Tip of the Week: Managing back-to-school stress

Stress and anxiety can be debilitating for people with Prader-Willi syndrome, and a new school year can often be a catalyst for these feelings. Helping them to reduce feelings of fear and stress will allow for greater success in all areas of their life. Here are some tips for helping your child reduce and manage…

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Goodbye and thanks to our Cape League baseball players

As the summer winds down, we had to say goodbye to our two Brewster Whitecaps ballplayers who helped our Facilities Department this season. The Whitecaps are part of the Cape Cod Baseball League, the premier amateur baseball league in the United States since 1885. Whitecaps team members who worked for Latham Centers as landscapers this…

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The Gasp challenge: Team Latham rides for our capital campaign

Some of our Latham staff members will ride in next month’s The Gasp 55-mile bike ride on behalf of Latham Centers. They have been training and fundraising and are looking forward to the challenge! On Sunday, September 15, 2019, The Gasp: Bike, Boat ‘N Bake fundraising event incorporates a 55-mile bike ride, an hour-long Cape…

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Latham Charity Golf Classic: Last chance for early bird registration

We’re excited to welcome Latham friends from near and far to the 10th Anniversary of the Latham Charity Golf Classic on Monday, October 7th, 2019, at Ocean Edge Resort and Golf Club. Early Bird Golf Registration will close on September 6th. After September 6th, the registration fee will increase from $225 per player to $250…

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Vicki Dunnington joins Latham Board of Directors

We’d like to welcome back Vicki Dunnington, the newest member of Latham Centers’ Board of Directors! Vicki served on Latham’s Board from 2012-2014 but stepped down when she moved from the Cape area to Utah to be closer to family. Since moving back to the Boston area, she has enthusiastically returned to the Board. Vicki…

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Tip of the week: Getting Organized

Getting into the habit of documenting meetings, phone calls, and conversations with school personnel throughout the year can be a huge asset later if you are looking for additional services for your child. It will likely be up to you alone to fight for what your child needs and relying on your memory of events…

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Latham team travels to hospital in Texas

Our Director of Program Marketing and Admissions, Brittni Kliment, traveled to Texas with Latham colleagues this week. Along with Director of National Outreach Katrina Fryklund and Director of PWS Services Patrice Carroll, the three Admissions/Marketing team representatives went to Healthbridge Children’s Hospital to visit their Prader-Willi syndrome unit and provide information about Latham Centers.  “We met with…

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Student car wash raises funds to ‘give back’ to Brewster Fire

Our Children’s Program Director of Residential Services announced that Friday’s Car Wash was a huge hit! Her words of thanks follow: The kids hustled and bustled for the duration of the event and their hard work paid off! Students earned a grand total of $390 in donations! A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came…

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Congratulations to our Falmouth Road Race Team Latham!

Congratulations to Team Latham for completing yesterday’s New Balance Falmouth Road Race on behalf of Latham Centers! Thank you to Gerry Pouliot, Melissa Soares-Zariqi, Steve Bebrin, Jeri Bebrin, Ron Goguen, Katrina Fryklund, and Cat Kershaw – we deeply appreciate all of the effort and discipline required to train for the race and to meet your…

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Tip of the week: Bullying

We would like to believe that the world our children live in is more inclusive and compassionate than in years past, but the fact is, kids with PWS are much more likely to be bullied than their typical peers. Here are some things that you can do if you know or suspect that your child…

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