I was on the phone the other day with Brandon Rhoads, who helps manage fundraising for the Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center, and he told me exactly what $10,000 will do for them. Let me break it down for you.
The Respite Center provides support for people with disabilities, adults as well as children. Like everything else, of course, there is a cost associated with that care. For example, for one adult to spend his or her days there for a month, full time, it costs the program about $1250. Most of the adults in the program are funded. That is, some portion of that cost is paid for by someone other than the family. 35 adults are fully funded. $10,000 pays for one of them to use the center for 8 months -- full time, fully funded, in a home environment where they can be safe, where they can take classes, where they can participate in activities that would otherwise be unavailable to them.
Stop and think about that for a moment. By contributing to this cause, you're giving someone a special gift: a home.
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