PTOEC is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization offering a diverse array of year-round activities for children with mental impairments, their parents & their teachers in Belleville, Illinois & the surrounding area.
PTOEC serves individuals within a 50 mile radius of Belleville, Illinois and has provided social & sporting learning experiences for exceptional children, their parents, & their teachers in the Belleville, Illinois area since 1966.
Our mission is to foster social & emotional development of mentally impaired school-aged children through school & community-based activities & services.
Disability Awareness Festival - Volunteers Needed
Volunteers needed to maintain the PTOEC table at the Disabilities Awareness Festival on Sat., May 19 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The festival is held at Moody Park on Longacre Drive (see map below).
To volunteer please call Ken Skiles at (618) 806-0816 or Tom Campbell (618) 409-0655.
Featuring: clowns,face painting, free lunch, entertainment, karaoke, games and prizes, and bingo
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PTOEC Athletes of the Month
Andrew was born October 11, 1981. He lives in Shiloh with his parents Dave and Mary. He has one younger sister named Sally, whom he adores. He has a cat named Catherine.
Andrew works at Challenge Unlimited in Swansea. He loves his job and especially his paycheck.
Andrew's hobbies are movies, movies and more movies and music too. Musicals are his favorite, especially Mama Mia, Hairspray, Grease and Dreamgirls. He loves going to the Muny in the summer and has seen all of them for the past 4 years.
He attends classes every afternoon with the LINC Fun and Learning Program. Currently, they are practicing for their upcoming play which will be May 18th at Lindenwood University. The play will be Grease and he is going to be Danny. April Rahn is cast as Sandy and many other members of PTOEC are cast in this production. They hope their PTOEC friends can come see this free production in May.
Andrew has been an athlete with PTOEC since 1995, when his family moved here from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has participated in almost every sport at one time or another. Most currently he has been active with Swimming, Bowling, Golf and soon Track will be starting. He is grateful for his PTOEC friendships and appreciates all PTOEC does for this area.
PTOEC is now accepting nominations for the next Athlete of the Month.
Please send a recent photo & a few paragraphs about your nominee. Nominations must be submitted by the last day of the month to be considered for the next month.
Submissions should be sent to Mary Dorries
mdrn77@aol.com
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