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Ability Beyond Disability Raises Over $250 from BJ’s Fundraiser

Ability Beyond Disability is pleased to announce that a fundraiser with BJ’s Wholesale Club raised a total of $280 for the organization.

Ability Beyond Disability is pleased to announce that a fundraiser with BJ’s Wholesale Club raised a total of $280 for the organization. For every person that signed up for a membership at BJ’s through Ability Beyond Disability, $5 was donated to the organization. Over 50 friends, family, and employees of Ability Beyond Disability were able to sign up for a membership with a discounted rate and give back to the organization.

Ability Beyond Disability is a 501{c} (3) organization headquartered in Bethel, Conn. and Mount Kisco, N.Y. It provides a wide range of services for over 2,000 people with a disability that inhibits their activities of daily living -- including numerous residential alternatives, employment training, career counseling, job placement services, cognitive and life skills instruction, clinical and therapeutic support, and volunteer and recreational activities. Today, its services extend far beyond the Danbury community into much of Connecticut and the Hudson Valley, New York. For more information about Ability Beyond Disability go to www.abilitybeyonddisability.org.

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