FINS News
FINS is proud to announce that Stuart Gilliam has joined the FINS Board July 1, 2020. He is currently the President of the Board that oversees the Adaptive Learning Center in Concord. He has an autistic son in the program. Stuart was formerly a litigation attorney, but now works mainly with Special Education Law. His…
Read MoreIt’s a new school year, and with the help of parents, caregivers, teachers, aides, Adult Education Admin, and the SCUSD Board we have managed to still be an integral part of the Adult Education program in Santa Clara. Several people key to our success have retired this year, but the new individuals have stepped up…
Read MoreWith part of the funds received from the 2016 Mercury News Wishbook grant, lumber was purchased and 4 redwood planter boxes were made allowing more vegetables to be grown and more students participation in the gardening program.
Read MoreWe are seeing our first deposits in the bank of funds from people using Amazon Smile to place their Amazon orders and designating funds to Friends of Independence Network. If you are not already signed up, please sign up at Amazon Smile and designate Friends of Independence Network as the recipient of the funds. You…
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The FINS Board and parents hosted a Teacher Appreciation Brunch in the cooking classroom before class on Friday the 14th of February. Items offered were Starbuck’s coffee, orange juice, muffins, 3 different egg dishes, fresh fruit and various valentine candies. As it was Valentine’s Day, the motif was hearts and balloons. It was wonderful to…
Read MoreWe had over 140 donors turn out for our Italian Dinner and Auction. Everyone got a complementary glass of red wine and had a delicious buffet meal with dessert. We had set a goal of making around $10,000 for the IN Program, and actually ended up above $15,000. We will be presenting a check to…
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Read MoreTher are only 5 weeks until the FINS Italian Supper and Auction Fundraiser. We need everyone to be diligently reaching out to family and acquantances to buy tickets to the dinner. We need to sell 100 tickets to break even on the food and venue costs. Take the time to support Independence Network, the students…
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The Santa Clara Weekly Newspaper wrote an article highlighting Independence Network and FINS in a February 2020 edition. This is great publicity within our community. Besides the publicity, it is an invitation for local residents to consider joining the FINS Board and help us further assimilate IN into the Santa Clara Valley offerings. FINS Creates…
Read MoreThe San Jose Mercury News contacted us last week and verified that we had raised $55,000 toward the purchase of a new wheelchair capable van from their holiday Wishbook Program. The school administration is working on getting the info needed to purchase the van. Updates to follow as the process works through all the channels.
Read MoreFINS put together a package and submitted it to the San Jose Mercury Wishbook. Verbally we have heard that our goal ofg $50,000 was met. This should furnish the IN program with a brand new van for wheelchair bound students and allow them to attend more off campus outings. More to follow when we see…
Read MoreIndependence Network has been selected by the San Jose Mercury News to benefit from their 2019 Wishbook Program. We have asked for $50,000 for a new van with a wheelchair lift. Our current van no longer has a working lift and needs some major work done on the rest of the van. We have found…
Read MoreIndependence Network Events
July 5, 2019 was the Annual Awards and Pizza celebration of another year for the 2018-2019 school year. Each class presented awards to every student and aide in the 3 classes. The awards were appropriate to the advances that each student made in the last 12 months. Several students were missing because of the holidays,…
Read MoreFINS Silent Auction Items- Website version (1)
Read MoreTher are only 5 weeks until the FINS Italian Supper and Auction Fundraiser. We need everyone to be diligently reaching out to family and acquantances to buy tickets to the dinner. We need to sell 100 tickets to break even on the food and venue costs. Take the time to support Independence Network, the students…
Read MoreAuction and Raffle Items for FINS Annual Raffle and Auction
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