CP Community Day is back in 2025

With over 300 guests, our first event, CP Community Day 2024 was our biggest community event dedicated to cerebral palsy. This year, we are promising another day of fun, food and friendship. We will have old friends back and plenty of new activities. Don't miss our singalong with the neurodiverse vocal ensemble, Cambridge Common Voices!

ACTIVITIES LINE UP *

• Lunch on the Plaza **

  • Tony Dragon’s Grille will be feeding us on the day! You’ll get the freshest, tastiest pitas and bowls in NYC from their food truck. 

  • No outdoor event is complete without ice cream! Grab one from the Mister Softee truck.

• Raffle with the Chance to Win the Following ***:

  • Four (4) game tickets located in the Coaches Club with complimentary food and non-alcoholic beverages, four (4) pre-game field passes, and one parking pass to a 2025 New York Football Giants home game.

  • A unique store experience at Hill House Home.

  • Signature Nap Dresses by Hill House Home.

• Giveaways **

  • Complete our bingo to claim some goodies! Colgate-Palmolive and their Bright Smiles Bright Futures oral health education program are providing guest families with oral health kits to bring home. 

  • Primark is giving away fifty (50) $50 gift cards for use on their newly-launched adaptive clothing line. The first fifty (50) guests to check out the Primark table will get a gift card (open to guests only, limited to one gift card per family). 

• Meet & Greet

  • Meet our award winning therapy dogs Clyde, Baloo and Dakota.

  • Our Patient Family Advisory Council PFAC Ambassadors are a wealth of knowledge. They’re here to share experience and resources with you. 

• Health

  • Get a foot or spine screening with the Columbia Programs in Physical Therapy team.

  • Don't miss the Columbia Programs in Occupational Therapy station for some fun sensory processing and functional mobility activities.

  • Vist the ColumbiaDoctors Outreach table for health screening. Everyone is welcome, including caregivers.

  • ColumbaDoctors Dentistry will be there to check on your oral health.

• Wellness & Adaptive Sports

  • Loosen up with seated yoga led by certified yoga instructor Michelle Auerbach.

  • Shoot some hoops at the Tri-Boro Legends wheelchair basketball clinic.

  • Kick a ball with the CP Soccer NYC team.

• Equipment

  • Find out what equipment resources are available from ADAPT TechWorks.

  • Check out bracing options with East Coast Orthotics and Prosthetics.

  • Learn how to build your own equipment with TOM Global.

  • Tweel's Wheels will show you the process of creating an adaptive bike.

• Informational Tabling

  • Learn how research at the Movement Recovery Lab translates to clinical research to recover movment.

  • Find out about research opportunities for the CP community from Columbia Teachers College.

  • ROAR lab will be showing off the virtual reality equipment used in one of their CP studies.

  • Check out a cool brain demo with the Bain Brain Lab.

  • Learn about employment opportunities with Columbia's Disability ERG, Project PossABILITY and JobPath.

  • Find out school options with iHope.

  • Get the latest in CP innovations from CPARF.

• Creative

  • Get your face painted by Julie Morales from Columbia Orthopedics.

• Live Performance

  • Join a special singalong with the neurodiverse vocal ensemble, Cambridge Common Voices.

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Thank You to Our Sponsors 

Presenting Sponsor - Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Partner Sponsor - Colgate-Palmolive

Pioneer Sponsor - Tony Dragon’s Grille

Other Sponsors - New York Giants, Primark, FanFab, Hill House Home