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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – MDI announced that it has appointed Megan Kellin to its board of directors. Megan is an entrepreneur and publisher who owns several businesses in northeast Minnesota, including The Lake and Company Magazine and Shop, Lake Time Magazine, ...

MDI recognizes National Direct Support Professional Week September 10 to 16.  Human service professionals are crucial to supporting people with disabilities in the community. To recognize the accomplishments and contributions made by direct support professionals to people with disabilities, MDI in ...

Aaron Alexander sews the stars and stripes onto American flags for a living, as he advocates for those with learning disabilities, like himself, to find employment. Watch his personal and touching story – https://youtu.be/iZr3C9juggQ. Source: [NBC News]. (2017, June 17). Inspiring America: To ...

  MDI, a non-profit organization committed to an inclusive work environment for individuals with disabilities, has been awarded $25,000 from the Minnesota State Division of Academic and Student Affairs. This grant will be used to provide training, which focuses on ...

  A celebration was held at the MDI facility in Hibbing on Friday, July 14, to recognize nine MDI employees for their completion of Work Skills 101, an in-house training program developed and launched by MDI in April 2017. The ...

  19 MDI employees volunteered at the Area 11 Special Olympics Golf competition in Blaine, MN on June 11. The event had record participation with approximately 100 attendees, mostly from the southern Twin Cities – Waconia, Edina, Eden Prarie, etc.  Volunteers also had the ...

  On July 11, Amazon Smile (a division of Amazon) will offer more than 100,000 deals exclusively for Prime members, making it one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Plus – when you shop, Amazon gives. Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your ...

  On Tuesday, MDI, broke ground on a new 35,000-square-foot plant that will replace their existing 100-year-old building in Hibbing. This facility will cost more than $5 million and is as part of a $9 million expansion of its northern ...

  Andy Tracy and Dayle Klebs, MDI employees, attended Hibbing High School Awards Night. Sierrarose Nelson and Tiffani Hauti-Sanders each received $1,000 scholarships on behalf of MDI Success at Work Committee. Congratulations!

  Whether in the arts or service, in education or research, nonprofit organizations can have a profound effect on their communities. They can only live up to their lofty goals, however, if they can pay the bills and balance the ...