BANYAN'S ARTISTIC POP-UP FIELD TRIP to the STIRLING ART GALLERY! Studio Artists KAREN BAKER & JOY SWANSON lead a private tour of the gallery AND teach our ART LESSON. Afterwards is dinner in Dunedin. Free Art Activity for 14 participants. WHEN: Tuesday afternoon, September 24th, for our handicapable friends WHERE: Meet at Stirling Art... Read more »
Mark your calendar and join us for the Banyan Odyssey's 3rd Annual Spring Dance! We have grown! This year our Special Needs Friends of the Banyan will meet in Belleair Bluffs for dancing to the DJ, snacking on finger foods and making memories with friends!! There will be 'magical' moments at this year's event including... Read more »
The Banyan Odyssey's handicapable friends are invited to a private showing of "How to Train Your Dragon" at the Seminole Studio Movie Grill
- A Banyan Event - Join us for lunch to hear what David Lillesand, a well-known local Disability Attorney, has to say about the current Medicaid/SSI/SSDI environment. A founding partner of Lillesand, Wolasky, Waks & Hitchcock, P.L, Mr. Lillesand has his finger on the pulse of what's happening in the ever-changing Federal and State Special... Read more »
Join Friends of the Banyan for a Night at the Ballpark! Let's meet at the Clearwater Thresher's BayCare Ballpark for an enjoyable evening with Friends, Baseball and Fireworks! (Note: if you’re sound sensitive, please bring your headphones or other noise abatement device.) Tickets to the game are free - courtesy of A Friend of the... Read more »
LEARN A NEW ART MEDIUM IN NOVEMBER The Banyan Odyssey is hosting a free Art Class for our neurodiverse friends at the wonderful Stirling Art Gallery! Master Artist Joy Swanson, from Dunedin's Stirling Art Gallery, will lead Banyan artists to create their own "Scratch Art" masterpiece to take home. Scratch Art uses a sharpened dowel... Read more »
The Arc's Annual Festival of Trees is coming! Featuring over one hundred beautiful and unique Christmas trees and wreaths the Festival of Trees, organized by The Arc Tampa Bay Foundation, takes place November 21-23, 2025. It is their largest fundraiser, and we are proud to help! On Sunday, November 23rd, the "Twinklers Dance Troupe" from... Read more »