Our setting in Mingus, Texas is a hub of activity! We sell meals with meaning and mission along with job training for adults with differences.
OUR MISSION
The mission of The Each & Everyone Foundation is to advocate and pursue the development of vocational training programs for adults with intellectual differences. Our goal is to give individuals the support needed to pursue meaningful employment and independence in their community.
Our on-the-Job Training Setting serves adults with
Intellectual Differences at the
Mingus Job Accelerator
Now accepting applications for Participants who are seeking meaningful employment within their own community. Come train with us!
Visit www.4mja.com for details
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FOUNDATION HISTORY
The Each & Everyone Foundation was created in April, 2010 by parent advocate, Jan Underwood. Jan and Joe Underwood’s son, Austin Underwood, was born with Down Syndrome. After completing public school graduation at the age of 21,
Austin yearned to attend college just as his older sister, Sara, and younger brother, Anthony, had done. Little programming was available for Austin since he was unable to learn to read or do math. Even handling money was difficult. No programs existed in the state of Texas, so the Underwood’s were forced to look outside the state. Jan found a program in New Mexico, which Austin attended for one year, earning a “vocational degree”. The life skills, vocational skills and social skills that were experienced by Austin have served him well. He continues to showcase his accomplishments living as an independent, working, tax paying citizen who owns his own business and home.
FOUNDATION FUNDING
The Each & Everyone Foundation resources are used for the support, creation, operation and development of community inclusive vocational training programs. EEO supports and assists with on-the- job training in conjunction with community businesses. EEO supports training and education for individuals who want to pursue a path to meaningful self-employment as well. The Each & Everyone Foundation is funded by private donations and our never-ending business development.
Here’s how you can help!
The Mingus Job Accelerator
An amazing setting for adults with intellectual differences to gain skills in real-time on-the-job training. Our staff keeps a watchful eye on each person as they reach for their passion and take their newly learned skills back to their home community in the job of their dreams. The Application process begins with a phone call. Our Residential program is now taking applications. Register soon, as space is limited! Visit Mingus Job Accelerator to start your application today and learn more on how you can help.
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Scholarships
Our participants receive a lifetime of knowledge by attending training sessions at The Mingus Job Accelerator. Whether the take away is job skills or simply an independent experience away from home for the first time, our participants will learn in an environment that is real, but with a level of supervision and compassion conducive for learning new life and job skills. The cost of training a participant is $700 per week. Not only do the participants enjoy independent living in one of our Tiny Houses, they also earn wages for up to 4 hours each day of their training. All meals are provided and while the participants love the Chef prepared meals, they are also encouraged to prepare some meals for themselves in the restaurant kitchen.
HELP our Gardens!
Volunteers are needed to help with our produce gardens! Help feed our community and we will feed you! If you simply wish to donate some cash, we will use the donation planting the seeds for meaningful employment and giving a lifetime of productivity and training for Adults with Intellectual Differences.
( SOLD 1) $25,000
(4 available) $5,000 to Name-Any donation accepted
Living Large in a Tiny House
A Timeshare offer for a donation of $17,500 gives our participants a comfy landing and learning spot during their stay and a retreat for you and yours for two weeks each year for 10 years. (3 available)
Your two week Timeshare includes up to two daily meals at Beneventi’s Italian during operating hours. Enjoy serene country living in a tiny House with a queen bed including TV, Wifi, Coffee Maker, mini fridge and washer/dryer access. Explore the area’s history, visit the W.K.Gordon Industrial Museum, enjoy neighboring lakes, restaurants, events and the new Palo Pinto Mountain State Park. Your timeshare can be shared with family and friends with a minimum of 2 nights per stay.
Community Park & Activity Area
Pickle Ball Court and Youth Park – A job training setting requires entertainment for our participants during their stay. The City of Mingus is growing and we stand by our commitment to enhance and grow this great little town. A Pickle Ball/Basketball Court is just what is needed in our area and we have the land to provide the build. Donate to this effort today and we will utilize the fund to create fun for each and everyone….participant, visitor or resident!
($30,000 cost)
SUPPORT OUR FUNDING SOURCES:
HANDMADE DISHES FROM OLD FAMILY RECIPES
When the Auda’s and their 4 little girls arrived from Italy in 1906 in Mingus, Texas, the family recipes began their own journey. We bring those recipes to life!
We raise money for our mission and projects in various ways. One of our services is personalized embroidery and monograms!
We will provide you a 3 to 5 business day turnaround on most orders. Our drop off and pick up location is at the Buttermilk Sky Pie Shop at 6120 Camp Bowie Blvd. in west Fort Worth, Texas. We have a limited personal pick-up and drop-off service for a nominal charge within a 10 mile radius of our home office. Visit www.plaidsnlogos.com today and place your order! Profits we receive go directly to support The Each & Everyone Foundation!
Need a customized gift or business promotional items? We customize tumblers, cutting boards, signs, kitchen items, anything that can be laser engraved, we can do! Our prices start at a low $1 per minute with a $10 minimum. Design services available. All of our profits are donated to the Each and Everyone Foundation.
Austin’s Underdawgs is a Mobile Food Truck caterer whose efforts fund the Each & Everyone Foundation and provides a living wage job for owner, Austin Underwood.
We sell Meals with a Meaning and a Mission!
Austin Underwood has always dreamed of having a restaurant, but also has a love of travel and meeting new people daily. He also loves and cooks a darn good Hot Dog.
Austin and his Underdawgs not only serves as a for profit business, but has developed an opportunity to participate in what we have dubbed “Donations for Dawgs” for the foundation. Local organizations will receive 50% of the profit raised at each event for their participation and volunteer work.