Thanks to the work of board member Cary Kelsey, ADEC recently entered in a community partnership with Creekside Church of the Brethren in Elkhart. The church received a Lilly Congregational Ministries Grant which helped them fund a gardening project. The [...]
It’s Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) week, that time of year when we at ADEC like to recognize DSPs for all their hard work. DSPs are the wheels that keep ADEC rolling. They carry our clients down a road full of [...]
https://youtu.be/WVHs8SoG7e8 It is easy to assume that ADEC is only visible in the community through our clients, facilities, staff, art and coffee, but we are far more prevalent than that and you probably didn’t even realize it.When you were waiting in [...]
https://youtu.be/APzFvM8LIus A tremendous compliment also served as a tremendous problem last week for ADEC’s Gaining Grounds Coffee House. The monthly specials proved to be too tasty and popular. The staff ran out of the amaretto for the amaretto mocha [...]
https://youtu.be/rArj6Kkkksk Much like pumpkin spiced items and Oktoberfest beers slowly popping your local grocery store lately, fall is starting to sneak into the picture. Tuesday, Art by ADEC curator Desirae Kemp bounced around the recently-expanded Bristol gallery replacing summery things [...]
https://youtu.be/5Qs7hL06WfY RESERVE HERE | MORE INFO: CALL (574) 848-2446 Board meetings, training sessions, lectures and workshops have gotten a bit tougher in the corporate world. Suddenly your conference room isn’t quite big enough with social distancing guidelines and you [...]
https://youtu.be/7jY4X8-A6zs Gaining Grounds Conference Center | Art By ADEC | Gaining Grounds Coffee House | Silver Linings Trash BagsWorking for GoodEver wish your shopping could help buy a better world? A social enterprise is an organization that uses commercial business strategies [...]
Thank You Video In late June we had the idea to picture the possibilities of how we could bring the local community and ADEC together in a virtual world with so many of our traditional in-person gathering options left unfeasible [...]
The “C” in ADEC stands for “Community” and ADEC makes great efforts through its community outreach department to embrace its local community beyond just the IDD community. The Picture Possibilities fundraiser received a significant amount of support back from that local [...]
When a child is born with an intellectual and developmental disability, the news can be jarring to a family. There are so many questions and where to even start to look for the answers? Months after the birth of their daughter, [...]
