Weekly Update July 3, 2025

Did you know that we first opened our doors in May 2015? We're celebrating 10 years of growth in 2025. We are planning a party at each of our locations this summer for our kids and families and hope to see you all there! Our parties will be right at the end of the day, so when you come for pick up, you can stay and enjoy some time outdoors with your kids. We are planning some fun activities and refreshments. You are welcome to bring any of your family members to join us for these celebrations!

For each party, we will dismiss the children from therapy at 3:00pm to allow our staff enough time to finish their end of day duties and join the party at 3:30. If you choose to stay for the party, you are welcome to enjoy the playground with your child until everything is ready at 3:30. Strive Center staff will not be available to supervise children during the party; parents must be responsible for their own children if they choose to stay.

If you do not choose to stay, you will easily be able to get in and out of the parking lot for pick up at 3:00 before the party starts.

When: July 12-13, 10-5

Where: Crossroads Village, 6140 N. Bray Rd, Flint 48505

Each Friday in the summer, we plan for an extra fun activity and a dress up day. All the dress up days are designed to be simple ones you can do with things you have at home, please don’t feel obligated to buy anything to make this happen. These are in place to help children prepare for similar dress up days in school. Staff and children will both participate in dressing up!

We will provide Strive shirts for each of the children. For more info on specific activities or dress up days, check out the weekly newsletter.

Fun Friday Activities and Dress up Themes

7/3 (Fun THURSDAY) Make your own flag snack and dress up in red, white, and blue

7/11 Water balloons/water play - Beach Day dress up - bring your swimsuit and towel, we will get out the splashpad. Please feel free to pack sandals or crocs for this day.

7/18 Reading buddies and Sports Day

7/25 Make your own sensory bottle and School Spirit Day

Save the date - Saturday, September 20th is the AAoM's annual Zoo Walk at the Detroit Zoo! Strive Center will have a team and we'd love you to join our team and come to the zoo. It's a great day for families to get into the zoo early, enjoy a resource fair, and everything the zoo has to offer all day. We'll share more info about joining our team as the event gets closer.

In the summer, children will play outside daily as long as the Heat Index is in the comfortable or caution range in the chart below. When it is in the caution range, time outdoors will be limited to 15 minutes at once. Children will not play outside when the heat index is in the danger range. For any medical concerns, parents may provide a note to keep their child indoors as needed beyond these measures.

Sarah started at Strive in March of 2025 which has ignited her passion for ABA and working with children. Prior to Strive, Sarah worked as an Assistant Manager at a casual dining chain.

Sarah attended the University of Michigan where she received her B.S. in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience and her B.S. in Cognitive Science: Decisions and Cognition. She intends to pursue her Master’s degree in the near future.

In her free time, Sarah enjoys spending time with loved ones, trying new restaurants, and journaling.

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We'll just keep this link right here, for your convenience. For any absences scheduled in advance, please use this form to report the dates. You may take an entire day or half day, depending on your needs.

Therapy Schedule Update Form

Here are some upcoming dates that the centers will be closed:

Friday, July 4th - BOTH centers closed for Independence Day

Friday, August 8th - BOTH centers closed for PD Day

Monday, September 1st - BOTH centers closed for Laobr Day

If your family is planning a longer absence around one of those dates, or at another time, please let us know as soon as you are able!

Email: info@sc-centers.com
Website: www.sc-centers.com
Location: Burton and Brighton, MI
Phone: 810-344-8082