Thank you, FMCA, from Anne Carlsen  Center

By Dan Howell, Chief Executive Officer
Anne Carlsen Center for Children

A simple thank-you isn’t enough to express the gratitude Anne Carlsen Center for Children (ACCC) has for the generous support of Family Motor Coach Association.

We were honored to be chosen as the official charity of Family Motor Coach Association’s convention in Minot. We were overwhelmed by the warm reception received from FMCA staff and members during our week with you.

ACCC staff watched with pride as five students shared their talents with you in a packed grandstand before the Roy Clark concert. Pride in our students turned to gratitude for you as you embraced our students with a standing ovation.

That embrace continues to resonate with the children as they tell everyone about their experience in Minot. One of the students, who had the opportunity to visit with Roy Clark after the concert, even invited Roy to come out to our summer camp next year to participate in the talent show. “I think you would do good, Mr. Clark,” he told him!

Anne Carlsen Center for Children, with its mission to provide the highest level of education, therapeutic, and home-life care to children with specialized medical, behavioral, and physical needs, strives to change the lives of those we touch.

So many individuals and groups within FMCA (including the On-Road Quilters, the Red Hat tea participants, the Elk International chapter, and popular cooking show host Graham Kerr and his wife, Treena) embraced our mission and the children we serve with financial contributions and words of support.

During the week, ACCC received over $8,300 in donations and 60 quilts to adorn the children’s rooms and keep them warm!

Anne Carlsen Center for Children has been providing services for more than 60 years to children and young adults with special needs. Our namesake, Dr. Anne Carlsen, believed strongly that people with disabilities deserved every opportunity to become independent. Today, more than 250 employees are dedicated to driving her vision forward.

Our students, their families, and our employees cannot do it alone. It is because of the support of individuals and organizations like FMCA that we are able to fully fund our programs and services, building even stronger and more successful programs for the individuals we serve.

Our Web site, www.annecenter.org, and publications share stories of the achievements our students realize, thanks in large part to the support of individuals and organizations like FMCA. Please visit us there!

And as your future travels bring you back to North Dakota, you are invited to visit our center in Jamestown for a tour or to spend a few days volunteering. It is when you step through our doors that your life will truly be changed forever.
 

More info links

Anne Carlsen Center for Children
www.annecenter.org