Front Page Stories
Charlie Smith Award Given
to MN-CCD
By Terri Ricci
The Minnesota Consortium for
Citizens with Disabilities (MN-CCD) is earning their just rewards
this year. They have won numerous awards over the past year.
Co-Chairs Joel Ulland of the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society-MN Chapter and John Tschida of
the Courage Center have certainly established the makings of a great
pair. They joined forces and brought together the disability community
into one great force to be reckoned with ... read
more about the awards >
A Resounding Thank
You to Family of Caregivers
By
Lance Hegland
According to National Family
Caregivers Association, during 2003 Minnesota ranked as the 21st
most prevalent family care giving state with approximately a half
million family caregivers providing a half billion hours of unpaid
care per year, which would normally cost $4.5 billion per year. Nationally,
there are approximately 27 million family caregivers providing 29
billion hours of unpaid care annually at an estimated value of $257
billion. Those numbers are almost impossible to imagine! ... read
more about caregivers >
