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What if marcfirst earned a penny every
time you searched the Internet?
Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went
to support our cause? Well, now it can!
GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search
engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny
per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as
you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo,
and watch the donations add up!
GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which
donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause!
Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy,
ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble (and many more) have teamed
up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you'll be supporting
your favorite cause.
Just go to
www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter marcfirst
as the charity you want to support or use the convenient links found
in the right margin of our Web pages. And, be sure to spread the
word!
Facebook
Become a fan of marcfirst on Facebook®!
Receive notification and updates of our events.
The
Arc
The Arc addresses critical issues related to rights, treatment,
services and programs for children and adults with mental retardation
and their families.
The
Arc of Illinois
The Arc of Illinois is committed to empowering persons with
disabilities to achieve full participation in community life through
informed choices.
The
Council (CQL)
The Council on Quality and Leadership in Supports for People
with Disabilities'
services, publications and public presence, establishes connections
between disabilities theory and practice and help those who work
with persons with disabilities take the important step from innovative
ideas to everyday action.
United
Way
Mission: To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities.
DHS
The Illinois Department of Human Services
Mission: to provide a full array of quality, outcome-based, person-
and community-centered services and supports for individuals with
developmental disabilities and their families in Illinois.
Rehabilitation
Services Referral
Use this online form to submit a referral to the DHS Division of
Rehabilitation Services (DRS).
Housing
Authority of the City of Bloomington
The Housing Authority of the City of Bloomington
provides one-bedroom apartments for adults with developmental disabilities.
The Housing Authority works in partnership with marcfirst.
Staff from Marcfirst provides training to increase independent
living skills.
Institute
on Public Policy for People with Disabilities
The Institute is a voluntary association of organizations supporting
services to persons with developmental disabilities. The Institute
seeks to influence public policy development which supports these
services and to engage in activities which will improve the quality
of programs and services throughout the State of Illinois.
NCBI
National Coalition Building Instuite
Dedicated to ending the mistreatment of every group, whether it
stems from nationality, race, class, gender, religion, sexual orientation,
age, physical ability, job or life circumstance. NCBI trains leaders
in the skills of prejudice reduction, inter group conflict resolution,
team building and coalition building.
NCBI
Meeting Minutes (.pdf file 6kb)
Central Illinois NCBI
Trainers (.pdf file 5kb)
DSP
Direct Support Professionals
Working to find creative solutions to the challenges of recruitment,
retention and training of qualified direct support professionals.
MCC
McLean County Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Disclaimer
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of visitors to the web site. Inclusion of these links does not constitute
the endorsement of any organization. The links provided are maintained
by their respective organizations and they are solely responsible
for their content.
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