VALUES :: FOCUS AREAS :: MISSION :: VISION :: OBJECTIVES :: STRATEGIES :: GOALS
1 VALUES
Gospel:: All that we do is for and because of the gospel of Jesus Christ and its emphasis on the worth of every human being as an image bearer of God.
Engaging:: persons and families affected by disability in our own community.
Equipping:: the church to build relationships with persons with persons with disability.
Resourcing:: organizations, persons and churches to engage persons with disability globally through funding projects, sending people and providing knowledge.
2 FOCUS VALUES
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VALUES :: FOCUS AREAS :: MISSION :: VISION :: OBJECTIVES :: STRATEGIES :: GOALS
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Changing the story of disability by proclaiming the worth and image-bearing beauty of each and every human being.
MISSION
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Building inclusive communities so that every person with disability and their family can live a full life within relationships.

VISION
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Continue to build an organizational footprint that supports our simultaneous efforts to expand NWA engagement, development additional programming options, grow the depth and expanse of our rEcess network and solidify a global model for the future.
VALUES :: FOCUS AREAS :: MISSION :: VISION :: OBJECTIVES :: STRATEGIES :: GOALS
5 STRATEGIES
Build Organizational Footprint • Hire office/development position • Transition to donor database • Pursue and develop Center options and ideas**** • Expand development (through local vols, art shows, etc.) • Continue building our network of relationships • Increase funding Streams from rEcess and other 99 Balloons Programming
Expand our NWA Engagement • Develop new programming ideas for local families with national replication in mind. • Provide additional opportunities to local volunteers. • Pursue & develop center options and ideas. • Expand the cluster of rEcess sites in NWA. • Provide local on-ramps through annual Engage conference. • Look for ways to provide educational resources and information on special education to families already engaging 99 Balloons through rEcess, Engage conference, etc.
Develop Additional Programming Options (not rEcess) NWA:: • Implement and beta-test small, new opportunities for local families. • Implement and beta-test small, new opportunities for local volunteers. • Develop and pitch new idea for engagement to local church.
NATIONAL :: • Expand Coaching and Consulting • Determine which, if any, of new local programming to replicate to national and international partners.
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VALUES :: FOCUS AREAS :: MISSION :: VISION :: OBJECTIVES :: STRATEGIES :: GOALS
Grow rEcess Network DEPTH WITH EXISTING SITES:: Increase Communal Identity among rEcess sites and 99 Balloons • Generate more emphasis on joining a movement to champion inclusion in the church, less on simply executing a program • Use NWA offerings to families as means to develop resources for rEcess sites. • Increase rEcess site involvement in Global offerings (trips, 99 Network, Documentary Screening).
EXPAND TO NEW SITES:: • Actively market rEcess and other 99 Balloons offerings (Google grant, children’s ministry conferences). • Expand rEcess promotional materials (promo videos, brochures, social media plan). • Beta test a regional activator/coordinator model
Solidify Global Model • Provide global trips for professionals and volunteers to engage pwd. • Grow 99 Network funds for global projects. • Continue discussions with ELIM about potential model of partnership. • Release Notable:: Central Asia documentary for screenings. • Create a respite model that translates to the developing world.
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VALUES :: FOCUS AREAS :: MISSION :: VISION :: OBJECTIVES :: STRATEGIES :: GOALS
6 GOALS
Strategy = Build Organizational Footprint • Hire office/development position • Distribute job description to Board of Directors and networks asking for distribution and recommendations. • Interview 5 candidates for the position. • Hire for position by end of March (assuming a viable candidate has surfaced)
• Transition to Donor database • Enter all records starting in January into new system. • Implement, update, edit and evaluate new system throughout the year. • Establish a work history of 1 complete year’s cycle including art show and end of year.
• Pursue and develop Center options and ideas**** • Continue discussions with potential partners including Christ Community. • Work with Board members and or committee(s) to develop a plan for further defining the vision, timeline and procedures.
• Expand development (through local vols, art shows, etc.) • DC & Fort Worth fundraisers. • Continuing evolvement of City Sessions:: Fayetteville model • Develop an online Giving Day (with Pure Charity) • Continue exploring monetization of current offerings and potential offerings: ✴rEcess sites ✴Training Modules • Research local organizations and foundations that might align with local center initiative. • Offer shared fundraising opportunity to rEcess churches using the documentary: 50% to 99 Balloons and 50 % to church’s disability ministry. 5
VALUES :: FOCUS AREAS :: MISSION :: VISION :: OBJECTIVES :: STRATEGIES :: GOALS • Develop sophisticated metrics and dashboards to maximize programming decisions and drive funding cycles, capturing data that better tell our story.
• Continue building our network of relationships • Cultivate new and existing relationships in Washington DC & Little Rock. • Continue and cultivate relationships with World Vision (DC), ELIM (Chicago). • Cultivate relationships with current global partners in India, Uganda & Haiti. • Cultivate relationships with existing and new rEcess site churches and individuals.
Strategy = Expand our NWA Engagement • Develop new programming ideas for local families. • Implement and evaluate bi-weekly Mother Support meetings starting in January. • Support New Heights’ summer camp for persons with disabilities this summer at Mount Sequoyah. • Explore potential of after school programming for pwd located at the Boys & Girls Club and submit a report to the Board by mid-year meeting. • Explore potential of over-night respite care model for pwd and submit a report to the Board by mid-year meeting. • Offer Family Support teams to hand-picked rEcess families in the spring and fall semester. • Evaluate our capacit to run or co-own a program for a 99 Balloons intern team for 4-6 weeks of the summer. • Continue dialogue with families, organizations and volunteers on the needs of families in NWA experiencing disability.
Strategy = Develop Additional Programming Options (not rEcess) • Implement and beta-test small, new opportunities for local families. • Implement and beta-test small, new opportunities for local volunteers. • Develop and pitch new idea for engagement to local church.
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VALUES :: FOCUS AREAS :: MISSION :: VISION :: OBJECTIVES :: STRATEGIES :: GOALS
Strategy = Grow rEcess Network • Create rEcess promotional video. • Exhibit or speak at a national children’s ministry conference. • Develop at least 3 recess sites where regional coordinators are present (Denver, Toronto, and one metro TBD) • 10 new recess sites outside of regional coordinators efforts. • Develop 1-2 replicable tools to use alongside rEcess.
Strategy = Solidify Global Model • Offer 3 global trips: India, Uganda & Haiti. • Offer 99 Network membership opportunities through documentary viewing and to rEcess volunteers. • Quarterly phone calls with ELIM and one face-to-face meeting. • Develop documentary screening kit and market to rEcess sites and non-rEcess churches. • Goal of 30 screening sites. • Screening “window” from March through May. • Work with global partners on respite translation to additional geographies.
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