For the second year, Breckenridge Village of Tyler (BVT) took part in the Tim Tebow Foundation’s A Night to Shine global event. The foundation describes the occasion as “an unforgettable prom night experience, centered on God’s love for people with…
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Breckenridge Village Opens New Residence
Announced in 2015 and under construction since October 2017, the expansion project at Breckenridge Village of Tyler (BVT) recently opened the first of three new buildings. With the continued work of contractors, builders, and gracious volunteers, the new residences have…
BVT Campus Expansion Project Nearly Complete
The BVT Expansion Project, which broke ground in October 2017, is 75% complete. More than 80 people on the BVT Interest List await their chance to call BVT “home,” and while our expansion project will secure placement for only 18…
All-star lineup in the Special Olympics
It was forecast to be a particularly rainy Saturday in East Texas, but dozens of athletes and spectators breathed a collective sigh of relief when the weather cooperated for an afternoon of fun-filled competitions. It was finally here, the day of…
BVT goes NASCAR
The owner of Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing team, Bob Leavine, calls Tyler, Texas home, along with his wife, Sharon and daughter, Melynda. Mr. Leavine’s 21-year-old grandson Tanner is autistic. Tanner attends BVT’s day enrichment program that helps adults with disabilities…
A Healthy Village is a Happy Village
Sticking to a diet is difficult for most people, and exercise routines rarely last past the New Year. Yet when you have a “village” full of fitness buddies, reaching your health and weight goals becomes part of the fun. Beginning…
Pet Project
Jennifer stared death right in the face. Doctors gave her a frightening diagnosis and the odds were against her. But this story has a happy ending…Jennifer triumphed. Like many of her friends at Breckenridge Village of Tyler, a residential community…
From East Texas to Eastern Europe with love
In November of 2008, Diane Stone stepped into a sparse but tidy supply closet in the recreation room of an East Texas group home and stumbled across a couple of plastic looms. Nearly eight years and 2,400 hats later, she…