TRY HAYRIDE Friday, September 22nd. - For More Infomation on this Event and All TRY Events, Go to The TRY Calendar.
Our History
A Look Back at TRY Special Needs
It is hard to imagine that in 1970 we started with just five individuals with special needs and today we have over 300 TRY members. We can attribute our success to the many dedicated people we have in every facet of our organization. These people work without pay, year after year and to them we owe a great deal of gratitude. We should thank these people every time we see them – the officers, board members, and the chairpersons of the various programs and committees. Also to our benefactors, volunteers, and the men and women from the
Lions Club and The Knights of Columbus who have lent their support over the years.
Many thanks to the pioneers of TRY who saw the need and had the foresight and courage to organize TRY. Several of our volunteers and Board members have been with TRY for a decades and are still working as hard as those who began volunteering in 1970.
1970 TRY is founded by Ruth King, Margaret Tollerton, Ruth Miller, and Frances Jadlowiec
1971 Knights of Columbus held the first baseball tournament for the benefit of TRY
1971 Knights of Columbus held the first baseball tournament for the benefit of TRY
1972 1st Anniversary dinner
1973 1st Annual Day Camp, Fun Night, Craft Night, and 1st Board of Directors
1974 1st Annual Lions Hay Ride, Y-Knots Square Dancers
1975 1st Annual St. Aphonsus Ushers Pizza Party
1983 United Way Fund Contributions
1990 Lions Club First Annual TRY Athletic Day
1991 Adopt-A-Camper Program
1993 Memorial envelopes in funeral homes and churches, TRY awarded Organization of the Year by ARC of Allegheny County
1995 Celebrated TRY’s 25th year
1998 Adopt-A-Road Clean-up, Manor Road, Wexford, PA
2003 1st Annual Family Picnic
2004 Annual Bowl-a-Thon Fund Raiser
2010 Annual golf fund raiser, Celebrated TRY’s 40th year
