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Throughout this year’s Indy Give! campaign, we’ve been discussing the importance of vision, as having a vision for your life is often the first step toward achieving your dreams and goals. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are no different, and also have visions for their lives.

Through The Arc Pikes Peak Region’s Building for Change Life Skills Resource Center, we will encourage people of all abilities to uncover their visions for their lives and learn the skills needed to make them a reality. This week, we are pleased to spotlight Musician and Employee of The Arc Pikes Peak Region, Jorden Smith.

My vision is to spread optimism and joy to everyone I encounter. I run a music organization called ‘A Positive Note,’ to teach children and adults with disabilities the fundamentals of music. Music is everything in my life; music makes me feel transcendent and joyous. Music has been the number one medium for healing in my life, following a car accident that left me with a traumatic brain injury and hemiplegic (on my right side). The opportunity to transfer the healing quality of music to others with disabilities is powerful, because it offers them a coping mechanism and it’s just plain fun.

We need your help to achieve our vision of creating an inclusive personal development center for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities!

A Few Ways to Give

Whether you give your money, time or talents, we encourage you to participate in generosity this holiday season! There are a couple of easy ways to give:

• Donate to The Arc Pikes Peak Region through Indy Give!, until December 31, 2019 – www.indygive.com/thearc
• Holiday shop through AmazonSmile – When you do your holiday shopping through AmazonSmile, Amazon donates 0.5% of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know – same products, prices, and services. Shop here.

All proceeds will benefit The Arc PPR’s Building for Change Capital Campaign, and will help people like Jorden to realize their life vision by learning job skills, budgeting, nutrition, and many other skills!