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Giving Adults with I/DD a Forever Home Right Here in Pagosa Springs

There are no adequate supportive housing options in Archuleta County for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Without affordable and accessible housing, many are at risk for homelessness and institutionalization. Currently, many adults live with their aging parents or guardians. The parents worry about how their children will live out their lives with the love and support needed and in the town they are familiar with and have a support network created in. They often feel isolated and alone. Aspen House will be a safe and supportive home for those in our community that need it most. Aspen Services will provide a full range of services to support their daily lives and help them maintain maximum independence while doing so.

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Testimonials

 

Shelly Voelker

To whom it may concern my son Nicholas Voelker has been working with Aspen Services for the last 10 months he has really become a different person. He has become more independent his confidence in himself has improved greatly his Communication skills have improved his math skills have improved do to working with money I can’t say enough about this program thank you for you time.

-Shelly Voelker

Nick (Shelly Voelker’s son)

Aspen Services gave me a place to go from September through May where I could get real life job training. Without Aspen House and Aspen Services, I would have been stuck at the high school.

– Nick (Shelly Voelker’s son)

Allie Olson

My name is Allie Olson I come to visit my aunt here in Pagosa Springs a couple times a year and I like to get out to have a social connection. I am a disabled adult, I volunteer here at FroYo to be a part of the community. My favorite part of working at FroYo is serving frozen yoghurt!

-Allie Olson

Cathy Reese, ASPiP President

Like any other parent, when you are a parent of an adult with developmental disabilities, you want them to be happy, safe and find their passion and success in life. With the programs and supports that Aspen Services/Aspen House provides, my developmentally disabled son and I are experiencing this. I cannot overstate the positive benefits and impact they have made in our lives. We are deeply grateful for them!

-Cathy Reece, ASPiP Former President

Mary Kurt-Mason

In 2003, I was given the opportunity to start a program for students with special needs at the Intermediate School in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. With the help of several amazing women (mothers of my students), the Special Talents Program was born. For over a decade, we taught, nurtured, challenged and encouraged our students to become as independent as possible. As the students got older, the Special Talents program moved from school to school ending up at the High School where our students truly blossomed into young adults, ready to fledge. When it was time for my first students to graduate, I watched them cross the high school stage with overwhelming feelings of both pride and sorrow. I was proud of how far they had come, their maturity and their self-confidence, but I was heart-broken to realize that their path to independence had reached a major road block. Programs for adults with developmental disabilities are virtually nonexistent in Pagosa Springs. Unless these young adults moved away from their own community, they had little opportunity for independent or even semi-independent living. Fortunately, Patty Brown, Carolyn Paschal and other caring community members have taken on the task of creating a home where adults with developmental disabilities can live as independently as possible, while still receiving the care they need to ensure theirhealth and safety. Aspen House will give these adults the opportunity to use all of the skills they have learned in order to enjoy the pride and self-confidence that comes with increasing independence. In the future, graduates of the Special Talents program will have a broader horizon in front of them as them accept their diplomas and step off the stage.

-Mary Kurt-Mason – Teacher

Marybeth Snyder - Volunteer and donator to ASPiP

This letter is for the purpose of expressing the value I see in supporting the Aspen House in Pagosa Springs. When I decided to become a donor to A Safe Place in Pagosa organization, I considered the benefits. Pagosa Springs has a group of developmentally disabled adults who need their own place to live. They cannot live with their parents and guardians forever, and the folks I’ve met are excited about living on their own. There is no doubt in my mind they will have a better quality of life if they stay in the community that raised them. And they will contribute to the community more easily in their own town. Some have paying jobs in Pagosa Springs; they have friends, groups, churches, sports teams and family. Pagosa Springs can be proud to assist in creating a safe and affordable home that most of us take for granted. The parents and guardians can rest well knowing their children will have a place to live out their lives. That’s important too. The organization was founded and is managed by dedicated parents, caregivers and local citizens who are ambitious, organized, dedicated to follow the rules and regulations set for a non-profit such as this. I am confident my donated funds will be put to good use and benefit the construction of the home(s). The goal is for the
home(s) to remain affordable for the long-haul so the residents can continue to live there indefinitely. Now that the Enterprise Zone Capital Campaign is in place, the tax benefits to donors are even greater !I would encourage anyone who has some extra financial assets to share consider donating to the Aspen House. Each dollar will go further with this organization that most non-profits; each dollar will benefit residents of Colorado; and each dollar will improve the lives of more than just the adults who will live their lives there. When Aspen House becomes a reality, donors will feelgreat too!

-Marybeth Snyder – Volunteer and donator to ASPiP

June Landgraf

I am a Paraprofessional at Pagosa Springs High School with severe needs students.  I´m very excited to see programs becoming available for adults with disabilities in our community once they leave High School. It is going to make a big difference in their lives and our community.

-June Landgraf

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