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About the Fox Valley Sibling Support Network (FVSSN)
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FVSSN Mission:
To create the opportunity for individuals who have
brothers and sisters with special needs to understand, accept and thrive in
their unique family situation and in the community. |
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Currently
the organization carries out its mission by
-- 1. planning and operating Sibshops, regularly
scheduled workshops for children ages 6-12 who have brothers or sisters with
disabilities or long-term illnesses and SuperSib events for teens,
-- 2. providing parents and children access to information on sibling
issues.
-- 3. training for facilitators and other interested volunteers.
The Fox Valley Sibling Support Network was established in 1998 as a 501(c)3
nonprofit organization to focus on the issues faced by individuals who have
brothers and sisters with disabilities. The FVSSN currently offers a nationally
certified, award winning* program called Sibshops, for the over 7000
siblings age 6 to 16 in the Fox Valley area of Wisconsin.
Click here to
see an FVSSN Timeline over the first 10 years.
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Siblings ages 6-12 played improvisational
comedy games, then performed a show for their families at an Art Sibshop
hosted by the Fox Valley Sibling Support Network..
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*Winner of the 1992 National Award for Innovation from ACCH, The Association for
the Care of Children's Health
For more information, browse Sibnews, the quarterly newsletter from the Fox Valley Sibling Support
Network.
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