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Smith Mountain Lake Civitan Club has made a $20,455.00 donation to CATS for the purpose of providing a Hub Scrub to the location serving the Roanoke Valley in Moneta.   The Hub Scrub will greatly assist the work of CATS volunteers who clean and disinfect donations of gently used equipment coming from families whose children have outgrown it.  The Hub Scrub resembles a giant dishwasher for durable medical equipment, and allows for UV radiation for disinfecting. 

Read the 2020 CATS Annual report here!

The Disability Law Center of Virginia and the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) announced that Children\’s Assistive Technology Service (CATS) has been nominated for a disAbility Impact Award.   CATS was nominated for its efforts during the pandemic.

News 6 \”Virginia This Morning\” has a weekly segment highlighting people in the community doing their part to make it happen.
Today, they featured Francie Mitchell, PT, DPT, PCS, the Program Director for the Richmond Children’s Assistive Technology Service (C.A.T.S). Board member Susan A. Elmore, PhD nominated Francie for this honor. Click \”Read More\” to view the segment.

June 17th CATS was awarded the 2021 disABILITY Impact Award for our continuted service to the disabilities community in the Shenandoah Valley & across the state of Virginia during the COVID-19 pandemic. We would like to Thank The Disablity Law Center of Virginia for choosing CATS for this award, it is a true honor!

Priority Automotive Charities\’ mission is to support dozens of local charities that help local kids grow, learn and succeed.  This year, Children\’s Assistive Technology Service has been selected as a beneficiary of their charitable events.

Call for participants and sponsors for Hallowheels!!! This is CATS’ wheelchair costume competition and annual FUNdraiser.

As the founder of C.A.T.S., Cathie Cummins volunteered to serve in the role of executive director, but in it\’s 7th year, the time has come for C.A.T.S. to have a professional CEO. After working tirelessly to create and grow the organization, Cathie is ready to retire. C.A.T.S. is therefore pleased to announce that John Naples, senior program manager, will take over as interim executive director as of January 1, 2021.

C.A.T.S. is pleased to receive a grant from the C. Mead Boxley Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia.