Fall news from Sooner SUCCESS

Just a quick reminder that The Garfield County Sooner SUCCESS Coalition will NOT be meeting during the month of August.

However, I do want to update you on a few items:

Play Matters a Big Success
We have completed all but our final session of Play Matters with 10 participants and had another wonderful experience. We had a great response from everyone involved and a special "Thank You" goes out to all of coalition members that volunteered for the Academy or donated supplies/materials. It was all critical to making this project a success. Celebration Saturday is the coming Saturday (August 9th). Family and friends are invited to attend and watch the participants go up for their celebration air plane ride and receive their graduation certificates.

Free Autism Training for Family Members & Professionals
Sooner SUCCESS is hosting a regional workshop on autism September 23rd from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Chisholm Trail Technology Center between Kingfisher and Watonga. This is a free workshop for both family members and professionals and will focus on how to develop community supports for individuals with autism. The speakers will be from the Oklahoma Autism Network and each participant will leave with a goodie bag of resources after the session. We expect this to be an awesome day and I encourage you to attend and to share the registration information with others who might be interested. To register individuals just need to contact Lisa Simmons at 603-1580.

Walk 4RKids
Also coming up in September is the Walk 4RKids at David Allen Memorial Ballpark on September 20th. This is a great time to share information with families through an information table or just to walk in support of individuals with special needs. You can register online through the 4RKids website.

Join our coalition
The next meeting of the Garfield County Sooner SUCCESS Coalition will be on September 11th from noon to 1 p.m. when we will be focused on our fall health project: a mobile dental clinic with the Oklahoma Dental Foundation. Join us at the Bass Pavilion in the 1st floor conference or contact Lisa at lrsimmons@gmail.com to be added to our mailing list.

I look forward to seeing you there!
Lisa