Empowering Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Scully Learning Center Foundation provides enrichment activities, life skills training and community support for adults with development disabilities. We are raising funds to build a residential center for developmentally disabled adults who become homeless when their family or long-term caregiver is no longer available to care for them.
Pennies for Preserving Families
The U.S. Treasury has begun phasing out the penny, completing the end of its production, making it obsolete and useless in the US economy. As there are significant pennies still in circulation, we’d like to collect as many of them as possible, exchanging them for dollars.
The following locations are accepting donations for the Scully Learning Center Penny Drive:
The Holland Center
34250 N 60th St, Scottsdale, AZ 85266
Local Jonny’s
6033 E Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek, AZ 85331
Tech 4 Life
748 Easy St Suite 12, Carefree, AZ 85377
Athens on Easy Street
121 Easy St, Carefree, AZ 85377
Scully Greeting Cards
Creativity with a Cause
We are excited to share a special fundraiser that brings together creativity, community, and compassion. Participants recently teamed up with the Sonoran Arts League to design a beautiful collection of greeting cards—12 cards for just $30—with proceeds supporting our programs and mission.
Who We Are
Every person deserves a place to call home and a community that cares.
At Scully Learning Center, we believe every individual deserves a home filled with hope and belonging. Unfortunately, many adults with disabilities face the heartbreaking risk of homelessness as their caregivers age and housing options remain scarce.
Our mission is to empower adults with developmental disabilities by profiding safe housing, comprehensive life skills training, enrichment activities, and a supportive community. We are committed to fostering independence, dignity, and lifelong support, enabling individuals to lead stable, fulfilling lives and significantly reducing the risk of homelessness.
Over 50 adults with disabilities have been supported since 2010.
Preserving Families Home
“This will be more than just a residence – our community will empower adults with developmental disabilities to live with purpose, joy, and lifelong belonging.”
Empowering Adults with Disabilities
Ending Homelessness One Home at a Time
Serving Our Community Since 2010
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We all have them. Those pennies that we are collecting in jars, tucked into cup holders, sitting at the bottom of a purse, or forgotten in a kitchen drawer. While a few spare coins may not seem like much, they can add up to something truly meaningful when a community comes together.
You could roll them up and cash them in, use them in a fun art project, or let the kids practice counting and sorting. But one of the most meaningful things you can do right now is donate your pennies to the Preserving Families Home fundraiser.
Every penny, nickel, dime, and quarter helps support a place where families can find hope, stability, and community. It’s a simple way to turn forgotten change into real change for families in need.
So the next time you ask yourself, “What do I do with my pennies?”, we hope the answer is: help build brighter futures, one coin at a time. Check out our website to find drop-off locations or learn more!
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So the next time you ask yourself, “What do I do with my pennies?”, we hope the answer is: help build brighter futures, one coin at a time. Check out our website to find drop-off locations or to learn how you can help!
Scully Learning Center’s set of 12 greeting cards makes gifting and sending feel more meaningful. They’re the perfect little present, a thoughtful addition to a gift, or the ideal card to help you say it just right through the mail. Find the perfect card to send, or give the set as a gift, and give back through creativity, community, and purpose. Purchase your set for just $30 on our website - link in bio.
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Every day, we get closer to our goal of building Preserving Families Home, because of YOU! Preserving Families Home will be the first of its kind and will provide a model enabling the smooth and comfortable transition out of a forever family home for physically and developmentally disabled adults and their siblings. Unlike other residential settings, siblings or friends can be placed together and relatives will be welcome to reside in a studio apartment while their family member(s) adjust to their new setting.
As Arizona’s population continues to grow, the housing crisis in the state is worsening. According to First Place Global Leadership (2023), the invisible population within the current housing crisis reveals that at least 159,000 people in Arizona who have an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD) need housing now. Approximately 77% of those with IDD in the state live with their aging families. Of that, about 27% live with a caretaker over the age of 60. This invisible group housing crisis is going to need housing and support as their families transition, perhaps due to their own needs as a result of nursing homes or death. Without immediate action, the invisible housing crisis faced by adults with IDD and their families risks becoming a full-blown emergency with widespread, lasting consequences, potentially increasing the number of homeless in Maricopa County.
We are currently underway raising funds to build this forever home. You can find out more and how you can help by visiting our website!
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Sunshine, smiles, and a pocket full of pennies ☀️💰 We had the best time at the Cave Creek Rodeo Days Parade! Thanks for all the support along the way!
Find Scully Learning Center out and about this week!
We’ll be joining the fun at Cave Creek Rodeo Days and would love to see you there! Look for us in the Rodeo Days Parade in the heart of Cave Creek at 9 am on Saturday, and then again on Sunday at the Cave Creek Memorial Arena for the excitement of Mutton Bustin’.
We’ll be collecting pennies and loose change for Pennies for Preserving Families, so if you have a little spare change, bring it along and help us support families in our community. Every penny truly makes a difference!
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