Your annual Chapter donation should be sent and membership applications updated in January of every year. It's time to check your records for the year of 2023. and see that your payment hasn't been overlooked, The Arc of Northeast Mississippi is a volunteer based non profit organization, and we rely heavily on the generosity of our community donors and our valued members yearly dues to continue with our efforts and our mission. In order to maintain your member in good standing status to The Arc, Please join us or renew your membership today!
If you're not a member please consider joining the Arc today! Join The Arc and help us in our fight for the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. For your convenience, yearly Membership dues can now be paid online at: arcnems.org
Your $25 annual Membership donation provides members with:
The Arc of Northeast Mississippi chapter is one of over 600 chapters in a nationwide advocacy movement, and one of seven in Mississippi, that continue the fight to protect your rights and promote inclusion within the community. There is power in numbers and with its grassroots connection to members through local chapters The Arc continues its fight to protect the rights. of people with ID/DD disabilities. Our Northeast Chapter of the Arc is a national affiliate, and we hold a voice during the Board of directors meetings in Jackson, where the decision making process takes place for The Arc of Mississippi . Your chapter leaders remain connected and informed, so that you stay informed and connected to one of the largest and most powerful advocacy groups in the nation. Join the Arc today and take advantage of the education, updates on policy, advocacy, training, programs, and opportunities available ....and become an active member of our Northeast Chapter!
As the Arc continues their advocacy for people with ID/DD through legislature implementing new programs such as the Home and Community Based Service Waiver programs (HCBS) which allows assistance in the home needed to care for their loved ones, another the (ABLE Act) Achieving a Better Life Experience, which allows special savings accounts with tax incentives for people with ID/DD to help secure their future being just a few, The Arc continues to sweep the nation with its powerful message through each of its local chapter’s that work in their communities on individual programs specific to the needs of the people living within, in a unified manner as they carry on the mission in keeping true to the standards and the principles in which the Arc was founded upon.
With the Arc of Northeast Mississippi being one of the nations chapters that follows the Arc’s mission actively working to make life more inclusive , I would like to share some wonderful opportunities our chapter has provided members with because of the overwhelming generosity of our community. Our volunteer based networking chapter that partners with other like organizations. We use volunteering as a skills training platform for the basic skills needed to live inclusively in the community.
Our Arc in the Park is a disability awareness event which has evolved into one of the largest community disability outreaches in our area with an average of 300 participants. Our Angel volunteer program delivered and set up over 70 lift chairs for individuals with a disability as a Christmas project. In another project we dispersed over 300 cases of hand sanitizer and hand soap during the pandemic. We have assembled disaster relief bags for the Red Cross and made Cookies for our first responders. We also support our community partners on occasion. We have training workshops and provide ongoing support for members and their families. This is a brief highlight of our chapter and how our Angel volunteer program helps our members and our community, there is much more that we would like to do!
Another program recently started is the Autism Now group. We encourage leadership roles for members and offer the tools they need to succeed. Cassidy is a young woman with Autism herself that offered to take on this challenge and has really excelled in her leadership role. When we first met Cassidy she was very unsure of herself, today she is in the community networking as a confident professional. Cassidy has very good leadership skills and all she needed was an opportunity she found with the Arc. She has excelled as the president of our Autism Now division, and has started new programs. She is excited about her new role and has big plans for the group!
We have come a long way over the years, and made changes as needed along the way. Our chapter has accomplished much, but there is much more to do! We are working towards our goals and with the support of our families and friends in the community, we will succeed. However, much of what we can accomplish depends on folks like you!
We would love for you to Join our team, our mission, and our network of support There are three types of memberships below and you can choose which better suits your needs. Please keep in mind that being a volunteer based organization, that we depend heavily on the generosity of our community and donations to continue all of the wonderful programs that our members of The Arc have “Achieved” such great things with.
We would love to have you on our team at the Arc today to “Achieve With Us!”
