One Philadelphia charity is doing something extra special to celebrate those with special needs. It was a night to remember as a prom event was held at Archbishop Ryan High School.
Athletes Helping Athletes, or AHA, has been helping connect local athletes with special needs community members for 22 years.Founder, Rick Leonetti, explained, "They asked if they could start a prom and I said it’s not really athletic and they said, ‘Well dancing is,’ so I said okay. Let’s give it a try and here we are, doing it so many years later. This is the prom."When students wanted to start that prom event six years ago, the AHA prom was born.
Archbishop Ryan has done the prom for about five years and each year it gets bigger and better and the kids all have a blast," Leonetti described.Volunteers attend the prom to accompany special needs kids and adults who come to dance, walk the red carpet and have fun.
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