Paint Nite

Fundraiser Success!

MTILP Inc. Mobility Training and Independent Living Programs

Fun times with our 69 guest painters!!

Winter 2016

Day Program volunteer Yanika and

her friend attended PaintNite.

101 Nob Hill Rd

Madison, WI 53713

mtilp.net

Executive Director

Joan Fischer

608-288-0603

President

Andrea Hayes

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Thank you to our 27 silent auction

donors!

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MTILP, Inc. hosted its 3rd Paint Nite Fundraiser event on January 15th 2016. The previ-ous events were in January of 2015 and November of 2014. This event was much like the ones before, however the 3rd times the charm when it comes to planning and pre-paring. We had a silent auction with 27 items, which raised $920.00. Drink & food tick-ets brought in just over $200. Staff sold 69 Paint Nite tickets which gave MTILP $1,035.

Our total profit for this one night event was just over $1,800; which will be used to-wards fun events for our clients.

Over the past year MTILP, Inc. staff participated in fundraising at Crazy Legs, Brat Fest, Taste of Madison, and Madison Beer Festival; as well as many other small

scale fundraising opportunities in the community. MTILP plans to be a part of these fundraising events again in 2016!

Paint Nite Fundraiser # 3 had a

successful silent auction and

turned everyone into an artist!

Leslie will be leading a 3 part

art program over the 10

weeks.

Very Special Arts 2016 MTILP has its 3rd year partnership with VSA (Very Special Arts). This

year we will have an Art Therapist, Leslie Iwai. She will engage the

participants in visual arts activities that promote creativity, imagina-

tion, social and emotional development, and communication. As she

visits MTILP once a week for 10 weeks, she will teach participants and

staff about visual arts techniques and materials that we can continue

to incorporate in art activities after the program has been completed.

We are looking forward to this wonderful opportunity.

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Badger Volunteers

MTILP’s day program had a fall partnership with 7 Badger Volunteers, which was a

great experience. Each Friday we picked a different Disney movie to create a storybook

page for. We also had the movies on in the background. We ended the semester with a

Disney themed party. A 4 person student group planned the party with food, Disney

entertainment and decorations.

MTILP has another spring partnership with Badger Volunteers. This program has been

such a success that this semester we requested 2 volunteer groups. Starting the middle

of February MTILP will have a group of 4 volunteers for Wednesday community inte-

gration trips and 8 volunteers for our Friday VSA program. 2 of the 12 volunteers are

previous Badger Volunteers which makes us very happy!

Party planning group!

Disney entertainment!

MTILP has been very fortunate to have so many volunteers interested over the past

few months. In addition we have 8 students from a sorority that will be volunteering

with MTILP on Friday afternoons. We have had 2 musicians who performed last fall for

us, a singer and a violinist. There have been 3 other volunteers who have started with

MTILP on a regular basis as well.

Thank You Volunteers!

MTILP celebrated 20 years of being

in business in September of 2015

with a picnic and a band for staff

enjoyment. All staff were also given

a “swag bag “ containing items with

the new logo which was unveiled at

the party.

Welcome and congratulations to Mike Keleher for joining the MTILP team and recently pass-ing his CDL training and testing! Mike started for MTILP in December after a long search for a bus driver. He has been great with our cli-ents and we look forward to utilizing him for our day center community integration trips.

Mike lives in Waunakee with his wife; they have 3 daughters, 1 son, and 2 grandkids. He enjoys old time radio programs and sitting by the campfire.

Please welcome Mike to the MTILP team!

MTILP, Inc. Employee Spotlight

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7 MTILP staff donated their time

on January 22nd at the Capitals

Hockey game. MTILP will receive

a portion of the wages and tips

which will be used for Harry’s

Scholarship Fund.

Mike Keleher

SWO Employee Spotlight

Connie has been with SWO since January

2007. During this time, Connie has proven

over and over to be an outstanding Job

Coach. Her rock steady reliability is now leg-

endary! Connie and her husband Ron cele-

brated their 40th anniversary last July and

took the entire family to Disney World last

fall. With three children all over the country,

they have awesome places to visit and light-

houses to investigate, a passion of theirs.

Joni’s in Florida with her husband Jason and

two kids, Zoe and Pyke. Barry and his fiancé

Nicki are moving from Maine to New Hamp-

shire and getting married this fall. Nita is in

New Glarus with her husband Chris and two

kids, Lyndon and Baylee. Whatever free time

is left after all her travels, Connie devotes to

quilting.

Connie Waelti

Thank you Connie for your hard

work and dedication to our

clients!

-Your SWO family

20 year Anniversary Party

Board members enjoying the party!

Cake showcasing the new logo!

Winter Fundraising

Staff Anniversaries Genevieve 2 years Jody 2 years Dan 3 years

Jackie 3 years Al 7 years Virginia 7 years

Jon 8 years Loretta 9 years Connie 9 years

Mary 12 years Charles 13 years Amber 14 years

Todd 18 years

Joan’s Thoughts

MTILP, Inc. had another successful year in 2015. I am again very grateful for our dedicated employees that provide the day to day job supports, daily living skills training, travel training, day programming and community integration trips for our clients. I continue to be amazed with the leadership of this company; particu-larly the support, encouragement and recognition employees receive for their contributions. This is a very important goal at MTILP, Inc.

Another important goal in the company’s Strategic Plan is to unify the company. MTILP, Inc. has several programs, and over the last couple of years we have worked very hard to unify the company through fundraising opportunities and special events that benefit our clients. We now host or volunteer in several fundraising events that many of or our employees head up each year.

Finally, I want to emphasize the importance of volunteerism. MTILP, Inc. has been very lucky to have many volunteers to assist with special programs and community integration trips. We have gotten a lot of positive feedback from volunteers saying how much they’ve enjoyed working with our clients. A big thank you to Taneil Boerner for her efforts in recruiting volunteers through Badger Volunteers and United Way of Dane County. Volunteering is about helping others and having an impact on people’s wellbeing, but the personal satisfaction and sense of fulfilment can carry over to your work and personal life. Here’s a link with “10 Tips on Becoming a Volunteer” http://www.nationalservice.gov/sites/default/

files/documents/VIA_tips_volunteering.pdf “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” ~Edith Sitwell

MTILP, Inc.

Mobility Training and Independent

Living Program, Inc. is a private, non-

profit corporation with 501 (c) (3)

status. MTILP, Inc. has been providing

quality services to adults with develop-

mental disabilities in Dane County since

1995.

• Our mission is to improve the quality

of life for individuals with disabilities by

providing the support and training

necessary for each person to work and

participate in the community and live as

independently as possible.

• MTILP, Inc. provides combined long-

term supports of daily living skills

training, mobility training, vocational

training and job placement for over 100

adults with disabilities in Dane County.

These services are offered through

supported employment, mobility train-

ing, home support and facility based

programs.

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MTILP, Inc.

101 Nob Hill Rd

Madison, WI 53713

Phone: 608-288-0641

Fax: 608-237-2030

E-mail: joan@mtilp.net

“Building Bridges to Independence”

Joan Fischer Executive Director