Take A Walk To Help Chatham School Saturday

CHATHAM, NJ - Shake off that Saturday chill and join the Education, Careers & Lifelong Community (ECLC) community in their 2018 walkathon. ECLC Walkathon 2018 will benefit the Chatham school that specializes in children and adults with special needs, including autism, Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities.

The event is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Brookdale Park in Montclair.

The map of the event is blow.

ECLC was launched in 1970 as the "Early Childhood Learning Center" by a group of parents and others to provide early-intervention services to a handful of pre-school children. Today, they serve more adult clients than students and that number increases with each graduating class and schools in multiple locations, including Chatham.

ECLC is an accredited, nonprofit, educating students ages 5–21 with severe learning and/or language disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome or multiple disabilities at two schools. A separate entity called Community Personnel Services (CPS) provides post-graduate transition services and job placements to any special-needs adult, while another offshoot, the P.R.I.D.E. program, offers vocational training, independent living skills and more.

Visit the website for ways to participate and help.

(Photo courtesy of YouTube)

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