Liz Kutt 
By Kristin Arzbaecher, Assistant Bakery Manager Wellspring has offered baking and cooking classes since its beginning and we were not about to let virtual learning slow us down! Snack Attack class has quickly become a STAR favorite by combining baking and cooking demonstrations with a focus on snacks that can be made with the ingredients … Read more Snack Attack!
Staying at home and staying active can be challenging. Our staff is working hard to develop online classes that get our STARS moving while still being safe at home. In our Dance, Operation Exercise, Fitness and Mindful Movement classes our STARS follow along as our teachers lead fitness routines, follow fun choreography to their favorite … Read more Staying Active While At Home
By Liz Kutt and Mariah Moore, Program Managers During this difficult time, we find ourselves regularly counting our blessings and we continue to find that we have so much to be thankful for. Among our many blessings are our Wellspring Teachers. May 5th was Teacher Appreciation Day and we had a lot to celebrate! Though … Read more We LOVE Our Teachers!
Dear Wellspring Community: It is hard to believe it has been just over a month since I last wrote about our planning for this public health crisis. So much for our plans. It feels like each of “the world” and “our world” has dramatically changed in what would otherwise have been considered a very short … Read more A Message of Hope
Immediately following our closure in March, our dedicated staff started planning virtual programming for our STARS. We started by creating virtual lunches, where our STARS could join daily to have lunch and share stories. We also expanded our Facebook community connections by posting various activities, questions and challenges multiple times a day to keep our … Read more Going Virtual
Did you know that the Deaf culture is the only disability that has an actual culture? We are a community of people who come together often to chat in ASL because our world is so silent and isolated. We like to share experiences and empower each other through various activities. Hearing people are often shocked … Read more Deaf Culture
Our Walk to Empower is on Saturday, May 30, 2020 from 9am-11am. We are currently looking for sponsors. Although our walk is scheduled to be in person at Philip S. Miller Park, we realize we are in a time of uncertainty and we do not know whether we will be able to gather together. We are … Read more Sponsor Our Walk!
A Note From Our Executive Director: Dear Wellspring Champions: We pray that this note finds all of you healthy, if not well. If there is anything that we can do to help, please let us know. If we ourselves cannot help, we have had many offers from community partners and the County has just asked … Read more Wellspring Closure Update
In consultation with our Board of Directors, and consistent with our very highest priority of the safety and health of our STARS, families, staff and volunteers, we have decided to close Wellspring, effective from Monday, March 16 through at least Friday, March 27. Later in the month, we will reassess whether it is safe to … Read more Wellspring Closing March 16-27
A Note from Our Executive Director About the Health and Safety of Wellspring Community To Our Community: As news around COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV) unfolds, I wanted to share an update around Wellspring Community’s relevant planning. Our top priority is the health and wellbeing of our STARS, our staff and our entire Wellspring Community. We are well … Read more Ways To Stay Healthy
