From now until May 31, your local Pizza Hut stores are collecting donations to support Stepping Stone programs. Add a donation on to your bill over the phone or in person. Get a FREE order of breadsticks with every $10 you donate! For more information, click here.

Attend the next Speak Up meeting May 22 at the Janet Clemmons Center, 282 N. Fair Avenue in Hamilton from 6 to 7 p.m. to learn about your rights, being a self-advocate, and advocating for others. For more information, click here.

The Seneca Institute is offering this 90 minute webinar for free to the first 300 registrants using the code ANE2018. Otherwise, the webinar will be $15 until May 31. There are four opportunities to attend the webinar: May 23, May 31,June 5 or June 11. The webinar will cover signs and symptoms, prevalence in various populations, who is most at risk and why, prevention strategies, environments with higher risk, common characteristics of abusers, resident to resident abuse, and how to respond to reports. Register here.

A new Toastmasters club has been formed at the Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities called, "Toastmasters of All Abilities"! Come practice your leadership and public speaking skills in this inclusive, supportive environment! All are welcome to visit and become club members. Meetings take place the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Thursdays of each month from 12-1 p.m. Contact Andrew at atriley@butlerdd.org or 513-785-2809 for more information!

YOU can make a difference! Learn about how your culture affects your values, engaging in reaching health equity, building inclusive communities, and embracing diverse perspectives and various approaches to self-care. Webinars will be May 2, May 16 and May 30. Click here for more information and to register.

Come out to the Dayton Dragons game on May 30 at 7 p.m. and support Abilities First! For every $15 ticket sold, $5 goes directly to Abilities First in honor of their 60th Anniversary! Purchase your tickets here using the promo code AF by May 1! Contact Matt with questions about purchasing tickets at matt.dombrowski@daytondragons.com or 937-228-2287 x. 160.

The Seneca Institute is offering this 90 minute webinar for free to the first 300 registrants using the code ANE2018. Otherwise, the webinar will be $15 until May 31. There are four opportunities to attend the webinar: May 23, May 31,June 5 or June 11. The webinar will cover signs and symptoms, prevalence in various populations, who is most at risk and why, prevention strategies, environments with higher risk, common characteristics of abusers, resident to resident abuse, and how to respond to reports. Register here.

A new Toastmasters club has been formed at the Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities called, "Toastmasters of All Abilities"! Come practice your leadership and public speaking skills in this inclusive, supportive environment! All are welcome to visit and become club members. Meetings take place the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Thursdays of each month from 12-1 p.m. Contact Andrew at atriley@butlerdd.org or 513-785-2809 for more information!

Please join us May 31 from 6 to 9pm to celebrate people with disabilities in Butler County! The evening's activities will include dinner, a silent auction, Angel Awards, music, dancing and more! Tickets are $12 per person, or free to ARC members. Tables of eight are also available for purchase for $200 and includes advertisement for your business. Sponsored tables must be purchased by check. Purchase tickets online or send check (made payable to the Arc of Butler County) to 282 N. Fair Avenue, Hamilton, OH 45011. See the Facebook event page for more details.

Please join us June 1 at 10:30 a.m. at our Liberty Fairfield Office, 5645 Liberty Fairfield Road in Liberty Township to celebrate and remember individuals who have passed away in the past year who were supported by the Butler County Board of DD and other Providers. In addition, we would also like to remember friends, loved ones, and those in the armed forces who have passed away in the past year. Please submit names to Dawn at 513-785-2817.