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Community Awareness and Acceptance

Kelberman hosted a Enchan ted
Enchanted
es
t
F
or
number of community events, Forest
Saf
W
ater
ari
including the Utica Blue Sox Water Safari
F
Friends and
riends and
Autism Acceptance Night at the family of
amily
f
o
f
Kelberman
Park, the Utica Comets Autism K elberman
enjo
enjoyed a
ed a
y
Acceptance Game, Water Safari w onderful day
wonderful day
at Enchanted
Day, Tubing at Woods Valley and at E nchan ted
F
or

est W
ater
Forest Water
Safari! Thank
Day at the Utica Zoo. Over Saf ari! T hank
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to W
you to Water
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2,250 friends and family Safari for
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ari f
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lunch at our
members came out to enjoy lunch at our
own private
o
wn priv
ate
these events in a space pavilion and
pavilion and
for providing
where they felt welcomed f or pr o viding
autism tr
aining
autism training
and supported! f or their staff prior to our visit, giv en
for their staff prior to our visit, given
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Kelberman is proud by Kelberman’s Director Community

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Relations, Bethany Wendt. Thank you
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joining us f
f
or
a beautiful,
or
amilies f
to partner with families for joining us for a beautiful,
sensory
-
friendly
in the sun.
sensory-friendly fun day in the sun.
fun day
our community.
Utica Zoo
Utic
a Z
oo
Over 250 friends
O v er 250 friends
and f
and family of
o
amily
f
Kelberman
K elberman
c
ame out to
came out to
y
at
a day
enjoy a day at
enjo
the Utic a Z oo .
the Utica Zoo.
T hank y ou to the
Thank you to the
ately
Zoo for privately
or
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priv
opening your
our
opening y
Snow Tubing
beautiful S no w T ubing
beautiful
20 f
e able
ter
amilies
n the
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v
w
win
er
er
ounds f
or
grounds for I In the winter over 20 families were able
gr
t o
W
to hav
oods
e a fun nigh
f
tubing at
K
elberman
Kelberman to have a fun night of tubing at Woods
y
Ski
W
V
ea in
ville, NY
Ar
.
estern
T
alle
his
amilies,
families, Valley Ski Area in Westernville, NY. This
f
was an opportunity for Kelberman
allo
-
or
wing f
allowing for a wonderful and sensory- w as an opportunit y f or K elberman
a
onderful and sensory
w
xperienc
to e
e tubing
amily
friends and f
oo animal c
ar
he z
e.
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friendly
friendly experience. The zoo animal care friends and family to experience tubing
e
e
xperienc
in a less-crowded, more sensory friendly
and education teams were available to
and educ ation teams w er e av ailable to in a less -cr o w ded, mor e sensory friendly
environment! Participants, many of whom
give Keeper Talks and had some of the
giv e K eeper T alk s and had some o f the en vir onmen t! P articipan ts, man y o f whom
experienced their first time snow tubing,
s ambassador
s
oo
’
zoo’s ambassador animals out for visitors e xperienc ed their fir st time sno w tubing,
or
animals out f

z
visitor
enjo
ell as a
w
y
with friends as
ed sliding

to mee
to meet! Thank you to everyone who enjoyed sliding with friends as well as a
v
ou to e
y
who
one
ery
T
t!
hank
hot cocoa bar! Thank you to Woods Valley
.
joined us f
joined us for a beautiful day. ho t c oc oa bar! T hank y ou to W oods V alle y
a beautiful day
or
onderful e
for this wonderful experience.
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f
xperienc
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