CARES of Western PA, Inc.

11/01/2026

Happy Halloween! We can’t believe the big night is finally here! Our sites have been celebrating for the past two weeks! We hope everyone had a safe and joyful night! 💀👻🎃

10/30/2026

Congrats to our Trunk or Treat winner — Chippewa! Some additional pics of their amazing trunk from yesterday! Great job everyone!

10/29/2026

It was a beautiful fall day for our annual Trunk or Treat! The sites outdid themselves this year with creativity, but we must choose one winner! Help us decide - give your favorite trunk a “like”! All of our VIPs are voting in person. The trunk with the most combined likes and votes will be our winner and that site will win a pizza party! 👻🎃💀🍕

10/10/2026

As a continuation to the VIP appreciation picnic, each of our campuses held VIP award ceremonies this week, recognizing each VIP for their strengths and accomplishments throughout the year! Congratulations to all of our award recipients! 🎉🏅

10/09/2026

Fall is here! Come celebrate with us! We have loads of community events coming up this month! Find the one closest to you and RSVP today! There is no cost to join in on the fun and you do not have to be a current CARES VIP to come! 🍁👻🎃

10/02/2026

We didn’t let a little rain ruin our Friday fun or our annual VIP appreciation picnic! So much to celebrate and be thankful for this year. We celebrated 10 years of services in Western PA, but remarkably the fact that our VIPs volunteered and gave back to their local communities for over 28,000 hours this year! Incredible! 🎉

The smiles that this day included would not have been the same without our wonderful team of DSPs spreading positivity and helping craft stations, karaoke, bingo, and yard games happen, Heather at Be a Light dance & fitness getting us up and moving at dance classes, Coach Dave at CDG Sports Events planning fun games and letting each of our VIPs know how special and appreciated they are, Chris and his amazing drum circle helping our VIPs find their beat, a wonderful lunch from Mission BBQ, and tasty dessert from Kona Ice!

Thank you to all involved for making this much deserved day come together for our VIPs!

09/26/2026

Our ViPs give so much back to the community. So proud of them, all of their hard work, and to share just how many hours they volunteered this past year at our VIP Appreciation Picnic next Friday! 💕

A very special thank you to our C.A.R.E.S. special delivery last week…these wonderful young adults made homemade brownies with lots of love for our clients to enjoy!

09/21/2026

This year, for DSP Appreciation Week, we sent one DSP to Washington DC for 3 days to attend ANCOR's DSP Ambassador Program. We would like to congratulate Elainna on graduating from the program, where ANCOR challenged the group of Ambassadors to grow as professionals, advocates, and leaders and she got to connect with DSPs from across the country!

On Monday, Ambassadors participated in sessions focused on advocacy and storytelling, media and public relations, and building their professional brands as advocates online. They also had the opportunity to hear from and engage with respected leaders in the I/DD field who began their own careers as DSPs—powerful examples of where the skills, experience and perspective gained through direct support can lead.

On Tuesday, Ambassadors joined other ANCOR leaders for the 2026 Policy Summit.

Finally, on Wednesday, the Ambassadors joined their ANCOR peers from around the country for more than 300 visits on Capitol Hill, taking their message to more than half of all members of Congress!

09/18/2026

Today, we wrap up DSP Appreciation week with our Grand Prize Giveaways! Each of the 4 winners will receive $500! Congrats!

We hope all of our DSPs had a wonderful week and know that they are truly appreciated for all that they do each and every day to make the time our VIPs spend with us fulfilled, happy and safe!

09/17/2026

Tomorrow, we wrap up DSP appreciation week, but not before our grand prize giveaways! 4 lucky DSPs will each win $500! Tune in at noon to see who our grand prize winners are! No worries though, they are all winners in our book! Everyone was treated to lunch today and we have another little token of appreciation up our sleeve for them tomorrow!