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Amplifying Your Voice

Here is a story from our spring Discoveries magazine Help Hammer & NER make our communities better places. You are invited to participate in the discussions that affect you and the people you care about every day including those we support, their families, and staff. Advocacy is the action of...

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Sharing Our Lives with Others

Exploring what “community” looks like When we think of the word community and what it means to us, I think it’s safe to say that we would all define it a bit differently, or would we?   On a cold January day, I had the pleasure of sitting down with two of the individuals we support at...

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Building Connections & Driving Change

Meet Chris Chica & Mike Siebenaler! Chris Chica and Mike Siebenaler are in new roles at Hammer & NER. Let’s get to know them and the ways they are helping us live our mission of providing people with intellectual and other disabilities the opportunity to live life to its fullest.  Tell us...

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Tiffany & Her Sisters

Sharing the journey of a sibling with special needs Michelle Olson is a Hammer & NER Board member. She and her husband, Steve, utilized NER’s former respite program to help care for their daughter, Tiffany (Tiff), when she was younger. Their other daughters, Chrissie and Nikki, grew up...

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Showcasing Our Homes–Edgewater

Each of our Hammer & NER homes is unique because of the people who live and work there. The “Showcasing Our Homes” profiles celebrate our homes (and apartment programs), the people who live there, and the staff who support them. Let’s learn about the Edgewater home in Shoreview! The Edgewater...

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