WAUSAU – Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., will invest $1,000 in Adaptive Communities as part of its Employee-Driven Corporate Giving grant program, the health insurance company announced this week.
Each month Security Health Plan awards a different charity or organization that is nominated by a Marshfield Clinic Health System employee, a $1,000 grant. Employees are encouraged to nominate organizations making a positive difference in the community.
Center co-director Anissa Walters said receiving grants, like this one from Security Health Plan, helps provide the members at Adaptive Communities the ability to learn life skills, but it brings so much more to their lives.
“For many of the center’s members something is missing in their life. Some are living alone, some live with strangers, they don’t have that sense of community,” Walters said in a Security Health Plan news release. “Now that they’re a part of Adaptive Communities they are starting to gain that, they’re making friends, gaining positive attitudes, learning life skills. They are getting a sense of community, a place to go where they feel they belong.”
Walters, along with Director Katie Normand, Walters opened Adaptive Communities, Inc., a nonprofit social activity center for adults with special needs, in January.
Today, the center in Wausau serves 47 members, with about 20 individuals each day. There are three employees and they accept any volunteers willing to help out.
To get involved, make a donation or learn more about Adaptive Communities, Inc., visit www.adaptivecommunitiesinc.org/ or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/adaptivecommunities/.
Feature image: Tyler Clausen and Roger Ormand, members at Adaptive Communities in Wausau, enjoy a game of Mancala at the social activity center. Photo courtesy Security Health Plan.
