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LEOTO’s mission is to empower individuals living with low vision, blindness, or hearing impairments to become self-sufficient. LEOTO provides training and education in an innovative, accessible, and state of the art facility to help these individuals develop and achieve their full potential. The ultimate goal is to assist such persons in gaining independence and the confidence to function on their own.

Anchor Center for Blind Children teaches visually impaired infants, young children and their families, providing hope and a nurturing environment where children reach their highest potential.

Mission: Raising a Reader supports families and inspires the development of literacy skills and a lifelong love for reading. We help children attain brighter futures in which they can thrive and contribute in school, the workforce and society. Vision: Every child has the family support and reading skills they need to thrive. Overview: Raising a Reader is a national nonprofit that partners with parents and local agencies to create brighter futures for children by strengthening family bonds. Family engagement is at the core of what we do. Our evidence-based programs help caring adults set their children up for success by creating shared reading routines, fostering social emotional learning, healthy family relationships and learning skills needed to thrive in school and beyond.

THE CORPORATION WILL PROVIDE FREE CONSULT & INFORMATION SERVICES TO FAMILIES OF INDIVIDUALS OR INDIVIDUALS WITH VELO-CARDIO-FACIAL SYNDROME (VCFS), CRANIOFACIAL DISORDERS AND GENETIC SYNDROMES AND THE CLINICIANS WHO ARE TREATING PEOPLE WITH THESE DISORDERS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR DISORDERS, RELEVANT RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES. THE ORGANIZATION WILL PROVIDE A FORUM FOR DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEMS, TREATMENTS, AND RECENT ADVANCEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH VCFS, CRANIOFACIAL DISORDERS, GENETIC SYNDROMES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. THESE SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO THOSE SEEKING INFORMATION AND WILL SUPPORTED BY CHARITABLE DONATIONS.

To provide a platform for citizens, supporters, and community stakeholders to improve outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest victims through empowering education, widespread distribution of defibrillators in public locations, and activation of citizen first responders to confidently and capably provide early care when needed.

Racing Hearts empowers people to use life saving heart defibrillators (AEDs) to save lives during a sudden cardiac arrest. The mission of Racing Hearts is to increase awareness of and improve access to automated external defibrillators. Racing Hearts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

Diseases, Disorders, Medical Disciplines

They provide canine-assisted therapy to the public in schools, hospitals, libraries, nursing, and healing facilities and for other community organizations throughout the Fox Valley area. In achieving this mission, the club also functions to further advance and refine the therapy skills of experienced handlers and their canine counterparts. This is accomplished through participation in seminars, specialized training sessions, and unique educational opportunities that build our proficiency and strengthen the dog and handler bond in a fun, encouraging and supportive environment.

The goal of The American Sign Language Project is to develop and disseminate non-invasive technology that improves communication between the Deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing communities. Our purpose is to foster the development and to distribute technology that will make it easier for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing to communicate with the hearing world.

This foundation was formed to promote awareness of children afflicted with Menkes disease. Menkes is a rare genetic disease that is commonly missed by the medical community because the signs and symptoms at birth and in early infancy are subtle and often confused with other diseases. Early treatment of symptoms is crucial for these children to maintain a sense of normalcy during their infancy and early childhood. Because of this we encourage prenatal genetic testing for neurological diseases. Our goal is to achieve improvements in Menkes research, healthcare, education, and community involvement through medical conferences, advertising, fundraising events and other similar endeavors. We would like to provide an example of brotherhood between friends and families who have lost loved ones to this disease. This can be achieved through a commitment to common charitable activities in honor of their loved one. This organization was founded in the memory and spirit of our son, Wesley Quinn Eckman to benefit everyone who suffers from Menkes.

To provide people with visual impairments the skills, supports, and solutions that advance their self-sufficiency.

EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS WITH VISION LOSS TO ATTAIN INDEPENDENCE.