Be Apart of the Season for #Change2018 This Holiday Season!
This Holiday Season at Gompers, we’re choosing to focus on the outstanding changes and progress that our members have made over the course of 2018. From learning to work fully independently to those who learned to voice their dreams in ACES West, or those who visited Sedona on their very first fishing trip – changes, big and small, represent the profound impact that support from people like you has on our mission!
This season we are seeking to raise support to help three main areas of our organization:
SUPPORT MEMBERS GETTING JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY
Everyone deserves the right to work. The impact that a job has on someone’s life is profound!
In Arizona, 10.7% of the population are capable, working-age people with disabilities based on data from the 2015 American Community Survey (ACS). Yet, only 22% of those who can work, do. One of the hurdles in helping individuals with disabilities gain employment is the need for a job coaching – someone who will work one-on-one with individuals as they’re beginning to enter the workforce.
Job coaches help a member create a list of interests and potential skills, gathering employment information by doing job analyses at business sites in order to match a person with a position, providing one-to-one training on a job site, and providing job retention services and ongoing support to the employer and to the Gompers member.
Job coaching at Gompers is funded through donor and grant supporters just like you. Would you help an individual with a disability get a job and take steps toward independence?
What your donation does:
Supports the cost of job coaching for Gompers Employment Services members
sponsors one day of job coaching for a Gompers Employment Services member
sponsors four days of job coaching for a Gompers Employment Services member
sponsors four days of job coaching for two Gompers Employment Services member
What your donation does:
Sponsors the cost of admission to many community outings for our members
What your donation doesn’t do:
Fund the cost of our staff to attend outings
Fund transportation for outings
SPONSOR COMMUNITY OUTINGS FOR OUR MEMBERS
Life experiences change the course of a member’s life!
At Gompers, our number one goal is to give our members as many positive experiences as possible for them to find greater independence in their lives. One way this is accomplished is through community outings. We see our physical building merely as a launchpad for our members to get into the community. Each day, we look for community opportunities that our members can be a part of. Whether it’s a visit to the local aquarium to learn about marine wildlife or a simple visit to a restaurant to teach members how to make wise food choices, order, and tip appropriately – our ability to get into the community is essential to our success.
Community outings at Gompers are funded through donor and grant supporters just like you. Would you help us to provide our members with positive, community-based life experiences?
sponsors one community outing for a Gompers member!
sponsors a community outing for 10 Gompers members!
sponsors a community outing for 20 Gompers members!
SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES THAT HELP MEMBERS GAIN INDEPENDENCE
Assistive Technology quite literally changes the lives of those with disabilities!
If you’ve heard anything we talk about here at Gompers, you’d remember that Assistive Technology (AT) is the cornerstone to all our programs. The advent and explosion of modern technologies have unlocked new potential in our members. For someone who couldn’t speak due to their disability, something as revolutionary as an iPad can allow them to speak for the very first time! Those with a visible disability are able to find a discrimination-free life on the internet, where they can’t be seen for just their disability. At Gompers, assistive technology saturates the life of our programs!
Assistive Technology services at Gompers are funded solely through donor and grant supporters just like you. Would you help an individual with a disability gain access to technologies that will transform their lives?
What your donation does:
Sponsors the cost Assistive Technology devices, supplies and training for our members
What your donation doesn’t do:
Fund the cost of our Assistive Technology Department employees
sponsors one communication device for a Gompers member
sponsors two communication devices for Gompers members!
sponsors four communication devices for Gompers members!