An agency that helps others takes a moment to honor one of their own, lost too soon
Updated Apr 14, 12:19 PM;
Posted Apr 14, 12:19 PM
The late Kim Donnelly-Adebola, center, and members of her family. (Courtesy/Alyssa Agosto) Staten Island Advance
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The Person Centered Care Services,
a not for profit organization that supports people with disabilities on their search for identity and acceptance, has erected a sculpture in honor of the late Deputy Executive Director, Kim Donnelly-Adebola, at their headquarters in Mariners Harbor.
In addition, they’ve renamed their building The Kim Donnelly-Adebola Center of Hope.
Agencies for Staten Islanders with disabilities ‘step up to the plate’ and help vaccinate their most vulnerable
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
Posted Feb 18, 2021
People with disabilities are three times as likely to die from the coronavirus compared to a person without disabilities. (Staten Island Advance/Paul Liotta)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Staten Islanders with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) joined the ever-growing list of New Yorkers who are eligible for the coronavirus vaccine on Feb. 15, and a number of service agencies are helping with navigation of the tricky appointment scheduling system in some cases, providing the shot right on their own campuses.