What Inclusion Looks Like in Everyday Life

Melina B is an employee at The Arc of Midland. She makes the office much more fun, and we love seeing her each day. Melina is authoring the blog, and “spilling the tea” about all sorts of things while sharing her perspective! Follow along as Melina posts each Monday for “Mondays with Melina.”

At The Arc of Midland, inclusion means everyone belongs. Our programs—Swim Camp, Let's Roll Together, Been There Walk That Club, Thrive, and holiday dances—welcome all. From seasonal celebrations to weekly gatherings, we create spaces where everyone can connect, participate, and feel valued. Community engagement is essential for well-being, and we are committed to ensuring everyone has a seat at the table.

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Making sure that everybody is inclusive such as our programs, what we have swim camp, let's roll together , Been There walk that club, Thrive, craft nights, and our fun Holiday dances throughout the year and are all welcome. We have Halloween dance , Christmas dance, Valentines dance. , spring dance. We have the greatest program manager who runs our programs. We help encourage everybody to enjoy life. And we want you to get out and enjoy our events and programs because is very important for our brain to be active because it is extremely unhealthy to stay at home being bored to tears. Our job is to help everybody to be out in the community and encourage people to have fun what we have. If you need help go on our website see what we have going on! We are not allowed to make you left out we want everybody to be included.