Thanks to a grant from the Rural Institute, Summit ILC will run ‘Missoula LIVE!!,’ a ten-week communication-through-improvisation program that will culminate in a live comedy/variety show. Organizers will recruit up to 30 cast members with and without disabilities. By including people of different ages, backgrounds and abilities in the cast and crew, as well as [...]
Renae Stiles BASE Advisor Renae is around to organize our new BASE space, run youth events, assist with teaching youth classes and help as needed. Renae loves outdoor activities, including floating, swimming and hunting. She has a yorkie-terrier named Gizmo, who is working on becoming a companion animal. Wesley Schneider BASE Social Media Advisor Wesley’s [...]
725 West Alder #4 Across from St. Pats and next to Draughtworks In the Warehouse Mall Missoula, MT This new Summit space will allow an expansion of many of our services and increase cooperation with many other local nonprofits and community programs! Our youth group YODA and several activities, Video Game Night and Art Group, [...]
CareerACCESS is a community-driven, proposed program of reforms to the Social Security Administration’s Supplemental Security Income Program (SSI). It would provide an alternative benefits program for young adults with disabilities, ages 18-30. This program would be piloted in 5 states with services and supports to propel youth into careers, enable them to build assets, and [...]
Hot on the heels of the newly built Silver Summit: A Playground for Everyone, opening Oct., comes a $10,000 donation from the Kiwanis Club of Missoula to improve access at Kiwanis Park, and a project to build another inclusive park in the Flathead Valley. The Missoula Parks and Recreation Department will have an online public [...]
Last fall Connor, along with several other Boy Scouts and community partners, built a wheelchair ramp for the United Way of Missoula. Connor had to overcome some hurdles to get the ramp finished, including making sure it fit historical building standards. For his effort, Connor received his Eagle Scout badge. Now he’s also the recipient [...]
Michael Beers, Summit’s Youth Coordinator, was selected as one of the Missoulian’s 20 Under 40: Honoring Young Western Montanans Making a Difference. Congratulations Michael! Read the Missoulian’s whole story at: http://bit.ly/1l1cmDN
Are you interested in being part of a group and/or online forum with other parents who have children with disabilities? There is much to be learned from each other! If you are interested in forming a group, please call Betsy at 728-1630 x110
APRIL- Associated Programs of Rural Independent Living www.april-rural.org Is looking for youth ages 16-25 to design a t-shirt for their 2014 APRIL Youth Conference! Guidelines: Comic Book Theme or Super Hero Theme Deadline: July 30, 2014 Email entries to: SGlick@disabilitylink.org Entries must be in JPEG format!
The Missoula branch of Youth Opening Doors through Advocacy (YODA) has decided to implement a reward program for members who engage in various activities including: assisting YODA, performing community service, completing classes, or finding employment. This program, which started in November, allows members to receive “YODA Bucks” that they can trade toward things like social [...]