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From bowling and cooking to day trips and evening events, the Explorers are going places!
Gain confidence and learn skills to develop friendships beyond the IDD/ASD community, including at work, when volunteering, and with people in your everyday life.
As part of the Explorers, you can learn more about the world around you. There is always someone new to meet, something new to see, and somewhere new to explore.
Sharing the experience forms stronger bonds and creates lasting memories. Let’s have fun and learn from each other!
Request to join the Explorers today by calling 508-744-1130 or completing the form on this page.
Join us as we walk the historic and haunted “Old Kings Highway” in Barnstable Village. As the tour starts you will hear stories of the conflict between the Loyalists and the American Whigs (Patriots) and how England had a stronghold on this small quaint town. There are over ten stops on the tour and eight have ghost stories. You will visit Cobb’s Hill Cemetery where many strange and unusual things have taken place. You will visit such places as the Barnstable Tavern & Restaurant where a mischievous specter lurks in the dining room. As we walk along the historic highway there is a possibility that the tour may be followed by one of the town's former
As the tours ends you will enter the darken “Old Jail” built in 1690’s by the
order of Massachusetts Bay Colony Courts, which is actively haunted.
Join us from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, Limited to 8 participants
Cost: $80.00. Includes: transportation from CCI (Community Connections Inc) to the event and back. Drinks and snacks will be provided.
Rhode Island Comic Con is Rhode Island's ONLY TRUE and official COMIC CON family fun event. Rhode Island Comic Con prides itself on bringing the fans of New England the Biggest Show in the Smallest State and some of the biggest celebrities and artists in the industry. A place to make all your childhood memories come alive and to make new and exciting memories and friends to last a lifetime. A wonderful place to find that hard to find comic book, toy, and collectible you have been searching for the world over.
Join us from 9:00 am-3:00 pm, Limited to 4 participants
Cost: $262.50. Includes: transportation from CCI (Community Connections Inc) to the event and back. Sandwich from DPM, drinks, and snacks will be provided.
Do you like having fun, making delicious meals, and making new friends and relationships? You have come to the right place, let us cook together. We will enjoy a meal together, and you will have a meal to take home.
Join us for 2-hour cooking classes from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm at Dennis Union Church Rt. 6a Dennis- Limited to 10 participants
Cost $35.00 per class. Transportation from your home to the meeting location is available at an additional cost.
Let us have a fun time as we bowl together and develop friendships! It is a wonderful way to exercise and have fun with friends. This event is for all skill levels and ages.
From 4 pm to 6 pm, we will meet at Ryan’s Ten Pin Eatery Cape Cod Mall on Thursdays. If you choose to purchase food or snacks, please bring your money. Bowling 2 hours-Limited to 8 participants.
Cost: $17.00 per event. Transportation from your home to the meeting location is available at an additional cost.
Come have fun and make friends as we support the Bruins hockey team as they take on the Springfield Thunderbirds.
Join us from 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Cost: $150.00. Includes: transportation from CCI (Community Connections Inc) to the event and back. Sandwich from DPM, drinks, and snacks will be provided
Come and watch a movie and spend time making friends as you share a delicious meal together. The movie will be Free Birds and dinner will be a traditional Thanksgiving meal.
Includes: popcorn, dinner, and a movie.
Join us from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm-Limited to 15 participants.
Cost: $40.00.
Transportation from your home to the meeting location is available at an additional cost.
The Sandwich Glass Museum is all dressed up for the Holidays with unique glass works created by some of the region's foremost glass artists.
The colors, the sparkle, the entire magical ambiance of the Museum in winter ... this event is sure to put you into the spirit of the Season! Do not miss it!
Join us from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Limited to 6 participants.
Cost: $ 85.00 per event. Includes: transportation from CCI (Community Connections Inc) to the event and back. Sandwich from DPM, drinks, and snacks will be provided
Explorers is the social recreation program from Community Connections, giving adults with IDD and/or ASD a chance to get a fresh perspective, build social skills, and make new friends.
Through structured activities in small groups and with local experts, Community Connections staff provide a safe environment to enhance social skills and build friendships in real-life situations with other Explorers, among community partners, and the public.
Community Connections staff guide communication, help identify social cues, and offers suggestions on appropriate interactions.
The guidance from staff is woven naturally into activities and experiences. Through this process, the Explorers gain skills and confidence in growing friendships.
There is no public funding for this social recreation program. Community Connections pays for staff coordination and oversight of the activities and transportation from the meetup location.
You choose the activities that interest you. Activities range from $10 for evening entertainment at the Coffee House to $200 or more for a day trip, such as Nantucket that includes high-speed ferry, lunch, museum tickets, and staff support.
For all Explorers activities, transportation from your home to the meetup location is available at an additional cost.
Call 508-744-1130 to join the Explorers!
Through a person-centered approach, we design individualized programs that build on the strengths of the whole person, enabling them to live as independently as possible in their community.
We count on donors like you, so our clients can continue to reach their goals through therapies and activities.
