Community Living Connections provides supported living services for adults with developmental disabilities in Dane County, Wisconsin. To help live the mission "to support individuals to live their best life in their own home and in their community", this non-profit has two separate fundraising initiatives. Read about them here.

1. Community Living Connections
Live Your Best Life
Home is ultimately not about a place to live but about the people with whom you are
most fully alive. Home is about love, relationship, community and belonging, and we
are all searching for home. ~ Erwin McManus
6515 Watts Rd, Madison, WI 53719 | (608) 661-7999 | fax (608) 661-7998 | www.clconnections.org
Rela�onships, community connec�ons and a sense of belonging ma�er
to all human beings. Our mission at Community Living Connec�ons is to support in-
dividuals who experience intellectual and developmental disabili�es to live their best
life in their own home and in the community. We partner with people with disabili�es
to live meaningful and full lives. At CLC, we are commi�ed to serving people through-
out their life�me, changing and adap�ng our services over �me as a person’s needs
and desires change. We believe that all people have the right to live in a home of
their own and to choose where and with whom they live. An essen�al truth is that we
all need to have access to community life, experience a sense of belonging and the
opportunity to build las�ng rela�onships in order to truly live our best life!
Community Living Connec�ons, a local 501(c)3 non-profit organiza�on, con�nues to
remain a leading edge provider for adults with intellectual and developmental disabil-
i�es. We are excited to share with you- our friends- key ini�a�ves designed to keep
Community Living Connec�ons at the forefront of community living services now and
into the future.
Like most non-profit organiza�ons, CLC has financial needs that are not totally cov-
ered by current revenue sources. Since CLC incorporated in 2004, public funding for
the people we support has decreased by 20%. During that same �meframe, individual
needs of the people we serve has increased in both complexity and cost due to aging
and changing support needs. As a result, it has become increasingly challenging to
provide the necessary, and life changing, services to our clients. To help us live our
mission, and meet increasing community needs CLC is ac�vely fundraising to cover
the growing funding gap to ensure essen�al support required by people with disabili-
�es to live their best life is available to your community members.
• Initiative One would secure $100,000 of funding to assist us in remaining
responsive to crisis and changing needs of adults with disabili�es in your
community. 56% of the people supported by CLC are over 55 years old and
aging needs will only con�nue to increase. A 2011 na�onal study by AARP and
the Brookings Ins�tute found that 89% of Americans, 65 and older, want to
remain in their home as they age. We believe that this is true for people with
or without an intellectual disability. Support needs and/or aging issues can
change quickly, requiring CLC to immediately and nimbly respond to some-
one’s need for addi�onal supervision or 1:1 a�en�on to ensure safety.
o A gift of $75 ensures CLC can provide emergency overnight support
in the hospital, or in a person’s home, by a trusted and trained team
member who knows the person.

2. Community Living Connections
Live Your Best Life
Board of Directors
Russ Decker
President
Amy Zastrow
Vice President
Kelly Edwards
Treasurer
Ann Miller Holman
Secretary
Mary Umbeck
Director
Katie Rodgers
Director
Marty Pfeiffer
Director
John Elliot
Director
Terri Jasen
Director
• Initiative Two would secure $50,000 of funding to increase programming that
supports the wellbeing and community inclusion of adults with disabili�es in Dane
County. CLC’s capacity to help individuals par�cipate in community life, and expe-
rience the opportunity to build and maintain meaningful rela�onships, is in jeop-
ardy and the need is growing. 90% of the people supported by CLC require some
level of assistance to access their community safely. 60% of the people we support
require supervision/monitoring 24 hours per day. It is crucial that CLC is able to
ensure that your neighbors con�nue to have the individualized support necessary
to visit a family member, a�end church, take an art class or par�cipate in a sport-
ing event.
o A gift of $50 ensures one person can travel to visit their aging parent who is
no longer able to visit them. A gift of $100 helps one person with a disabili-
ty receive transportation for necessary errands for one month.
Community Living Connec�ons has a rich and dis�nguished reputa�on in our community.
As the largest residen�al provider specializing in community based supports for adults
with intellectual and developmental disabili�es in Dane County we are deeply commit-
ted to our values. On average, CLC provides 28,000 hours of direct in home support each
month and we employ 275 staff who work �relessly to ensure individualized and quality
services. Our belief in suppor�ng the “whole” person to achieve their hopes and dreams,
over their life�me, sets us apart. Your support of these key ini�a�ves will benefit our
en�re community by increasing inclusion and diversity. Will you help us strengthen our
community?
Please consider a generous gi� to Community Living Connec�ons today. Your dona�on will
have a direct impact on the experiences of people with intellectual and developmental
disabili�es in your community. Gi�s of all types and sizes are welcome and appreciated.
All dona�ons are tax-deduc�ble and all donors are recognized in CLC’s eNewsle�er, on
CLC’s website, Social media, and Event materials. Ways to give include:
• Sponsor our annual Celebra�ng Connec�ons event held on April 26, 2017 at the
Coliseum Bar. Check out our event page h�p://bit.ly/Celebra�ngConnec�ons
o Sponsorships include �ckets to the event, levels include:
 Gold Sponsors ($2,000) receive 6 complimentary �ckets
 Silver Sponsors ($1,000) receive 4 complimentary �ckets
 Bronze Sponsors ($500) receive 2 complimentary �ckets
• A gi� of cash or check allows you to take the maximum income tax deduc�on and
allows us to put your gi� immediately to work. To donate online go to
www.clconnec�ons.org/donate-now.php
• A mul�-year pledge: make a larger gi�, spread out your dona�on over 2 years.
• A planned gi�, such as a charitable bequest in your will or trust, allows you to
leave a legacy through Community Living Connec�ons, Inc.
“A deep sense of love
and belonging is an
irreducible need of all
people. We are biologically,
cognitively, physically and
spiritually wired to love,
to be loved, and to belong.
When those needs are not
met, we don’t function as we
were meant to.”
~ Brene Brown
Shelley DeNure
Director of Operations
(608) 661-7937
sdenure@clconnections.org
Jen Squire
Executive Director
(608) 661-7952
jsquire@clconnections.org
Jenny Staebell
Dev/Comm Manager
(608) 661-7938
jstaebell@clconnections.org
6515 Watts Rd, Madison, WI 53719 | (608) 661-7999 | fax (608) 661-7998 | www.clconnections.org