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Hello!  Welcome to our chapter.

Join Upstate NAPNAP
    at
Mary Cariola's Walking on Sunshine 2025

  • Sunday, September 21, 2025
  • Veterans Memorial Park- 3100 Atlantic Ave, Penfield

We will meet at 9:30 AM near the stage and have a volunteer role as a group. Bring your family and friends for this fun annual event! 

Register now!


Every day at Mary Cariola Center, over 450 children with complex disabilities come to school to learn, play, sing and take big steps forward in accomplishing goals that were once considered impossible.  In 6 houses, nearly 50 young people diligently work on life skills to increase their independence.  These things happen every day because of a staff dedicated to innovation and caring.  They happen because of YOU!

Your participation in Walking on Sunshine allows us to continue to create a culture where teachers, teacher aids, social workers, residence managers, habilitation specialists and therapists from speech to vision, work together to inspire and empower individuals and their families to not only reach their life-long achievements but embrace them.  

Thank you for supporting the work being done at Mary Cariola and providing new hope and limitless possibilities to children and young adults with complex disabilities.


We are the Upstate New York Chapter of NAPNAP. Our members span from Rochester to Albany (including Syracuse and surrounding counties).