ON A MISSIONThe Meyer Foundation for Disabilities is dedicated to enhancing the lives of the thousands of adults with disabilities in the Omaha metro area by offering them recreational, social and life skills programs. Cooking classes, dance and swim lessons, group outings and reading clubs are among the many activities we help to provide.
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IMPROVING LIVESBesides offering fun, the programs are therapeutic, improving physical and cognitive, capabilities. They promote inclusion for people with disabilities, who often become isolated when they age out of the school system. And they provide hours of much-needed respite, or a break, for families and caregivers.
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PARTNERSHIPWe support specialized programming offered by the professional staff of the University of Nebraska Medical Center's renowned Munroe-Meyer Institute. In addition, we partner with other organizations who share our interest and passion for improving the lives of adults with disabilities in our community.
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Help MFD every time you search, shop You can help MFD raise funds each time you search the Internet, shop at the grocery store, visit your favorite businesses or make on-line purchases. Every penny helps our effort to ultimately make the Thursday night adult rec program at Munroe Meyer self-sustainable. Check out our quick guide below, and pass on the word to your friends and family, too. The Goodsearch Search Engine and Goodshop Just go to www.goodsearch.com and click on the Join Now link. Put in your personal information and then click on Choose Your Cause, and enter Meyer Foundation for Disabilities. It's that simple. Bookmark the page and make Goodsearch your primary search engine. Each November, MFD will receive a check based on the total registered searches. And if you are registered for Goodsearch, you are automatically a member of Goodshop, too. Anytime you shop online via Goodsearch MFD will also receive credit, and as a bonus you will receive coups from Goodshop. Give it a try! Bakers Community Rewards Go to www.bakersplus.com/topic/community-rewards and register, selecting Meyer Foundation for Disabilities. MFD will receive a quarterly check! Smile.Amazon.com Log in at www.smile.amazon.com and register with your regular Amazon username and password (if you haven't yet registered with Amazon, do that first at Amazon.com). Then search for and select Meyer Foundation for Disabilitiies. We will receive a percentage based on your purchases. Together a Great Good (TAGG) Download the app on your cell phone. Look at the list of participating businesses. You may find some that you frequent on the list. When you make purchases there, tell the cashier you want to TAGG your purchase. You will have the option of receiving a QR code from the cashier to scan on your phone or you can scan the receipt. If you've selected Meyer Foundation for Disabilites, MFD will receive 5 percent of the purchase price! |
Mark your calendar: Date is set
for Walk and Roll 2023 The 19th Annual Walk and Roll is set for Sunday March 5, 2023 at Oak View Mall. So mark your calendars and plan to attend this event that is the key fundraiser for MFD. Also come back to our site in January, when on-line registration will begin. We are hoping to make the walk bigger and more fun than ever. For sponsorship information, please email us at info@meyerfoundation.org. Here is a list of last year's sponsors: PLATINUM SPONSORS: Munroe-Meyer Institute, Thrasher Basement Systems, Tom and Traci Zuk. GOLD SPONSORS: Carol A and Robert N Troia Charitable Foundation. SILIVER SPONSORS: Scottish Rite Foundation of Omaha, Huerter Orthodontics. NON PROFITS: Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands, Mosiac. SPECIAL GUESTS: Clowns, Star Wars, Bellevue East flag corp, Burke High School Drum Corps. |