The Sandy Rico Foundation

06/13/2025

📢❗️❗️ RESERVE THE DATE July 12, 2025 we are planning a substantial celebration in recognition of Disability Pride Month, incorporating multiple activities, resources, food, and music. Stay tuned for additional details. This promises to be a memorable occasion!

Disability Pride Month is an annual celebration held in July, coinciding with the anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. It's a time to honor the history, achievements, and struggles of the disability community, and to promote inclusivity and understanding.
Here's what you should know about Disability Pride Month:
Origin:
The first official celebration of Disability Pride Month occurred in July 2015, marking the 25th anniversary of the ADA.
Importance:
It recognizes the importance of the ADA, which provides legal protections against discrimination for individuals with disabilities and promotes equal access to opportunities.
Celebration:
Disability Pride Month is a time to celebrate the diversity and contributions of people with disabilities, and to raise awareness about issues facing the community.

05/23/2025

🍺⚙️We are pleased to announce that we have been selected to receive the proceeds from this year's Beers and Gears Car Show. We invite you to join us for a fun-filled day of vendors, cars, and raffles, and to take the opportunity to meet with new friends. We look forward to seeing many of our community friends and supporters at this event. Details can be found at the link below!⚙️🍺

https://facebook.com/events/s/beers-and-gears-car-show/1758378921616216/

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Alewerks Brewing Company

04/21/2025

Want to wish all of our community friends a Happy Easter. Love & Peace❤️

04/03/2025

In line with our commitment to transparency, The Sandy Rico Foundation is actively seeking support to upgrade our facility to meet code requirements, allowing us to advance our mission of creating a safe and inclusive environment for individuals on the spectrum and those with disabilities. Currently, our target is to raise $35,000 for land surveying services. We appreciate any contribution, whether financial or in the form of sharing this message, as every amount brings us closer to achieving our goal. We invite you to visit us and witness firsthand the need for our establishment within this community. We express our heartfelt gratitude for your generous support and pledge to keep you informed of our progress. Click the link for ways to help!

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04/02/2025

Celebrate World Autism Awareness Day today, April 2nd 2025. Below is an article to help you understand why this day was established and some helpful tips for parents with loved ones on the spectrum. For those who do not have a loved one on the spectrum, take the time to familiarize yourself with basic knowledge so that you can be part of inclusion in your community.

REMEMBER:
🧩 BE PATIENT AND POSITIVE 🧩
🧩SEEK SUPPORT🧩
🧩ESTABLISH A ROUTINE🧩
🧩 ENCOURAGE SOCIAL SKILLS🧩
🧩TAKE YOUR TIME🧩

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ndtv.com/health/world-autism-awareness-day-2025-strategies-for-parents-to-help-children-with-autism-thrive-8067957/amp/1

03/13/2025

Teach your kids to be kind! Below are some helpful tips to guide your child through what may seem like a natural barrier for them. With the proper tools, everyone can learn to be inclusive. These tips aren't just for kids, listen up parents, they are for you too! Fair interactions, kindness and basic human love starts with YOU!

1.Purchase books about special needs and help your child learn about inclusion.

https://www.thevintagemodernwife.com/motherhood/25-inspiring-books-about-special-needs/

2. Practice basic (no touch) introductions with your child.

https://sunshine-parenting.com/7-simple-steps-teach-kids-introduce/

3. Talk about how to find common ground.

https://thislittlemiggy.com/2016/08/s-c-h-o-o-l-how-to-navigate-a-special-needs-encounter/

03/11/2025

We are finally catching up with all of our photos from Bentley's 10th Petting Zoo Birthday Party! Thank you to everyone who came out, we had such a blast, and we know Bentley did also. We look forward to seeing everyone at the next event. Special thanks to The Teeny Tiny Farm, LLC! We highly recommend them!

02/27/2025

📰 We had a wonderful time chatting with Stephanie Sabin of WYDaily.com about The Sandy Rico Foundation, our mission and where we are heading. Please take a moment to read the beautiful article she wrote about us! Thank you Stephanie for your time and helping us to spread the word! 📰

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02/26/2025

🥳 Please join us in wishing our very own Sandy Rico a very happy birthday! To the man with the vision, a big heart, and a kind and generous spirit, we love you Sandy Rico! 🥳

01/23/2025

I have a HUGE but SMALL favor to ask 🙏🏼

Go to my business page:
The Sandy Rico Foundation

Go to the 3 little dots on the side of page, Hit “invite friends”
Select "invite all" & done ✔️

You've SUCCESSFULLY supported our non-profit for $0.00 and less than 30 seconds of your time✨

Thank YOU for supporting local friends!💖

I wanted to share as this is an amazing way to help us! 🥰