Enables grandparents of children with disabilities to better understand disabilities and their own feelings, and to support their child and grandchild through the following services: - Grandparent to Grandparent Project: Support and information to grandparents of children with special needs including an ongoing support group - Responds to grandparents' and organizations' inquiries about grandparent programs and resources - Provides technical assistance to individuals and organizations to start support programs for persons whose grandchildren have special needs - Develops networking among grandparents so they can share joys, concerns and common interests - Identifies and provides resource materials that respond to concerns and needs of persons whose grandchildren have special needs

Provides the following supportive services: - Adopt-a-Grandparent - Assisted Transportation - age 60 and older - Chore services - Eldercare - Family Caregiver - Friendly visits and phone calls - Furniture for Families - Grocery shopping - Home accessibility accessories installed - grab bars - Household goods - Lawn mowing, leaf raking, snow shoveling - Light housekeeping - Living with Memory Loss (for those who are living with memory loss) - Medical appointments - Medical equipment - Minor home repairs - Necessary errands - Parkinson's - Seasonal yard work - Support for seniors to remain living at home as long as possible - Volunteer opportunities - Youth mission work

Camps include: - Day, summer, and seasonal camps - Youth retreats - Confirmation retreats - Family events - Winter family camp - Grand Day Out for grandparents and grandkids - Adult retreats for people with special needs - Young adult retreats for college - late 20-year-olds - Marriage weekends - Quilt, scrap, and stamp retreats - Women's and men's retreats - Veteran family retreats Also offers: - Outdoor adventure education - Hikes - Adventure course days - Meeting space, facility, and retreat space rental - Ministry leadership training

- Information about the grieving process through brochures, handouts, and a lending library of books, audiotapes and videos - Monthly meetings offering small group discussion and a safe place to share grief and experience memories with others who understand - Support and friendship - Yearly memorial event worldwide candle lighting ceremony in December

- Support groups for parents of children with Down syndrome - Hospital or home visits for new parents by trained persons - Resource library with current information on Down syndrome - Social activities and informational meetings - New parent breakfast - Networking with other organizations - Bi-monthly newsletter - Education packet - New parent information packet; mailed to all hospitals in Minnesota with English and Spanish versions available - Expectant parent packet for parents with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome - Information packet for grandparents - General information available to anyone including educators and other professionals - Adult health care management program for adults, age 21 and over - Regional conference for parents and professionals held every other year - Annual conference for youth and adults with Down syndrome, held annually in Spring - Annual conference for grandparents, held annually in May - Annual conference for educators, held annually in October - Solutions, a newsletter for educators

Guests connect with horses with guidance from an Equine team through: - Adult and Family Programs: Grandparent and Grandchild Day Camp; Mother and Daughter Equestrian Retreat; Women's Equestrian Retreat - Cognitive Challenges Programs: Weekend and day retreats for families with cognitive disabilities. Connecting with God and others through outdoor activities, music, arts and crafts, and therapeutic horse activities - Equine Activities: Adaptive rides, birthday parties, foster/sponsor a horse, lessons, pony rides, scenic trail rides, sleigh rides, troop badge work, and wagon rides - Military Programs: Disabled Veterans Turkey Hunt, Families of the Fallen retreats, family residential camps, and marriage retreats - Physical Challenges Programs: Wheelchair residential camps for adults and youth with family with sport-themed activities - Horse Day Camps for youth: Day campers get firsthand experience with games, grooming, outdoor scenic trail riding, saddling, andwestern riding. Campers learn how horses think and how horses can teach the camper. - - - Other activities: - - Basketball courts - Broomball - Camp fire - Fishing - Ga-ga ball (dodgeball) - Hiking and snowshoes trails - Horseshoes - Ice skating - Lasertag - Lawn games - Petting zoo - Recreation field - Scavenger hunts - Snowtubing - Swimming pool - Tennis courts Facility rentals available for meetings, retreats, and team building.

Information available to the public on programs of AARP including: - AARP Driver Safety Program: Driving program geared to assist seniors in maintaining and improving their driving skills. Initial class is 8 hours, follow-up classes are 4 hours every 3 years for a mandatory 10% discount on auto insurance in Minnesota - Information on insurance for automobiles, homes, mobile homes, motor club, health and life, prescriptions, investments, etc. - Information on legal services for seniors - Publications of AARP available - Information on tax assistance sites available to seniors February - April

Statewide Kinship Navigation program for those caring for a relative's or friend's child: - One-to-one supportive services to provide in-depth assistance to kinship caregivers - Support and education groups for kinship caregivers - Warmline to help kinship caregivers access financial, medical, legal, and other resource - Workshops are available online live or through webinars at www.kinshipcaregivers.org