Happy Birthday, Donna!

Wishing the happiest of birthdays to Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome resident Donna. Make it a great one, Donna! 

Presentable

Today, SmartHomes PR guy Fred Hobbs and tech expert Alex Andrews will be presenting to a group of high school students on the history of services for individuals with developmental disabilities as a prelude to projects they will be working on this summer to create some simple adaptive technologies for people served by Imagine!. We’ve shared the PowerPoint below before, but it is worth revisiting to remind all of us why we are doing our SmartHomes project in the first place – to create opportunities for a population that historically has been hidden away and ignored by society. 

A Brief History of Services for People With Developmental Disabilities in Colorado – And a Glimpse at the Future

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Mandy's Birthday

A couple of weeks ago, Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome resident Mandy celebrated her birthday with her friends and housemates. Enjoy some pictures from the party below.

Alex brings Mandy her cake so she can make a wish and blow out the candles.

Donna and Gerald were glad to wish their housemate Mandy a happy birthday.

Lana enjoyed her birthday hat.

Claudette is giving Chris a hand getting his hat on.

“Guess what I’m wearing tomorrow” said Mandy when she opened up this present, a shirt with Snoopy on it. 

Rebecca had a great time giving Mandy presents.

It was a pretty neat coincidence that this birthday card from Rebecca had a blue butterfly on it, just like the shirt Mandy is wearing.

Guess Who's Touring The SmartHomes?

Exciting news! On July 25, 20 people from the University of Wyoming and the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities will be touring the Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome in Boulder to learn about the project and explore possible collaborations. We really hope to create SmartHome partnerships with universities to help test and refine the technologies we are using in our SmartHomes, and to develop new ones as well. We’re so pleased that our neighbors to the north are open to exploring the possibilities that technology brings to serving some of our most vulnerable citizens.

Millennium Harvest House FAC 2012

Residents of both the Charles Family SmartHome in Longmont and the Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome in Boulder enjoyed a night out last Friday at the Boulder Millennium Harvest House FAC, where Imagine! was the featured non-profit. There was music, dancing, art, good food, and fun had by all!

Chris shouts for more music!

Donna shows off her new temporary tattoo behind the bandstand

Gerald gets ink done.

Na na na na na na na na na na batman!

John poses with the singer from Soul School, who brought the house down with thier great dance music.

Lana gets a tat.

The Longmont crew shows up in style!

Rebecca and Rae.

Rebecca is very talented!

Rebecca shows off her new tattoo.

SmartHome Softball

Residents of the Charles Family SmartHome in Longmont recently took time out from their busy schedules for a game of softball. Enjoy the pictures!

Shelly, Toby, and Sarah wait by the dugout for the game to start.

The players take the field.

Shelly rounding third and heading for home!

Sarah is safe at home!

Anthony, Wes, and Loren cheer their housemates on.

Guess Who's Touring The SmartHomes?

Touring the Charles Family SmartHome in Longmont today: Marc Cowell and Emmy Anderson, good friends of ours from the Tiny Tim Center.