SERVICES WE SUPPORT
MFD is not a service-provider. Rather, we raise and administer funds that pay for services provided by our community partners, including the Munroe-Meyer Institute at UNMC. Here are the services recently funded by MFD.
Munroe-Meyer Thursday Night Adult Rec Program
MFD provides financial and volunteer support for the Adult Evening Respite and Rehabilitation Program at Munroe-Meyer. Held once a week for 36 weeks out of the year, the Adult Rec Program provides opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to independently engage in safe and healthy social and recreational activities such as swimming, crafts, cooking and games. At the same time, their families receive respite, or a break, from the countless hours they spend each week providing care for their loved ones.
Along with annual funding, the MFD board is building an endowment with the University of Nebraska Foundation to provide for the perpetuity of this program.
Next Chapter Book Club
Next Chapter Book Clubs offer weekly opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to read and learn together, talk about books, and make friends in a relaxed, community setting. Regardless of reading ability, the clubs provide adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities a chance to be members of a club and explore the literary world.
The first Next Chapter Book Club in Nebraska opened in Omaha in June 2011, administered by the Ollie Webb Center. MFD provided a portion of the funding to start the program and has since funded significant expansion. Thanks to this great partnership between Ollie Webb and MFD, Omaha's NCBC program is now the third-largest in the country.
Next Chapter Book Clubs usually consist of five to eight people with disabilities and two volunteer facilitators, some of whom also have disabilities. The clubs meet in local bookstores, cafés, and other gathering places to read aloud and discuss a book for one hour each week. Much like members of any other book club, NCBC members choose the book they want to read and decide how they want to structure their club.
Cooking Classes
MFD grants have enabled significant expansion of one of the most popular programs offered by Munroe-Meyer’s Recreational Therapy Department–the cooking club. Cooking club provides participants not only the opportunity to safely learn a practical skill, but it’s lots of fun, too. Whole Foods market has served as a partner with MFD in this effort, supporting it through its “One Dime at a Time” community fund-raising program.
Therapeutic Horse Riding
MFD is a longtime partner of the Heartland Therapeutic Equine Riding Academy (HETRA) and its mission improve the quality of life of adults and children with disabilities through equine-assisted activities.
Munroe-Meyer Thursday Night Adult Rec Program
MFD provides financial and volunteer support for the Adult Evening Respite and Rehabilitation Program at Munroe-Meyer. Held once a week for 36 weeks out of the year, the Adult Rec Program provides opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to independently engage in safe and healthy social and recreational activities such as swimming, crafts, cooking and games. At the same time, their families receive respite, or a break, from the countless hours they spend each week providing care for their loved ones.
Along with annual funding, the MFD board is building an endowment with the University of Nebraska Foundation to provide for the perpetuity of this program.
Next Chapter Book Club
Next Chapter Book Clubs offer weekly opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to read and learn together, talk about books, and make friends in a relaxed, community setting. Regardless of reading ability, the clubs provide adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities a chance to be members of a club and explore the literary world.
The first Next Chapter Book Club in Nebraska opened in Omaha in June 2011, administered by the Ollie Webb Center. MFD provided a portion of the funding to start the program and has since funded significant expansion. Thanks to this great partnership between Ollie Webb and MFD, Omaha's NCBC program is now the third-largest in the country.
Next Chapter Book Clubs usually consist of five to eight people with disabilities and two volunteer facilitators, some of whom also have disabilities. The clubs meet in local bookstores, cafés, and other gathering places to read aloud and discuss a book for one hour each week. Much like members of any other book club, NCBC members choose the book they want to read and decide how they want to structure their club.
Cooking Classes
MFD grants have enabled significant expansion of one of the most popular programs offered by Munroe-Meyer’s Recreational Therapy Department–the cooking club. Cooking club provides participants not only the opportunity to safely learn a practical skill, but it’s lots of fun, too. Whole Foods market has served as a partner with MFD in this effort, supporting it through its “One Dime at a Time” community fund-raising program.
Therapeutic Horse Riding
MFD is a longtime partner of the Heartland Therapeutic Equine Riding Academy (HETRA) and its mission improve the quality of life of adults and children with disabilities through equine-assisted activities.