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Causes: Adult Education, Developmentally Disabled Centers, Disabilities, Education, Employment Preparation & Procurement, Human Services, Job Training
Mission: Celebrate EDU empowers self-advocates with developmental disabilities to create happy and purposeful lives by providing entrepreneurial education that builds on their interests and strengths.
Programs: Entrepreneur education information session celebrate edu hosted 16 information sessions attended by 119 educators, family members, self-advocates, and disability service providers. Kindling workshop 14 workshops serving 186 individuals with disabilities. Results 95 of participants stated that they learned something significant that helps them reduce or remove a barrier to starting or expanding their business and 76 are interested in continuing to learn about entrepreneurship as measured by participant surveys. The spark program 60 individuals with disabilities participated in the spark program online curriculum. Video production celebrate edu published 3 video stories of entrepreneurs with disabilities and family members, discussing the benefits of entrepreneurship. The 3 videos were posted on our website and facebook page and have been viewed a total of 16,632 times, as measured by web analytics. Awards celebrate edu co-founder and ceo, jenny anderson was recognized as the top 19 social entrepreneurs to watch in 2017 by conscious company magazine.