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The Parents'
Application Process is currently
closed for Your Day Away
requests, except for the YDA
Long Island Chapter. If you are
a parent who wants to apply for
services, and you reside in
Nassau or Suffolk County, please
click on the link to "Parents
Apply" (YDA Long Island Chapter)
and fill out the application. We
thank all of our sponsors for
fulfilling the wishes of our
parent applicants throughout the
world.
Across the world--from
Long Island to Namibia, Dublin
to Cairo, Hawaii to Australia,
Houston to South Africa--Your
Day Away was born on Saturday,
November 14, 2008, when
communities banded together
around the world to support
local families with children
with Special Needs for our First
International Day Away.
Your Day Away is a U.S.-based
not-for-profit 501c3 charity
with an international reach that
partners with organizations,
schools, social service
providers and parents around the
world to allow for one day out
of the year when parents or
guardians with special-needs
children can get away from their
daily routines and enjoy the
recreational, cultural, health
& wellness, and
gastronomical opportunities
available in their local
communities. Whether its
autism, Tourette's, Down
syndrome, learning, mood,
behavior, eating or other
psychological disorders, Fragile
X, cancer, ADHD, mental
retardation, rare genetic
diseases, physical disabilities
or any other childhood disease
or disorder, kids with special
needs require a lot of attention
and exhaustive work on the part
of their parents and
guardians. Your Day Away™
is a day away from the countless
doctor appointments, visits with
therapists, scheduling
medications and tutors,
negotiating with teachers and
school districts, hours of
helping with homework, attending
to physical needs, or constantly
thinking about the stressful
situations special-needs
families often find themselves
in, it is a full-time, and often
overwhelming, job. There's
a lot of pressure being a parent
or guardian of a child with
special needs. It seems
sometimes it is just hard to
stop for a second to take a
breath and relax. Well,
it's time for a break.
Your Day Away™ is treating
parents and guardians of special
needs children to a full day
off--at spas, health clubs,
concerts, movies, museums,
makeovers, shopping sprees, day
trips, yoga classes, sports
events, elegant dinners, etc.--
one full day of relaxation and
well-deserved payback for all
the hard work they do, all
provided free of charge by local
communities, businesses and
organizations.
Parents will have the
opportunity to take a break and
be treated to a day of
pampering.
From a spa on Washington state's
Pacific coast to a spa on the
tip of Long Island's Atlantic
coast, over the years, Your Day
Away™ fulfilled the wishes of
parents around the world. Other
special days included a sunset
cruise in Hawaii; a day of
bowling and a movie in Houston;
a catered house party in Dublin
with massage therapists; a night
out eating ribs in South Africa;
a VIP visit at the Dallas Museum
of Nature and Science; tickets
to see Patti LuPone in “Gyspy”
on Broadway; free doctor visits
and massages for overworked
parents in Namibia who never
have time for take care of
themselves; a night of comedy in
Missouri; a meet and greet with
Harry Connick Jr in New York
city; an Elton John concert in
Connecticut; a meet-and-greet
with Celine Dion in Kansas City;
tickets for a performance at
Hollywood's legendary Kodak
Theater; a performance of the
Warsaw Philharmonic at the
Tilles Center in New York; a
stay at a hot springs resort in
Montana; a day at the Beirut
Hard Rock Café; a stay at a golf
resort on Cape Cod; a stay-over
in a Hyatt suite in Philadelphia
for parents of two autistic
children whose house was
foreclosed on that week; a night
on the town in Madison,
Wisconsin; a shopping spree at
Target in Indiana; and a day at
a resort for parents in Egypt
while their children rode camels
at the Pyramids. Yes, the
Pyramids. This is just a small
sampling of the hundreds of the
days away enjoyed by our
parents. (Please check out the
“sponsors” page to see the
extraordinary generosity
provided to these parents).
Check out some of our families'
stories in our “Stories”
section.
Described as “a Make-a-Wish™ for
parents.” Your Day Away™ offers
ongoing programs, services and
valuable information and
resources for parents and
caregivers of children with
special needs.
Our daily, ongoing outreach of
Your Day Away™ provides services
to parents of children with
special needs throughout the
year.
Your Day Away--a much
appreciated respite for those
parents and caregivers who so
deserve a special, unforgettable
day for themselves.!! |
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