Headwaters, INC.
Empowering Work, Empowering Community, Empowering Lives

A not-for-profit community based services agency with 50 years of experience providing services for people with intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, serious and persistent mental illness, brain injuries, and physical disabilities throughout northern Wisconsin. We provide a variety of support services that can be customized to fit someone’s specific needs, and we specialize in supporting people to live the kind of life they want in the communities where they want to live. Current counties being served include Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas.

November 18, 2024

Dear Friends of Headwaters, Inc.,

Headwaters, Inc. is celebrating 56 years of providing services to people with disabilities living and working in Northern Wisconsin. We continue to work to fulfill our mission of providing individualized services that are designed to maximize each person's daily living and employment skills in order to be integrated into the community to the fullest extent possible. In 2024, Headwaters provided services to 153 participants through our Community-Based Day, Community Employment, Supported Living, and Work Services/Prevocational Programs, with several participants receiving services from more than 1 program.

Headwaters was able to complete phase 1 of our building renovation of our Day Services Program Area and we are scheduled to complete phase 2 of our Commons Area before the end of the year. The renovations include widened hallways for accessibility, new flooring, ceiling tiles and lighting. The newly remodeled Commons Area will be utilized by our Day and Work Service programs for group activities, by the Community Employment program as an area to meet with our specialists to work on work readiness activities, and for our staff to meet for training.

Headwaters is focusing our 2025 Annual Appeal efforts on raising funds to furnish the remodeled Commons Area. We would like to purchase a screen and projector for presentations, flex furniture to accommodate the presentations, and worktables and chairs for the employment meetings and small group instruction. Additionally, we need to purchase laptop computers to complete participant job applications and resumes with participants.

Thank you for your consideration. We hope to reach our goal to raise $15,000 to purchase the screen, projector, and furniture for our newly remodeled Commons Area. We greatly appreciate the past generosity of our supporters and any amount that you are able to donate to our annual appeal.

With an Abundance of Gratitude,

Maureen Parkes/Director