The ICARE Foundation

08/28/2025

Friends!

Lace up your sneakers (or wheels!) and join us on Saturday, November 22nd, 2025, for the first Annual iCARE Foundation Turkey Trot Walk, Run & Roll— a community event where every step makes a difference!

This year’s Turkey Trot includes:

🏃‍♂️ 5K Walk, Run & Roll – open to all, with wheelchair participants encouraged
👟 Kids’ ½-Mile Fun Run – Ages 12 and below, perfect for our youngest trotters
🏅 Walk of Champions – celebrating and cheering on our special needs friends as they cross the finish line

Every participant will receive a Turkey Trot T-shirt, and medals will be awarded to all. Most importantly, your participation supports a meaningful cause: funding a handicap-accessible, adaptive, and inclusive playground for our entire community.

✨ Together, we can build a space where children of all abilities can play, laugh, and grow side by side.

Event Details:

📅 Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025

📍 Location: Southwest Community College

⏰ Time:

Day of Registration and Last-minute Packet pick up: 7:00

5K Walk, Run & Roll: 8:00

Kids 1/2 Mile Fun Run: 9:15

Walk of Champions: 10:15

👉 Register Now at www.icare-miss.org to secure your spot, your T-shirt, and your chance to make a lasting impact! Fundraisers and Sponsors are needed!! You can sign up to participate, Sponsor, and fundraise on our website!

We can’t wait to see you, your family, and your friends at the Turkey Trot!

08/27/2025

Mark you calendars 📅 &🏃‍♀️🦃 Get ready, Brookhaven!
Toyota of Brookhaven is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the iCARE Foundation Turkey Trot: Walk, Run & Roll on Saturday, November 22 at Southwest Community College.

✔️ 5K Run/Walk – 8:00 AM
✔️ Kids’ Fun Run (12 & under, ½ mile) – 9:15 AM
✔️ Walk of Champions (Special Needs Event) – 10:15 AM

✨ Proceeds support a handicap-accessible, adaptive playground for our community.

We will remind you as we get closer, but with such a busy season, pencil ✏ us in now while you have time!

08/27/2025

WHAT:
Sonbeams Night Out is a ministry that provides respite
care for parents of special needs children (this includes
special needs kids as well as their siblings). It is also a fun
night out for adults with special needs.

WHEN:
Friday, September12, 2025
6:30 PM until 9:00 PM

WHERE:
Pear Orchard Presbyterian Church (PCA)
750 S. Pear Orchard Road
Ridgeland, MS 39157
Multi-Purpose Building

WHO: The Sonbeams Committee of POPC, and other volunteers,
will be responsible for all who enjoy this night out. Medical
personnel will also be on hand.

COST: FREE !!!

Doors open at 6:30 PM.
To reserve your spot: RSVP by Mon, September 8th, with
Daphne Clark @ 601-594-3743
or email: sonbeams@ccs.ms

08/26/2025

We are beginning a new season of the Little Music Makers program at the MUW Music Therapy Clinic. Contact us for more information, or just come join the fun!

08/26/2025

continues! Thank you, Justice Beam for featuring ABLE on your HOPE Mississippi podcast this month.

Beginning in 2026, ABLE accounts will expand eligibility from the onset of disability by age 26 to 46. Veterans and many others will qualify. Could this financial tool change your life or the life of someone you love? Click to listen: https://hopemississippi.buzzsprout.com/2449205/episodes/17546852-able-accounts-your-path-to-financial-independence

08/23/2025

I just wanted to share these for our friends who might be in need of these! That’s a great price!

08/18/2025

Planning with Purpose: An MIoD Disability Event brings together experts, resources, and exhibitors to help you navigate disability services and lifelong planning.

Join us September 17th at The Mill Conference Center in Starkville.

🗓️ Spots are limited — secure yours today: https://www.ecommerce.msstate.edu/tkmartin/disability/

🤗 Welcoming parents/caregivers, special educators, special education directors, and those supporting the transition age.

08/18/2025

Good Monday morning, Mississippi! On Tuesday October 7th we are very glad to host the first annual Disability-Friendly Day at the Mississippi State Fair! 🌟

We are partnering with Joni and Friends so that families and individuals impacted by disability will be able enjoy the Mississippi State Fair in a low-sensory, supportive environment! 🎡💙

✅ Sensory tents
✅ Wheelchair-accessible restrooms & routes
✅ Inclusive entertainment
✅ Resource carnival
✅ Petting zoo & more!

Register below and learn more: https://joniandfriends.org/mississippi/

📩 Questions? Contact Azia Smith at azia.smith@joniandfriends.org

08/17/2025

💙 Junior Auxiliary of McComb
Kickball for All 2025 will be Saturday, September 6th! 💙

Please register by August 26th to ensure your shirt size is ordered.

✨ Players: Email jaofmccombkickballforall@gmail.com for a registration packet.

✨ Buddies (ages 14 years old and up):
Register through the link below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScIkIOWmKxouE5OLtz_YEomqk52r8DjqYDqvB4GBiwHDLY4jg/viewform

08/13/2025