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Community Living, Inc. receives grant from the Best Buy Children's Foundation

Community Living, Inc. (CLI), a premier provider of programs and services for people with disabilities in St. Charles County, announced that it was the recipient of a $4,000 community grant from the Best Buy Children’s Foundation. 

The grant was awarded from Best Buy’s Community Grants program, which works to provide funding to support initiatives designed to give teens access to opportunities through technology. The grant will be used to purchase tablet devices for use by participants in CLI’s youth programs, which include its after-school teen club, summer and break camps and respite programs. 

“We are so grateful to the Best Buy Children’s Foundation for this generous donation,” said Barb Griffith, President and CEO of Community Living, Inc. “Many of our clients are already benefiting from the use of tablets, and we’re thrilled to give those taking part in our youth programs the chance to utilize them. Throughout our industry, tablet computers are now seen as a proven tool to help people with developmental disabilities gain skills and communicate, and we look forward to using the funds provided by Best Buy to expose more of our clients to the benefits of this technology.”

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Enriching the lives of people with disabilities. This mission has guided Community Living to be a premier provider of programs and services for people with disabilities in St. Charles County. Community Living’s mission and programs reach over 900 individuals and their families. From children to seniors, Community Living provides people with disabilities the opportunity to learn, live, work, and play in the community, which makes the community inclusive, diverse and a better place to live. Community Living is a proud member of the United Way.

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