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Able and Active – The SOAR Program’s New Name

Due to our agency name change to SOAR Fox Cities, Inc., we have also decided to change the name of our SOAR program. Our SOAR program has been dedicated to 16-26 year olds, and has included many activities from their own camp experience, to many different recreational...

A New Experience for One of Our Participants

In collaboration with the Poygan Conservation Club and Little Lakes Ranch, we are able to offer a possible once in a lifetime experience to one of our participants. Cory and his family will be able to enjoy a relaxing, exciting, and unbelievable weekend in October at...

Information on HCBS Change

As briefly posted about in the August Newsletter, Wisconsin has made the updates and changes to HCBS 1915(c) and 1915(i). These new changes will put restrictions on Sheltered Workshops such as Valley Packaging, and Lakeside Packaging Plus, and housing situations such...

32nd Annual Golf Outing Success!

WOW WOW WOW!! Where do we even begin?? On Monday, July 17th, we hosted our 32nd Annual Golf Outing, and we exceeded all of our goals! We smashed ALL of our previous golf outing records, from our outstanding 119 golfers who filled the course, to the amazing...

NEW Youth Clubhouse!

Thank you to the The Real Estate Group Foundation Fund (TREG Foundation) within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley for their $750 grant in support of SOAR Youth Programs! In order to support the growing Youth Programs at SOAR Fox Cities, we remodeled space in...

The Best Summer Ever!!

Thank you to the Dora Hansen Charitable Trust for their $3,000 grant in support of the SOAR Thru Summer Youth Program! SOAR Fox Cities is launching a BRAND NEW summer program this year for middle and high school age youth with differing abilities! Through this one of...

Supporting Friendship!

Thank you to the Helen Thom Roemer Fund for their $2,500 grant in support of SOAR Fox Cities’ Youth Program! SOAR works towards inclusion, and that starts with our Youth. Our programs for elementary, middle, and high school students with and without disabilities teach...

Supporting our Youth!

Thank you to US Bank for their $2,000 grant in support of SOAR Fox Cities’ Youth Programs! SOAR Fox Cities Youth Programs engage youth with and without disabilities in problem-solving, team-building activities that teach skills, build relationships, and foster values...

Innovation in Adversity: Unforeseen Challenges, Unforeseen Opportunities.

When the clock counted down on New Years, no one could have anticipated what this year would bring. We have all been presented with challenges and isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With that being said, these challenges created opportunities for SOAR to be...