TYLER—Breckenridge Village is celebrating March as National Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month by raising awareness on the issues affecting mentally challenged people.
Breckenridge Village residents are featured on billboards around Tyler, and leaders from the Baptist Child & Family Services-affiliated ministry are slated to speak at local churches to educate the community about the needs of special-needs individuals and resources available to their families.
“Each year, (Breckenridge Village) takes the opportunity to raise awareness about the unique contributions people with cognitive, intellectual and developmental disabilities make to our community,” said Linda Taylor, director of development at Breckenridge.
Breckenridge Village residents are encouraged to give back to their community and learn new skills—like cultivating ferns in the campus greenhouse. (BCFS PHOTO)
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“National Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month also offers the chance to express our thanks to those in Tyler who’ve been our strong supporters, and to invite others to learn more about us and our mission.”
Breckenridge Village is a faith-based residential community offering a variety of services to meet the unique needs of adults with mild to moderate cognitive/developmental disorders. It is the only Baptist facility in Texas providing around-the-clock residential care for this population and their families.
Breckenridge programs are designed to help residents achieve and maintain developmentally appropriate skills which enable them to function successfully in family and group living settings, leaders explained. Staff is dedicated to empowering each resident as he or she develops spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally and socially in a safe, loving and closely supervised environment.
The campus houses a chapel, administrative building, vocational workshop, greenhouse, swimming pool, physical fitness room, computer lab, RV park, indoor activity areas and plenty of space for outdoor activities like fishing. Residents each have a room of their own in a group home of up to eight residents of the same sex.
For more information about Breckenridge Village, visit www.bcfs.net.
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