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May 10th, 2025 CAPE MAY ZOO Family picnic with FACES families! 1:00pm to 5:00PM at Pavilion #1.

Have you Special PERSON help and make lunch for the family! Don't forget the napkins, utensils, hand sanitizer, etc! Bring a snack to share. WE will have games and the zoo animals to enjoy! Please RSVP to let us know how many people are coming!

-Debbie Bieniakowski/Michelle Sullivan Muentz!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all our MOMS, GRANDMOMS, CAREGIVER MOMS, STEPMOMS! Enjoy your special Day, Sunday, May 11th, 2025

Monday, May 19th 630PM at the OCEAN CITY AQUATIC CENTER, 18th and Simpson AVES OCEAN CITY, NJ
BUDDYWALK meeting. Come and bring your ideas, contacts and assistance to our wonderful yearly event!
Jill Patro, Lauren Johnson, Fern Brown, Pam Ginet.

Join us Sunday, June 1st from 930am to 12pm, we have a Dolphin Watching trip, leaving from Gardiners Basin Atlantic City. This trip is for 21 DOWN immediate family members, to leave enough room on the boat for members. There is a $10 fee for each person over 3 years old, to be paid in advance. There are only a few spots left. See link on this website and Facebook to sign up. Contact Debbie Bieniakowski for more information. 609-705-4618.

Monday June 9th, 6:45 PM It's DOWN SYNDROME NIGHT at the PHILLIES! Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA. This is through another group, Delaware Valley T21. www.phillies.com/downsyndrome

June 28th, MOM's Night out (This is a pay your own way event). Please meet us (with RSVP in advance) at GLAZED OVER STUDIO in OCEAN CITY, NJ at 5:15PM (arrival) to 7:30PM. It is BYOB and snacks to share. Prices are from $20 and up for pottery. We enjoy the evening together and make personal arrangements to get our finished products about 1 week later! https://www.glazedoverstudios.com/ Contact Debbie for more information.

Join us on Monday, July 14th at 11am on Wildwood Beach. A DOWN SYNDROME specific event on the Wildwood Beach for surfing lessons, fun in the sun, pizza and friendship making! There will be a sign up soon, it is still being planned. Jill Patro and Lauren Johnson.

Join us on Saturday, July 19th from 6pm to 8 pm at YOUNG'S Skating Center in Mays Landing, NJ . Please RSVP on this website or on Facebook. This is a family and friends event and will be paid by the 21 Down Group. Debbie Bieniakowski

Dolphin Watching Boat trip -signups

Dolphin watching boat trip June 1st, 2025

9:30am - 12:00PM Registration and payment required by May 25th, 2025. Under the age of 3 years old children are free. Anyone over 3 years old tickets are each $10. You must fill in each person's name and their age. This is limited to immediate family only, so there is enough room for many families. You may bring snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. There will be a small beverage center, cash only. Atlantic City Gardiner's Basin location. Free Parking. 800 North New Hampshire Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Payment must be made with this registration, we cannot hold unpaid spots.

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21 Down services Atlantic & Cape May counties by providing family support through meetings, social events and more...

Thanks to everyone who came out to support the 2024 Beach Day and made it the biggest

and best yet!!

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21 DOWN and FACES GROUPS

May 10th, 2025 CAPE MAY ZOO at pavilion 1 from

1:00 pm- 5:00pm.

We will have a group picnic and family day!

Have your special family member help make your lunch, treats and goodies! RSVP to Debbie and Michelle on 21 DOWN Facebook page!

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Thanks to our Beach Day Supporters:
Wildwood Beach Patrol
Greater Wildwood Elks
Billy & Lauren Auty
Dominoes
Russo's
Billy's Beach Service Chairs
Beach Taxi Service
&
Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers and
WBP lifeguards who made the day a huge success!!

Events

21 Down hosts an event every month for our families to enjoy. Whether it is a dance, holiday party, quarterly meeting, day at the beach, day at Storybookland or a family activity we encourage all of our families to join in the fun! The children get to socaialize together while the parents can network with other parents who are going through the same experiences they are raising a child with a disability. All of these events are free of charge to our members.

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21 Down in a non-profit 501(c)(3) that is run completely by volunteers. All monies donated to 21 Down stay local in South Jersey to provide support and activities to families who have loved ones with Down syndrome or other developmental disabilities.

All donations are completely tax deductable as allowed by law.

Get Involved

21 Down membership is free and is open to any family who has a loved one with Down syndrome or other developmental disablity. Our activities are geared to the young and old, so no matter the age of your loved one with a disability we welcome you to join 21 Down.

IMPORTANT NEWS:

Thank you to everyone that came to join us in celebrating World Down Syndrome Day at TROPICANA March 21st, 2025!

We danced, made friends and showed our community that we are people, not our disability!

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What is the mission of 21 Down?

Our mission is to create awareness and acceptance for people with Down Syndrome and developmental disabilities while providing information, support and community events for their families.

RESOURCES:

https://ndss.org/

https://arcofcapemay.org/

https://www.heartstrc.org/

https://www.weistbarronryan.com/

https://www.ndsccenter.org/

https://www.nj.gov/humanservices/ddd/

https://www.heartofsurfing.org/

https://disabilityadvice.org/child-disability/

https://www.arcnj.org/

https://www.bangaprint.com/

https://www.nj.gov/humanservices/ddd/index.shtml