The Foundation has funded the following:

• Assisted former student with funding for home modifications. The grant helped pay to widen doorways in her home and build a ramp so she could continue living at home.
• Assisted student with transportation costs to get to school until the school district was able to provide transportation.
• Provided funding for groceries to a former student who was experiencing financial difficulty.
• Assisted with student fundraising for Adapted Scuba trips for ICRE-R students. Click here for a news story about ICRE-R's Adapted Scuba program.
• Purchased an electric door opener allowing a student the independence to enter/leave his own apartment
  
• Funded transportation for students to participate in an adapted water skiing trip
• Gave money to students to purchase clothes after losing all their clothes to fire
• Paid for student to move from nursing home to own community apartment
• Assisted former student in paying tuition in order to continue his bachelor's degree program at Southern Illinois University - Carbondale.
• Purchased supplies for students to operate school store.
• Purchased materials to help decorate students' living units.
  
• Assisted student in paying wheelchair repair costs not covered by insurance.
• Assisted Wheely Entrepreneurial Association (formerly, Wheels of Dreams), a non-profit business launched by ICRE-R staff and alumni, with start-up costs. This business serves as a partner in vocational training for current students.