OUR HISTORY
Sunshine Village originated in greater Chicopee, Massachusetts when a group of concerned parents and friends of children with disabilities and supportive civic groups all pooled their efforts and resources to improve and expand previously inadequate facilities for the recreation, care and training of children with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Under the guidance of its founder, P. Joseph Casey, the organization was officially established in 1967 as a private, non-profit, charitable corporation. Appropriately, Mr. Casey was the first president, with a board of directors comprised of leading citizens of the community. After several name changes in its earlier years, in 2004 the agency fully embraced its founding name and officially became Sunshine Village, Inc.