Charities
Your participation in the Tapemark Charity Pro-Am Tournament strengthens local agencies that meet the critical needs of people with learning and developmental disabilities and their families. Now celebrating its 36th anniversary, the Tapemark Charity Pro-Am continues to bring together employees and family members from the Tapemark Company, professional and amateur golfers, agency staff and volunteers, and the community at large to produce this acclaimed fundraising event. Proceeds from the tournament benefit Minnesotans with disabilities through several organizations: The Arc of Minnesota, Arc Greater Twin Cities, Children’s Home Society & Family Services, Dakota Communities, and ProAct.
Arc’s programs disseminate information to people with developmental disabilities and their families across the state, connect them with resources, and provide advocates when needed. These programs serve Minnesotans of all ages with developmental disabilities, which include intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Our passion is to work for brighter, more inclusive lives for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
In Minnesota there are more than 5,000 members and supporters of The Arc, 13 local chapters, and The Arc of Minnesota, the state chapter. The Arc of Minnesota provides: educational programs, public policy development, consultation on housing options for persons with developmental disabilities, information and referral on other disability services, and support for local chapters. For more information, go to www.TheArcOfMinnesota.org or call 1-800-582-5256.
Arc Greater Twin Cities is the only grassroots organization providing services across the lifespan for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families across the seven-county metropolitan area. Programs and services include information and one-to-one advocacy; public policy and action alert network; self-advocacy; parent, sibling and caregiver networking groups; ArcShops and educational forums on disability-related topics; and GetSet! training to educate parents on special education law. For more information call 952-920-0855 or visit www.arcgreatertwincities.org.
At Children’s Home Society & Family Services, the Learning Disabilities Program (LDP) ensures that people with challenges to learning are valued, through education, support and advocacy. LDP serves individuals and families with one-on-one support and consultation to help cope with issues surrounding learning disabilities, attention deficits, and emotional behavior disorder labels that are affecting their family members. LDP also works with educators, service providers, policy makers and professionals in the learning disabilities field. We support adults with employment, independent living and personal relationship challenges. For more information contact Children’s Home Society & Family Services, 1605 Eustis Street, St. Paul, MN or call (800) 982-2303 or (651) 222-0311 or TTY (651) 222-0175. Our Web site is located at www.chsfs.org.
Each day at Dakota Communities is a day of reaching potential. We give people with disabilities the opportunity to see what they can achieve in their own lives by making their own choices, becoming self-sufficient and discovering their interests, strengths, and gifts. We believe in the power of the individual. We believe that great things are possible. This is Dakota Communities ��� where people with disabilities are discovering how to realize their potential. For more information about the residential and in-home services and success stories at Dakota Communities, visit www.dakotacommunities.org or call 651-688-8808, ext 16.
Since 1972, ProAct, Inc. has been providing individuals with disabilities a wide range of employment-related services including job training, support to maintain employment, and job placement both at local businesses and the Eagan facility. The non-profit also offers opportunities to enhance self sufficiency and enrich lives through a wide variety of life skills classes and community integration activities. ProAct maintains a fleet of 25 vans and buses that provide door-to-door transportation to support its services. Last year, 517 individuals living in and around Dakota County were served, including community members with mental illnesses, traumatic brain injuries, visual impairments, developmental disabilities and physical challenges. ProAct received the highest honor possible during its latest CARF accreditation survey in 2006, with results indicating that the agency was among the top three percent of the 4,800 organizations surveyed worldwide. For more information, please contact (651) 686-0405 or visit the agency’s website at www.proactinc.org.