The M.O.R.G.A.N. Project, Inc.

Enhance children's lives by providing access to quality necessary medical equipment, support families by awarding these products and services which improve the quality of their child's life, increase awareness of the need for funding and advocacy for special-needs children, build long-standing partnerships with other organizations in the community that share the same vision, expand and enhance our one-of-a-kind Interactive Multi-Sensory Enrichment Programs, establish a local parenting support network, and continue to conduct seminars and other educational programs to assist them in caring for their own children with special needs.

Time spent in a Multi Sensory Environment has been shown to increase concentration, focus attention, improve alertness, mobilization, creativity, social relations and communications, as well as general awareness of the surrounding world. The varied optical, acoustic, olfactory and tactile stimuli help hyperactive individuals concentrate and focus better. Multi Sensory Environments have not only provided alternative and powerful forms of sensory stimulation for individuals previously isolated in their perceptual disabilities, they have also managed to provide new ways of encouraging learning, motor development, cognitive development, language and social interaction skills. All of our programs are rooted in the cornerstone of multi-sensory play!

Although our world as we know it has drastically changed in the face of this unprecedented healthcare pandemic, our organization is uniquely situated and has a plan in place to continue to serve this vulnerable population in the post-Covid world. Through partnerships and in collaboration with other organizations in our community (working TOGETHER and not competitively), we will be expanding upon our protocols created in our Sensorium and instead of the clients coming to us, we will bring the sensory fun to them instead!

All of these partnerships offer us the opportunity to apply for collaborative grants, opening up yet another means of potential funding for our one-of-a-kind programs as well as increasing our reputation as being at the forefront of providing Quality of Life enhancement programs to these families raising children with special needs in the family home.

The organization's programs are the brainchild of an individual who has spent many years supporting the medically fragile community, and who has firsthand experience with the challenges faced by so many families of special-needs children. Specifically, she has become aware of the vast percentage of caregivers who find themselves in critical need of support regarding medical information and specialized equipment. The organization's core mission is to provide this support to parents and caregivers, and to act as a reference source for information, financial resources, used equipment exchanges, research and clinical studies, support groups, web links, and more. In order to achieve our mission, The M.O.R.G.A.N. Project has implemented programs which offer both access to necessary disability equipment and funding for products and services necessary to enhance the lives of medically fragile children. The organization will strive to ensure the future wellbeing and growth of clients by providing them with the resources necessary for future successes. Our efforts will be focused on those who are economically disadvantaged, and will include many individuals who come from diverse backgrounds. The organization's programs are created primarily to enhance the Quality-of-Life for children with special needs and the parents that son lovingly care for them in the family home. Our founder is well qualified for her position, having spent many years caring for her medically fragile son, Morgan, who has been her constant inspiration. Recently her efforts to improve the lives of medically fragile children with disabilities have been recognized nationally -
✴ In 2007 "Women on a Mission, Voices for Change" winner by Charming Shoppes andThe MONTEL Show,
✴ In 2009 "AllStar Among Us" by PEOPLE Magazine and Major League Baseball,
✴ In 2010 "Women who make a Difference" award from Longines and Town & Country Magazine,
✴ In 2013 "Humanitarian of the Year Award" by Space Coast Medicine and Active Living Magazine,
✴ In 2014 “Points of Light”, and "Children's Hero of the Year” sponsored by the Eckerd for Kids Foundation,
✴ In 2015 "Small Business Champion of the Year" by the Cocoa Beach Chamber of Commerce,
✴ In 2015 “Super Nova Award” from Brevard211,
✴ In 2016 “AARP Andrus Award” representing the state of Florida,
✴ In 2018 "Volunteer of the Year finalist" for Florida Today's Volunteer of the Year

We have initiated a unique inclusive option for children with special health care needs, allowing them the opportunity to participate in activities that all of us remember doing as a child! Traditions of childhood, such as sitting on Santa’s knee and telling him what we want for Christmas, participating in an Easter Egg hunt, as well as exchanging valentines with classmates and dressing up for Halloween are just a few of the incredible memories from childhood that we all hold onto so dearly and try to pass on to our own children. Our Traditions of Childhood Collaborative events recreate these moments and have been designed specifically to meet the needs of children with physical disabilities and/or various sensory processing disorders (Autism, etc.) and that will enable those with limited physical abilities and behavioral issues to enjoy regardless of their limitations. Our goal remains to offer these unique, one-of-a-kind multi-sensory programs to these families to ensure that ALL children within our demographics in our community will have equal access to our one-of-a-kind inclusive programs. Children with
Autism and related disabilities are an underserved population in our community that needs these programs!
We hope to be the leader in duplicating this philosophy of collaborative play nationwide!