universal Studios
Westchester Arc’s Club Echo, a recreation and travel program for adults ... more »
Westchester Arc’s Club Echo recently traveled to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where vacationers toured ... more »
Club Echo Scores
Home Run
Westchester Arc’s Club Echo recently traveled to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, where six men with developmental disabilities watched the New York Yankees ... more »
Crossing Borders:
Club Echo Hits Montreal
Westchester Arc’s Club Echo recently traveled to Montreal, Quebec, where vacationers strolled along cobblestone streets ... more »
Westchester Arc’s recreational services sponsored a trip to the
Bronx Zoo ... more »
