MISSION STATEMENT

• Empowering individuals with disabilities:  growth, dignity, choice

VISION STATEMENT

• To always provide the most innovative and meaningful programs in a constantly changing environment.
• To unlock and encourage the creative potential of every client.
• To be the community’s leading authority on the needs, challenges, uniqueness and strengths of persons with developmental and cognitive disabilities.
• To strive to find new ways to provide programming to as many people and families as possible.
• To attract, develop and retain the best staff and volunteer workforce.
• To be the charity of choice for donors.
• To be seen as the best place to volunteer.
• To diversify funding in order to increase financial independence and stability.
• To seek community partner collaborations to enhance community awareness, agency programming, funding and volunteer capacity and client opportunities.

VALUE STATEMENT

• We believe in our mission.
• We believe in diversity, where all people are valued for their differences and the uniqueness they bring to our organization.
• We believe in the highest level of education for everyone.
• We believe in stewardship in the use of all resources, donated and earned, financial and human.
• We believe in teamwork through working together and supporting one another, appreciating everyone for their differences, individual talents and abilities, by exemplifying respect and sensitivity among all staff, volunteers, clients and community partners.
• We believe that innovation and vision are essential to our future and encourage new ideas from all partners and stakeholders.
• We believe that all organizational information should be treated with complete confidentiality.
• We believe in recognizing the achievements of all clients, families, donors, volunteers, community partners and staff.

The Enrichment Center –An Affiliated Chapter of the Arc is a program for adults with disabilities, including physical challenges, intellectual disabilities and mental illness. Through our unique program students have the opportunity to explore many different venues:

• Dance and drama
• Music
• Visual art
• Photography
• Jewelry making
• Mosaics
• Language
• Scrapbooking
• Computer skills
• Adult basic education
• Life skills
• Employment
• And much, much more

The Enrichment Center is a private not-for-profit Adult Day Vocational Program (ADVP). We receive funds through many sources including the United Way of Forsyth County, Forsyth Technical Community College, Medicaid, NC Department of Health and Human Services, Vocational Rehabilitation, grants, individual & corporate donations.