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Articles with the Tag: Mission Mountain Enterprises

MME relocates, rebrands as Mission Mountain Empowerment MME relocates, rebrands as Mission Mountain Empowerment

POLSON — Mission Mountain Empowerment (MME), formerly Mission Mountain Enterprises, gathered staff, clients, and community to celebrate their organizational rebrand last Thursday in their new administration building on South Hills Drive. After purchasing the new building around a year ago, Executive...

Kids ring in spring with Ronan egg hunt Kids ring in spring with Ronan egg hunt

RONAN — Kids big and small turned out in droves despite chilly weather to participate in this year’s Ronan egg hunt on April 1.  Put on annually by Mission Mountain Enterprises, a local non-profit that provides community-based services to individuals with intellectual disabilities, Gayle ...

Glacier Brewing hosts inclusion fundraiser Glacier Brewing hosts inclusion fundraiser

News from MME POLSON — On Thursday, Oct. 14, a community fundraising event was held at Glacier Brewing for Mission Mountain Enterprises. What was so special about this event, was the merging of local organizations and businesses for the cause of community inclusion. A dollar from every pint served...

MME staff appreciated for hard work MME staff appreciated for hard work

RONAN – Between warm hugs and continuous words of thanks, the employees at Mission Mountain Enterprises had a little ice cream on Thursday afternoon in the park to celebrate Direct Support Professional Recognition Week. MME Director Whitney Cantlon stood in front of the crowd of employees and friend...

MME staff appreciated for hard work

RONAN – Between warm hugs and continuous words of thanks, the employees at Mission Mountain Enterprises had a little ice cream on Thursday afternoon in the park to celebrate Direct Support Professional Recognition Week. MME Director Whitney Cantlon stood in front of the crowd of employees and friend...

Please thank a Direct Support Professional

Editor, Next week (Sept. 8-14) is Direct Support Professional Recognition Week. This is a weeklong celebration in recognition of the dedication and accomplishments of outstanding DSPs and their vital contribution to communities across the country.  Mission Mountain Enterprises employs 115 Direct S...

Community benefit to support mother of nine's cancer battle Community benefit to support mother of nine's cancer battle

Rhealene Cook-Wilkinson’s life changed drastically this past year. After experiencing severe stomachaches, she was diagnosed with stomach cancer in October of 2017. Doctors originally thought the pain was due to complications from childbirth after she delivered her last child that same year. She was...

Kaliman sentenced for exploitation

The former Financial Coordinator of Mission Mountain Enterprises, Jessica Lynn Kaliman, 39, of Clayton, Washington, was committed to the state Department of Corrections for three years with all but one day jail time already served suspended. Kaliman had entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on...

Social services help people survive the income gap Social services help people survive the income gap

Caroline Roesch is a single mother with three children living near the Mission Mountain Range in Lake County, and for her, social service programs were there to help keep food on the table when she needed the assistance.   Roesch was a teacher in Utah’s public school system for about a decade w...

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