Blog Posts from June 2016

Join MDI for a luncheon at the new facility in Cohasset located at 1001 NW 3rd Street, Cohasset, MN
Thursday, July 28, 2016, 11:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Enjoy a tour, music, and prize drawing. First 200 people will receive a free MDI tote!

MDI’s Hired Hands employees are moving from Deer River to the former Terex/Technimar building at 1001 NW 3rd Street, providing...

Thanks to a $16,000 grant from Wells Fargo, MDI was able to  purchase a new piece of manufacturing machinery. Here's Jeff Gervais, MDI’s, Operations Manager, with the shrink packaging system. The DEM combo shrink system combines a heavy duty L-Bar Sealer and Shrink Tunnel for packing, sealing and shrinking products. The machine can be used with a wide range...

A social enterprise is one of several organizational types delivering services and opportunities to their respective communities. Non-profits have a business model and the graphic below brings greater clarity to the options available in supporting a specific cause and community.

Business models progress from traditional charity to pure profit. Social Enterprises fit the middle of the...

Remember how excited you were when you got your very first job as a kid and started earning your own money?
Employment opportunities for students with disabilities are not always easy to find and don’t always go smoothly because the employer may not have an understanding of how to work with someone with a disability or it may not be a good job match.

MDI, a social enterprise, offers a solution for students...