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Partner Agencies

In 2013, your gift to the Greater Mankato Area United Way goes to support over 40 local non-profit Partner Agencies and over 60 Programs and Initiatives. These agencies and programs provide support and services to people in the greater Mankato area. Click here to find out more about our impact.

Click on an agency below to view more information about it, including what programs your United Way gift supports, as well as contact information, website address, and an interactive map.

  • Adult Basic Education
  • American Red Cross
  • ARC of Minnesota Southwest
  • Arts Center of St. Peter
  • Big Partners, Little Partners
  • Boy Scouts, Twin Valley Council
  • CADA
  • Common Good RSVP
  • Connecting Kids
  • Council for Health Action & Promotion (CHAP)
  • Creative Play Place
  • Early Childhood Family Education Program (ECFE)
  • Feeding our Communities Partners
  • First Steps
  • Gillette Children`s Specialty Healthcare
  • Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys
  • Greater Mankato Area United Way
  • Greater Mankato Diversity Council
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Harry Meyering Center
  • LCWM Summer Enrichment
  • LEEP ( Leisure Education for Exceptional People)
  • Life-Work Planning Center
  • Little Saints Preschool
  • Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota ( LSS)
  • Mankato Area Girls Fastpitch Assocation (MAGFA)
  • Mankato Area Youth Baseball Association (MAYBA)
  • Mankato North Mankato Youth Football (MNMYF)
  • Mankato United Soccer Club
  • MRCI Worksource
  • Nicollet County Senior Transportation
  • Open Door Health Center
  • Partners for Affordable Housing
  • Project GEM
  • Ready! for Kindergarten
  • Salvation Army
  • Southern MN Independent Living Enterprises & Services (SMILES)
  • St. Peter Children's Weekend Food Program
  • VINE Faith in Action
  • YMCA
  • YWCA
  • Participating Agency:MRCI Worksource
    Address:15 Map Drive
    Mankato, MN 56001
    Phone:(507) 386-5600
    Fax:(507) 345-5991
    Email:bbenshoof@mrciworksource.org
    Web:http://www.mrciworksource.org
    Details:

    EASE (Employment & Social Enrichment)

    Provides social, educational, health oriented, and recreational alternatives to retirees with disabilities. It also provides consumers the option to work part-time while also enjoying social EASE activities.

    • Provides 45 retirees with disabilities social, educational, health oriented, and recreational opportunities
    • The average participant participates in 46.57 hours of EASE activities per month.
    • Allows people to participate in retirement activities and continue to work if they desire. 24% of participants continue to work 20 hours per week or more.

    Transportation

    Provides rides for people with disabilities who are otherwise unable to utilize public or private forms of transportation. This program provides rides from home to work at MRCI and rides from MRCI to their jobs in the community.

    • Provides 111,792 one-way trips to and from work for individuals who are unable to use public transportation or other forms of private transportation.
    • Over 100 people will access and retain employment as a result of the MRCI transportation service.

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