Are you planning to make a year-end gift? Giving Tuesday, which falls on November 29th this year, is the perfect opportunity to show your support! Thanks to the generosity of a group of anonymous donors, your Giving Tuesday donation and any donations made to PWSA | USA's Angel Drive through December 31, 2022, will be MATCHED dollar for dollar up to $38,500. Make a gift starting November 29, 2022 and give twice the good this holiday season! Your gift will help us carry out many exciting new events, training opportunities, and supportive resources in the new year, including:
- Helping those living with PWS and their families receive support from PWSA | USA’s Family Support team
- Helping PWSA | USA host a Mom’s Retreat in 2023
- Allowing PWSA | USA to continue offering our 24-Hour Support Phone Line, which gives PWS families invaluable information when they need it most
- Helping us fund more research projects to help our loved ones living with PWS
- Offering opportunities to advance and build upon our advocacy initiatives
You can help us spread the word by printing our Giving Tuesday #GivingGratitude sign and sharing what you are grateful for. Download the sign by clicking the button below, snap a photo of you, your family, or your loved one holding the sign, and send the image to communications@pwsausa.org to be shared on our website and social media.
Thank you for giving this holiday season!
Jennifer Bolander has been serving as a Special Education Specialist for PWSA (USA) since October of 2015. She is a graduate of John Carroll University and lives in Ohio with her husband Brad and daughters Kate (17), and Sophia (13) who was born with PWS.
Perry A. Zirkel has written more than 1,500 publications on various aspects of school law, with an emphasis on legal issues in special education. He writes a regular column for NAESP’s Principal magazine and NASP’s Communiqué newsletter, and he did so previously for Phi Delta Kappan and Teaching Exceptional Children.
Evan has worked with the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) since 2007 primarily as a Crisis Intervention and Family Support Counselor. Evans works with parents and schools to foster strong collaborative relationships and appropriate educational environments for students with PWS.
Dr. Amy McTighe is the PWS Program Manager and Inpatient Teacher at the Center for Prader-Willi Syndrome at the Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh. She graduated from Duquesne University receiving her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Education with a focus on elementary education, special education, and language arts.
Staci Zimmerman works for Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Colorado as an Individualized Education Program (IEP) consultant. Staci collaborates with the PWS multi-disciplinary clinic at the Children’s Hospital in Denver supporting families and school districts around the United States with their child’s Individual Educational Plan.
Founded in 2001, SDLC is a non-profit legal services organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the legal rights of people with disabilities throughout the South. It partners with the Southern Poverty Law Center, Protection and Advocacy (P&A) programs, Legal Services Corporations (LSC) and disability organizations on major, systemic disability rights issues involving the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the federal Medicaid Act. Recently in November 2014, Jim retired.