Tender Care is having its Special Needs Resource Expo, April 1st at 1pm!

 Providing a Helping Hand for Special Needs Children and Families.

Special Needs Resource Expo

📢 Tender Care is proud to announce that we are hosting a Special Needs Resource Expo at our St. Augustine location! 

This is Tender Care’s FIRST EVER Resource Expo at their St. Augustine location on Saturday, April 1st from 1pm-5pm. 📆

Special Needs Resource Expo

Join us for a fun FREE community event to learn more about the resources and services available to you and your loved ones with special needs. We will have vendors, music, food, a bounce house, refreshments, kids’ games, raffles and more! 🎉

👉 We are still accepting vendors! If you are a company that supports individuals and/or families of special needs and are interested, booths are FREE for Non-Profit organizations and $50 for For-Profits. If you would like to participate as a vendor, sign up here.

Our Vendors and Sponsors ⭐ 

Fostering Connections

Horse Play Therapy Center

Ability Tree First Coast

Ancient City Children’s Therapy

Soundwave Music Therapy

UF Health

St. Johns County Fire and Rescue

Time to Talk IEP

Paint and Pics

St. Johns County Florida Integrity Program

Mommy Ronni

Ned’s Southside Kitchen

Florida Diagnostic & Learning

North Florida Behavior Consultants

Bright Feats

Esteem Women’s Center

Wolfson Children’s

And More!

Time: 1 PM – 5 PM

Date: April 1st, 2023

Location:

  1. S. Winterhawk Dr. Ste 101

St. Augustine, FL 32086

If you have any questions about this event, please contact us at the bottom of our website or email alewis@tcms.care.

Special Needs Resource Expo

Learn more about Tender Care

Tender Care PPEC provides care for medically complex and fragile children from birth to 21 years of age in a daycare-like environment staffed with nurses, CNAs, and therapists. We are the first independently owned PPEC in the State of Florida with our initial center opening in 1988. This means we have an abundance of experience and knowledge in providing loving care to this special pediatric population. We have 6 Tender Care PPEC centers throughout Florida, with one of them being in St. Augustine.

Our goal is to enhance the development of each child through collaborative relationships between families, physicians, nurses, and therapists. This holistic approach to care is carried out in an environment that allows the child to engage in social interactions with their peers. This results in thriving children, well-positioned to achieve their greatest potential. We also offer transportation at no cost and provide nutritious meals throughout the day. 

What sets us apart is that we care for and treat every child like family. We have passion in our hearts for our children and a desire to see them succeed.

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