News & Events

Friday, December 4th, 2015, we will be having our annual Mitten Sale!  It is one day only from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., so come on down to our sale and pick up a deal!  They are super warm!

Along with our Mitten Sale, we are including a free Shred Event, so don’t forget to bring those papers you’ve been meaning to get shredded, but never got around to it!

Please join us in Support of  Minnesota’s  Annual Give to the Max Day, November 12, 2015.

https://givemn.org/organization/Winonaorc

Winona ORC received a $7,500 grant from Xcel Energy to fund Winona ORC’s Skills Training/Placement program.

The Skills Training/Placement Program is a learning environment for employment and social skills for our target population of adults with disabilities. The programs help individuals improve their knowledge to obtain and retain employment. The program helps improve daily living skills and helps in fostering quality relationship skills with their co-workers, friends and family.

Xcel Energy’s grant is part of the company’s corporate giving Education focus area, which supports nonprofit organizations like Winona ORC.

The grant from Xcel Energy will help the Skills Training/Placement Program provide education to our clients that enhances their vocational, personal and social competencies to succeed in the work-place and in their everyday lives.

To learn more about Xcel Energy, visit www.xcelenergy.com

A good time is sure to be had at our 16th Annual Golf Tournament!  It will be held on Thursday, July 16th, 2015 at Bridges Golf Club in Winona, MN.  Registration starts at 11:00 am with a Shotgun Start at 12:30 pm.  Dinner and Awards will start at 5:00 pm.  Come join us!

Golf Registration Form

It’s time for Winona ORC’s annual satisfaction survey. You can play an important role by giving us feedback on our performance. Input is requested and collected to help determine the expectations and  preference of Winona ORC’s stakeholders and to better understand how we are performing from the perspective of our stakeholders.

From your response we can direct ongoing quality improvement. It helps determine if we are meeting the  current needs of our stakeholders, if we are offering services that are relevant to our stakeholders and to  indentify potential opportunities for the growth and development of our programs and services.

It will only take a few minutes and your help in improving our services is greatly appreciated!

Thank you for being an important part of the   Winona ORC team!

You have always been a generous supporter of the people that we serve at Winona ORC and their goal of more independent lives. Now you have an opportunity to double your support!

We are excited to announce that the Otto Bremer Foundation has offered to match up to $100,000 of individual donations made on GiveMN.org to Winona ORC during the month of March as part of the Otto Bremer Foundation’s March Millions campaign.

Your online donation during March Millions may also help us receive an additional donation of $1,000.

How? From March 1 through March 31, every gift made on GiveMN.org to Winona ORC will be entered into a daily drawing for a $1,000 Bremer Boost to be awarded to an organization in southeastern Minnesota. That means 31 opportunities for you to help us receive an extra $1,000!

And here’s the really exciting part: On March 31, one donation will be randomly drawn from all March Millions donations throughout the month to receive a $10,000 Bremer Boost prize grant!

The more online donations we receive between March 1 and March 31, the better our chances to receive a Bremer Boost.

Learn more about what your donation can do.	Double your support by donating through GiveMN.org

Calling all cowboys, cowgirls & buckaroos! Saddle up and help us celebrate!

“Lead Like a Cowboy” is the theme for Winona ORC’s Annual Community Banquet.  It will be held on Friday, February 20, 2015 at Vision Event Center from 5:30 pm until 9:00 pm. We will be acknowledging the achievements of our clients, staff and community stakeholders that help to make us successful.

Don yer jeans, grab your boots and git yerself here. It will be a rootin’ tootin’ good time! We hope you can help us celebrate. Reservations are available by calling 452-1855.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

Join us at Jefferson’s Pub and Grill this Friday for United Way’s “Souper Bowl” from 11 am until 1 pm! Find out how United Way’s partner agencies make a difference with your generous donations. Each agency will have a tasty soup for you to sample. Tickets are $10 and available at any of the participating partners. See attached flyer.