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1 - Latreese Nicole Fagan Memorial Scholarship Fund (Lupus)
The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes, more specifically to increase public awareness of the disease. The corporation is organized to increase public awareness of the disease lupus by funding research on the disease, and sponsoring educational programs on lupus related topics; and to provide post secondary educational funds to young adults who are diagnosed with lupus. These lupus students must have applied, been accepted, or enrolled in a post secondary program leading to a degree or diploma in an accredited college (2 or 4 year), university or technical school.
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1 - Pfizer’s Epilepsy Scholarship Award
Pfizer offers a 1-year, $3000 scholarship honoring 25 outstanding students who have: Overcome the challenges of epilepsy. Been successful in school. Done well in activities outside the classroom or in the community. Shown a desire to make the most out of college or graduate school Experts in education and medicine will choose the winners. Winners will receive a 1-year, $3000 scholarship!
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0 - The Children with Special Needs Fund
The Fund provides services and equipment to children with special health care needs that no other resource – including state or federal programs – provides. The Fund was created in 1944 with a large bequest of Dow Chemical stock by Dr. and Mrs. James Pardee. Dr. Pardee was a co-founder of the Dow Chemical Company. The Pardees’ gift remains a major portion of the Fund. It has been supplemented by donations made by many other individuals over the past 58 years. This generosity has enabled the Fund to help thousands of families. The Fund is administered through the Michigan Department of Community Health.
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0 - Michigan Telework Loan Fund
The Michigan Disability Rights Coalition (MDRC) has established the TeleWork Loan Fund to help people with disabilities purchase equipment needed to work for an employer, or become self-employed, from home or at a telework center. United Cerebral Palsy of Michigan, the Financial Health Credit Union, and local community agencies have joined together to offer this program to persons with disabilities. Application sites will be available by September 2004 to assist individuals in filling out the loan application and to answer questions regarding the TeleWork Loan Fund. If you want assistance prior to September, please contact United Cerebral Palsy of Michigan at 1.800.828.2714.
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0 - Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the MDFF continues to succeed in its mission: to provide adaptive equipment and emotional support to individuals and families affected by one of over 40 neuromuscular diseases. Some of the adaptive equipment provided by MDFF includes wheelchairs, hospital beds, van lifts, ramps for family homes, shower chairs, lift systems, communication devices and breathing machines. Support services, including clinical programs, home visits, and social outings, also help clients learn to live everyday with No Boundaries.
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0 - NEC Foundation of America
Makes cash grants to nonprofit organizations and programs with national reach and impact in one or both of the following arenas: science and technology education, principally at the secondary level, and/or the application of technology to assist people with disabilities.
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0 - United Cerebral Palsy of Michigan (UCP Michigan)
United Cerebral Palsy of Michigan is a non-profit advocacy organization that works for the productivity, independence and full citizenship of people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities.
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0 - The Capital Area Center for Independent Living (CACIL)
was established in 1976 to empower people with disabilities to take control of their lives. Independent Living is the principle that individuals with any disability, to the fullest extent possible, shall work, live in their own homes, raise families, and participate in the everyday activities of life.
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