"At age 38, Jennifer Thomas is leading a life more full than many. When she's not working at an East Bay grocery store, she's tending a garden, honing her music skills and learning recipes to cook. An athlete who's medaled in track and field and javelin throwing, she helped her bocce team snatch bronze at the Special Olympics Northern California Summer Games in 2024."
"Irby Ranch is a 30-unit complex loosely designed on the model for senior homes, providing independent living to Tri-Valley residents with conditions like autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and epilepsy. It's run by the Pleasanton nonprofit Sunflower Hill, whose mission is to provide affordable apartments and social programs to folks with I/DD. These things are in great need. Just look at Sunflower Hill's plans for the near future: The organization hopes to soon shepherd through two other similarly designed residential communities one in Dublin."
Jennifer Thomas, 38, balances work at an East Bay grocery store with gardening, music, cooking, and athletics, including medaling in track and field and helping her bocce team win bronze at the 2024 Special Olympics Northern California Summer Games. Irby Ranch is a 30-unit affordable-housing complex in Pleasanton offering independent living for adults with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and other I/DD conditions. The complex is run by the nonprofit Sunflower Hill, which develops apartments and social programs for people with I/DD and is planning additional communities in Dublin and Lafayette with significant funding support.
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