Supporting Disabilities, Building Brighter Futures
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Paul Van Handel Memorial Foundation
75+
Families Helped
8+ Years of Support
2017 – 2025
Support Children. Build a future.
Appleton Oktoberfest – Saturday, September 27, 2025
Come see us at 127 E. College Ave!
We will be selling Carnival Popcorn and saying “hi!” to our fellow community members!
HELP BRIGHTEN A CHILD’S FUTURE
A Night to Remember
Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Van Abel’s of Hollandtown.
$40,000
We hope to achieve our goal of $40K through various Raffles and a Silent and Live Auction the night of the event.
$75,000
Yearly Goal
We strive to reach our yearly goal by participating in other fundraising events throughout the year. For example, we work at a Popcorn Booth at Oktoberfest and we also are planning on a booth at Cheesefest. In prior years, we had a Food Tasting event and a Golf Outing.
Our Goal
The Paul Van Handel Mission
Empowering parents of children with disabilities to re-enter and remain in the workforce.
As a community partner, the Foundation primarily works to ensure unique childcare requirements are met so that parents of children with disabilities are empowered to maintain employment and facilities are equipped with what is required for the child to participate safely.
- Financial funding to facilities allows the procurement of additional staff to safely support a child due to individual medical, behavioral, or physical needs.
- Financial funding to working parents gives them the ability to hire an in-home care provider during work hours.
Secondary to financial funding for additional staff, the Foundation is able to provide individual or group training related to medical procedures, behavioral approaches, understanding autism, medical diagnosis, or educational impairments at no cost to parents or the facility.
