Posts by Mountain Shadows
Innovative Tongue-Touch Keypad (TTK) Device Gives New Voice
Innovative Tongue-Touch Keypad (TTK) Device Gives New Voice to Resident Stacy Bibb by Sheryl Wilde Born 11 weeks early, Stacy Bibb weighed only two pounds at birth. He was diagnosed with severe athetoid cerebral palsy. Now nearly 47 years old, Stacy weighs 80 pounds. His mental capacity is that of a 12-year-old and he has the developmental…
Read MoreFor Mountain Shadows Residents, Love Grows Here
Mountain Shadows Residents, Love Grows Here by Sheryl Wilde “A garden is the grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” Gertrude Jekyll As a fragile seedling begins to emerge from the soil, so too have traces of new life begun to surface at Mountain Shadows…
Read MoreUCSD Team Offers Engineering with a Touch of Love
UCSD Team Offers Engineering with a Touch of Love by Sheryl Wilde Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world. ~Isaac Asimov Most of you already know Mountain Shadows is a heaven-on-earth kind of place where angels dwell and miracles happen daily, but we must admit sometimes we…
Read MoreLove is an Action: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic
It is often said that how we deal with challenges defines us. The interview that follows, with Ted Brown, Mountain Shadows Foundation Board of Directors, shares his family’s story of the challenges they faced during the pandemic and demonstrates that truly, love is an action. Sheryl: Let’s go back to the beginning of the pandemic. Can you…
Read MoreEAGLE TRANSPORTATION: MAKING CHRISTMAS WISHES COME TRUE
BAMM! The shiny new Mercedes-Benz convertible crashed into the wall of Laurel Park house as Marquez squealed with glee. BAMM! The car hit the wall again. Then, his eyes bright, lost in a world of his imagination, he revved the engine, screeching out a tight 360 with the remote-controlled car. Many of you may know…
Read MoreDON KING: ON KILIMANJARO
By: Sheryl Wilde Step. Stop. Breathe. Step. Stop. Breathe. It was like living in a barbeque pit for 9 days – a barbeque pit measuring more than 24 miles across. Ash filled the air – burned the nostrils, the lungs. And the dust. A storm cloud of dust and ash rose on the 50-mile-an-hour winds,…
Read MoreEAGLE SCOUT CHRISTIAN BOWEN
Eagle Scout Christian Bowen and Mountain Shadows Connect4 Fun By: Sheryl Wilde Connect4 is a vertical game of tic-tac-toe. Players take turns dropping colored discs from the top into a seven-column, six-row, vertically suspended grid. The pieces fall straight down, occupying the next available space in the column. The objective of the game is to…
Read MoreM:POWR EXHIBITION OF ART
We invite you to an incredibly amazing, warm and wonderful collaboration between Mountain Shadows Outreach Services, Art Miles Mural Project, and California State University San Marcos – Tukwut Leadership Center. For more information about this event please contact Flor Angel,Mountain Shadows Outreach Director, at fangel@mtnshadows.org or 760-736-8983.
Read MoreAN ACT OF GIVING GENERATES LOVE AND LIKES
An Act of Giving Generates Love and Likes By: Sheryl Wilde Who’s the “World’s Cutest Guinea Pig”? If you follow the latest celebrity animals on the internet (and who doesn’t?) you may already know these four-legged legends: Boo the Pomeranian – touting two books, a calendar and a stuffed animal line, Boo has amassed more than…
Read MoreCALL FORE SUPPORT
Your Support is Needed! Mountain Shadows Foundationpresents the25th Annual Fall Classic Golf Tournament & Spa Experience Mountain Shadows Foundation will be hosting our 25th Annual Fall Classic Golf Tournament & Spa Experience Monday, October 23, 2017, at the exclusive Santaluz Club in San Diego. The Fall Classic is our premier annual fundraising event, which directly supports Mountain Shadows…
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